Piedmont Physicians Surgicalists Columbus

Chatora Berry, N.P. is an experienced and knowledgeable nurse practitioner who provides high quality primary, acute and specialty health care services across a woman’s life span. Berry completed her BSN from Columbus State University in Columbus, GA and her MSN from South University in Montgomery, AL. Berry is also certified in PALS, ACLS and BLS.

In her free time, Chatora enjoys enjoy spending time with her family and traveling.

Stephanie Robertson, NP is a board-certified Adult/Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner who received her MSN from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL after she earned her BSN from the University of Michigan-Flint in Flint, MI.

Stephanie has 5 years of clinical experience as a NP and 19 total in healthcare. She started at Methodist LeBonheur University Hospital, Memphis, TN in the Cardiac Surgery ICU. She cared for pt's in Cardiac ICU using skills in intubation/ventilator management, arterial lines, central lines, vascaths and trialysis catheter insertion and maintenance. Stephanie has also worked in Med/Surg ICU at Piedmont Columbus-Midtown, Hospital Medicine at both Piedmont Columbus-Midtown and Northside as well as at St Francis-Emory. She most recently held a role as First Assist in OR for Orthopaedic Spine surgery at the Hughston Clinic - Columbus, GA where she provided services to perioperative patients ordering testing, diagnosing and treating them in the clinic and throughout the perioperative period.

In her free time, she enjoys time with her family camping, spending time at the beach and watching her children's various sports activities.

Lauren K. Perez, FNP-C, is a family nurse practitioner who has over 17 years clinical experience. She is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, is a BLS and ACLS certified instructor with additional certification in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). She is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and the Society of Trauma Nurses. As trauma coordinator for a Level 2 Community Trauma Program, Lauren provides oversight of trauma registry data submitted to the National Trauma Data Base and the Trauma Quality Improvement project. She conducts classroom, bedside and community education on injury prevention. Lauren is returning to Columbus Regional after five years of experience working in Georgia’s only American College of Surgeons Level 1 trauma center and ED.

In her spare time, Lauren enjoys local/global travel and spending time with family and friends.