Our Team

Director, Pediatric Palliative Care

Renee Boss, MD MHS

  • Associate Interim Division Director of Neonatology
  • Professor of Pediatrics

Expertise: Neonatology, Hospice and Palliative Care

Faculty

  • Melanie Brown, MD

    • Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Integrative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Misha Balmuri, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Heather Brown, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Joann Hunsberger, MD MS

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Ali H. Miles, DO

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Sara Maria Munoz-Blanco, MD

    • Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Neonatology, Hospice and Palliative Care

Staff

Katherine Ford, BSN, RN

Pediatric Palliative Care Specialty Nurse
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Hospice and Palliative Care, Critical Care Nursing
katherine ford

Emily Johnson, MSN, RN, CPNP, PC/AC

Nurse Practitioner
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Pediatric Palliative Care, Pediatric Critical Care Nursing, Communication
emily johnson

Kat Kowalski, M.Div., BCC

NICU Chaplain and Perinatal Palliative Care Specialist
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Perinatal Palliative Care, Spiritual Care
kat kowalski

Kelly Vasquenza, RN, CPNP

Pediatric Acute Pain Management Specialist
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Pediatric Oncology Acute and Chronic Pain, Pediatric Palliative Care, Pediatric Mental Health
Kelly Vasquenza

Cora Welsh, M.A., CCLS

Pediatric Palliative Care Program Manager
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Pediatric Palliative Care, Child Life, Bereavement Support, Adolescents
cora welsh

Naomi Madaras, M.Div., BCC 

Pediatric Chaplain
Naomi J. Madaras, M. Div., B.C.C.