Meet the Team
Shayna Piedimonte, MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Shayna Piedimonte, MSN, FNP is a highly experienced Family Nurse Practitioner with more than 19 years of advanced practice experience caring for patients across diverse healthcare settings. Her extensive clinical background includes primary care, complex chronic disease management, behavioral health, skilled rehabilitation, long term care, occupational health, and rural medicine.
Throughout her career, Shayna has cared for patients with a wide range of acute and chronic conditions and has extensive experience with comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, medication management, diagnostic testing, preventive care, and coordination with specialists and interdisciplinary healthcare teams. Her background also includes clinical leadership, staff supervision, mentoring and precepting Nurse Practitioners, and healthcare operations.
Shayna brings this broad clinical experience to FlyWell Health, where she provides thoughtful, individualized care to patients living with acute and chronic pain. Her approach emphasizes listening to patients, understanding how pain affects their daily lives, and developing treatment plans that balance symptom management, function, safety, and quality of life.
Shayna works collaboratively with patients to develop safe, practical, and individualized treatment plans designed to improve function and support a better quality of life.
Patrice D. Kiesling, DNP, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Patrice D. Kiesling, DNP, FNP-C is a strong promoter of using patient education, interdisciplinary teams, multidisciplinary teams, and collaborative relationships to achieve the best outcome. As a Nurse Practitioner specializing in pain management, she is dedicated to using evidence-based practice as part of a holistic, comprehensive approach to patient care, while finding the root of the problem, resulting in improving quality of life and function.
Her professional focus includes the treatment of chronic pain, substance use disorder, and opioid use disorder by promoting self-management and using both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to help these patients live their best lives. Her undergraduate degree was obtained in Nursing at South University in Tampa, Florida. As a registered nurse, her work focused on medical-surgical nursing to include: Orthopedics, Neurology, Urology, and some Oncology. Later, she earned a Master of Science in Nursing with specialization as a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner from Auburn University/Auburn University-Montgomery in Alabama.
Over time, Patrice began to specialize in pain management, substance use disorder, and opioid use disorder. As a self-described lifelong learner, she earned an Executive Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Johns Hopkins University with a focus on promoting self-management of chronic pain. Prior to nursing, Patrice served in the United States Military for over 10 years, to include year-long deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, she identifies as a servant leader, exhibiting the qualities of a high-energy team facilitator, who develops and improves team dynamics. Her daily goal is to create an environment where all participants perform as an integral part of the team, culminating in a better experience for all.
Kabita Upreti, MSN, AGACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Kabita Upreti, MSN, AG-ACNP is an experienced Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner specializing in pain management, addiction medicine, and the care of patients with complex medical needs. She is committed to providing thoughtful, evidence-based care that prioritizes patient safety, function, and quality of life.
Kabita’s clinical expertise includes acute and chronic pain management, opioid safety, medication management, buprenorphine therapy, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and co-occurring conditions. Her approach emphasizes individualized treatment plans, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, and shared decision-making.
Her diverse clinical background includes experience in acute and critical care, high-volume outpatient settings, telehealth, interdisciplinary care coordination, and interventional procedures. This broad experience allows her to approach pain management with an understanding of both the medical complexity of chronic pain and its impact on a patient’s daily life.
Kabita works collaboratively with patients to develop safe, practical, and individualized treatment plans designed to improve function and support a better quality of life.
