Our palliative care team includes professionals and clinicians with diverse training, skills, and talents. Each team member is experienced in counseling individuals and families through some of the most difficult times of their lives.
We serve patients with all serious illnesses at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and patients with cancer receiving care at Dartmouth Cancer Center Manchester in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Dartmouth Cancer Center Nashua in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Learn more about our leadership, staff, and providers below.
Program leadership
- Byrne Chair of Palliative Care Programs – Kathy Kirkland, MD
- Interim Section Chief – Amelia Cullinan, MD
- Practice Manager – Tyler Dillehay
- Nurse Manager – Melissa Garland, RN
- Medical Directors of Clinical Services
- Outpatient – Matthew Wilson, MD
- Inpatient - Shana Wierchowski, MD
- Lead Nurse Practitioner - Lisa Stephens, APRN
- Lead Social Worker – Sasha Steinbaugh, MSW, LICSW
- Director of Education - Max Vergo, MD
Administrative support
- Ray Garcia, Administrative Assistant
- Lynnelle Sargent, Senior Clinical Secretary
- Robin White, Administrative Assistant
Bereavement and volunteer programs
- Kristen Johnson, MS, CCLS, FT, GC-C
Clinical pharmacist
- Ashley Johnson, PharmD, BCPS
Healing arts
- Karen Robbins, LMT – Healing Arts Program Coordinator
Lebanon outpatient
- Sheila Bessette, RN
- Kathleen Broglio, DNP, APRN
- Amelia M. Cullinan, MD
- Bradley A. Eckert, MD, MS
- Lynnelle Sargent, Sr. Clinical Secretary
- Alexandra "Sasha" Steinbaugh, MSW, LICSW
- Marilyn Tucker, RN
- Maxwell T. Vergo, MD
- Matthew M. Wilson, MD
Manchester/Nashua outpatient
- Katherine Bishop, RN
- Stephanie C. Krasinski, DNP, APRN, ACHPN, AGPCNP-BC
- Jessica Suchomski, Sr. Clinical Secretary
Nursing
- Sheila Bessette, RN – Outpatient Nurse Clinician
- Nadine Carter, APRN
- Jennifer Ebbitt, RN – Nurse Navigator, Jack Byrne Center
- Alaina Legere, BSN, RN – Inpatient Nurse Clinician
- Marilyn Tucker, RN – Outpatient Nurse
Research
Social work
- Sarah Guarda, MSW, LICSW
- Sage R. Landry, MSW
- Alexandra "Sasha" Steinbaugh, MSW, LICSW
