Cate MacFarland

As Director of Health Care Services for Riverview School, Cate is responsible for managing the Health Care Center, overseeing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Medication Delegation in Schools program, and ensuring that students are compliant with all required medical forms.

Cate earned a BS in Nursing from Villanova University. She has spent her entire nursing career working with the Pediatric & Adolescent population. Prior to coming to Riverview, Cate was a Registered Nurse at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for 14 years, working first on an inpatient Adolescent Medical/Surgical Unit, and then transitioning to the department of Patient and Family Education. She spent time working part-time as a school nurse in the Sandwich Public School System, working 1:1 with medically fragile students. She also worked with the Visiting Nurses of Cape Cod in the Maternal Child Health division.

Cate lives in Sandwich and values being a part of the community in which she works. She has twin daughters who are now attending college. Cate enjoys soaking up all that living in a coastal community has to offer.