She completed a fellowship in pain and palliative care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Kathy is board certified as a family nurse practitioner and holds advanced certification in hospice and palliative care as well as oncology. She assisted in the development of the palliative care programs at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago and Edward Hospital. Kathy received the Sigma Theta Tau Award for Clinical Excellence in 2013 and the Healthy Driven Hero award in 2016. She has authored book chapters and journal articles on palliative care topics. She is a strong patient advocate and assists patients and families to ensure their preferences for care are respected. She also provides symptom management and psychosocial support to patients and families as a member of the interdisciplinary palliative care team at Edward Hospital.