RhAPP Faculty Advisors
Our faculty brings unmatched professional expertise to the creation of all RhAPP offerings and programs, and to the delivery of these programs through live events and digital materials.

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

Heather Benham, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, RhMSUS
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Dallas, TX

Jessica Bloom, MD, MSCS
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

Laura Bush DMSc., PA-C, DFAAPA
Fayette Area Dermatology
Fayetteville, GA

Eric Campbell, PA-C
Oklahoma Arthritis Center
Edmond, Oklahoma

McKenna Cornforth, RN, Sonographer/Superuse
Boise VA Medical Center
Boise, Idaho

Cassie Dolecki, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jessica Farrell, PharmD
Albany Medical Center Division of Rheumatology
Albany, New York

Heather Finlayson, MS, PA-C
National Jewish Health
Denver, Colorado

Danielle Gatti-Palumbo, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
Northwell Health Rheumatology
Great Neck, NY

Shannon Ghizzoni, PA-C
Columbus Arthritis Center
Columbus, Ohio

Audrey Gibson, PA-C
Arthritis Center of North Georgia
Gainesville, Georgia

Peter Hakos, PA-C
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Vanessa Hill, NP-C
Whitaker Clinic of UAB Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama

Amber Hudgins, PharmD
Novant Health
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Shelby Jones, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Laura Kennedy, PA-C
UCHealth- Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO

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

Courtney Kremer, ARNP
Stead Family Children's Hospital
Iowa City, IA

Clara Lin, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

Andrea Mace, PA-C
Arlington Orthopedic Associates, LLC
Arlington, Texas

Nate Mathews, RMSK
Vista Healthcare
St. George, Utah

Peter Merkel, MD
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Amanda Mixon, PA-C
UCHEALTH - North
Fort Collins, Colorado

Jennifer Mylod, DNP
Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates
Phoenix, Arizona

Jamie Puschnig, APNP
Children's Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Holly Reid, CPNP-PC
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Laura Ross, PA-C
Park Nicollet Heart and Vascular Center
St. Louis Park, MN

Brandon Runyon, OD
Chinle Indian Health Services
Chinle, Arizona

William Saalfeld, DNP
Arthritis Center of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska

Shayla Sanders, MSN, FNP-BC
Premier Specialty Network
Columbia, MO

Amanda Sell, PA-C
Oley Valley Family Practice
Oley, PA

Kelley Sherrard, RDMS
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Dallas, TX

Talia Sierra, PA-C
Idaho State University
Boise, Idaho

Christina Starks, PA-C
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Julie Keegan Strosser, PA-C, MMS
Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties
Aventura, Florida

Tiffany Terrell, NP-C
Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Specialists
Shreveport, LA

Lindsay Tom, PA
Northern Virginia Center for Arthritis
Fairfax, VA

Christy Vath, PA-C
Seattle Rheumatology Associates
Seattle, Washington

Bethany Walker, CPNP
Children's of Alabama
Birmingham, AL

Iris Zink, NPRC
Lansing Rheumatology
East Lansing, Michigan

Lisa Asfahani, PA-C
Southland Arthritis
Temecula, CA

Tara Bergland, PharmD
Stead Family Children's Hospital
Iowa City, IA

Heidi Brown-Posey, PA-C
The Burn Clinic
Boise, Idaho

Rachael Busch-Feuer, DNP
Family Arthritis Center
Lake Worth, Florida

Michele Cerra, MSN, FNP-BC
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Hannah Curry, PharmD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Quoc Du, MD
Stanford Children's Health
Palo Alto, CA

Alice Fike, FNP
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Jackie Fritz, RN, BSN, MSN, CNS, PHN, RN-BC
Medical Advancement Center
Los Alamitos, California

Kyle George, PA-C
Idaho Arthritis Center
Boise, Idaho

Kris Giani, PA-C
OPA Rheumatology
Wasilla, Alaska

Tanya Golovanoff, PharmD, BCSCP
Poudre Infusion Therapy LLC
Fort Collins, Colorado

Jeannette Stuart Hart, PA-C, MCHS
Kadlec Regional Medical Center and Clinics
Kennewick, Washington

Patrick Horne, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, AF-AASLD
University of Florida Health
Gainesville, FL

Kerry Hurlbut, DNP, CRNP
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Stacey Johnson, NP-C
Montana Arthritis Center
Great Falls, Montana

Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Chris Kottensette, PA-C
Colorado Spine Institute
Johnstown, CO

Robert Laugherty, JD, MBA, PA-C
East Tennessee Medical Group
Alcoa, Tennessee

Eileen Lydon, ANPC-BC
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
New York, New York

Heather Mambretti, PA-C
Texas Rheumatology
Houston, Texas

Philip Mease, MD
Seattle Rheumatology Associates
Seattle, WA

Jessica Michaud, PharmD
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Daric Mueller, PA
Shores Rheumatology
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan

Ingrid Pan, PharmD
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Wendy Ramey, PharmD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Monica Richey, MSN, ANP-BC
Northwell Health
Greak Neck, New York

Eric Ruderman, MD
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL

Candace Ryan, PA-C
Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates
Glendale, Arizona

Claudia Rivera Salas, DNP, NP-C, APRN
Pine Hollow Partners
East Lansing, MI

Brittany Sedlacek, PA-C
Orthopedic Physicians Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska

Vaheed Sevvom, PA-C
Spine West
Boulder, Colorado

Erin Siceloff, PA-C
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas
Charlotte, North Carolina

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

Christine Stamatos, DNP
Northwell Health
Huntington, NY

Michelle Sutter, CPNP-PC
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Chris Title, FNP-BC
Lansing Rheumatology
East Lansing, Michigan

Mandy Trolinger, PA-C
Rocky Mountain Kidney Care
Aurora, CO

Michele Volansky, PA-C
Dr. Jefrey Lieberman
Decatur, GA
Atlanta, Georgia

Lorena Wilson, PhD, CRNP
National Human Genome Research Institute
Bethesda, MD