About Jennifer Gafnea

Jennifer Gafnea (Gilliland), CRNP is a resident of Bessemer, Alabama and a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has been in the field of nursing since 2008 and began practicing medicine as a nurse practitioner in 2013. With a nursing career that began in cardiology, she was well primed to transition to primary care where she continued to train under the guidance and renown excellence of Bryan A. McClelland, MD.

In addition to family and geriatric medicine, Jennifer is trained and certified in aesthetics, and over the last decade, she has treated thousands of patients in and around Shelby County, Alabama. Patients now travel several hundred miles for her expertise in primary care and hormone replacement coaching.
Jennifer has a 21 year history of ballet which includes teaching at the Masters Academy of Fine Arts and prior to medicine Jennifer was certified as a fitness instructor through AFAA.

Because of her extensive background Jennifer is called upon as a legal NP consultant and specializes in wrongful death. She has a long list of volunteer work over the last 30 years throughout Shelby County Alabama that includes counseling for Sav-A-Life and has acted as a court appointed special advocate for children (CASA) through DHR. Jennifer currently owns and operates a primary care clinic as well as a health and wellness clinic. Both are located in Shelby County Alabama.

Jennifer is the founder of the Rachel C. Long Foundation for Mothers of Autistic Children. The foundation provides a wide array of opportunities for the caregivers of children with disabilities.

In her free time Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband Jesse, her children and grandchildren… 3 dogs, 1 cat and countless ducks.