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Meet the Social Workers at the Abramson Cancer Center

Meet our team of oncology social workers, who help cancer patients and families find the psychosocial, emotional and financial support.

Oncology Social Workers

Our social workers are available to help support cancer patients across the health system.
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Sandy Blackburn, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: All Cancer Types & Neuro-Oncology (Perelman Center) Email: Sandy.Blackburn@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Penn Medicine Valley Forge and Perelman Center
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Courtney Bresler-Nowak, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Genitourinary (GU), Thyroid, and Head and Neck Cancers Email: Courtney.Bresler-Nowak@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and Penn Medicine Radnor

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Kayla Hilliard, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Blood Cancers, including Leukemia, Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma Email: Kayla.Hilliard@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Location: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Outpatient Hematology-Oncology

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Jin Kang, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Gastrointestinal (GI), Gynecologic and Lung Cancers Email: Jin.Kang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Pennsylvania Hospital
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Laura Kotler-Klein, DSW, LCSW

Program/Specialty: Gynecologic and Orthopaedic Cancers Email: Laura.Kotler-Klein@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Stanton Kuklick, MSW, LSW, MPH

Program/Specialty: Genitourinary (GU), Head & Neck Cancers, Hematological Malignancies and Sarcoma Email: Stanton.Kuklick@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Pennsylvania Hospital
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Megan Melick, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers, Melanoma and Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs) Email: Megan.Melick@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Joanita Miranda, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C

Program/Specialty: All Cancer Types Email: Joanita.Miranda@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Penn Princeton Medical Center
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Joyce Mitchell, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Blood Cancers Email: Joyce.Mitchell@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Tiffany Raroha, MSW, LCSW

Program/Specialty: All Cancer Types & Blood Cancer (Perelman Center) Email: Tiffany.Raroha@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Locations: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Lauren Rhodewalt, MPH, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Breast Cancer Email: Lauren.Rhodewalt@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Jennifer Slipakoff, MSW, LCSW

Program/Specialty: Breast Cancer Email: Jennifer.Egg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Pennsylvania Hospital
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Sherie Thompson, MSW

Program/Specialty: Sickle Cell Program Email: Sherie.Thompson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Pennsylvania Hospital
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Elizabeth Walmsley, MSS, LSW

Program/Specialty: Thoracic and Breast Cancers Email: Elizabeth.Walmsley@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

Radiation Oncology Social Workers

We also have a group of social workers who work directly with cancer patients who are being treated with radiation therapy.
Headshot of Nicole Ellis, MSW, LSW, OSW-C

Nicole Ellis, MSW, LSW, OSW-C

Program/Specialty: Pediatric Cancers Email: Nicole.Ellis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Tracy Lautenbach Hynes, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C

Program/Specialty: Head and Neck Cancers Email: Tracy.Lautenbach-Hynes@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Amanda Kahler, MSW, LSW

Amanda Kahler, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Brain Tumors, Thoracic Cancers and Palliative Care Email: Amanda.Kahler@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Neal Niznan, MSW, LCSW

Program/Specialty: Gastrointestinal (GI), Genitourinary (GU) and Thoracic Cancers and Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Multiple Myeloma Email: Neal.Niznan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Katharine Winner, MSW, LS

Katharine Winner, MSW, LSW

Program/Specialty: Women’s Health, Central Nervous System (CNS), Gastrointestinal (GI) and Thoracic Cancers Email: Katharine.Winner@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Location: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine