Julie Gottemoller-Mueller went to St. John’s School of Nursing where she received a diploma in nursing. She continued her education receiving a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Nursing from Northern Illinois University. She returned to school in 2000 to obtain a nurse practitioner certificate from Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola in Chicago.

Julie has had 30 years of nursing with experience in a variety of roles such as critical care, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Product Line Manager, administrative roles and formal teaching roles. She worked with multidisciplinary groups to develop care pathways to improve cost and quality at St. Francis Medical Center in Blue Island Illinois (#5 of over 60 cardiac centers in Chicago including teaching facilities).

Julie has recently moved from Illinois. She enjoys swimming as well as a number of other activities and recently participated in the Disney Princess Half-Marathon with her daughter in Florida.