Breast Surgery

Lissa Shaffer, NP

Lissa Shaffer is a native New Mexican who has worked as a registered nurse in Santa Fe for 26 years. She received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of New Mexico in 1998 and returned to graduate school in 2020. She completed her master’s degree in nursing at Bradley University, focusing on family practice. In 2023, she received her national board certification from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Lissa completed an internship in the medical oncology department at Nexus Health before transferring to the breast surgery clinic in 2024. She has been happily married for over twenty years. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, camping, hiking, whitling and homesteading off the grid with 4 chickens.