Roxana Benavides is a nurse practitioner who specializes in caring for patients with neurological and general surgical conditions. Areas of special interest include Surgical Oncology. Benavides earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing at Fresno Pacific University. She earned a post-master's certificate, which enables the pursuit of specialty training, from UCSF. She is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Public Health Nurse, Critical Care Registered Nurse, and Neuroscience Registered Nurse.

Benavides is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Credentialing Center and American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Benavides enjoys cooking, listening to music, traveling, watching comedies, and spending time with her family and friends.

Benavides is fluent in Spanish.