Train as a Family Nurse Practitioner in a structured, high-impact primary care fellowship.
Build clinical confidence, expand your scope, and prepare for independent practice in a real-world safety-net setting.
Gain hands-on experience managing patients across the lifespan with structured mentorship and progressive clinical responsibility.
Provide care in a federally qualified health center serving diverse, underserved populations with complex needs.
Develop the clinical judgment, prescriptive confidence, and autonomy needed for independent primary care 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 University of Haiti to assisting her in preparation for launching the PMHNP Fellowship.
"My approach is to educate the whole person. Each PMHNP Fellow brings their 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 be able 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.
As a Colorado native, Linda always felt a strong calling to serve the underserved members of her community. She began her journey at Peak Vista in 2023 as a receptionist, where she experienced firsthand the realities of patient care and built meaningful relationships with those who rely on them most. That role deepened her compassion and strengthened her commitment to health care access for all.
"Today, as a Fellowship Coordinator, I’m honored to support our fellows as they learn and grow. I’m passionate about helping them see the impact they can make and guiding them to approach their work with empathy, purpose, and a heart for service."