Carol Bender, NP

Carol Hanselman is the founder and lead medical provider of Joy Wellness Partners. She specializes in regenerative medicine and hormone balancing.

In 2009, Carol graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and School of Nursing, earning dual Bachelor’s Degrees of Science in Economics and Nursing. Following her completion of her undergraduate degrees, Carol co-founded LifeNet International (LN), a social enterprise that created a sustainable network of franchised healthcare clinics in Burundi, Africa.
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From 2009 to 2011, Carol developed her clinical skills working as an Emergency Room and Cardiac nurse at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP) in Princeton, NJ. In 2011, Carol returned to Burundi to serve as the Medical Director of LifeNet International (LN), expanding the LN network to partnerships with 40 local medical clinics and hospitals in Burundi.
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In 2013, Carol completed her Master’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and became board-certified as a Nurse Practitioner, specializing in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care.
Following this, Carol practiced as a Nurse Practitioner rotating in the Emergency Departments of Hemet Valley Medical Center, Victor Valley Global Medical Center, and Menifee Valley Medical Center in Hemet, CA. Since 2014, Carol has worked as a Nurse Practitioner in the Temecula Valley Hospital Emergency Department and in the Temecula Valley Advanced Medicine (TVAM) Clinic. With her work at TVAM, Carol was able to experience first-hand the powerful, life-changing results of regenerative medicine. In 2016, Carol founded JWP with the vision of making high-quality personalized medicine available to more people in the greater San Diego area.