Expert: Middlescence

Patrice Udelhofen has more than 20 years of clinical and administrative experience as a registered nurse. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Nursing, and in 1996 received national certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner and has Advanced Practice Prescriptive Authority.

She is currently developing a Women's Health Midlife Clinic at Meriter Hospital, Inc. This center is designed to foster comprehensive care to women in midlife, with a special emphasis on perimenopause, menopause and PMS issues. The clinic is part of a comprehensive Women's Health Center of Excellence program undertaken by Meriter. Patrice sees this project as the natural progression of her work.

Prior to coming to Meriter Hospital, Inc., she worked in New Glarus, Wisconsin with the Monroe Clinic - where she developed a strong midlife-focussed practice in women's health. Patrice also developed an annual women's seminar that provided health and financial education to women in midlife and beyond. She devotes a great deal of time to speaking publicly about health issues and recognizes that if women - the chief decision-makers in the family - are well informed, then all members benefit.

Patrice is excited and honored to be part of Wisconsin Public Television's Middlessence program: 'This is a time when changes are occurring and the decisions we make significantly impact our future health and well being. Becoming informed is essential to success.'