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Committee and Speakers

MD Anderson Faculty

John Mendelsohn, MD (President)

Martha Achenbrenner, BS
Walter Baile, MD
Dave Balachandran, MD
Karen Baumgartner, MSN, APRN, BC
Eduardo Bruera, MD
Jennifer Clark, MSN, FNP, ACHPN
Mary Cline, MSN/MPH, APRN, AC-HPN, AOCN
Tonye Cox-Miller, MSN, MBA, RN
Shalini Dalal, MD
Rony Dev, DO
Larry Driver, MD
Ahmed Elsayem, MD
Holly Holmes, MD
Sara Hughes, MSN, FNP-CC, Congressional Care
David Hui, MD, MSc, FRCPC
LeKeisha Lovings, MS, MBA, RN, WHNP-BC
John Luquette, MA

Lois Ramondetta, MD
Suresh Reddy, MD
Rhonda Robert, PhD
Lynn Roberts, BSN, BS, RN
Eden Mae Rodriguez, PharmD
Marc Rozner, MD, PhD
Vicky Shannon, MD
Debra Sivesind, MSN, PMH-CNS-BC
Kay Swint, MSN, RN, CHPN
Steven Thorney, MDiv, MA, BCC
Catherine Tilley, MS, ANP-BC, CHPN
Paul Walker, MD
Patricia Wells, MSN, BSN, RN
Geir Lo-Biondo-Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN
Cynthia Worley, BSN, COCN, CWOCN, RN
Carmella Wygant, OTR, LCSW
Sriram Yennu, MD
Donna Zhukovsky, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Guest Faculty

Elissa Chokhachy, MA, RN, CHPN, FT
Merrimack Valley Hospice
Lawrence, Massachusetts

Marcia Gagliardi Brennan, PhD
Rice University
Houston, Texas

Kerry Courneya, PhD
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, CANANDA

Angi Courtney, MS, PA-C
Care Fusion
San Diego, California

Maria Coussens, RN
University of California
Irving University Medical Center
Irving, California

Ron Crossno, MD
VistaCare/Odyssey Healthcare
Temple, Texas

Marvin Delgado-Guay, MD
The University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas

Micki Fine, MEd, LPC
Mindful Living
Houston, Texas

Kelli Gershon, FNP-BC, APRN, BC-PCM
Symptom Management Consultants
The Woodlands, Texas

Sandra Gomez, MD
Memorial Hermann
The Woodlands, Texas

Susan Krauter, MD, FAAHPM
Houston Hospice
Houston, Texas

Mindy Lawrence, MBA, BSN, RN, OCN, CHPN
Evercare Hospice
Houston, Texas

Neil MacDonald, MD
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec CANADA

Pam Malloy, MN, RN, OCN, FPCN
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Washington, DC

Laura Morrison, MD
Baylor College of Medicine / The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Joseph Son Nguyen, MDiv, MA, SThD
Lead Chaplain
UCI Medical Center

Karen O'Brien, BSN, RN
Vitas Hospice
Houston, Texas

Bridgette Pullis, PhD, RN
University of Texas School of Nursing
Houston, Texas

Gulshan Sharma, MD
UTMB-Galveston
Galveston, Texas

Linda Tavel
Houston Hospice
Houston, Texas

Rebecca Yamarik, MD, MPH
University of California
Irving University Medical Center
Irving, California


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