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Marla Elkins, FNP, has worked with Fred Shield, MD, at Cedarwood Internal Medicine for three years. She and Dr. Shield see a wide range of patients with a focus on treating patients with asthma. Marla earned her undergraduate degree in nursing at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and practiced as a registered nurse for four years before earning a masters degree from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Marla is a family nurse practitioner, certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.