Mrs. Thomas is a native of Louisiana and received an R.N. degree at Paducah Community College, an affiliate of the University of Kentucky in 1996. Stephanie has worked as an intensive care unit nurse and for five years worked in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Ms. Thomas makes rounds on all the cardiac, vascular and thoracic patients at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center daily. She provides invaluable service in reviewing the charts, counseling the patients and providing liaison with social work, physical therapy consultants and rehabilitation. Ms. Thomas has been a member of the CVT team since 2005.