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Rodney O. Tucker, MD MMM is a native Alabamian who graduated from medical school at UAB in 1989 and is now board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.  After a career in private practice, home care and hospice services, Dr. Tucker returned to his alma mater in 2002.  Since that time, he has been active at UAB in the development of a comprehensive clinical, educational and research program in palliative care, including the Southeast Institute for Innovation in Palliative and Supportive Care at UAB.  Serving currently as the Director of the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive

Meaghann Weaver, MD, MPH, FAAP, currently serves as division chief, Pediatric Palliative Care at the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She graduated from Creighton University Summa Cum Laude with a major in theology and a co-major in African studies. Meaghann thought she would become a linguistic anthropologist but instead entered medicine, which she describes as “a form of humanistic anthropology as we gather narratives and help families make meaning even during times of illness”. After attending medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, she completed her pediatric residency in

Dr. Katharine Brock, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, with her efforts primarily devoted to being a pediatric palliative oncologist. Dr. Brock earned her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, followed by residency training in pediatrics at the University of Colorado, Pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at Stanford University and Pediatric Hospice & Palliative Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. While at Stanford, she completed a Masters in epidemiology and clinical research as well as a fellowship in medical education. She is the Director of the Supportive Care

Claire Ankuda, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor in the department of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She conducts health services research to assess how payment policies, and in particular Medicare policy, impact outcomes for seriously ill older adults and their families. As a family medicine physician board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Dr. Ankuda’s clinical work focuses on relieving the suffering experienced by patients with serious illness.  Both her research and clinical work involve interdisciplinary teams who address the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of both patient

During her career, Barbara Reville, DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN was committed to care of the seriously-ill as a clinician, leader and educator. Since 2014 she has been the Nurse Director for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Adult Palliative Care division and a nurse practitioner on the palliative care consultation service. As faculty in the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Barbara built educational content to emphasize nursing’s role in interprofessional palliative care and to empower nurses to fulfill their potential as equal contributors within palliative care’s team-based model. She widely disseminated her ideas through publication of curricula designed to facilitate the

As an LVN Specialist with over twenty years’ experience in healthcare, Juanita Georges brings knowledge and expertise to University Health Palliative Care. She acquired her Licensed Vocational Nursing education at Baptist School of Nursing and currently attends Indiana State University Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program. Juanita is integral to clinic process development in conjunction with Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulatory requirements, organizational expectations, and evidence based research. Due to Juanita’s diligence and leadership acumen, The Joint Commission (TJC) surveyed University Health’s Palliative Care Clinic specifically to get a glimpse into palliative clinic operations in order to employ future TJC

Dillon Stein, DO is the Director of the Division of Palliative Care at Butler Health System in Butler, Pennsylvania. He received his undergraduate biology degree from Alfred University, followed by his medical degree from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Subsequently, he moved back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to complete an Internal Medicine residency and Chief Residency at West Penn Allegheny Health System. After finishing his Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2016, he began practicing palliative care in Butler where he helped establish an inpatient consult service and began the only outpatient palliative care clinic

Dr. Perez is a three-time University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Nursing alumni and UTMB Hall of Fame inductee. She is an adult and geriatric nurse practitioner that subspecializes in palliative and hospice care. Dr. Perez is an avid advocate for the nursing profession and high-risk patient populations. She is recognized as a pioneer to advance Supportive Palliative Care for vulnerable Texans. Her scholarly project, completed during her doctoral program, “Defining Supportive Palliative Care” was selected for an award at the 2019 Center to Advance Palliative Care national conference and helped the national organization in creating a toolbox for