Our Interprofessional Team

We are fortunate to have strong institutional support and have a spectrum of associated interprofessional faculty and staff that help enrich the fellowship experience by mentoring electives, participating in didactic sessions, and helping our fellows learn interprofessional collaborative competences.

Program leadership

Fellowship coordinators

  • Christine Dyke, Education Coordinator, Office of APPs
  • Anne Hill, Program Coordinator, Office of APPs
  • Emily Rondeau, Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fellowship Program Coordinator

Physicians

  • Christopher Ahern, DO
  • Amber E. Barnato, MD, MPH, MS, Director, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Susan J and Richard M Levy 1960 Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery at The Dartmouth Institute, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Palliative Care Physician
  • Amelia M. Cullinan, MD, Interim Section Chief, Palliative Medicine
  • Sarah Durante, MD, R/HPM faculty
  • Bradley Eckert, MD, MS, Outpatient Palliative Care Physician
  • Nathan Goldstein, MD, Past AAHPM President, Department of Medicine Chair
  • Kathryn B. Kirkland, MD, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine; Director, Palliative Medicine, Dorothy and John J. Byrne, Jr Distinguished Professor of Medicine
  • Robin Larson, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Dartmouth's Serious Illness Symptom Management Program and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Palliative Care Regional ECHO series
  • Rachel Lovins, MD, Medical Director for Bayada Hospice
  • Meredith A. MacMartin, MD, Medical Director, Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care
  • Cristine Maloney, MD, Medical Director for Visiting Nurse and Hospice for New Hampshire and Vermont
  • Jeffrey C. Munson, MD, MSCE, Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • Hannah Reuman, MD, Adult and Pediatric Palliative Care Consultant
  • Charles Whang, MD, Associate Director, Palliative Care Rotation & Learners
  • Shana Wierchowski, MD, Medical Director, Inpatient Palliative Medicine Services
  • Matthew M. Wilson, MD, Medical Director, Outpatient Palliative Medicine Service and VA Palliative Care Clinician
  • Rebecca Wood, MD, Medical Director of Kendal at Hanover
  • Kimberly Youngren, MD, Interventional Pain Content Expert

Advanced practice providers

Nursing

  • Sheila Bessette, RN, Outpatient Nurse Clinician
  • Jennifer Ebbitt, BSN RN, CHPN, CHPPN, JBC Nurse Navigator, Pediatric Palliative Care Special Interest
  • Melissa D. Garland, MSN, RN, CHPN, Unit Nurse Manager
  • Alaina R. Legere, BSN, RN, CHPN, Inpatient Nurse Clinician
  • Marilyn Tucker, RN, MSN, Outpatient Nurse Clinician

Patient programs

Pharmacists

  • Ashley E. Johnson, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist Lead, Hospice, Pain and Palliative Care, PGY-1 Acute Care Pharmacy Residency Program Director

Social workers

  • Sage Landry, MSW, EOLD-C/End-of-Life Doula, Inpatient Clinical Social Worker
  • Sarah Ruiz, MSW, LICSW, Inpatient Clinical Social Worker
  • Alexandra C. ’Sasha’ Steinbaugh, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C, Outpatient Clinical Social Worker and Lead Social Worker

Administration

  • Tyler Dillehay, Practice Manager
  • Ray Garcia, Administrative Assistant, Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care
  • Lynnelle A. Sargent, Outpatient Scheduling Secretary
  • Robin L. White, Administrative Assistant, Section of Palliative Medicine