Explore Peak Vista's nurse practitioner fellowship programs, designed to build clinical confidence and real-world experience.
Compare programs, understand requirements, and take the next step in your career.
Gain hands-on experience with increasing patient responsibility, supported by structured mentorship.
Work in a federally-qualified health center serving diverse and underserved communities.
Develop the skills and clinical judgement needed for confident, full-scope practice.
| Category | FNP Fellowship | PMHNP Fellowship |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Clinical Focus | Comprehensive Primary Care | Outpatient Psychiatry |
| Core Patient Population | Lifespan primary care (adult & pediatric) | Psychiatric medication management across the lifespan |
| Specialty Rotations | Women’s Health, Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Dermatology | Integrated psychiatry, Developmental Disabilities Health Services, community-based exposure (Children’s Hospital, Peak View Hospital, Diversus ACT Team, Crisis Center, CSPD Community Response Team), and primary care collaboration |
| Advanced Clinical Experience | Procedure Clinic Rotations (joint injections, biopsies, cryotherapy, etc.) | Psychiatry medication management, interdisciplinary collaboration, and integrated care within primary care settings |
| Care Model Emphasis | Chronic disease management & preventive care | Integrated psychiatry within a safety-net, team-based care model |
The Fellowship leadership team brings extensive experience in safety-net medicine, interdisciplinary training, and postgraduate clinician development.
Kelli Greenleaf is a Colorado Springs native. She completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs. She's been part of the APRN Fellowship program since 2016 and Program Director since 2021. Her approach to treating patients comes from the core values of caring and compassion. She strives to provide quality and compassionate care to all patients in this community that she loves.
Kelli believes in Peak Vista’s mission and supports the Primary Care Fellowship by contributing to training new APRNs to provide exceptional health care to community members facing access barriers through clinical education and mentorship.
Patricia Bursnall is the Director of the PMHNP Fellowship. She brings a 16-year background in family practice, therapy, and psychiatric care to this role. She also credits her leadership background as a lead clinician and school administrator, as well as her lecture background at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Anschutz campuses, the FNP Fellowship, and the University of Haiti, with helping prepare her to launch the PMHNP Fellowship.
"My approach is to educate the whole person. Each PMHNP Fellow brings unique skills to this program, and I see my job as nurturing those strengths and building on areas for growth. As a provider, I treat the whole person. I need to carefully listen, ask critical questions, listen some more, and work with the patient and the community toward their treatment goals."
Patricia has two passions: working with the underserved and bicycling. She loves mountain and gravel biking, has been a biking guide, coach for adolescents, and referee at the Colorado High School Mountain Biking League races, and even completed a world biking tour. Patricia has worked and lived with her husband and child in Colorado Springs for over 25 years.