Dr. Gary Shelton is an adult oncology nurse practitioner and oncology clinical nurse specialist. Gary is an advanced oncology certified nurse practitioner, by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation and is a board-certified adult nurse practitioner, by the American Nursing Credentialing Center and has held Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse certification.

Gary Shelton is a member of several professional nursing societies including the American Cancer Society,  the Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology, the Oncology Nursing Society, the Nurse Practitioner Association of New York, the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care, as well being a nursing member of the  American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO). He has been a speaker for these organizations, locally, nationally, and internationally.  He is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Shelton has authored or coauthored numerous abstracts, journal articles and book chapters.

His passions include mentorship, consultation and professional development to his colleagues and peers as well as the ongoing discovery of evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes, and to advance the state of knowledge for fellow APs. He would impress upon all of us, that good communication depends on good connections.