Lake Forest Pediatric Associates

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Dawn Ribnek CPNP


After earning her BS in nursing from Marquette University, Ms. Ribnek received her MS as a pediatric nurse practitioner from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board in 2002. Ms. Ribnek joined Lake Forest Pediatrics in 2002, after serving as a clinical supervisor in a pediatric practice in Massachusetts, a pediatric nurse for Glenbrook Hospital and an emergency department staff nurse at Children’s Memorial Hospital. She is a fellow of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners and an adjunct clinical instructor for the Department of Maternal-Child Nursing at the University of Illinois.

Ms. Ribnek has enjoyed doing medical mission work in Haiti since 2007.

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