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Meet the CARES Team

  • Janet Batt, RN, MA

    Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Read Bio

  • Jodi Deemer, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-B

    Paliative Care Nurse Practitioner Read Bio

  • Mona El Kurd, LCSW, APHSW-C

    Palliative Care Licensed Clinical Social Worker Read Bio

  • Kristyn Fazzalaro, LCSW, APHSW-C

    Palliative Care Manager & Licensed Clinical Social Worker Read Bio

  • Kara Kerns, MD

    Palliative Care Physician Read Bio

  • Ellen Kim, LCSW, APHSW-C

    Palliative Care Licensed Clinical Social Worker Read Bio

  • Vincent Nguyen, DO, CMD

    CARES Program Director Board Certified in Family Practice Geriatrics, and Hospice & Palliative Medicine Read Bio

  • Caroline Petruk, MSW

    Palliative Care Inpatient Social Worker Read Bio
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