Unveiling the Tozzo Medical Building

Staff Overview

In addition to the awesome 100 volunteers that give their time each week to the efforts of the VIM Clinic, there are an equally awesome 9 paid staff that are here daily.

Betty Tsarnas, ARNP, is our Clinical Director and is an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner.  She has been with the Clinic since its inception, even preparing it for opening day back in October 1995.  Betty is originally from New York and she and her husband, Steve, moved to Stuart over 30 years ago.  She was a critical care ICU Registered Nurse for 17 years before obtaining her ARNP degree. 

Allyson Perlman is a Registered Nurse and has been with us for a year.  She is also a Health Care Risk Manager.  She has been a nurse for 34 years, most recently working in a local dermatologist’s office.  Allyson is busy raising 3 sons as well and is a volunteer with her church. 

Kathy Kern is a Registered Medical Assistant and has been with us for five months.  She moved to the area from the great state of Maryland.   She was most recently working in a cardiologist’s office in Stuart.  She enjoys bowling.

Carol Jarzyn, ARNP, recently joined our staff part time having been one of our volunteers since 2000. She previously worked for 24 years for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in West Palm Beach and moved to Florida from Ohio in 1980.

Cheryl Donofrio is a phlebotomist and has been with us part time for a few months. She is a proud mother of a 3 year old girl.

Ellen Gade is a Patient Service Representative which means she is the person who handles the front office responsibilities.  She has been with us one year and moved here from Connecticut with her husband of 24 years.  She enjoys singing in her church choir.   

Isabel Bouchard is also a Patient Service Representative and is from Cuba.  She has been with us for a few months and is the other smiling face you see as you enter the Clinic.  She enjoys cooking and is a great cook. 

Margie Braunstein is our administrative assistant. She is originally from Massachusetts and she previously worked for Warner Music in New York. She is an expert at crochet and jewelry making.

Mary Fields, our Executive Director, has been with the Clinic since it opened and is happy to see how it has progressed to almost a thousand active patients.

 Alice Mackey and Barbara Benton, two of our volunteer screeners

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 417 SE Balboa Avenue, Stuart, FL 34994
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