Summer Sanders, MSN, BSN, FNP-C, is a family nurse practitioner at Heart & Vascular Center of West Tennessee.

Summer completed her associate degree in nursing at Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tennessee. She then earned both a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing at Chamberlain University in Addison, Illinois. 

From 2000 to 2018, she served as charge nurse and head supervisor at Jackson’s Regional Hospital. In 2011, she joined Heart & Vascular Center of West Tennessee as a nurse manager, physician coordinator, and electrophysiology extender.

Summer has experience in multiple medical fields spanning both general medicine and cardiology:

• Electrophysiology

• Trauma

• Critical care

• Same-day surgery

• Dialysis

• Nursing management 

• Pacemaker management

• Heart failure

• Rhythm management

To best serve her patients and stay at the forefront of her field, Summer belongs to several professional societies including:

• Tennessee Nurses Association

• Emergency Nurses Association

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

• Heart Rhythm Society

• American Association of Nurse Practitioners

• American Association of Heart Failure Nurses

Summer believes in compassionate, holistic patient care and is committed to expanding her medical knowledge in order to deliver high-quality service for her patients.