About Ani Thomas

NP-PHC, CDE, MSc CH (HPTE)

Ani Thomas is a primary care Nurse Practitioner who holds extensive health care experience in both acute and primary care. After completing her bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and obtaining her RN license in 2003, she worked in acute care facilities as a medical surgical nurse, organ transplant unit nurse, and many progressive nursing roles within hospital settings. After a career in acute care, she completed both a Graduate Diabetes Educator Certificate Program and a Nurse Educator Certificate Program in 2010, allowing her to take on the role of a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) in the community.

As a proven nurse educator, Ani is actively involved in training nursing students and staff to increase their clinical knowledge and skills. She completed the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program and obtained her NP license in 2014, allowing her to pursue a career in the role of a primary health care Nurse Practitioner.

Due to her ongoing interest in Community health issues, including mental health, LBGTQ+ health, health care accessibility, health care quality improvement, and indigenous health care, Ani has completed her Master’s in Community Heath (HPTE) at the University of Toronto. She is preparing to achieve PHD in Health education, in near future. She has volunteered for many health care services, including a health care mission in South India, which offered community health and midwifery service to a rural community in Tamil Nadu. Ani also enjoys traveling, reading, practising yoga/ meditation, and spending quality time with friends and family.