"Heritage Family Medicine is pleased to welcome Sofia Kolesnikova, ARNP, to our practice. Sofia received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Florida. For the past six years, Sofia has been working in various hospital departments - from the intensive care unit to the emergency room - as a registered nurse. The past four years, Sofia's love of critical care took her across the country to work as a traveling ER nurse. As a traveling ER nurse she completed assignments in various emergency departments from Florida to Massachusetts to Washington State. Wanting to further advance her knowledge and education, Sofia enrolled in the Concordia University of Wisconsin where she obtained her Master's Degree in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Sofia is passionate about patient care and takes an individualized and holistic approach to the services she provides for each patient, seeking to understand and work in partnership with her patients on their health goals, as well as their health concerns.Sofia accepts patients of all ages and any presenting issues in her practice at Heritage Family Medicine. Sofia is originally from Russia and is fluent in Russian. After immigrating to the United States in 1999, Sofia settled in Florida where she grew up. Sofia is passionate about physical fitness with hobbies including tennis, cycling, hiking, and marathon running. Sofia is an independent contractor to Heritage Family Medicine, setting her own hours, maintaining her personal equipment and own insurance. While sharing the HFM name, space, and services, she is responsible for her own practice and clinical decisions and is free to also work elsewhere."
