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Part of the Duke Cancer Institute
About Me
I am a women's health clinician who has specialized in breast issues, breast cancer risk assessment and survivorship care. Women should have full information about various breast issues and make decisions on their care. I have national experience in shared medical appointments and offer group education sessions on breast health issues at Duke Cancer Center. When not in clinic, I enjoy teaching nurse practitioner students at Duke University. At home, I enjoy all sorts of outdoor fun, such as bicycling tours, gardening, and time with family and friends.
- Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing 2022
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Areas of Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
The ratings and reviews are based on patient responses to the overall provider rating question from the survey. The question reads: “Using any number from 0 to 10, where 0 is the worst provider possible and 10 is the best provider possible, what number would you use to rate this provider?” Responses are converted to a 5-point rating system and applied consistently to all providers. Learn more about our survey process. Patients who see some types of providers receive a different version of the patient satisfaction survey. Those results are not available on DukeHealth.org.
Training and Education
Clinical Focus and Research
My research involves women's health and models of health care, including shared medical appointments. Group visits can be effective and affect outcomes. I also participate in breast studies related to post cancer treatment followup and high risk screening.
- Blodgett, T. J., B. I. Padilla, E. Kaushinger, A. Koch, M. Teague, K. Trotter, A. Edie, P. Stout, and N. P. Blodgett. “Advanced Clinical Activities in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Majors (Accepted).” Journal for Nurse Practitioners 21, no. 5 (May 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2025.105373.
- Cassidy, A., J. Waldrop, A. M. Walton, and K. Trotter. “Conducting a Policy Analysis, Implications for Nurse Practitioners: An Exemplar on Medicaid Policy and Consent for Postpartum Sterilization.” Journal for Nurse Practitioners 20, no. 7 (July 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.105023.
- Teague, M. S., and K. J. Trotter. “HUG Your Baby: Preparing Nurse Practitioner Students to Support Breastfeeding.” Journal for Nurse Practitioners 19, no. 2 (February 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2022.09.021.
- Trotter, K., L. A. Chism, A. Yousif, and H. A. Carcio. “Assessment of the Female Breast.” In Advanced Health Assessment of Women: Skills, Procedures, and Management: Fifth Edition, 115–28, 2023.
- Trotter, Kathryn, Jennifer Plichta, E Shelley Hwang, and Hannah Reynolds. “Anxiety scores of women with an increased risk of breast cancer participating in facilitated group visits.” In ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, 26:137–38. SPRINGER, 2019.
- Trotter, Kathryn, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “Meeting the needs of women at high risk for breast cancer: Facilitated group visits.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36:e18508–e18508. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.e18508.
- Gordils-Perez, Janet, Susan Schneider, Molly Gabel, and Kathryn Trotter. “ONCOLOGY NURSE NAVIGATION: IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE AND PATIENT AND PROVIDER SATISFACTION.” In ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM, Vol. 44. ONCOLOGY NURSING SOC, 2017.
Insurance Accepted
Duke Health contracts with most major health insurance carriers and transplant networks, including the ones listed below.
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Aetna
- Aetna Choice POS, Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice HMO, Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Health Network Only, Aetna Health Network Option
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Limited Benefit Insurance PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Assure Plan (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Eagle Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Essential Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Value Plan (HMO)
- Aetna Open Access HMO, Open Access Aetna Select, Aetna Open Access Managed Choice
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- Aetna PCP Coordinated POS Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (QPOS)
- Aetna Select HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice
- Aetna Voluntary Indemnity Group Plan
- Aetna Whole Health – Duke WakeMed WKCC
- Aetna/CVS Health
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Ambetter
- Ambetter of North Carolina
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Blue Advantage
- Blue Medicare (HMO, PPO)*
- Blue Options (123, PPO, HSA)
- Blue Select
- NC State Employees Health Plan
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Cigna
- Cigna Behavioral Health (*Limited eligibility)
- Cigna Choice Plus
- Cigna Connect Individual Family Plan
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access Plus
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*Please call Cigna Behavioral Heath to see if the provider is participating in your plan.
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Duke Group Plans
- Duke Basic
- Duke Select
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Experience Health
- Experience Health Medicare Advantage (HMO) Plan
- Gateway Health Alliance
- Healthgram
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Humana
- Humana Choice (PPO)
- Humana Choice - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana ChoiceCare - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana Gold Choice - Medicare Advantage (PFFS)
- Humana Gold Plus - Medicare Advantage (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage Group Plan - NC State Retirees
- MedCost
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Medicare
- First Medicare Direct
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
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NC Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina
- Carolina Complete Health
- Healthy Blue
- NC Medicaid Direct
- WellCare of North Carolina
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TRICARE
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Prime Remote
- TRICARE Select
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Advantage Plan 2 (HMO-POS)
- AARP Medicare Complete (HMO, PPO)*
- AARP Medicare Complete Essential (HMO)*
- All Savers Alternate Funding
- All Savers Fully Insured
- United Healthcare (HMO, PPO, POS)**
- United Healthcare Charter/Charter Balance/Charter Plus
- United Healthcare Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Core/Core Essential
- United Healthcare Navigate/Navigate Plus/Navigate Balanced
- United Healthcare Option PPO
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Options PPO
- United Healthcare Select/Select Plus
- United Healthcare Shared Services - Harvard Pilgrim/UHC Options PPO Network
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Before scheduling your appointment, we strongly recommend you contact your insurance company to verify that the Duke Health location or provider you plan to visit is included in your network. Your insurance company will also be able to inform you of any co-payments, co–insurances, or deductibles that will be your responsibility. If you proceed in scheduling an appointment and your health insurance benefits do not participate with Duke, your out of pocket liability may be higher. We will contact you regarding your coverage and patient liability. If you are uninsured, learn more about our financial assistance policy.