Kristine Equina is a Board Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner through ANCC. Prior to joining CareMount, Kristine worked as a Registered Nurse for Maimonides Medical Center Inpatient Cancer Unit for 10 years. She also worked with HIV/AIDS patients at Rivington House Healthcare Facility-VCNY. She began her nursing career in Oncology, Telemetry, ICU in the Philippines.

Kristine finds interacting with patients to be both rewarding and educational. She believes that pain can be controlled, reduced, or ended. Patients can actualize their goals for well-being by empowering them to take an active role in their healthcare through education in health prevention and healthy lifestyle choices.