- Our Staff
- Lisa Acree, MSN, APRN-BC
- Kimberly W. Auriemma, MSN, RN, CS, AOCN
- Ellen Badnin, MSN, RN, CS, OCN
- Karen M. Baker, APRN, RN, NP/FNP
- Brooke Balun,MSN, RN, CS, AOCN
- Cassie DelGrosso, PA-C
- Melissa Earley, PA-C
- Laura A. Ellis, MS, RN, CS, OCN
- Anne-Marie Happe, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, AOCN
- Jeff A. Harris, MSN, RN, NP-C, OCN
- Nadine Henry-Ladge, MSN, RN, NP-C
- Suzanne Herrin, PA-C
- Laurie G. Johnson, RT(R)(CV), RCVT, RCDS, MSN, RN, NP-C
- Dawn W. Key, MSN, APRN-BC, FNP
- Leona Lenaz, MSN, APRN-BC
- Christine Long, FNP-C
- Tammy Love, RN, MSN, AOCN, FNP-C
- Kennon H. McCollum, MSN, RN, FNP-C
- Ian McMillan PA-C
- Millie Morgan MSN, RN, NP-C
- Cheryl “Lynn” Norris, APRN, BC, FNP
- Sikirat Yettie Oropo, RN, MSN, FNP-C
- Jennifer D. Piper, MMSc, PA-C
- Letitia Price, PA-C, MT (ASCP)
- Kim Sobolik, RN-CS, FNP, AOCN
- Helen R. J. Stockwell, MS, RN, APRN-BC
- Maria Trattler, RN, MSN, ARP
- Brandon West, PA-C
- Bonnie M. Dixon, RD, LD
- Bethany Smith RD, LD, CDE
- Taryn Tennyson, RD, LD
- Judi L. Derriso, LCSW, ACSW
- Kimberly Ford, LMSW
- Rachel Mathews, LCSW
- Michael Rodriguez, LCSW
Georgia Cancer Specialists Support Staff
Georgia Cancer Specialists uses a multidisciplinary team of cancer experts to treat our patients. The members of our support services team include nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nutritionists, and social workers. The nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Georgia Cancer Specialists are highly specialized healthcare providers who have completed additional education at the master's degree level, and have obtained national certifications in their specialty areas.
At Georgia Cancer Specialists, these two groups of professionals are known as midlevel providers. The oncology midlevel provider works in tandem with the physician to guide and plan patient care. The midlevel providers are proficient in performing physical examinations and requesting laboratory, diagnostic, and radiological testing. They assist the physician in ordering medications, and monitor patients for the side effects of cancer treatment. All of the midlevel providers at Georgia Cancer Specialists are authorized and licensed to practice by the Georgia Boards of Nursing and Medicine.
Midlevel Providers
 Lisa Acree, MSN, APRN-BC
Lisa is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. |
 Kimberly W. Auriemma, MSN, RN, CS, AOCN
Kim is a member of the Association of the Oncology Nursing Society and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. |
 Ellen Badnin, MSN, RN, CS, OCN
Ellen is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society and the Oncology Nurse Network. She is also a member of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society. Her special interests include the psychosocial aspects of medicine and spirituality. |
 Karen M. Baker, APRN, RN, NP/FNP
Karen is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the National Oncology Nursing Society. |
 Brooke Balun, MSN, RN, CS, AOCN
Brooke is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society. |
 Cassie DelGrosso, PA-C
Cassie is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. |
 Melissa Earley, PA-C
Melissa is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Association of Physician Assistants in Oncology. |
 Laura A. Ellis, MS, RN, CS, OCN
Laura is a member of the National Oncology Nursing Society, the Metropolitan Atlanta Oncology Nursing Society, the Atlanta Oncology Nursing Society, and United Advanced Practice Nurses of Georgia. |
 Anne-Marie Happe, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, AOCN
Anne-Marie is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, the Metropolitan Atlanta Oncology Nursing Society, Oncology Nursing Society Nurse Practitioner Special Interest Group, and the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society. |
 Jeff A. Harris, MSN, RN, NP-C, AOCN
Jeff is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the National Oncology Nursing Society, the Central Georgia chapter of Oncology Nursing Society, United Advanced Practice Nurses, American Society of Clinical Oncology. |
 Nadine Henry-Ladge, MSN, RN, NP-C
Nadine is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Oncology Nursing Society, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor society of Nursing. She has also served as adjunct clinical faculty for Passaic County Community College School of Nursing in Paterson, NJ. |
 Suzanne Herrin,PA-C
Suzanne is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants. |
 Laurie G. Johnson, RT(R)(CV), RCVT, RCDS, MSN, RN, NP-C, AOCNP
Laurie is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the United Advance Practice RN’s of Georgia, the National Oncology Nursing Society, the Central Georgia Oncology Nursing Society, the Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing, and the Sylvia Bond Nursing Leadership Organization. She is a certified family nurse practitioner, adult oncology certified nurse practitioner, a registered radiologic technologist, and a registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer. |
 Dawn W. Key, MSN, APRN-BC, FNP, AOCN
Dawn is a member of Oncology Nursing Society and Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing. |
 Leona Lenaz, MSN, APRN-BC
Leona is nationally recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified, Family Nurse Practitioner. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, and the National Oncology Nursing Society. |
 Christine Long, FNP-C
Christine is a member of the American Nurses Association, the Georgia Nurses Association, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American College of Nurse Practitioners, the National Oncology Nursing Society, the Athens Oncology Nursing Society chapter, Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society for Nursing, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. She also serves as President of the United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses of Northeast Georgia Chapter. |
 Tammy Love, RN, MSN, AOCN, FNP-C
Tammy is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the National Oncology Nursing Society, the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society, and Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society for Nursing. She is also a certified trainer for the Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy and Biotherapy course. |
 Kennon H. McCollum, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Kennon is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the National Oncology Nursing Society, the American Nurses Association, the Georgia Nurses Association, the Metro Atlanta chapter of Oncology Nursing Society, and Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society for Nursing. He has also served as adjunct clinical faculty for both Emory University and DeKalb Community College, Schools of Nursing. |
 Ian McMillan PA-C
Ian is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants. |
 Millie Morgan MSN, RN, NP-C
Millie is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the United Advance Practice RNs of Georgia, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, the National Oncology Nursing Society, the Central Georgia Chapter of Oncology Nursing Society, the American Nurses Association, and the Georgia Nurses Association. |
 Cheryl “Lynn” Norris, APRN, BC, FNP
Lynn is nationally recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified, Family Nurse Practitioner. She is a member of the Georgia Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, the Metropolitan Atlanta Oncology Nursing Society, and the National Oncology Nursing Society. |
 Sikirat Yettie Oropo, RN, MSN, FNP-C
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 Jennifer D. Piper, MMSc, PA-C
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 Letitia Price, PA-C, MT (ASCP)
Letitia is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants. She is a certified physician assistant and medical technologist. Her special interests include immunohematology and hematology. |
 Kim Sobolik, RN-CS, FNP, AOCN
Kim is a member of the National Oncology Nursing Society, the Metro Atlanta Oncology Nursing Society, the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Kim serves as a genetics educator for both breast and ovarian cancers, specializing in the care of patients with breast cancer. |
 Helen R. J. Stockwell, MS, RN, APRN-BC
Helen is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Nurses Association, the Georgia Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society, and Oncology Nursing Society. |
 Maria Trattler, RN, MSN, ARP
Maria is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the National Oncology Nursing Society, the American Nurses Association, and the Georgia Nurses Association. She is a past-member of the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, and had previously served as an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Louisiana State University School of Nursing.. |
 Brandon West, PA-C
Brandon is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Association of Physician Assistants in Oncology, the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants, and the American Academy of Clinicians. |
Nutritionists
Nutritionists
Wellness Counselors
 Kimberly Ford, LCSW
Kimberly is a member and also serves on a committee of the Georgia Social Work Oncology Group. She has special interests in adjustment to life changing illnesses and disabilities, grief and loss issues, caregiver support, and children of cancer patients. Kimberly facilitates support groups at Georgia Cancer Specialists and also in the community. One of the support groups she facilitates is CLIMB, a support group for children who are dealing with a parent or a loved one with cancer. |
 Rachel Mathews, LCSW
Rachel is a member of the Jungian Society, the Society for Spirituality in Social Work, and the Georgia Society for Clinical Oncology Social Work. She has special interest in midlife issues, spirituality, and complementary medicine. |
 Michael Rodriguez, LCSW
Michael is a member of the Georgia Society for Oncology Social Work. Areas of interest include mood disorders, grief and loss, and alternative complementary medicine. |
