CAPC Webinar Faculty

Rachel Adams, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Senior Medical Director for Palliative Care Subsection, Department…

Ross Howard Albert, MD, FAAFP

Physician
Hartford Hospital

Jennifer Allen, MD

Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine and Hospice for the Lehigh Valley Health Network

Kelly Ambrose, BSN, RN

Director, Advanced Illness Care at Housecall Providers

Francine Armentano, NP

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center

Anthony Back, MD

Co-founder, VitalTalk
Co-director, University of Washington Center for Excellence in Palliative Care

Linda Bulman, BSPT, PA-C

Director of Palliative Services
Alameda Health System

David Buxton, MD, FAPA, DFAACAP, FAAHPM

CEO, Center for Palliative Psychiatry

J. Brian Cassel, PhD

Palliative Care Research Director; Associate Professor, VCU School of Medicine
Faculty, Palliative C…

Leslie Chang Evertson, DNP, RN, GNP-BC

Lead Dementia Care Specialist, UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program

Rebecca Chester, LCSW

Social Worker for Palliative Care
Emory University Hospital Midtown

Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, ACHPN, ACNS-BC, FAAN,FPCN

Palliative Care Director
Medical University of South Carolina

Charles Creech, MDiv

Board Certified Chaplain, Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Kimberly Curseen, MD, FAAHPM

Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Outpatient Supportive Care, Emory…

Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN

Consultant
Center to Advance Palliative Care

Katie DeMarco, DNP, MSHS, APN, ACHPN

Clinical Supervisor, Pain & Palliative Medicine Institute
Palliative Medicine APN
Hackensack Meri…

Stephanie DePiano, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW

Social Work Supervisor, Palliative Care
Hackensack Meridian

Danielle DiGennaro, MSN, APNP, ACHPN

Lisa DuBreuil, MSW, LICSW

Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital

Julie S. Edwards, MRE, CCM, MSSW, LSW

Palliative Medicine Social Worker
Bon Secours Health System

Kristin Edwards, MD, FACP, CPE, FAAHPM

Medical Director of Palliative Care
Yale New Haven Health System-Bridgeport Hospital

Andrew E. Esch, MD, MBA

Director, Palliative Care Program Development

Torrie Fields, MPH

Founder and Managing Partner
TF Analytics

Ciara Florello, RN

Registered Nurse
OptumCare Supportive Care

Amy Frieman, MD, MBA, FAAHPM

Chief Wellness Officer
Hackensack Meridian Health

Erik Fromme, MD, MCR

Director, Serious Illness Care Program
Ariadne Labs

Maribeth Gallagher, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Dementia Program Director
Hospice of the Valley

Jessica Geiger-Hayes, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacist
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital

Dominic F. Glorioso, DO, FACOI, FAAHPM

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Palliative Care
UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg, PA

Matthew Gonzales, MD, FAAHPM

Associate Vice President
Chief Medical and Operations Officer
Providence Institute for Human Caring

Antonio Graham, MD

Atlanta VA Medical Center; Emory University School of Medicine

Carl Grey, MD

Director of Palliative Care
Wake Forest Baptist Health

Tom Gualtieri-Reed, MBA

Partner
Spragens & Gualtieri-Reed

Nancy Guinn, MD

Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care

M. Hamza Habib, MD, FACP

Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University - Irving Cancer Center

Scott Haga, PA-C

Certified Physician Assistant
Center for Integrative Medicine, Spectrum Health Medical Group

Risa Hanau, LCSW

Social Worker and Clinical Educator, Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro (HPCG)

Ray Hanbury, PhD, ABPP

Chief Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Psychology Education
Jersey Shore Universit…

Lauran Hardin, MSN, RN-BC, CNL

Director Cross Continuum Transformation
National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs

Marisette Hasan, BSN, RN

Vice President, Community Action & Policy
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)

Denise Hess, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC

Executive Director
Supportive Care Coalition

Philip Higgins, PhD, LICSW

President
Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.

Amy Holtz, MA

Chaplain
Bon Secours Health System

Stephen Howell, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN

Lead Nurse Practitioner Palliative Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sachin Jain, MD, MBA

CEO of SCAN Health Group and Health Plan

Beth Jeffrey, MD

Palliative Care Physician
M Health Fairview, University of Minnesota

Tammy Kang, MD, MSCE

Marta Kazandjian, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Clinical Assistant Professor, Manager, Dept. Head for Speech Pathology and Swallowing
Stony Brook So…

Anne Kelly, LCSW

Palliative Care Coordinator
San Francisco VA Health Care System

Corey L. Kennard, MACM

Lead, Spiritual Care Services
Ascension St. John Hospital

Kathleen Kerr, BA

Partner
Transforming Care Partners

Anne Kinderman, MD

Director, Supportive & Palliative Care Service
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Associat…

Anne Kinderman, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco

Chad Kollas, MD

Medical Director, Palliative & Supportive Care
Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center

Praba Koomson, DNP

Director of Advanced Illness Management (AIM) Sutter Health

Rich Lamkin, PAC, MPH

Physician Assistant in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Katheryn Lauer, MD, MPH

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician
Evergreen Health

Arianne Lee, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner
Ascension St. John

Victoria Leff, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C

Palliative Care Consultant
Adjunct Instructor
UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill

Julie Lehn, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Palliative Medicine
Banner Health

David Ling, MD, FACP, FHM

Associate Chief Medical Information Officer
University of Virginia (UVA) Health System

Debra Lotstein, MD, MPH, FAAP, FAAHPM

Director, Division of Comfort and Palliative Care, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Profess…

Peggy Maguire, JD

Senior Vice President
Cambia Health Solutions

Melanie J. Marien, MS, PA-C, RPA

Vice President of Operations, North East Region
Aspire Health

Barbara McCann, BSW, MA

Interim President and CEO at CHAP - Community Health Accreditation Partner

Jennifer McGaugh

Resource Nurse
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center

Jenny Mellot, RN, BSN, CRRN

Assistant Nurse Manager
UVA

Michael Mendez, MD

Michael Mendez, MD
Associate Section Chief, Pulmonary/Critical Care
LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical…

Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA

Director, CHAllenges in Managing and Preventing Pain (CHAMPP) Clinical Research Center
Director, Tai…

Rabbi Edith M. Meyerson, DMin, BCC

Assistant Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Associate Director, …

Juan- Carlos Monguilod, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro (HPCG)

John Morris, MD, FAAHPM

Chief Medical Officer, Palliative Care
Four Seasons

Kelly Morse Nowicki, MA

Administrator
Mayo Clinic

Colleen Mulkerin, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, APHSW-C

Kristina Newport, MD

Penn State Health

Danielle Noreika, MD, FAAHPM, FACP

Medical Director, Inpatient Palliative Care Services
Virginia Commonwealth University

Chikal Patel, MD

Medical Director, Palliative Medicine
Banner Baywood Medical Center & Banner Heart Hospital

Jacqueline Peare, MSW, LMSW

Clinical Social Worker, The Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at The Mount Si…

Diane Pelkey, RN

Outpatient/Home-Based Nurse
Bon Secours Health System

Stacie T. Pinderhughes, MD

Medical Director
Optumcare, Complex Care Management
Clinical Associate Professor Internal Medicine/Ge…

Loren Pogir

Founder and Managing Partner
Transforming Care Partners

Tammie E. Quest, MD

Director
Emory Palliative Care Center

JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MBA, MSN, FAAN

Executive Vice President
Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Officer
Genesis HealthCare

David B. Reuben, MD

Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Chief, Division of Geriatrics,…

Jody K. Reyes, MSBA, BSN, OCN

Administrator, Cancer Services and Palliative Care
UVA

Rev. Erica Richmond, M.Div, MA

Chaplain
Hartford Hospital

Phillip Rodgers, MD, FAAHPM

George A. Dean, M.D. Chair of Family Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine and Internal Medicine
Di…

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN

Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memoria…

Drew Rosielle, MD, FAAHPM

System Medical Director, Palliative Care
M Health Fairview

Rachel Rusch, LCSW, MSW, MA

Palliative Care Education and Practice Coordinator,
Comfort and Palliative Care, Children’s Hospital…

Eugene Rusyn, JD

Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow
Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School

Stephen Ryan, RN, MSW, CHPN

Clinical Coordinator, Columbia University Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

Doris Saintil Phildor, MPH

Health Systems Director, Alzheimer's Association

Philip H. Santa-Emma, MD, FAAHPM

Medical Director, Palliative Care Services
Mount Carmel Health

Bethann Scarborough, MD

Associate Professor | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai

J. Bryan Sexton, PhD

Director, Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Duke Universi…

Laura Shanks, PhDc, MSN, MHA, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, NE-BC

Interim Nurse Manager/Nurse Clinician, VCUHS Palliative Care Unit

Christi Sheffield, MPA

Manage, Supportive Care Services
University of Virginia

Christian T. Sinclair, MD, FAAHPM

Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, The University of Kansas Health System

Lee Spears, MA

Program Director, Personalized Care Support
Regence BlueCross BlueShield

Lynn Hill Spragens, MBA

Partner
Spragens & Gualtieri-Reed

Holly L. Spraker-Perlman, MD, MS

Associate Members
St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital

Donna W. Stevens, MHA

Partner
Leaderly Consultants

Barbara Sutton, APRN, ACHPN

Consultant
Center to Advance Palliative Care
Nurse Practitioner
CareOregon

Amy Swichtenberg, NP

Nurse Practitioner
Optum Complex Care Management

Stephanie Terauchi, MD, MBA, FAAHPM

Medical Director of Palliative Care
Texas Oncology, North Texas Region

Naomi Thomas, BA, MSW

Medical Social Worker
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Gregg VandeKieft, MD, MA

Medical Director for Palliative Care
Providence St. Joseph Institute for Human Caring

Patrice Villars, MS, GNP-BC, ACHPN

Program Director, Outpatient Palliative Care
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Shelly Virva, LCSW,FNAP

Senior Consultant,
Health Management Associates

Lisa Vitucci, LCSW-R

Director of Social Work
OptumCare Supportive Care

Joelle Vlahakis, MD, FAAP, HMDC, FAAHPM

Medical Director Supportive Care Services and Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medici…

Eric Widera, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Director of Hospice and Palliative Ca…

Kimberly Wills-Rinaldi, LCSW, ACHP-SW

Geriatric and Palliative Care Social Worker
Center for Geriatrics and BH Palliative Care Teams

Sarah Winawer-Wetzel, MBA

Director of Administration, Palliative Care Program
Penn Medicine

Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH

Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
Boston Children's Hospital and
Division Chief, Pediatric Pal…

Ann Wyatt, MSW

Manager of Palliative & Residential Care
CaringKind

Leanne Yanni, MD

Executive Medical Director of Comprehensive Care
Bon Secours Mercy Health

Lori Yosick, LISW-S, CHPCA

PCLC Faculty, Mount Carmel Health System
Health Care Consultant

Kristi Youngs, BSN, RN, CHPN

Chief Clinical Operations Officer at Housecall Providers

Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD

Vice President, Medical Affairs
OhioHealth Home Care

Webinar Faculty

Rachel Adams, MD

Ross Howard Albert, MD, FAAFP

Jennifer Allen, MD

Kelly Ambrose, BSN, RN

Francine Armentano, NP

Anthony Back, MD

Justin N. Baker, MD

Cheyenne Balsley, Finance Director

Cindy Barton, MSN, GNP, BC

Ira Bedzow, PhD

John Beilenson, MA

Kaitlyn Bender, MS, RN, CHPN

Ana Berlin, MD, MPH, FACS

Leslie Blackhall, MD, MTS

Stefanie Bonigut, LCSW

Linda Bulman, BSPT, PA-C

David Buxton, MD, FAPA, DFAACAP, FAAHPM

J. Brian Cassel, PhD

Leslie Chang Evertson, DNP, RN, GNP-BC

Rebecca Chester, LCSW

Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, ACHPN, ACNS-BC, FAAN,FPCN

Charles Creech, MDiv

Kimberly Curseen, MD, FAAHPM

Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN

Katie DeMarco, DNP, MSHS, APN, ACHPN

Stephanie DePiano, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW

Danielle DiGennaro, MSN, APNP, ACHPN

Lisa DuBreuil, MSW, LICSW

Julie S. Edwards, MRE, CCM, MSSW, LSW

Kristin Edwards, MD, FACP, CPE, FAAHPM

Andrew E. Esch, MD, MBA

Torrie Fields, MPH

Ciara Florello, RN

Amy Frieman, MD, MBA, FAAHPM

Erik Fromme, MD, MCR

Maribeth Gallagher, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Jessica Geiger-Hayes, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

Dominic F. Glorioso, DO, FACOI, FAAHPM

Matthew Gonzales, MD, FAAHPM

Antonio Graham, MD

Carl Grey, MD

Tom Gualtieri-Reed, MBA

Nancy Guinn, MD

M. Hamza Habib, MD, FACP

Scott Haga, PA-C

Risa Hanau, LCSW

Ray Hanbury, PhD, ABPP

Lauran Hardin, MSN, RN-BC, CNL

Marisette Hasan, BSN, RN

Denise Hess, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC

Philip Higgins, PhD, LICSW

Amy Holtz, MA

Stephen Howell, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN

Sachin Jain, MD, MBA

Beth Jeffrey, MD

Tammy Kang, MD, MSCE

Marta Kazandjian, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Anne Kelly, LCSW

Corey L. Kennard, MACM

Kathleen Kerr, BA

Anne Kinderman, MD

Anne Kinderman, MD

Chad Kollas, MD

Praba Koomson, DNP

Rich Lamkin, PAC, MPH

Katheryn Lauer, MD, MPH

Arianne Lee, FNP-C

Victoria Leff, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C

Julie Lehn, PharmD

David Ling, MD, FACP, FHM

Debra Lotstein, MD, MPH, FAAP, FAAHPM

Peggy Maguire, JD

Melanie J. Marien, MS, PA-C, RPA

Barbara McCann, BSW, MA

Jennifer McGaugh

Jenny Mellot, RN, BSN, CRRN

Michael Mendez, MD

Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA

Rabbi Edith M. Meyerson, DMin, BCC