| Mary
Zehnpfenning graduated from St. Joseph Mercy in Detroit in
1974 as a Registered Nurse. She has over 26 years of experience in the
nursing/medical profession. Eighteen of those years have
been spent in the operating room on specialty teams including
Open-heart surgery and Neurosurgery.
In 1997, she completed the
Registered Nurse First Assistant Program at Oakwood Heritage
Hospital. Having completed the clinical component
requiring a minimum of 2000 hours of practice as a registered
nurse first assistant (RNFA), with Dr. Robert Ho as her
preceptor and mentor, she was eligible to take and successfully
passed the national RNFA certification examination. She
obtained her national certification (CRNFA) in 1999.
Mrs. Zehnpfennig volunteers for medical mission to third world countries and the US to serve the poor and underprivileged. These include Haiti in 2002, Ghana, Africa in 2003, and the Appalachian Mountains in Frenchville, PA in 2003 and 2004.
Professional certifications
include Operating Room Nursing (CNOR),
Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA), and
National Ski Patrol, Alpine Senior, Central Division.
Professional Associations include
membership in the Association of Operating Room Nurses, American
Association of Neuroscience Nurses, and associate membership of
the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
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