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.

Naomi Amudala,
MSN, FNP-BC
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jessica Farrell, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist/Professor
Albany Medical Center Division
of 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

Brandon Ko, APRN, DNP, C-PNP
Pediatric Rheumatology Department
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Amanda Mixon, PA-C
Colorado Center for Arthritis and Osteoporosis
Longmont, Colorado
Kyle George, PA-C
Idaho Arthritis Center
Meridian, Idaho

Wendy Simmons, PA-C, DFAAPA
Carolina Arthritis Associates
Wilmington, North Carolina

Patricia Travis, CNP
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

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