Faculty
Joanna A. Lyman, MA, CCLS
Palliative Care Program Coordinator, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Education
- Undergraduate: California State University Northridge – Psychology
- Graduate: University of Santa Monica – Psychology
Certifications
- Association of Child Life Professionals - Certified Child Life Specialist
- American Board of Hypnotherapy – Certified Hypnotherapist
- Landrum Center for Energy Medicine – Second Degree Reiki Practitioner
Deena Levine, MD
Assistant Member, Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care, Department of Oncology, St Jude
Children’s Research Hospital
Education
- Medical School, Drexel University College of Medicine
- Residency in Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, John’s Hopkins/National Institute of Health
- Fellowship in Bioethics, National Institute of Health
- Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine – Pediatric Track, University of Tennessee/St Jude Children’s Research Hospital/Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Board Certifications
- American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Board of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- American Board of Pediatrics
Holly Spraker-Perlman, MD, MS
Assistant Member, Faculty; Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Education
- Medical School, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
- Masters in Epidemiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
- Residency in Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
- Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
- Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Fellowship in Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine, Portland, Oregon
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Board of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB
Assistant Member, Faculty; Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care, St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital
Program Director, Oncology Hospitalist Medicine
Bioethics Consultant, Clinical and Research Consultations
Education
- Medical School, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Master’s in Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Internship/Residency in Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Doralina Anghelescu, MD
Member, Division of Anesthesiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Director, Pain Management Service, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Education
- School of Medicine, Bucharest University, Romania
- American Society of Anesthesiologists Certificate in Business Administration
- Certification in Palliative Care Education and Practice, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care
Certifications
- Foreign Medical Graduates Examination in the Medical Sciences –July 1991
- Romanian Board of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine – (written and oral examination) – January 1993
- FLEX examination – December 1993
- American Board of Anesthesiology (written examination) – July 1997
- American Board of Anesthesiology (oral examination) – April 1998
- Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology – April 1998
- Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology, Subspecialty Certification in Pain Management-September 2001
- Certification in Business Administration – American Society of Anesthesiologists January 2007
- Certification in Palliative Care Education and Practice, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care – November 2008
- Certification in Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks – Duke University – August 2011
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Subspecialty Certification in Pain Management, Recertification – September 1, 2012
- Certification in Nutritional Pain Management – Academy of Integrative Pain Management – October 2017
Interdisciplinary Team Members
- Stephanie Brown, MDiv
- Minna Watkins, LMSW
- Haley Smith, Fellowship Coordinator