Meet Meghan

“The thing that breaks your heart is the very thing you were born to help heal.
Every world changer’s work begins with a broken heart.”

― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

Meghan has been touched personally and professionally by the lack of resources and the abundance of stigma and shame that surrounds mental health. She is passionate about talking about mental health and suicide, implementing harm reduction strategies, eliminating stigma and shame, increasing access, and meeting people where they are in their journey. She is a fierce advocate for mental health, social justice, and her patients.

Meghan moved to Jericho in 2008 with her husband and two toddlers, fresh out of nursing school. She dreamed of one day opening her own practice in rural Vermont and changing the world. Now, nearly twenty years later, she has three kids, two dogs, and an alpaca and is finally seeing her dream come to fruition, though differently than she initially envisioned.

When Meghan is not working, she enjoys making EPIC playlists, writing poetry, and baking and is admittedly a bit of a fitness and Peloton fanatic. She loves spending time with her husband and three kids, watching them play sports or perform, skiing and enjoying the outdoors, or staying in and playing games and watching movies. You can also find her walking or hiking with her dogs, Piggy and Rosa, or grabbing coffee with friends.

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

American Nurses Association

American Nurses Association- Vermont

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Education

- University of New Hampshire -
Post-Master’s Certificate, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

- University of Vermont -
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Family Nurse Practitioner

- Western Governor’s University -
Master of Science in Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing

- Cape Cod Community College -
Associate in Science in Nursing

- Wellesley College -
Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies and Biology

Publications

Foster, M.D. et al. (November 2019). Improving Adolescent Health Care Transition: Piloting the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ).

Poster presentation at American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting November 11, 2019 in Atlanta Georgia.

Foster, M.D. et al. (May 2019). Improving Adolescent Health Care Transition: Piloting the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ).

Poster presentation at the Jefford's Institute 16th Annual Quality Forum in Burlington, Vermont.

Foster, M.D. & Canillas-Dufau, T. (2012). Developing Nursing Education Standards in Outpatient Anticoagulation Management. Poster presented at the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America in Chicago in May 2012.

Foster, M.D. & Canillas-Dufau (May 2012). Abstract A19: Developing Nursing Education Standards in Outpatient
Anticoagulation Management.

American Journal of Hematology, 87(S1), p. S146-S200. Goodson, A., Libman, B., Merchand, M., Edwards, M., Nevares, A., Foster, M., Legunn, S., Kennedy, A. (May 2018).

Pneumococcal Vaccination Quality Improvement Initiative. Poster presentation at Jefford's Institute 15th Annual Quality Forum in Burlington, Vermont.

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