Degrees
DNP, Yale University, New Haven, CT
MSN, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
BS, Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
BA, Psychology, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
Certifications
Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Family Practice, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Member: Wilderness Medical Society, American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, New England Rural Health Association
Professional
Dr. Woodard has been serving as a nurse practitioner for 8 years, working in rural clinics, multispecialty primary care, and emergency medicine. Growing up rural, Benjamin has maintained a keen interest in the unique healthcare needs of rural and remote communities, and enjoys teaching these skills to new clinicians as an assistant professor and Co-director of the Rural Health Scholars Program at UMASS Medical in Worcester. He regularly teaches wilderness medicine and remote care, both here and abroad.
Personal
When not working, you can find Woodard on his farm raising bees and gardening, or in the woods, on a river, up a mountain, trail running, fly-fishing, or climbing.
