Book Suggestions for Families When Someone is Seriously Ill
Find reading recommendations for families on how to understand and navigate when someone they care about is seriously ill.
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Corinne Alexander Cole, MD
Physician

Kate Brizzi, MD
Physician

Brook Calton, MD
Physician

Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD
Physician

Carine Davila, MD
Physician

Kathleen Doyle, MD
Physician

Alexis Drutchas, MD
Physician

Kirsten Engel, MD
Physician

Julia Gallagher, MD
Physician

Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH
Physician

Mihir Kamdar, MD
Physician

Khadidjatou Kane, MD
Physician

Stephanie Kiser, MD
Physician

Eric Krakauer, MD
Physician

Karen O’Brien, MD
Physician

Laura Petrillo, MD
Physician

Christine Ritchie, MD
Physician

Leah Rosenberg, MD
Physician

Jaclyn Shameklis, MD
Physician

Jennifer Shin, MD
Physician

Mark Stoltenberg, MD
Physician

Erica Wilson, MD
Physician

Simone Rinaldi, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN
Director of Nursing

Heather A. Carlson, MSN, APRN, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Leslie Cartagena, MSN, FNP-C, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Theresa Evans, MSN, APRN, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Alison R. Kavanaugh, MSN, ACNP-BC, ACHPN
Lead Nurse Practitioner

Kristin Cina, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Sara D’Arpino, MSN, AGPCNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner

Candice Ellis, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Nancy M. Mason, MSN, CNP, CPNP, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Christine E. McCarthy, MSN, BS, AGNP-BC, ACHPN, CCRN
Nurse Practitioner

Sudha Natarajan, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Janet Sweeney Rico, PhD, MBA, MSN, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, FNAP
Nurse Practitioner

Michaela Rowland, MSN, AGPCBC-NP, AOCNP, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Martha A. Quigley, MS, GNP-BC, ACHPN
Lead Nurse Practitioner

Pamela Woo Williams, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Sarah Koontz, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Anne Carr, RN, MSN, GNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner

Sindhura Pulluru, MSN, AGACNP-BC
Geriatric Medicine Clinic APRN Lead

Andrea Kurkul, MSN, AGPCNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner

Jennifer L. McGlynn, RN, BSN
Registered Nurse

Haley Shainker Redstone, MSN AGPC-NP
Nurse Practitioner

Joan Braccio, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse

Gabrielle Rex, MSN, AGPCNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner

Todd Rinehart, LICSW, APHSW-C
Social Work and Spiritual Care Director, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine

Bethany Myers, MDiv, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
Lead for Social Work and Spiritual Care & Bereavement Coordinator, Palliative Care

Kelsey Anderson, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Palliative Care

Teddy Burger, MDiv
Chaplain, Palliative Care

Han N. Cao, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Dementia Caregiver Support Program

Lily Drescher, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Mass General Brigham Mind and Memory Care program

Hayley Forbes, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Palliative Care

Annie Lebowitz, LICSW, APHSW-C
Clinical Social Worker, Home-Based Palliative Care Service

Bailey Marshall, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
Clinical Social Worker, Palliative Care

Sarah Mettasophia, MDiv
Chaplain, Palliative Care

Barbara Moscowitz, MSW, LICSW
Founder and Associate Director of Education and Support, Dementia Caregiver Support Program

Jacqui Mullen, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Palliative Care

Katrina Rudd, LICSW, C-ASWCM
Clinical Social Worker, Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center

Emily Sterling-Graves, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Geriatric Medicine



Warren Backman, MBBS
Physician

Esteban Franco Garcia, MD
Physician

Kathryn Hanley, MD
Physician

Masaya Higuchi, MD
Physician

Deborah S. Lee, MD
Physician

Sharon Levine, MD
Physician

Charles Pu, MD
Physician

Matthew Russell, MD
Physician
Find reading recommendations for families on how to understand and navigate when someone they care about is seriously ill.
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