REACH Strategic Planning Council
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Taylor Aglio, MD
Aglio
- Clinical Fellow
Aglio is a pediatrician completing fellowship training in pediatric hematology/oncology and hospice and palliative medicine at St. Jude. She is completing a master’s degree in medical education through the University of Cincinnati.
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Kelly Bien, RN
Bien
- Clinical Research Associate, Quality of Life and Palliative Care Division
Bien spent more than 10 years as a neonatal intensive care unit nurse prior to transitioning to research.
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Rachel Calhoun, MD
Calhoun
- Medical director for the QoLA Kids Palliative Care and Hospice Program
Calhoun is a pediatric hospice and palliative medicine physician at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. She also serves as associate program director for the St. Jude-University of Tennessee Health Science Center Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship.
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Dawn Carter, RN
Carter
- Nursing Lead
Carter is the nursing lead for the QoLA Kids Palliative Care and Hospice Program.
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Nidhi Mali, PhD
Mali
- Research Manager, Quality of Life and Palliative Care Division
Mali has a PhD in public administration and more than 20 years of research and university teaching experience in public health.
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Trish Mamer, RN
Mamer
- Coordinator, St. Jude QoLA Kids Palliative Care and Hospice Program
Mamer has more than 20 years of experience in pediatric cancer and hospice and palliative medicine.
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Amy Porter, MD, PhD
Porter
- Pediatrician
Porter is a pediatrician completing fellowship training in pediatric hospice and palliative medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. She has a PhD in anthropology and is dedicated to using qualitative research to improve access to palliative care and hospice services for children with serious illness.
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Shayla Williamson, RN
Williamson
- President and Administrative Director of St. Jude Home Care LLC
Williamson is the former director of the QoLA Kids Palliative Care and Hospice Program.
| Community Advisory Board | ||
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| Amy Allen | registered nurse and the pediatric program director at Alive Hospice | Tennessee |
| Tori Beach | registered nurse with St. Bernard's Hospice. She is also a bereaved parent. | Arkansas |
| Bill Becker | chaplain providing spiritual support at St. Bernard's Hospice | Arkansas |
| Nikki Bowman | registered nurse and branch administrator at Legacy. | Arkansas |
| Susan Cenkus | pediatric program director at Hospice of Chattanooga | Tennessee |
| Amanda Dollana | hospice nurse with Caris Hospice | Tennessee |
| John Franklin | registered nurse and manager of St. Jude Home Care, LLC | Tennessee |
| Enrique Gomez | chair of the Department of Pediatrics and medical director of the NICU and Palliative Care at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center | Arkansas |
| Melissa Hadskey | metro area director of business development at Legacy Hospice | Mississippi |
| Christy Heitmeier | pediatric nurse case manager with Heart of Hospice. Christy is also a bereaved parent. | Louisiana |
| Jeremy Hogland | hospice nurse with Comfort Care Hospice | Tennessee |
| Tiffany Johnson | registered nurse and administrator at Heart of Hospice | Mississippi |
| Char Kirk | area market executive at Compassus Hospice | Tennessee |
| Grace McKenzie | registered nurse and the director of hospice service at St. Bernard's Healthcare | Arkansas |
| Jeremy Pippen | chaplain providing spiritual support at Heart of Hospice | Louisiana |
| Shayla Williamson | registered nurse, former director of the QoLA Kids Palliative Care and Hospice Program, and current president and administrative director of St. Jude Home Care, LLC | Tennessee |
| Shona Womack | pediatric nurse case manager St. Bernard's Hospice. She is also a bereaved parent. | Arkansas |