Emily E. Wachtendonk, DNP, APNP

Emily holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and is licensed as an Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber in Wisconsin. She is an active member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Neurology. The DNP represents the highest level of clinical nursing education, and her Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber designation reflects her scope of practice authority to prescribe medications and manage treatment plans independently within the collaborative team structure at Neuroscience Group. Specific national certification information can be confirmed by contacting Neuroscience Group directly.

Emily is a neurology APNP at Neuroscience Group, providing patient care at both the Appleton and Neenah locations. She evaluates and manages patients with neurological conditions, develops individualized care plans, and places particular emphasis on creating an environment of transparency where patients feel genuinely comfortable sharing their experiences, concerns, and goals. Her approach to each visit centers on curiosity about the patient's full experience, not just their clinical presentation, which shapes how she gathers information, explains findings, and involves patients in the decisions being made about their care. She works within Neuroscience Group's collaborative neurology care team model alongside the neurology physicians.

As an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, Emily brings the highest level of clinical nursing education to her patient care role. She works collaboratively with and under the oversight of the neurology physicians at Neuroscience Group, and is trained to evaluate, manage, and educate patients across a broad scope of neurological conditions. Her DNP-level training emphasizes evidence-based practice and patient-centered outcomes, and her American Academy of Neurology membership reflects neurology-specific ongoing education. For many neurology patients, Emily provides attentive, individualized care with the full clinical depth of Neuroscience Group's neurology team behind her, with particular strength in the shared decision-making and transparency that chronic neurological conditions often require.

Emily helps manage a range of neurological conditions as part of Neuroscience Group's neurology team at the Appleton and Neenah locations. Her neurology specialty and American Academy of Neurology affiliation reflect training and ongoing education across the full scope of neurological care, including headache and migraine, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders, memory concerns, epilepsy, and other brain and nervous system conditions managed by the neurology team. Her philosophy of individualized, collaborative care is particularly well-suited to patients managing chronic neurological conditions where the care relationship, communication quality, and shared decision-making play a meaningful role in outcomes over time.

Emily's approach is built on collaboration, transparency, and genuine curiosity about each patient's experience. She believes that being attentive and direct while maintaining empathy creates the kind of care environment where patients feel comfortable sharing openly, which in turn allows her to deliver truly personalized care rather than a standard protocol. She actively partners with patients to provide education about their condition and incorporates shared decision-making into every care plan, ensuring that patients understand not just what is being recommended but why, and that their own values and preferences shape the direction of their care. Her combination of directness, empathy, and curiosity is reflected in how she communicates, listens, and follows through with each individual patient.