Rosemarie R. Van Patten, PhD

Rosemarie (Rosie) Van Patten became an active board member in 2018, shortly after her brother Lou Renna died on August 4, 2017, from complications of Scleroderma. Lou was on the board prior to his passing and Rosie wanted to volunteer on the Events and Education committees with the Steffens Scleroderma Foundation in his memory.

Dr. Van Patten is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Siena College in Loudonville, NY. Prior to working at Siena College she worked at Russell Sage College in Troy and attended her first Interprofessional Education Program (IPE) with a few of her nursing students. She received her PhD in Education (with a specialization in Nursing) from Capella University in 2014 and her BS/MS (in nursing education) from the State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome in 2011. She received her Associate's degree in Nursing from Maria College in Albany, NY in 1979. She has a strong clinical background working at Ellis Medicine for 30+ years.