Dawn Pessa, MSN, FNP-BC, CA-SANE, CP-SANE

Locations

Advanced Wound Center

224 Memorial Dr.
Gatesville Texas,

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Phone: (254) 248-6204

Fax: (254) 248-6254

Specialites

Family Medicine
Wound Care

Date Joined

March 2024

About Dawn Pessa, MSN, FNP-BC, CA-SANE, CP-SANE

A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native, Dawn Pessa lived in Philadelphia until marrying her husband in 2000. During her husband’s career in the U.S. Army, they lived in Germany, Kentucky, Washington and South Korea before settling down with their three sons in Fort Cavazos, Texas, upon his retirement.

Dawn began her medical career as a medical assistant in 1997. She also served as a medical assistant instructor in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2010. After moving back to the States from South Korea, Dawn earned her associate degree in nursing from Central Texas College and became a registered nurse (RN). She also earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Chamberlain University, specializing as a board certified family nurse practitioner (FNP).

In 2017, Dawn started her nursing career at Coryell Health as both an RN on the medical-surgical floor and a house supervisor. She continued to work with Coryell and Darnall Army Medical Center as an emergency room nurse until the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, she worked in emergency medicine in Texas and California.

Dawn is also a certified pediatric, adolescent and adult sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) for the state of Texas and has been involved in over 100 cases throughout Central Texas.

Dawn is excited to return to Coryell Health, her “first home” and where her nursing career began. When she’s not helping patients, Dawn enjoys traveling the world and spending time with her husband, three sons and grandson.