PHA Professional Mentorship Program
Mentor Profiles
The clinicians and researchers listed here have volunteered to mentor other health care professionals and researchers new to pulmonary hypertension or taking on new career challenges.
Nurse/Nurse Practitioners
- Amy Chybowski, MSN, RN, ANP-BC
- Louise Durst, RN
- Judy Germani, RN
- Loida Johnson, RN, MSN, ACNP, CNS
- Jennifer Kliner, MSN, ACNP-BC
- Judy Lane, RN, BSN
- Susie McDevitt, MSN, ACNP-BC
- Stephanie Nolley, RN, BSN
- Laura Nowicki, RN
- Traci Stewart, RN, MSN, CHFN
- Donnielle Turner, BSN
- Marcy Turner, RN
- Mary Whittenhall, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC
- Melisa Wilson, MSN, ACNP, BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Pharmacists
Physician Mentors
- Dan Grinnan, MD
- Deborah Jo Levine, MD
- Abhijit Raval, MD, FCCP
- Zeenat Safdar, MD
- Sandeep Sahay, MD, MSc
- Oksana Shlobin, MD
- John Swisher, PhD, MD
- Nidhy Varghese, MD
- R. James White, MD, PhD
Social Workers
Physician Assistant (PA) Mentors
Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Mentors
Amy Chybowski, MSN, RN, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Ambulatory and Inpatient, Adult Pulmonary
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison
Louise Durst, RN
RN Study Coordinator, Lead, Trainer
Pulmonary Hypertension Research Coordinator, Nurse Specialist
Cardiovascular Research Unit, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Judy Germani, RN
Specialty Care Nurse Coordinator
West Virginia University Hospital
Heart and Vascular Institute
Morgantown, West Virginia
Loida Johnson, RN, MSN, ACNP, CNS
Nurse Practitioner
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Jennifer Kliner, MSN, ACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Clinical Project Director, Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs
Coordinator, Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Program
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Judy Lane, RN, BSN
PH Case Manager
Research Nurse
Nebraska Medicine
Omaha, Nebraska
Susie McDevitt, DNP, ACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Stephanie Nolley, RN, BSN
Nurse Coordinator
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
Laura Nowicki, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Traci Stewart, RN, MSN, CHFN
Pulmonary Hypertension/Heart Failure Nurse Clinician Specialist
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Iowa City, Iowa
Donnielle Turner, BSN
Clinic Nurse
Houston Methodist
Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Houston, TX
Marcy Turner, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
PH Nurse Coordinator
Arizona Pulmonary Specialist, Phoenix
Mary Whittenhall, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Program Administrator
Brown Medicine / Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
Melisa Wilson, MSN, ACNP, BC
Nurse Practitioner
Florida Hospital Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Michelle Cash, RN, MSN, APRN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Michelle Ogawa, MSN, RN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Elise Whalen, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CPN
Nurse Practitioner
Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
Pharmacists
Laura Duvall, PharmD, BCPS
Specialty Practice Pharmacist, Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Hypertension
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
Physician Mentors
Dan Grinnan, MD
Physician / Clinical Researcher
Director, Comprehensive Care Center for Pulmonary Hypertension
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, FCCP, FAST
Physician/Professor of Medicine
Director of Lung Transplant Outreach
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Abhijit Raval, MD, FCCP
Physician / Clinical Researcher
PH Program Director
AnMed Health
Anderson, SC
Zeenat Safdar, MD, MS, ATSF, FCCP, FACP
Physician/Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center
Principal Investigator for Clinical Trials
Houston Methodist Hospital
Sandeep Sahay, MD, MSc
Physician / Clinical Researcher
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Oksana Shlobin, MD
Physician
Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center
INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia
John Swisher, PhD, MD
PH Physician/PH Program Director
East Tennessee Pulmonary Hypertension Center
StatCare Pulmonary Consultants, Knoxville
Nidhy Varghese, MD, FAAP
PH Physician/PH Program Director
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
R. James White, MD, PhD
PH Physician/PH Program Director
Clinical Researcher
University of Rochester Medical Center, New York
Social Workers
Allyson Rupp, MSW, LCSW
Social Worker and Complex Care Manager
Stanford Healthcare
Stanford, California
Physician Assistant (PA) Mentors
Charlie Lee, MPAS, MMS, PA-C
Physician Associate (PA)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Robyn Kunkel, PA
Physician Assistant (PA)
University of Minnesota Heart Care
Edina / St. Paul, MN