RhAPP Conference | Course Directors
The RhAPP Conference Course Directors will lead the initial planning, needs assessment, educational programming plan, and will determine the need, name, and scope of their society. The goal will be to develop remote, local, and ultimately, national educational programming for and by APPs.

Jessica Farrell, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist/
Associate Professor
The Center for Rheumatology
& Albany College of Pharmacy
& Health Sciences
Albany, New York

Danielle Gatti-Palumbo, Pharm.D., BCACP, AAHIVP
Practice Manager, Clinical Pharmacist Ambulatory Care
Northwell Health Rheumatology
Great Neck, New York


Elizabeth (Betsy) Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio


Amanda Mixon, PA-C
Colorado Center for Arthritis and Osteoporosis
Longmont, Colorado

Monica Richey, MSN, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Northwell Health
New York, New York

Wendy Simmons, PA-C, DFAAPA
Carolina Arthritis Associates
Wilmington, North Carolina
Eileen J. Lydon, ANP-BC
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Department of Rheumatology
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
New York, New York
Kyle George, PA-C
Idaho Arthritis Center
Meridian, Idaho

Christy Vath, PA-C
Physician Assistant (PA-C)
Seattle Rheumatology Associates
Seattle, Washington

Patricia Travis, CNP
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio