Dr. Kathleen Perrott Wilson is a nationally recognized nurse practitioner, clinician, educator, and healthcare leader with more than 40 years of experience in patient care, nursing education, and professional leadership. Her clinical expertise includes endocrinology, diabetology, obesity and metabolic health, and preventive lifestyle medicine, with a focus on improving outcomes for individuals with diabetes and complex chronic conditions.

Dually certified as a Pediatric and Family Nurse Practitioner and board-certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM), Dr. Wilson has extensive experience in diabetes therapeutics, emerging technologies, cardiometabolic risk reduction, and obesity management. She is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, integrating evidence-based medical management with sustainable lifestyle interventions.

She currently serves as Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs and Clinical Professor at Florida State University College of Nursing and as an integrative nurse practitioner with the FSU Health Lifestyle Medicine Clinic. Her clinical and scholarly work includes developing innovative shared medical visit models that promote diabetes self-management, chronic disease prevention, and patient empowerment.

A national speaker, author, and consultant with more than 80 professional presentations, Dr. Wilson serves as the American Association of Nurse Practitioners’ representative on the Endocrine Society’s obesity pharmacotherapy guideline development panel. Her professional leadership includes extensive contributions to clinical education, healthcare policy, and advanced practice nursing.

Her distinguished honors include Fellowships in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, National Academies of Practice, American Academy of Nursing, and American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also a recipient of Florida State University’s DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing over 40 years of dedicated care and service to patients and students.
Her enduring commitment is to advance preventive healthcare, inspire future nurse practitioners, and strengthen a legacy of compassionate, evidence-based clinical practice.