Medicine – Mentors and Instructors
- Khadijat Adeniyi, MSN, FNP-BC
UI Health, Chicago, IL - Janice Benson, MD
UChicago Medicine-NorthShore University HealthSystem, IL - Miriam G. Correa, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN
UI Health, Chicago, IL - Oscar Michael Coppes, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin, WI - Catherine Deamant, MD
Rosalind Franklin University-Chicago Medical School - Marny Fetzer, MD, CPE, HMDC, FACEP
System Medical Director, Palliative and Hospice Services, Ascension, Mount Prospect, IL
- Jean Hiti-Shannon, ANP-BC, ACHPN
Ascension Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL
- Michael Huber, MD, MS
University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL - Hillarie Joehl, RN, MS, ACNP-BC, ACHPN
Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL - Heather Leeper, MD
UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL - Monica Malec, MD, FAAHPM
Clinical Director of Palliative Medicine Services, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL - Sara McBride, MSN, NP-C
Senior Medical VP of Clinical Development and Clinical Operations, WellBe - Amy Miner, NP
Hospice and Palliative Pediatric Nurse, Advocate Health - Gina Piscitello, MD
Assistant Professor, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh
- Bansari Patel, DNP, ACHPN
Palliative Medicine Nurse Practitioner, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL - Charles Rhee, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL - Charles Strulovitch, MD
Ascension Health, IL - Matthew Tyler, MD
Associate Medical Director, Ascension Health, IL - Lauren Wiebe, MD
Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem - Shellie Williams, MD, FAAHPM
Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL - Erin Zahradnik, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Social Work and Psychology – Mentors and Instructors
- Amanda (AJ) Creden Fairgrieve, LCSW, APHSW-C
Section of Palliative Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL - Ashley Eaton England, M.A., TLLP
Central Michigan Univeristy, Mount Pleasant, MI - Christina Bernhardy, LCSW
Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL - Patricia Fank, PsyD
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Rush Hematology Oncology and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
- Josh Magariel, LCSW
National Director of Patient Experience, Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care - Lauren Markham, LCSW, APHSW-C
Private practice, Chicago, IL - Angela Lorbeck, DACM, MSTOM, MPH
Doctor of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, Supportive Oncology Team, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
- Padraic Stanley, MSW, LCSW
Department of Social Work and Community Health, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL - Patricia Fank, PsyD
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Rush Hematology Oncology and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL - Yasmin Asvat, PhD
Supportive Oncology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Chaplains – Mentors and Instructors
- George Fitchett, DMin, PhD, BCC
Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center and Co-Director Transforming Chaplaincy
- Rev. Soren Flessen, D.Min, BCC
Regional Manager, Spiritual Care Services, Amita Health - Aoife Lee, DMin, BCC
Director of Spiritual Care & Mission, Rush Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park, Illinois
- Rev. Mishca R. Smith, M.Div., BCC
Regional Manager of Spiritual Care, MacNeal Hospital & Gottlieb Memorial Hospital | Trinity-Health Illinois, Berwyn, Illinois