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Lewis County Health System Welcomes Joshua Purcell
FNP-C
Published: August 31, 2024
at 11:30 a.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Health System
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
August 30, 2024
Lewis County
Health System Welcomes Joshua Purcell FNP-C
 LOWVILLE, NY─ Lewis County
Health System and Lewis County Family Practice are pleased to welcome
Family Nurse Practitioner Joshua Purcell, FNP-C, to the medical
staff. Joshua joins Monica Kwicklis, MD,
M. Lynn
Pisaniello, MD, Shirley Tuttle-Malone, DO, John Wat, DO, Keith Bates,
FNP-C, Kathy Der, FNP-C, and Stacey Walton, FNP-C. He will see
patients at Lewis County Family Practice, located in the Medical Arts
Building, Suite 320, on the health system’s main campus in Lowville.
“We are very
fortunate that Joshua is returning to the area to provide health care where
he grew up,” stated Gerald R. Cayer, Chief Executive Officer at Lewis
County Health System. “It is special and uniquely wonderful when a
native of Lewis County returns home to practice medicine.”
Joshua is a
native of Croghan, NY, and a 2012 graduate of Beaver River Central
School. He is certified by the
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and earned his Advanced Study as a
Nurse Practitioner at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, NY. Joshua
received his master’s degree in nursing education and his bachelor’s in
nursing from Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY. He completed his
associate’s degree in nursing from St. Joseph’s College of Nursing in
Syracuse, NY.
“Joshua Purcell,
FNP-C, is a great addition to our Lewis County Family Practice group,”
stated Sean Harney, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Employed Medical
Practices. “He is energetic, compassionate, and highly motivated to
provide local access to quality health care for patients.”
Joshua has
diverse nursing experience in the acute care setting and working with
hematology/oncology patients. He served as Clinical Assistant
Professor at Upstate Medical University and Program Director of the Upstate
College of Nursing RN-BS program. He also serves on the Central New
York Collaborative to Advance Research and Evidence-Based Practice Board of
Directors.
Joshua is the son
of Tony and Amy Purcell of Croghan. When not at work, he is an active
outdoorsman who enjoys hunting, fishing, and canoeing, and he likes making
furniture and small building projects like decks.
Joshua says, “I
am thrilled to be back home and looking forward to providing health care
for my patients.”
For more
information or to make an appointment, please call Lewis County Family
Practice at 315-376-5480.
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In photo – Family
Nurse Practitioner Joshua Purcell, FNP-C.
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