Gretchen Tower, ANP

Gretchen Tower, ANP

Gretchen Tower R.N. M.S.N ACNP-BC, ANP-BC graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Nursing in 2001 with a Masters of Science in Nursing, completing the Adult Nurse Practitioner program as well as earning a Post Masters certificate in Acute Care. She has 32 years of Nursing experience, with the last 21 years dedicated to Critical Care service lines. Ms. Tower has extensive Cardiothoracic Surgery experience, with a strong focus on cardiovascular care. Other clinical areas of experience include: Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Gates Vascular Center, The Joint and Spine Center, and a decade of Hospitalist medicine experience. Ms. Tower also worked at St. Joe’s COVID Intensive Care Unit during the pandemic. She is passionate about patient advocacy, patient safety, and the emotional wellbeing of both patient’s and their families. 

She resides in Niagara County and is an avid fitness and nature enthusiast. She is the proud God Mother to two girls ages 11 and 8 and owner of two Warmblood horses named Sir Winston and Sokrates K. 

When not working she enjoys competing with both horses on the Hunter/Jumper circuit.