Pediatric Palliative Care
Edited by Lindsay B. Ragsdale and Elissa G. Miller
Author Information
Dr. Lindsay Ragsdale is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and is the Division Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care at Kentucky Children's Hospital at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. She completed her residency and chief resident training at the University of Kentucky and completed her pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has been an active physician leader at the University of Kentucky since 2013. She has been active in Kentucky to improve access to palliative care by helping to establish the Kentucky Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition. She is a leader in Pediatric Palliative Medicine at the national level and has served as the Pediatric Special Interest Group Chair and Communities Committee Chair for the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has published articles and chapters and given numerous lectures about communication, trauma informed care, and the practice of Pediatric Palliative Care. She is passionate about the comprehensive care of children with serious illness and their families and advocates for improved quality of life and goal concordant care.
Dr. Elissa Miller is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, and Chief of the Division of Palliative Medicine at Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE. She completed her residency training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA, and went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine also at the Children's Hospital for Philadelphia. She is a fellow in the American academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Miller has been an active physician leader at Nemours since 2011. She developed the hospital's first pediatric palliative care program and quickly helped establish a fellowship training program for physicians interested in joining the field of hospice and palliative medicine. She is the president elect of the medical staff at AI duPont Hospital for Children and working to actively improve the quality of care provided to all children in the state of Delaware. Dr. Miller is a leader in Pediatric Palliative Care nationally, as well. She was elected to serve as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine executive committee. She has published articles and chapters about the practice of Pediatric Palliative Care and pediatric palliative care program development. She is passionate about the comprehensive care of children with serious illness and their families and advocates for improved quality of life and goal concordant care.
Contributors:
Toluwaslase Ajayi, MD
Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
Rady Childrens Hospital
San Diego, CA
Ricki Carroll, MD, MBE
Division of Palliative Medicine
Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
Mindy Dickerman, MD
Attending Physician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Division of Palliative Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
Kelstan Ellis, DO, MS-CR, MBe
The Palliative Care Team
The Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
David Flemig, MD
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Children's Hospital & Bluegrass Care Navigators
Lexington, KY
Jami Gross-Toalson, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, Developmental and Behavioral Health
Children's Mercy
Kansas City, MO
Amelia Hayes, CCLS, MPH
Palliative Care Child Life Specialist
Nemours / Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
Natalie Jacobowski, MD
Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Assistant Clinical Professor
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH
Emma Jones, MD
Pediatric Palliative Care Physician
Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Carly Levy, MD, FAAP
Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Palliative Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
Jennifer Linebarger, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics, Palliative Care Team
The Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
Meghan L. Marsac, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Care
Kentucky Children's Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Colleen Marty, MD
Pediatric Palliative Care and Pediatric Comprehensive Care
University of Utah Department of Pediatrics
Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
Dominic Moore, MD
Medical Director for Pediatric Palliative Care
University of Utah Department of Pediatrics
Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
Alexis Morvant, MD, MA
Pediatric Palliative Care Physician
Children's Hospital New Orleans and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
Laura Rose Musheno, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Pediatric Advanced Care Team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Cory Ellen Nourie, MSS, MLSP
Social Work Coordinator, Division of Transition Medicine
Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
Juliana H. O'Brien, MSN, FNP-BC
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Nemours/ A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
Keith Pasichow, MD
Medical Director
Palliative Medicine Associates
Philadelphia, PA
Daniel Waechter Webb, MDiv
Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
Billie Winegard, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Pediatric Supportive Carw
OSF Healthcare, Children's Hospital of Illinois
Peoria, IL
