Nurse Practitioner Sheila Hutchens Joins CHI Memorial Neuroscience Institute

CHI Memorial and CHI Memorial Medical Group are pleased to welcome Sheila Hutchens, FNP-C, to CHI Memorial Neuroscience Institute Neurosurgery and Spine Center.  Hutchens earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Nursing from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City and a Master’s Degree in Nursing from Southern Adventist University in Collegedale. She has 27 years of experience as a registered nurse in pediatrics and orthopedics in both the hospital and orthopedic clinic settings. Fourteen of those years were in an orthopedic spine surgery practice.  After obtaining her certification as a family nurse practitioner, she practiced for three years in a spine practice and the past seven years in a joint replacement practice in Charleston, S.C.  

Hutchens will join Paul Hoffmann, MD, physiatrist, and Maegen Frizzell, MSPA, PA-C, in providing non-operative spine care, and Ranjith Babu, MD, Mayshan Ghiassi, MD, FAANS, and Sydney Adams, PA-C, who provide neurosurgical care for patients who have tumors of the brain or spine and those who suffer from spinal conditions including spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, cervical stenosis, or cervical myelopathy. Her primary focus will be treating patients with non-operative conservative measures for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal disorders.

Hutchens will see patients at CHI Memorial Neuroscience Institute Neurosurgery and Spine Center located at 725 Glenwood Drive, Suite E-680, Chattanooga, and at CHI Memorial Multi-Specialty Clinic at 6401 Mountain View Road, Suite 101, Ooltewah.  To schedule an appointment or learn more, call (423) 206-9480.