Kathryn Jean Lucas, MD
611 N 35th St
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557

    Dr. Lucas and the entire DEC family want to welcome Kristin to the practice.  We could not be happier that Kristin returned home to Morehead City and joined the DEC team.

Dear Patients & Families,

I am extremely excited and honored to be joining the team at Diabetes Endocrinology Consultants.  I wanted to introduce myself so that I will not be a stranger to you when you meet me at the office.

 I grew up in Morehead City and always knew that I would one day return to the area to be closer to my family and the ocean.  I was born right here in town at Carteret General Hospital.  I attended nursing school at East Carolina University.  After graduating from college, I moved to Raleigh to work as a Registered Nurse at Rex Hospital while pursuing my Master’s Degree in Nursing at ECU to become a Family Nurse Practitioner.   My five years of bedside nursing experience prior to becoming a Nurse Practitioner prepared me to thoroughly meet and understand the needs of my patients.

I recently married my college sweetheart, David Ferree, after dating for nearly six years.  He grew up in Highlands, NC which is a small mountain town.  We met at East Carolina University and are both big Pirate fans!  We are thrilled to be relocating to the beach.  We have two Siberian Huskies, Bigz and Dakoda, who are also looking forward to living on the coast.  David and his father recently started a new company called Anson Belt & Buckle.  Please feel free to check out their website at www.ansonbeltandbuckle.com. 

I can’t wait to meet all of you soon!

Sincerely,

Kristin Gainey Ferree, MSN, RN, FNP

We have also installed a brand new GE Medical Systems Lunar Prodigy Advance Bone Densitometry testing machine.  This new machine is much faster than my previous bone density machine and requires almost no repositioning of patients during the test.  This machine does a far superior job of evaluating and tracking patients at risk for osteoporosis.  It is so much faster we are offering bone density testing WITHOUT the need for an appointment.  These bone density scans can now be done on a walk-in basis.