OUR MEDICAL STAFF: Nurse Practioners

Carol L. Blattspieler, O.N.P.
Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner

Ms. Blattspieler graduated with a B.S. in Professional Nursing from the University of Vermont and completed her Nurse Practitioner education at the State University of New York at Upstate Medical Center.  She also graduated from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and is a certified Radiologic Technologist.  Ms. Blattspieler is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Vermont.  She has been practicing orthopaedic medicine for over 30 years.  Carol’s area of expertise is in sports injuries and their non-surgical treatment and in preventative health care.  Her focus is on athletes of all levels and ages, although runners, cyclists and endurance athletes are her special interests.  Carol has run 27 marathons, including the Boston Marathon.  She is an accomplished long distance triathlete and a National Ironman Champion having won Lake Placid in 2005 and placed 2nd in 2009.  She competed in the World Ironman Championships in Hawaii in 2009.