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Colleen Tierney, Lilliana Lopera-Jimenez, Joe Chabot, Ida Alicea, and Nahomie Johnson are pediatric resource specialists at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
The stress of a child with a serious illness is often intensified by financial hardship. Many families find it difficult to meet basic expenses such as co-payments for their children's prescriptions, transportation costs, and meals during extended hospital stays, while also keeping up with essential household expenses.
Dana-Farber’s Pediatric Resource Program works with the families of patients who are currently receiving treatment at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, helping eligible families access concrete resource support.
The Pediatric Resource Program, part of the Department of Pediatric Oncology, helps families of pediatric patients by:
To speak with a Resource Specialist, please ask any member of your care team for a referral or call a Resource Specialist directly.
Lilliana Lopera-Jimenez, BS 617-632-5796
Nahomie Johnson, MEd617-632-6842
Joe Chabot, MS 617-632-3365
Ida Alicea 617-632-4961
Colleen Tierney, BA857-215-2357
New Patient Appointments 888-733-4662
Returning to school can be an emotional experience; our Back to School Program is designed to ease your child's transition back to the classroom.
The Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for cancer patients and their families by incorporating complementary therapies into traditional cancer care.
