Lizanne began her pediatric nursing career at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in 1986. For one year she responded to a nursing shortage in a pediatric hospital in Honolulu & also volunteered as an Operation Smile RN in Africa. She returned to CHOP for another 4 years. Lizanne then worked as an Emergency Room RN for 7 years at Rhode Island Hospital/ Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She began working as an NP for Boston Children’s Hospital for the Department of Orthopedics Division of Sports Medicine in 1998.