Staff Profiles



Mary J. Heffernan, A.R.N.P.

Mary J. "Muff" Heffernan found her calling at 17, when she was a young and impressionable teen watching her father struggle with cancer.
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Laura Devlin

As an LTFU team coordinator, Devlin said nothing is more important to her than making sure patients returning for follow-up visits have a trouble-free experience.
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Patrice Schafer

Patrice Schafer
As a patient care coordinator assistant, Patrice Schafer brings one particularly powerful trait to her job: a passion for order.
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Tamarin Smith

Tamarin Smith
Before taking the position of patient care coordinator, Tamarin Smith knew in her heart who was going to be the real boss.
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Anjani Prasad

Anjani Prasad
Anjani Prasad treats LTFU patients with the same reverence she treats family members.
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Anne Chafee

Anne Chafee, R.N.
Working with cancer patients before and after their treatment has given nurse Anne Chafee a unique perspective on their needs.
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Edward Braun

Edward Braun
Securing LTFU patient information and keeping it completely confidential is a job Edward Braun takes seriously.
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Aurora Brandvold

Aurora Brandvold, R.N.
It's the patients who have given Aurora Brandvold the drive to excel in her nursing career and keep her a committed member of the Long-Term Follow-Up Program (LTFU) staff.
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Debra Ando
Personal experience with cancer and a desire to help others have served Debra Ando well as a patient care coordinator at the Hutchinson Center.
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Jeni Schiffman

Jeni Schiffman
Jeni Schiffman is one of the friendly voices who answers your calls to LTFU. And while she's helping put you in touch with physicians and nurses, she's studying to become an oncology nurse herself.
Read more about Jeni Schiffman.

Cathy Baker

Cathy Baker, R.N.
Cathy Baker fulfills an important goal of the Long-Term Follow-Up Program by staying in touch with patients after they've been discharged back to their home communities.
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Paul Carpenter, M.D.

Paul Carpenter, M.D.
As the only Clinical Research Division clinician with a foot in both pediatric and adult camps, Carpenter's duties shift between pediatric bone-marrow transplant patients, long-term follow-up care for both adult and pediatric patients and research, mainly focused on graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD).
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Stephanie Lee, M.D.
What happens before and after a transplant is of particular interest to Dr. Stephanie Lee, who joined Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center last January.
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Jane Jocom

Jane Jocom, R.N.
Jane Jocom blends nursing experience with research precision to improve long-term prospects for patients.
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Colleen McKinnon

Colleen McKinnon, R.N.
You can come 'home' again and again and again …
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Marion McCarty

Marion McCarty
Hutchinson Center's first social worker left a legacy of warmth and help for patient families.
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Stephanie Wright

Stephanie Wright
Responsive, team-oriented care for post-transplant patients is the goal of the Long-Term Follow-Up Unit (LTFU). It's Project Coordinator Stephanie Wright's job to keep a close eye on the details.
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Carina Moravec, NP

Carina Moravec, N.P.
No two patients share the same post-transplant experience, which makes Carina Moravec's job as a nurse practitioner with the LTFU the most interesting, challenging and satisfying one she's ever had.
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Mary Flowers, MD

Mary Flowers, M.D.
Dr. Flowers is the director of the Adult Clinical Care LTFU, which supports approximately 3,500 bone-marrow and stem-cell transplant survivors, helping patients and their primary physicians to manage post-transplant complications as they recover and resume their lives.
Read more about Dr. Flowers.

Judy Campbell, RN

Judy Campbell, R.N.
Judy Campbell says she became a cancer nurse by "default." Now, she can't imagine doing anything else. Campbell has been caring for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center patients for 34 years.
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