Our Team

Faculty

  • Ivy Akid, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Lauren Elizabeth Berninger, DO MBE

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Ian Borison, DO

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Melanie Brown Brown, MD

    • Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Integrative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Ilene Stephanie Browner, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care, Medical Oncology

  • Dulce Cruz-Oliver, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Danielle Doberman, MD MPH

    • Program Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship
    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Anna Gersten, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Pulmonology

  • Christine Gourin, MD

    • Vice Chair, Safety, Quality and Service, Johns Hopkins Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
    • Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology

  • Nathan Gray, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Palliative Medicine

  • Mark T. Hughes, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Joann Hunsberger, MD MS

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Palliative Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Augustin J. Joseph, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Adam Knudson, MD MS

    Expertise: Palliative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Angela Lee, MD MPH

    • Medical Director, Palliative Medicine Program, Sibley Memorial Hospital

    Expertise: Palliative Medicine, Emergency Medicine

  • Lindsey Alana MacNabb, MD

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Avani Prabhakar, MBBS MPH

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Corey Tapper, MD MS

    • Associate Program Director for Wellness, Osler Medical Residency
    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Balakrishna Vemula, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

    Expertise: Emergency Medicine

  • Zhu Wang, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

Advanced Practice Practitioners

Michelle Churchill, MSN, CRNP, ACHPN

Clinical Director of Programs
Michelle Churchill

Marc Epstein, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN

Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Marc Epstein

Melissa Henderson, PA-C, MSPAS

Physician Assistant
Melissa Henderson

Susan Miller, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner
Susan Miller

Jill “Jae” Patton, MSN, CRNP

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Jill “Jae” Patton, MSN, CRNP

Kim Savage, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

Nurse Practitioner
Kim Savage

Kristen Tweedy, NP-C, ACHPN

Nurse Practitioner
Kristen Tweedy

Nurse Coordinators

Marylou Zyra, RN, BSN

Nurse Coordinator
Marylou Zyra, RN, BSN

Clinical Social Workers

Amy LaMoure, LCSW-C

Lead Clinical Social Worker
Amy LaMoure

Allyson Mitchell, LCSW-C

Lead Clinical Social Worker
Allyson Smith

Melissa Rizzolo, MSW, LCSW-C

Lead Clinical Social Worker
Melissa Rizzolo

Clinical Pharmacy Specialists

Tiffany Michalowski, PharmD, BCGP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Tiffany Michalowski

Suzanne Nesbit, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Suzanne Nesbit

Julie Waldfogel, PharmD, BCGP, CPE

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Julie Waldfogel, PharmD, BCGP, CPE

Chaplaincy

Administration

Yolanda Pitts-Johnson, MS

Project Administrator
Yolanda Pitts-Johnson

Dianne McCann, BA

Senior Medical Office Coordinator
Dianne McCann