About Us
Katharine Brock, MD, MS
Emory University
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Naomi Goloff, MD
McGill University
Montreal Children's Hospital
Amy Trowbridge, MD
University of Washington
Seattle Children's Hospital
In 2017, an idea for this type of group was formed on a bus after a conference. Katharine heard Naomi speak on her educational projects, shared an idea for a national group of educators and then it went... nowhere.... until 2019 when Amy joined us. We formed an advisory committee, prepped through 2020 and 2021 while weathering a global pandemic. And finally, we launched the Network of Pediatric Palliative Care Educators in January 2022. This will be an iterative process that we hope grows over time!
ADVisory Committee
We thank the following people for helping to launch NPPCE during the first years!
Gitanjli (Tanya) Arora, MD - Los Angeles, CA
Jody Chrastek, RN, DNP - Minneapolis, MN
Sarah Friebert, MD - Akron, OH
Jennifer Hwang, MD - Philadelphia, PA
Jenni Linebarger, MD - Kansas City, MO/KS
Arika Patneaude, LICSW - Seattle, WA
Stacy Remke, LICSW - Minneapolis, MN
Kyle Sue, MD - Edmonton, Alberta
Camara Van Breemen, NP - Vancouver, BC
Joanne Wolfe, MD - Boston, MA
LEADerSHIP TEAM
In 2023, NPPCE transitioned from the Advisory Board to a Leadership Team. Each leader has committed to a minimum 2 year commitment:
Gitanjli (Tanya) Arora, MD, CHLA
Brittany Cowfer, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Becky Oakley, FNP-C, RN, Brade's Place
Kate Ostrander, MD, University of Vermont
Arika Patneaude, LICSW, Seattle Children's Hospital