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The Palliative Care Service Team

Our Palliative Care core clinical staff includes four physician and four nurse practitioners with specialty certification in palliative care. There is always a physician on call for the Palliative Care service at Norris Cotton Cancer Center-24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The interdisciplinary clinical palliative care team also includes a pastoral caregiver, a social worker and healing arts practitioner, along with pain management specialists, hospice/home health liaisons, social worker-case managers, and physical, speech and occupational therapists.

Interdisciplinary Staff

Program Director
Ira Byock, MD

Clinical Secretaries
Kim DeVillers
Andrea Maile

Nurse Practitioners
Marie Bakitas, DNSc, ARNP
Peggy Bishop, MSN, ARNP
Paula Caron, MSN, ARNP
Lisa Stephens, MSN, ARNP

Physicians
Daniel Stadler, MD, Director of Clinical Services
Frances Brokaw, MD
Ira Byock, MD
Diane Palac, MD

Social Work Continuing Care Manager
Donna Soltura, MSW

Healing Arts
Briane Pinkson, LPN, LMT

Pastoral Care
Linda F. Piotrowski, MTS, NACC Cert

Director of Network Development
Yvonne Corbeil

Section Manager
Terry Fisher, MPH, CPCU

Manager, Palliative Care Volunteer Program
Wendy Sichel, MEd.

"A whole person and family-centered approach to living with serious illness."


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