Webinar Faculty
CAPC webinar faculty illustrate palliative care best practices and innovative delivery models through interactive online presentations. Webinar faculty are listed below.
Rachel Adams, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Senior Medical Director for Palliative Care Subsection, Department…
Ross Howard Albert, MD, FAAFP
Kelly Ambrose, BSN, RN
Francine Armentano, NP
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
Justin N. Baker, MD
Cheyenne Balsley, Finance Director
Cindy Barton, MSN, GNP, BC
Nurse Practitioner
UCSF Memory and Aging Center
San Francisco, CA
Ira Bedzow, PhD
Director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program at New York Medical College and Senior Sch…
John Beilenson, MA
Kaitlyn Bender, MS, RN, CHPN
Ana Berlin, MD, MPH, FACS
Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery and Department of Medicine, Division of Hematolo…
Leslie Blackhall, MD, MTS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Lead, Palliative Care Leadership Centers™ (University of Virginia He…
Stefanie Bonigut, LCSW
Family Services Manager
Alzheimer's Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada
San F…
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
Katie DeMarco, DNP, MSHS, APN, ACHPN
Clinical Supervisor, Pain & Palliative Medicine Institute
Palliative Medicine APN
Hackensack Meri…
Stephanie DePiano, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW
Julie S. Edwards, MRE, CCM, MSSW, LSW
Kristin Edwards, MD, FACP, CPE, FAAHPM
Medical Director of Palliative Care
Yale New Haven Health System-Bridgeport Hospital
Ciara Florello, RN
Amy Frieman, MD, MBA, FAAHPM
Erik Fromme, MD, MCR
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
Carl Grey, MD
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)
Lauran Hardin, MSN, RN-BC, CNL
Director Cross Continuum Transformation
National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs
Denise Hess, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC
Philip Higgins, PhD, LICSW
Amy Holtz, MA
Stephen Howell, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN
Lead Nurse Practitioner Palliative Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sachin Jain, MD, MBA
Beth Jeffrey, MD
Palliative Care Physician
M Health Fairview, University of Minnesota
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
Anne Kinderman, MD
Director, Supportive & Palliative Care Service
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Associat…
Chad Kollas, MD
Medical Director, Palliative & Supportive Care
Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center
Praba Koomson, DNP
Rich Lamkin, PAC, MPH
Arianne Lee, FNP-C
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
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
Jenny Mellot, RN, BSN, CRRN
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)
Kelly Morse Nowicki, MA
Kristina Newport, MD
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
Stacie T. Pinderhughes, MD
Medical Director
Optumcare, Complex Care Management
Clinical Associate Professor Internal Medicine/Ge…
Tammie E. Quest, MD
JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MBA, MSN, FAAN
Executive Vice President
Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Officer
Genesis HealthCare
Jody K. Reyes, MSBA, BSN, OCN
Rev. Erica Richmond, M.Div, MA
Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN
Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memoria…
Drew Rosielle, MD, FAAHPM
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
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
Christian T. Sinclair, MD, FAAHPM
Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, The University of Kansas Health System
Holly L. Spraker-Perlman, MD, MS
Barbara Sutton, APRN, ACHPN
Consultant
Center to Advance Palliative Care
Nurse Practitioner
CareOregon
Amy Swichtenberg, NP
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
Shelly Virva, LCSW,FNAP
Lisa Vitucci, LCSW-R
Joelle Vlahakis, MD, FAAP, HMDC, FAAHPM
Medical Director Supportive Care Services and Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medici…
Kimberly Wills-Rinaldi, LCSW, ACHP-SW
Geriatric and Palliative Care Social Worker
Center for Geriatrics and BH Palliative Care Teams
Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
Boston Children's Hospital and
Division Chief, Pediatric Pal…