ABOUT ADVITA HEALTH
Meet Our Leadership
Advita Health is a local Maryland company guided by an advisory group of physicians, orthopedic surgeons, cardiologists, various internal medicine specialists, physiatrists, and community members.
Karen Pipkin, CRNP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC
Founder & Director of Orthopedics
Karen founded Advita Health to close the gap in specialty care between hospital and home. She brings more than 30 years of clinical experience, including 18+ years in orthopedics, and led the Orthopedic Advanced Practice Provider team at Luminis Health for seven years. Karen has multiple publications in the Spine and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery Journals. She is dual board-certified as an Acute Care and Family Nurse Practitioner and holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (BSN) and the University of Maryland (MS).
Christina Case, CRNP, ANP-BC, ACNP-BC
Director of Cardiology
Christina brings more than 37 years of experience in critical care nursing and advanced practice, with a focus on heart failure, arrhythmias, and hypertension. She led the cardiology APP team at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center and helped build its Heart Failure Program. She earned her Adult Nurse Practitioner degree from Quinnipiac University and her Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Taylor McJunkins, BSN, RN
COO & Director of Transitional Operations
Taylor oversees Advita's daily operations and the systems behind its transitional care program. A registered nurse, she spent six years at the bedside in emergency medicine and labor and delivery before moving into healthcare operations. She holds a BSN from the University of South Carolina Upstate
CARE AND PARTNERSHIP ACROSS MARYLAND
Ready to Connect with Advita Health?
Patients
Leaving the hospital soon? We support your recovery through the critical first month at home, and longer if needed. We offer telemedicine visits throughout Maryland and in-home nurse practitioner visits in select areas of Queen Anne's County.
Family & Caretakers
Reach out while your loved one is still in the hospital. We'll coordinate with their medical team and your family to plan a smooth transition home, so you have expert support and peace of mind.
Facilities & Providers
Partner with Advita to give your residents expert cardiac and orthopedic care plus transitional care support. The result: better outcomes, smoother transitions, fewer avoidable ER visits and readmissions, and less unnecessary medical travel.