Pain and Palliative Care

Meet the Team

Portrait of M. Jennifer Cheng

M. Jennifer Cheng, MD
Acting Chief, Pain and Palliative Care
HPM Fellowship Program Director

Portrait of Karen Baker, RN, MSN, CRNP

Karen Baker, RN, MSN, CRNP;
Faculty

Portrait of Eva L. Cummings, MT

Eva L. Cummings, MT;
PPCS Program Specialist and Fellowship Coordinator

Portrait of Ruthann Giusti

Ruthann Giusti, MD
Faculty

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Mimi Mahon, PhD, CRNP
Faculty


Interdisciplinary Team Members

Jennifer Hendricks, MSW, LCSW-C
Social Worker

Ellen Swinford, MDiv
John M. Pollack, MDiv, BCC
Spiritual Care

Leslie Smith, DNP, MSN, RN, APRN-CNS, BMTCN, AOCNS
Steve Risch, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN
Nursing

Stacie Townsend, MS, RD, CSP, LDN
Registered Dietician

Gang Peng, CMD, PhD, LAC
Dr. Jing Wang
Acupuncturist

Dr. Renee Stubbs, PhD, CTRS
Donna Gregory, PhD, MBA, CTRS
Recreation Therapist

Deborah Snyder, MSW, LCSW-C
Haniya Raza, DO, MPH
Psychiatry


Fellows

Sudha Chandrasekhar, MBBS

Sharon Kim, DO


Research Staff

Rezvan Ameli, PhD

Polycarpe Bagereka, BA


Volunteers

Cynthia Keane
Judith Wortman
Sean Belouin

Angela Lipshutz
Cathryn Lee


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