"It is great to be associated with a children's hospital like CHKD that provides access to numerous specialists and quality inpatient care. After living and working in places lacking easy access to quality pediatric care, I am appreciative of what CHKD offers our patients."
Beverly Coleman, PNP 
Practice
Education
College: University of Virginia
Graduate school: Virginia Commonwealth University
Bio
As a Coast Guard wife, Coleman has had opportunities to work in nursing and as a nurse practitioner in
various settings.
After working for four years in inpatient pediatrics at
University of Virginia Hospital, she moved to New Orleans and spent five
years as a pediatric oncology nurse clinician.
She also taught nursing in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, designing and implementing the first
pediatric nursing and physical assessment courses for the local community
college.
After two three-year tours in Valdez, Alaska, where she worked with four family-practice physicians, she and her family returned to Williamsburg in 2002.
Coleman is a certified infant massage instructor and enjoys working with military
families.
Twice a year, she travels to Limon, Honduras, to volunteer at the Carolina Honduras Health Foundation Clinic.
She is the mother of three.
Clinical Interests
- Pediatric oncology
- Adolescent medicine
- Global children's health initiatives
- Acupuncture
Research Areas
- Analysis and prevention of intentional injuries in children
- Long-term effects of childhood cancer treatment