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Meet Our Team

Palliative care teams at every Inova hospital

Each Inova hospital has a team of experienced palliative care physicians and other clinicians to coordinate palliative care for either you or your loved one. Go here if you would like to find out more about palliative care at a specific Inova hospital.

Inova Alexandria Hospital

Inova Fairfax Hospital

  • Leigh Ann Caulkins, MSW, LSW, Social Worker
  • Monica Herman, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner
  • Fiona Rogers, MSW, LCSW, Program Manager
  • Susan Ward, MTS, BCC, Chaplain
  • Mary Wheeler, MSN, RN, FNP-C, ACHPN, Nurse Practitioner

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

  • Cary E. Johnson, DTh, Chaplain
  • Lynne Kennedy, PhD, MSN, RN, RNFA, CHPN, CNOR, Director/Program Coordinator
  • Emily Missiner, NP
  • Kaitlyn O’Donnell LCSW
  • Robert Tolson, Chaplain to Inova Fair Oaks and Inova Loudoun Hospitals

Inova Loudoun Hospital

  • Emily Missiner, NP
  • Robert Tolson, Chaplain to Inova Fair Oaks and Inova Loudoun Hospitals

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

  • C. Phil Bush, Chaplain
  • Matthew Irwin, MD, MSW
  • Sadie Malike, NP
  • Jennifer Shepherd, LCSW

System leadership

  • Lynne Kennedy, PhD, MSN, RN, RNFA, CNOR, CHPN, CHTP, System Clinical Director, Palliative Care Service Line

Oncology office-based palliative care

Inova Schar Cancer Institute: Hematology Oncology
Outpatient specialty cancer care with palliative care services provided at these two locations: Fairfax (Merrifield) and Fairfax (Fair Oaks). Learn more

  • Jean Paul Pinzon DO
  • Christine Althoff DNP, RN, AOCNS

Locations


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