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About
Laura Petiya is an advanced practice registered nurse in Cleveland, Ohio, whose two credentials shape how patients meet her: a women’s health care nurse practitioner (WHNP-BC) who runs clinic visits, and a registered nurse first assistant (RNFA) who scrubs in during gynecological surgery. Very few clinicians hold both, and the combination matters for patients whose care moves between consultation and procedure.
Her formal training stayed inside nursing throughout. She took a bachelor’s degree at Kent State University in 2009, returned for a master’s in nursing there in 2013, and added a second master’s degree from the University of Rochester in 2024 — eleven years of clinical practice between the two graduate programs.
Her recorded practice areas are maternal-fetal medicine and general obstetrics and gynecology, with fertility listed among her areas of focus. In a fertility workup that usually means she is the clinician who takes the history, explains what each test measures, and keeps the follow-up schedule on track before and after a referral to a reproductive endocrinologist.
Clinical Expertise
- Women’s health care: Preventive assessment, gynecological problem management, and ongoing follow-up for patients who need one clinician to stay across their records rather than a series of one-off visits.
- Maternal-fetal medicine support: High-risk pregnancy care sits at the intersection of obstetrics and specialty input; her nursing role covers antepartum monitoring, medication guidance, and coordinating the appointment cadence a risk pregnancy requires.
- General obstetrics and gynecology: Routine evaluation and management of reproductive health questions, from cycle irregularity to preconception readiness.
- Fertility-focused visits: Because fertility appears in her scope, she handles the early consultations where a patient is deciding whether a reproductive specialty referral is warranted, and the education that goes with that decision.
- Surgical first assisting: As an RNFA she acts as first assistant in the operating room, a role that extends into pre-operative briefing and post-operative care handoff.
Why Choose Laura Petiya
A credential set that spans clinic and operating room. WHNP-BC certification authorizes her to assess, order tests, and manage women’s health care independently within her scope. RNFA is a separate, additional qualification covering intra-operative assisting. Patients who need both a gynecological procedure and the counseling around it get continuity from one clinician instead of two.
Verifiable, not promotional. Her provider record in the federal NPI registry (1295163921) classifies her as a nurse practitioner in women’s health. Anyone checking her qualifications starts from a public registry entry rather than from marketing copy.
Education that kept going after licensure. A second master’s degree in 2024, fourteen years after her first, indicates a clinician who returned to graduate study while practicing. For patients, that tends to show up in how treatment steps get explained rather than in outcome claims.
Professional Affiliations
Laura Petiya holds Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) status with the Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC) certification, the credential specific to women’s reproductive health, plus the RNFA qualification permitting her to serve as first assistant during surgery. She completed her nursing education at Kent State University (bachelor’s, 2009; master’s, 2013) and the University of Rochester (master’s, 2024).
Suitable For
Patients needing a standing women’s health contact. Her core scope is women’s health care, so preventive assessment, recurring gynecological concerns, and screening schedules are the visits she is credentialed to carry on her own.
Preconception and pregnancy-stage questions. The maternal-fetal medicine side of her practice means she is comfortable with risk-pregnancy follow-up: what a finding implies, which medications continue, and when the next scan falls.
Anyone at the “should we see a fertility specialist?” stage. Fertility falls inside her listed areas of focus, which makes her a reasonable first visit before a reproductive endocrinology appointment — history, prior records, and the questions worth bringing to that referral.
Patients facing a gynecological procedure. The RNFA credential means the same clinician who explains the procedure may also be in the room for it and available for the post-operative check, so instructions and findings stay consistent across visits.