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Faith Crozier Kinnear, MSN, APRN, CRNP-AC
- Faith Kinnear, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC is an Assistant Professor in the department of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine working in Palliative Care and Critical Care medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX.
- Faith received her BS in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University. She then pursued nursing at Valparaiso University in Indiana. Faith worked bedside in pediatric hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplant nurse for five years before going back to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She specialized in pediatrics with a minor in oncology and palliative care.
- Faith started her NP career in neuro oncology at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC. After having her first child five years later Faith relocated to Texas and took on the challenge of learning critical care medicine and then joining the palliative care team five years later.
- Faith is an EPEC Pediatrics trainer, a Vital Talk trainer and continues to practice clinically in the ICU, inpatient and outpatient palliative care. Faith is passionate about educating others especially in critical communication, symptom management and end of life care and looks forward to being ELNEC Faculty. Faith is committed to ensuring that patients and families are treated ethically, fairly and timely.
- When not at work she enjoys watching her kids swim, play baseball, act, and sing at church with her husband. Working out, reading, traveling and indulging in reality shows is Faith’s self-care.
- CV available upon request
Lauren Hancock, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, CHPPN
- Lauren Hancock is the Advanced Practice Provider Manager for the Pediatric Service Line at Inova L.J. Murphy Children's Hospital in Northern Virginia, in which she leads the team of APPs working in pediatrics throughout the health system. Lauren Hancock's nursing career began in 2006 and spans a broad range of pediatric clinical specialties, including pediatric bone marrow transplant, neonatal ICU, pediatric stepdown, camp nursing, pediatric ICU, primary care, pediatric hospice and palliative care, pediatric neuro-oncology, and pediatric cardiac ICU.
- Lauren completed her undergraduate education at Georgetown University and her graduate nursing education at the University of Pennsylvania, where she completed a program as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care with a specialization in Pediatric Oncology and a minor in Palliative Care. She has completed multiple extensive training programs in pediatric palliative care since her initial education and training.
- In her current clinical role as a Nurse Practitioner in the Pediatric ICU, Lauren provides family-centered care for children, adolescents, and young adults with critical illness with an emphasis on providing primary palliative care in all aspects of her critical care practice. Prior to joining the Inova team, Lauren spent eight years as a nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology program at Children’s National Hospital. In this role, she provided family-centered care for children, adolescents, and young adults undergoing therapy for pediatric brain tumors. In this capacity, she frequently spoke at national and international conferences about the care for children with brain tumors and was actively involved in advancing nursing research into quality of life outcomes in pediatric patients with brain tumors. Her time working with this population led to conducting research and quality improvement initiatives surrounding integration of pediatric palliative care into the neuro-oncology clinic.
- In addition to providing palliative care for hospitalized patients, Lauren has clinical experience working as a nurse practitioner in pediatric hospice and understands the challenges and rewards of caring for patients both in and out of the hospital. Lauren has previously served as the Nursing Director at Victory Junction, a camp for children with chronic and life threatening illness, where she continues to be active in a volunteer capacity, including as a founding member of their Medical Resource Group, an advisory panel for the camp. At camp, Lauren enjoys helping children with medical complexity live their life to the fullest. She has learned to say “Yes, but how can we do it safely?” instead of just “No” when encountering a challenge. She strives to bring that attitude from camp and apply it to creatively help improve the lives of all her patients and their families.
- In addition to her Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification, Lauren is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Pediatric Nurse and a Certified Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurse. She has received the Alumni Award for Clinical Excellence from the University of Pennsylvania and the Jean Ferguson Excellence in Nursing Practice Award from the Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses.
- Outside of work, Lauren lives in Washington, DC and enjoys traveling, reading, spending time at the beach, all things Disney, cuddling with her dog Oliver, new adventures with friends and family, and being an Auntie to her friend's children.
- CV available upon request.
Amanda Thompson PhD
- For almost two decades, Dr. Thompson has dedicated her career as a pediatric psychologist to caring for and improving the lives of children and adolescents impacted by chronic illness and supporting bereaved families. First as the Director of Psychology and Psychosocial Services in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC and then as the Chief of Pediatric Psychology and Director of Pediatric Programs at Inova Peterson Life with Cancer in Fairfax, VA, Dr. Thompson has provided direct care to children and families, built world-class psychosocial teams, trained a generation of pediatric psychologists in the evidence-based care of children with life-limiting illnesses, and advanced the science of interprofessional pediatric palliative care.
- Dr. Thompson has a national presence as an author of the Standards of Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and their Families, as founder and former chair of the Palliative Care and End-of-Life Special Interest Group for Division 54 of the American Psychological Association (Society of Pediatric Society), and as project lead on the development of Competencies for Psychologists Practicing in Pediatric Palliative Care (Thompson et al., 2023; Thompson et al, 2024). She is the American Psychological Association’s current representative to the Pediatrics Division of the National Coalition of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and has a leadership seat on the Pediatrics Council of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Thompson has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and palliative texts, regularly presents at national and international scientific conferences, and teaches frequently to medical staff and in schools and the community on topics related to palliative care and grief and loss. She is adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland, where she teaches communication, grief, and bereavement to their interprofessional pediatric palliative care master’s students. Finally, Dr. Thompson was the 2024 recipient of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s ‘Outstanding Clinical Care Award’.
- When not at work, Dr. Thompson is a devoted aunt and dog-mom, who feeds her infinite wanderlust by traveling the world and capturing it all through her favorite hobby of photography.
- Curriculum Vitae available upon request