Dr. Brett Snodgrass has been a registered nurse for 28 years and a Family Nurse Practitioner for 18 years, practicing in multiple settings, including family practice, urgent care, emergency departments, administration, chronic pain and palliative medicine. She is currently the Operations Director for Palliative Medicine at Baptist Health Systems in Memphis, TN. She is board certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is also a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. She completed a Doctorate of Nursing Practice at the University of Alabama – Huntsville. She is a nationally recognized nurse practitioner speaker and teacher. Brett Is a chronic pain expert, working for more than 20 years with chronic pain and palliative patients in a variety of settings. She is also honored to be the HPNA 2025 podcast host. She is married with 2 daughter, 2 son in laws and 1 grandson and now an empty nest cat. She and her family are actively involved in their church and she is an avid reader.