She has practiced for 30+ years in a wide variety of clinical settings and is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor and lecturer at UCLA School of Nursing. Patty is a contracted with numerous governmental and training agencies. She recently completed writing a chapter of Sexuality for the 3rd edition of the textbook Women’s Gynecologic Health. She has been published in the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, has written a LARC Toolkit, has written a manual for incorporating sexual and reproductive health services into primary care and is completing a comprehensive ten part on-line series on intrauterine contraception. Patty is actively promoting innovative patient centered counseling techniques through train the trainer programs and research. Patty was named Family Planning Champion 2015 by the California Family Health Council.