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How to Prepare for Your Appointment

Get ready for your visit with simple steps that help your appointment go smoothly from the moment you arrive.

Know what to bring, what to share, and how to plan ahead so you can focus on your care.

Why Choose Peak Vista for Your Care

Prepare for Your Appointment

Take a few simple steps before your visit so your care team has everything they need to help you.

Know What to Expect Before Arriving

Understand what to bring, what to share, and how your visit may vary depending on your needs.

Plan Ahead with Confidence

Get clear steps for arrival, payment, and support so you feel ready for your visit.

Before Your Visit

Get Ready for Your Appointment

Getting ready before your visit helps you remember what you want to discuss.

Before your visit, take a few minutes to prepare:
  • Review and write down your medications.
  • Write down your symptoms or questions.
  • Check your appointment time and location.
  • Gather any papers you were asked to bring.
Why This Matters: A little planning can help you feel more ready and make better use of your time with your care team.

Peak Vista’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Fellowship is a 12-month, full-time postgraduate training program designed to support the transition into independent primary care practice. Fellows train within a safety-net health system serving diverse and underserved communities in Colorado Springs.

The program is based at the Health Center at Printers Parkway(opens in a new tab) in Colorado Springs and accepts five Fellows annually beginning each September.

Peak Vista’s APRN Primary Care Fellowship programs are accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Advanced[KN6.1] Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation™ (APPFA) program, demonstrating national standards of excellence in postgraduate nurse practitioner education.

This accreditation reflects rigorous standards for curriculum design, clinical supervision, competency development, and professional transition to independent practice.

Peak Vista’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Fellowship combines structured mentorship, immersive clinical training, and competency-based progression within a federally qualified health center. Fellows provide direct patient care as licensed APRNs while strengthening clinical reasoning, prescriptive confidence, and independent primary care decision-making.

The FNP Fellowship experience includes:
  • A dedicated integrated Fellowship clinic at Health Center at Printers Parkway (340)(opens in a new tab) serving diverse and underserved patient populations.
  • Structured mentorship with dedicated preceptors and progressive clinical autonomy.
  • Supervised primary care immersion focused on lifespan family medicine.
  • Exposure to medically and socially complex patients facing access barriers.
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration across primary care, behavioral health, and specialty services.
  • Specialty rotations and procedural experiences unique to community-based practice.
  • A required population-focused Quality Improvement (QI) project.
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) participation and structured didactic reinforcement.
This model ensures Fellows graduate prepared for confident, independent practice in safety-net primary care settings.

The FNP Fellowship program is a full-time, 12-month salaried position with a competitive benefits package(opens in a new tab).

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Peak Vista’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Fellowship is a 12-month, full-time postgraduate training program designed to support the transition into independent primary care practice. Fellows train within a safety-net health system serving diverse and underserved communities in Colorado Springs.

The program is based at the Health Center at Printers Parkway(opens in a new tab) in Colorado Springs and accepts five Fellows annually beginning each September.

Peak Vista’s APRN Primary Care Fellowship programs are accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Advanced[KN6.1] Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation™ (APPFA) program, demonstrating national standards of excellence in postgraduate nurse practitioner education.

This accreditation reflects rigorous standards for curriculum design, clinical supervision, competency development, and professional transition to independent practice.

Peak Vista’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Fellowship is a 12-month, full-time postgraduate training program designed to support the transition into independent primary care practice. Fellows train within a safety-net health system serving diverse and underserved communities in Colorado Springs.

The program is based at the Health Center at Printers Parkway(opens in a new tab) in Colorado Springs and accepts five Fellows annually beginning each September.

Peak Vista’s APRN Primary Care Fellowship programs are accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Advanced[KN6.1] Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation™ (APPFA) program, demonstrating national standards of excellence in postgraduate nurse practitioner education.

This accreditation reflects rigorous standards for curriculum design, clinical supervision, competency development, and professional transition to independent practice.

Peak Vista’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Fellowship is a 12-month, full-time postgraduate training program designed to support the transition into independent primary care practice. Fellows train within a safety-net health system serving diverse and underserved communities in Colorado Springs.

The program is based at the Health Center at Printers Parkway(opens in a new tab) in Colorado Springs and accepts five Fellows annually beginning each September.

Peak Vista’s APRN Primary Care Fellowship programs are accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Advanced[KN6.1] Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation™ (APPFA) program, demonstrating national standards of excellence in postgraduate nurse practitioner education.

This accreditation reflects rigorous standards for curriculum design, clinical supervision, competency development, and professional transition to independent practice.

Peak Vista’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Fellowship is a 12-month, full-time postgraduate training program designed to support the transition into independent primary care practice. Fellows train within a safety-net health system serving diverse and underserved communities in Colorado Springs.

The program is based at the Health Center at Printers Parkway(opens in a new tab) in Colorado Springs and accepts five Fellows annually beginning each September.

Peak Vista’s APRN Primary Care Fellowship programs are accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Advanced[KN6.1] Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation™ (APPFA) program, demonstrating national standards of excellence in postgraduate nurse practitioner education.

This accreditation reflects rigorous standards for curriculum design, clinical supervision, competency development, and professional transition to independent practice.

Peak Vista’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Fellowship combines structured mentorship, immersive clinical training, and competency-based progression within a federally qualified health center. Fellows provide direct patient care as licensed APRNs while strengthening clinical reasoning, prescriptive confidence, and independent primary care decision-making.

The FNP Fellowship experience includes:
  • A dedicated integrated Fellowship clinic at Health Center at Printers Parkway (340)(opens in a new tab) serving diverse and underserved patient populations.
  • Structured mentorship with dedicated preceptors and progressive clinical autonomy.
  • Supervised primary care immersion focused on lifespan family medicine.
  • Exposure to medically and socially complex patients facing access barriers.
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration across primary care, behavioral health, and specialty services.
  • Specialty rotations and procedural experiences unique to community-based practice.
  • A required population-focused Quality Improvement (QI) project.
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) participation and structured didactic reinforcement.
This model ensures Fellows graduate prepared for confident, independent practice in safety-net primary care settings.

The FNP Fellowship program is a full-time, 12-month salaried position with a competitive benefits package(opens in a new tab).

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The Fellowship leadership team brings extensive experience in safety-net medicine, interdisciplinary training, and postgraduate clinician development.

Kelli Greenleaf

Kelli Greenleaf, FNP-BC

APRN Primary Care Fellowship Director

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 mission through 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.

Anna Mack

Anna Mack, DNP

FNP-APRN Primary Care Fellowship Faculty

Anna Mack, NP, completed her undergraduate and master’s degree at the University of Colorado Boulder. Anna believes in patient-centered care: “Those small wins are what really inspire me and enable me to continue in my career. The times when a patient comes back and is feeling better or decides that they are ready to better their health is awesome to me.”

She loves to hike, bake, run, and spend time with her friends and family.

Sally Abell

Sally Abell, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

FNP-APRN Primary Care Fellowship Faculty

Sally Abell is a Nurse Practitioner at Peak Vista's Health Center at Printers Parkway (340)(opens in a new tab) and describes her core values as hospitality and clinical excellence. She strives for all her patients to feel welcomed and heard, all while offering the best possible care.

"My goal is to ensure that everyone in our community, especially those with the greatest need, have access to the best care my team can offer. There is so much to learn and know about medicine, and Peak Vista's commitment to caring for the most vulnerable in our community, while also training future leaders in health care, is an incredibly valuable way to invest in patients and providers at the same time."

Linda Estrada

Linda Estrada

Fellowship Program Coordinator

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.”

Peak Vista’s FNP Fellowship is accredited through the ANCC Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation™ (APPFA). This credential recognizes excellence in transition-to-practice programs for advanced practice providers.

APPFA accreditation affirms that the FNP Fellowship meets nationally recognized standards for:
  • Curriculum design and competency development.
  • Structured clinical supervision.
  • Evaluation and milestone-based progression.
  • Quality improvement integration.
  • Professional development and leadership training.
APPFA accreditation affirms national standards for curriculum structure, mentorship, evaluation, and competency-based progression.

Peak Vista Community Health Centers operates within a nationally recognized framework of quality, safety, and regulatory oversight. Fellows train inside an organization that prioritizes clinical excellence, ethical governance, accountability, and continuous improvement at every level of care delivery.

Institutional standards include:
  • AAAHC Accreditation through the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, reflecting compliance with national standards for patient safety, clinical quality, governance, and performance improvement across ambulatory care settings.
  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) designation, requiring federal quality reporting, board governance standards, and adherence to Health Center Program regulations to ensure accessible, equitable care delivery.
  • Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) eligibility, providing medical malpractice liability protection under federal guidelines and demonstrating compliance with federal risk management standards.
  • A Formal Corporate Compliance Plan and Standards of Conduct, ensuring adherence to federal and state regulations, ethical practice, transparency in decision-making, and responsible stewardship of public resources.
Fellows train in a system aligned with the Institute of Medicine’s definition of high-quality health care — care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

Insurance, Payment, & Enrollment

Each year’s applicant pool varies, but only five positions are available. Applicants are encouraged to submit complete materials early in the cycle.

Each year’s applicant pool varies, but only five positions are available. Applicants are encouraged to submit complete materials early in the cycle.

Interview invitations are typically extended after the March application deadline. Final decisions are communicated in the spring.

Confirming Your Information

Each year’s applicant pool varies, but only five positions are available. Applicants are encouraged to submit complete materials early in the cycle.

Each year’s applicant pool varies, but only five positions are available. Applicants are encouraged to submit complete materials early in the cycle.

Interview invitations are typically extended after the March application deadline. Final decisions are communicated in the spring.

Support & Accessibility

Each year’s applicant pool varies, but only five positions are available. Applicants are encouraged to submit complete materials early in the cycle.

Each year’s applicant pool varies, but only five positions are available. Applicants are encouraged to submit complete materials early in the cycle.

Interview invitations are typically extended after the March application deadline. Final decisions are communicated in the spring.

Frequently Asked Questions

Licensing & Eligibility

Applicants must be eligible for licensure, and active licensure must be finalized before program start.

Applicants must be eligible for licensure, and active licensure must be finalized before program start.

Applicants must be eligible for licensure, and active licensure must be finalized before program start.

Applicants must be eligible for licensure, and active licensure must be finalized before program start.

While designed for recent graduates, transitioning NPs may be considered if aligned with program goals.