Adult Palliative Care Team

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Palliative Medicine

Janet L. Abrahm, MD
Institute Physician

Yvan Beaussant, MD, MSc
Physician

Rachelle E. Bernacki, MD, MS
Senior Physician

Douglas E. Brandoff, MD
Senior Physician

Isaac Chua, MD, MPH
Physician

Caroline Cubbison, MD
Physician

Erik K. Fromme, MD, MCR
Physician

Samantha Gelfand, MD
Physician

Allyson Goldberg, MD, MS
Physician

Helen Knight, MD
Physician

Joshua R. Lakin, MD
Senior Physician

Kate Lally, MD
Senior Physician
Clinical Director

Richard Leiter, MD, MA
Senior Physician

Charlotta Lindvall, MD, PhD
Physician

Perla Macip-Rodriguez, MD
Senior Physician

Lida Nabati, MD
Senior Physician

Hibah Osman, MD, MPH
Senior Physician

Elizabeth M. Rickerson, MD
Senior Physician

Zachary Sager, MD
Physician

Lannie C. Santo, MD, MPH
Physician

Jane deLima Thomas, MD
Associate Chair, Professional Development
Institute Physician

James A. Tulsky, MD
Poorvu Jaffe Chair, Department of Supportive Oncology
Institute Physician

Irene M. Yeh, MD, MPH
Senior Physician

Haipeng (Mark) Zhang, DO
Physician

Nursing Leadership

Vanessa Battista, DNP, MBA, CPNP-PC
Senior Nursing Director, Palliative Care

Shannon Avery-Desmarais, PhD, AGNP-C
Nurse Director, Adult Outpatient Palliative Care

Kate Sciacca, MS, AGACNP-BC
Nurse Director, Adult Inpatient Palliative Care

Nurse Practitioners

Christina Bagley, MSN, FNP-C
Jessie M. Brain, MSN, FNP-C
Judith Ferraro, MSN, CRNP
Lyns Hercule, AGNP
Jonathan Jehle, MSN, AGNP-C
Julie Kaetzer, MSN, FNP-C
Charmaine Lastimoso, FNP-C, MPH
Hilary McGuire, DNP, FNP-BC
Regina Piotrowski, MSN, FNP-BC
Lauren O'Shea, MSN, ANP-BC
Callie Siegert, MSN, AGNP-C

Palliative Care Nurse Navigators

William Carroll, BSN, RN
Susan MacIsaac, MSN, RN
Karen Mott, BSN, RN
Ania Noel-Edwards, BSN, RN

Physician Assistants

Lori Beauchamp, PA-C
Linda Drury, PA-C
Amy Fang, MS, PA-C
Kaycee Farland, PA-C
Kayla McCarthy, PA-C
Courtney Moller, PA-C
Jen Ozdemir, PA-C

Social Workers

Jessica Goldhirsch, LICSW, MSW, MPH
Morgan Harper, MSW, LICSW
Milton Joel, MSW, LICSW
Amanda Moment, MSW, LICSW
Caroline Taverna, MSW, LCSW

Pharmacists

Molly Bacon, PharmD
Allyson Beechy, PharmD, RPH
Benjamin S. Kematick, PharmD, BCACP
Victor Phantumvanit, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Bridget Scullion, PharmD, BCOP

Spiritual Care

Sarah Harbaugh, MDiv

Administrator

Wendolyn Florentino