Prostate cancer nurse navigator, Therese (Teri) Alaimo, has close to four decades of experience as an R.N. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Adelphi University and spent the first 20 years of her career as a critical care nurse in both cardiothoracic and surgical intensive care hospital settings. Teri entered the field of urological nursing where she spent the next 5 years working in an outpatient lithotripsy and urological procedure center.

Teri joined Integrated Medical Professionals in 2009 and was directly involved with the setup of IMP’s Office Based Procedural Centers and served as nurse manager of these centers until 2012. She then was introduced to prostate cancer clinical trials and served as lead study coordinator until recent times.

Under the direction of the medical director, Teri has been the primary leader of IMP’s prostate cancer immunotherapy program since 2011, working directly with patients facing advanced disease. She currently works closely with advanced prostate cancer patients and their care team to guide and support them and their caregivers through the disease process.