SHARMA ATKINSON-STATEN

Sharma Atkinson‑Staten, APRN, FNP‑C, is a board‑certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of healthcare experience. She has practiced in a variety of settings, including interventional cardiology, family practice, and pain management, and brings a patient‑centered, relationship‑focused approach to Direct Primary Care. Sharma believes in longer appointments, direct communication via phone, text, or email, and transparent, up‑front pricing that eliminates surprise medical bills. Her philosophy emphasizes preventive care, personalized treatment plans, and building lasting partnerships with patients and their families.

Born in Kentucky and raised in Lake City, Florida, Sharma earned her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Rush University in Chicago and completed her Master’s in Nursing at the University of South Alabama. After a 25‑year career as a registered nurse in labor and delivery, outpatient surgery, gynecology, high‑risk obstetrics, home health, and as a certified childbirth educator, she transitioned to advanced practice in 2014 and founded SharmaCare Direct Primary Care to provide affordable, high‑quality primary care without insurance middle‑men.