Meet Our Sickle Cell Center Team

The Sickle Cell Center clinics are staffed by a multidisciplinary team of board-certified pediatric hematologists, hematology nurse-specialists, and a social worker.

Attending Physicians

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Janet Kwiatkowski, MD, MSCE

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Cynthia Norris, MD

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Kim Smith-Whitley, MD

Nursing

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Karmilla Cowlay, BSN, RN

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Therese McKnight, RN, MSN, CRNP

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Lisa Washington, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

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Elizabeth A. Worster, MSN, RN, CRNP

Psychologist

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Jennifer Leigh Brereton, PsyD

Social Work Staff

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Trudy Tchume-Johnson, MSW, LSW

Program Coordinators and Research Staff

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Courtney Babb, MS