Carrie Gann is a pediatric nurse practitioner, board-certified by Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. She joined Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in June 2019. She received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Carrie has many years of pediatric hematology and oncology nursing experience from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. She is a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Lori Wilson, LCSW, works with patients and families in the Sickle Cell Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. Her experience includes intensive preventive in-home family therapy; serving as the primary therapist in a day-treatment program; and 18 years in a pediatric hospital, working with inpatient, cardiology, neonatal intensive care unit, as a child protective consultant, and in the emergency center. She was also a private practitioner for several years. She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work, and has attended many conferences on neuroplasticity and trauma. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and serves on a local racial justice task force.

Dawn Gates, RN, is the sickle cell nurse coordinator. She has been working with patients and families at the hospital since 1987, and worked inpatient until 2011 when she took over the outpatient coordinator position. She is a graduate of St. Petersburg College’s College of Nursing and a Certified Pediatric Nurse. She is often the first contact for our newborn patients and follows them into young adulthood, coordinating their care and providing education.