The Matron Health Team

Melissa Grcich

MSN, CNRN, Cert.DN, NP-C

Melissa is a graduate from Purdue University with her Master’s degree in nursing. She has a long history as a registered nurse, with experience in ICU, ER, cardiac, and general medical units. Melissa is also a Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN) and is one of very few in the area certified to perform dry needling as a Cert. DN. She obtained her board certification as a nurse practitioner through the AANP in 2015. Since then, she has worked as a primary care provider in internal medicine and continues to work as a neurology nurse practitioner. Melissa is always continuing on in her endeavors to provide the highest quality healthcare through a mastery of her scope of practice. When Melissa is not rounding in the area hospitals for a local neurologist, she owns and operates Matron Health. She established this business in 2017 with the sole purpose of providing affordable health care to those who can not otherwise afford to see a provider. She loves a more natural approach to medicine, but also provides a strong evidenced based healthcare plan in coordination with her patients’ overall health care needs and goals.

Cara Smith

RN, BSN, ACE-CPT, BS Clinical Exercise Science

Cara is a graduate of Grand Valley State University with a BS in Clinical Exercise Science and Valparaiso University with a Bachelor's in nursing. Cara has years of experience in the fitness industry and brings multiple exercise modalities with her to Matron Health. She has experience in strength training, small & large group training, CrossFit, nutrition coaching, spin/cycling, aerobic training, HIIT training, TRX training, boxing, and bodybuilding. Whatever your passion or interest is - she can help! Cara brings a scienced-based personalized method to exercise programming, aiming to tailor every service to YOU. Cara's primary focus and specialization throughout her career has been functional mobility and corrective exercise, and she brings a very technical approach to Matron Health's wellness services.

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