Children's Palliative Care
Coalition of Michigan
Our mission is to provide resources for, and to advocate for, medical professionals, volunteers and families caring for children with life-limiting illnesses, and to ensure the availability of compassionate, comprehensive care across the State of Michigan.
ABOUT
The Children's Palliative Care Coalition of Michigan is a collaboration of clinicians, caregivers, advocates and healthcare institutions, who are dedicated to advancing knowledge, sharing resources and improving care for children with chronic, complex or life-limiting illness.
WHAT WE DO
Our mission is to provide resources for, and to advocate for, medical professionals, volunteers and families caring for children with life-limiting illnesses, and to ensure the availability of compassionate, comprehensive care across the State of Michigan.
To achieve this, we
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Facilitate collaboration among professionals, practitioners and families...
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Organize events to bring people together and share expertise and experience
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Advocate for comprehensive, compassionate and connected care
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Promote knowledge and resources related to pediatric palliative care
WHO WE ARE
CPCC Board of Directors
President - Kenneth Pituch, MD, C.S. Mott Children‘s, Hospital, Ann Arbor
Vice President – Teri Turner, RN, MS, CHPN, Angela Hospice, Ann Arbor
Treasurer – Abigail Waller, Bereaved Parent, East Lansing
Secretary - Tara Derby, LMSW, Jo Elyn Nyman Anchors Programs for Children, Ann Arbor
Ayanna Eggleston, Family Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Lansing, MI
Maureen Giacomazza, RN, BSN, MA, Michigan Medicine
Bradd Hemker, MD, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids
Jeanne Lewandowski, MD, Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe
Cheri Salazar, RN, CPNP, MSU College of Nursing, MSU Health Care, East Lansing
Ashley Tinsdale, Bereaved Parent
Nadia Tremonti, MD, Children’s Hospital of MI, Detroit
Chantal Curell, RN, CPN, CHPPN, Jo Elyn Nyman Anchors Programs at Hospice of Michigan and Arbor Hospice
Nadia Kontos, DO, Ascension Medical Group, Detroit
Suha Kridli, PhD, RN, Oakland University, Rochester
Tricia Keefer, MD, C.S. Mott Children‘s, Hospital, Ann Arbor
Yakov Sigal, MD, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing
Advisory Board
Jane Turner, MD, Michigan State University, East Lansing
John Person, Former Executive Director, Hospice of Lansing
Gabrielle Tazzia, Bereaved Parent
Heather Kluemper, Centered Care of MI