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Cynthia B. tenHoopen, NP

Cynthia B. tenHoopen, NP

she/her/hers

Pediatrics

UR Medicine Faculty The University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group (URMFG) consists of over 900 specialist and primary care providers spanning 19 departments. URMFG is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Accountable Health Partner Accountable Health Partners (AHP) is a network of over 2,000 community and UR medical faculty and a dozen leading hospitals throughout the region. AHP offers a full range of care.
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About Me

Professional Background

Ms. tenHoopen has worked at the University of Rochester Medical Center since 2005 and has worked as an Advanced Practice Provider (APP)/Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Child Neurology since 2010. She primarily sees patients who are referred for evaluation and management of headaches and conc...
Ms. tenHoopen has worked at the University of Rochester Medical Center since 2005 and has worked as an Advanced Practice Provider (APP)/Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Child Neurology since 2010. She primarily sees patients who are referred for evaluation and management of headaches and concussion. She also functions as the APP for the Pediatric Neuro-Immunology Clinic, caring for pediatric patients with diagnoses including Multiple Sclerosis, Optic Neuritis, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, and Transverse Myelitis.

Ms. tenHoopen was promoted to APP Lead for Child Neurology in September 2020. She has direct responsibility for managing RNs and APPs within the division. She assists with Child Neurology team meetings, onboarding new APPs and RNs, interfaces in 1:1 meetings with individual APPs and RNs and provides support for APP and RN annual evaluations.

Ms. tenHoopen has been a member of the American Headache Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Association of Child Neurology Nurses. She is also an active participant of the Association of Child Neurology Nurses Award Committee.

Ms. tenHoopen is a Clinical Associate at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. She provides education and lectures on Pediatric Headaches and Concussion at local, regional, and national conferences and also locally to Nurse Practitioner students. She acts as a clinical preceptor for Nurse Practitioner students who are studying at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

Ms. tenHoopen provides care to her patients in the outpatient clinical setting and also provides management by telephone and patient portal to address questions and concerns that arise between appointments.

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Graduate, Nazareth College of Rochester. 1990 - 1992

Graduate, Monroe Community College.

Education

MS | University of Rochester. Nurse Practitioner. 0

Awards

URMC Strong Star-annual receipt. 2017

American Child Neurology Nurses Travel Award.

Publications

Journal Articles

Feasibility of Providing Pediatric Neurology Telemedicine Care to Youth with Headache.

Vierhile A, Tuttle J, Adams H, tenHoopen C, Baylor E

Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners.. 2018 32 (5):500-506. Epub 04/13/2018.

Telemedicine in urban and suburban childcare and elementary schools lightens family burdens.

McConnochie KM, Wood NE, Herendeen NE, ten Hoopen CB, Roghmann KJ

Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association.. 2010 June 16 (5):533-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

Integrating telemedicine in urban pediatric primary care: provider perspectives and performance.

McConnochie K, Wood N, Herendeen N, ten Hoopen C, Denk L, Neuderfer J

Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association.. 2010 April 16 (3):280-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Physiologic stability of newborns during cup- and bottle-feeding.

Howard CR, de Blieck EA, ten Hoopen CB, Howard FM, Lanphear BP, Lawrence RA

Pediatrics.. 1999 November 104 (5 Pt 2):1204-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

A randomized, placebo-controlled comparison of EMLA() and dorsal penile nerve block for pain relief during neonatal circumcision.

Howard FM, Howard CR, Fortune K, Generelli P, Zolnoun D, tenHoopen C

Primary care update for Ob/Gyns.. 1998 July 15 (4):196. Epub 1900 01 01.