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Center for Palliative and Supportive Care Heersink School of Medicine

Team

Tucker, Rodney, MD, MMM, FAAHPM

Professor
Director, UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care
Co-Director – UWIRC
Christine S. Ritchie, M.D. Endowed Chair in Palliative Care Leadership
Executive Committee, Steering Team
Bakitas, Marie, DNSc, CRNP

Professor of Nursing
Associate Director
Executive Committee, Steering Team
Hicks, Jennifer, MSHA, MBA

Administrative Director, UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care
Howell, Stephen, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN

Lead Nurse Practitioner
Assistant Director
Steering Team
Huang, Sylvia, PhD, MA, MEd

Associate Professor
Director, Psychology and Counseling Program
Clinical Psychology
Assistant Director
Executive Committee, Steering Team
Nichols, Ashley, MD

Associate Professor
Assistant Director
Physician Advisor, UAB's Serious Illness Services
Steering Team
Perna, Sam, DO

Associate Professor
Medical Director - Children’s of Alabama
Assistant Director
Baker, Cynthia, MD

Associate Professor
Medical Director – VA Safe Harbor
Elk, Ronit, PhD

Professor
McCammon, Susan, MD, MFA

Professor
Assistant Director
Steering Team
Taylor, Richard, PhD, DNP, CRNP, APN-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Sockwell, Elizabeth, CRNP

Inpatient Palliative Care
Kezar, Carolyn, MD

Assistant Professor
Inpatient Palliative Care - VA Medical Center
Buckingham, Susan, MD

Assistant Professor, Inpatient Palliative Care - Children's of Alabama
Baehr, Walter, III, MD

Assistant Professor
Medical Director — Inpatient Palliative Care
Collins, Ann, DO

Assistant Professor
Briggs, Katelyn, MD

Assistant Professor - Adjunct
Dodenhoff, Emily, MD

Assistant Professor
Mathers, Rachel, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Valenti, Karijna, Ph.D.

Instructor

Director, UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care
Co-Director – UWIRC
Executive Committee, Steering Team

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