Christina Marie Coppola, APRN, DNP

An experienced and board-certified adult-geriatric nurse practitioner, Christina brings a strong clinical background and a patient-centered approach to orthopedic care. She is spearheading the development of a bone health clinic for osteoporosis through partnership with the AOA’s “Own the Bone.”

Coppola earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, and her undergraduate nursing degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York. Before joining St. Peter’s Orthopedics, she served as an orthopedic spine nurse practitioner at The Bone & Joint Center in Albany, where she specialized in both surgical and non-surgical spine care.

Coppola’s professional interests include:

• Spine health
• Pre- and post-operative orthopedic management
• Osteoarthritis
• Sports injury recovery
• Joint replacement
• Pain management
• Ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal injections
• Trigger point injections
• Osteoporosis
• Non-surgical management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and adult degenerative scoliosis
• Stenosis
• Disc herniations
• Interdisciplinary and multimodal treatment of orthopedic conditions