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The UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care utilizes a team approach, blending the best of medicine, nursing, psychology, pastoral care, nutrition and complementary therapies to create a care plan that meets the holistic needs of patients and families.

Below is a listing of our faculty and staff.

                                        Leadership


                              Rodney O.Tucker, MD, MMM
                                Interim Director, UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care

                                Associate Quality Officer for Patient Experience - UAB Medicine


                                              Faculty and Staff  

David I. Allen, EdD 

Dir. of Development-Community Relations

F. Amos Bailey, MD

Associate Professor

Amanda Baker, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner

Cindy Baker, MD

Assist. Prof., Med. Dir. Alacare Hospice

Michael Barnett, MD

Assistant Professor

Donna Bearden, MD

Assistant Professor

Joyce Crump, RN, NP-C, MSN, MBA

Program Manager II

Kellie Flood, MD

Associate Professor

Vicki Herring

Program Administrator II

Heather L. Herrington, MD

Assistant Professor

Jennifer Hicks, MSHA, MBA

Program Manager

Laurel Kilpatrick, MD
Assistant Professor 

Elizabeth A. Kvale, MD

Associate Professor

 

Eddie Mathews, MD

Assistant Professor-Hospitalist Medicine

Jessica S. Merlin, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor

Ashley Nichols, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Director Palliative and Comfort Care Unit

Jackie Palmore, RN, BSN, CHPN

UAB Palliative Care Coordinator

Sam Perna, DO

Assistant Professor
Medical Director Palliative and Supportive Care,
 Children's of Alabama

Eric Walker, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Colin Wozencraft, MD

Assistant Professor