Conference Faculty

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Kathleen Adlard, MN, RN, CPON®
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California

Nick G. Anas, MD
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at University
of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Nancy Blake, MN, RN, CCRN, CNAA
Director, Critical Care Services
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Fran Blayney, MS, RN, CCRN, BC
Education Manager, Pediatric ICU
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Jennifer Cohen, MSN, RN, CNS, CNRN, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric ICU
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California

Mary Fran Hazinski, MSN, RN, FAAN
Conference Coordinator
Editor and Author: Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child
and Manual of Pediatric Critical Care
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Division of Trauma
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Dan Jacobson, MSN, RN, PNP
Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
San Diego, California

Wendy Landier, MSN, RN, CPNP, CPON®
Clinical Director, Center for Cancer Survivorship
Division of Population Sciences
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California

Neha H. Mehta, MD
Child Abuse Specialist
Director, Child Maltreatment Program
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada

Inge Morton, RN, CPN
Education Manager
Emergency Department
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Pisespong Patamasucon, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada

Nicole Ryan, BSN, RN
Neuroscience Coordinator
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California

Edahrline Salas, MA, BSN, RN
Planning Committee Member
Curriculum Coordinator
RN Residency in Pediatrics
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Stephen M. Schexnayder, MD, FAAP
Betty A. Lowe Chair in Pediatric Education
Professor, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Chief, Section of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
University of Arkansas College of Medicine and
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Little Rock, Arkansas

Kaye Schmidt, MA, RN, CPON®
Nursing Director, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders
Pain Management & Palliative Care Programs
Children’s Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Adam Schwarz, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California

Maureen Shogan, MN, RNC
Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
Neonatal Outreach Coordinator
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, Washington

Linda Stacy, RN, CPN
Planning Committee Member
Pediatric Charge Nurse
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada

James D. Swift, MD
Director, Pediatric ICU
Medical Director
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dawn Tucker, MSN, RN, CPNP
Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner
Heart Institute
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California

Julie Vaupel-Phillips, MS, RN, CCRN
Planning Committee Member
Director, PICU and Transport Team
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California

Joetta D. Wallace, MSN, RN, FNPC
President, Association of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON)
Palliative Care Program Coordinator
Miller Children’s Hospital
Long Beach, California

Karla Wilson, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CPON®
Nurse Practitioner
Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program
Center for Cancer Survivorship
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California