Meet Our Team

Meet the team of Child Life Services

Our child life specialists are available to support patients and families at Boston Children’s Hospital in both inpatient and outpatient areas. Seven day a week coverage is available on inpatient units and in the Boston Children’s Hospital Emergency Department.

 

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  Director

  Beth Donegan Driscoll, MS, CCLS***

  Clinical and Program Managers

  Suzanne Graca MS, CCLS ***

  Kirsten Getchell, MS, CCLS ***

 
  Child Life Administrative Associate
   Kelly Politica
   Trust, Marketing, Special Events
   Sarah Sullivan, MS, CCLS **

  Child Life Art Specialist

  Michelle Dean-Onabajo, MS, CCLS

  Lynne Long, BA, CCLS, CEIM
  Media Program Specialist
   Maxwell Svec

  Seacrest Studio Child Life Specialist

   Lauren Wilson, BS, CCLS
  Child Life Technology Support Tech
   Ryan McAskill
  Boston Children's Hospital Simulator Program (SIMPeds) 

  Brianna J O’Connell, MS, CCLS**

  Volunteer Services

  Jessica Slayback MEd, CCLS

  Hale Family Center for Families

   Jill Twomey-McLaughlin, BS, CCLS**

  Hale Family Center for Families / Pawprints Program

  Lynn Belkin MS-CL, CCLS

  Kristen Priven, MS, CCLS
   

  Inpatient Units

  

  6 Northeast - Inpatient Oncology

  Annika Stout, MS, CCLS

  Gina Pizzano, BS, CCLS
  6 West - Stem Cell Transplant

  Brittany Metcalf, BS, CCLS

  Briana Tierney, MS, CCLS
  6th Floor - Inpatient Oncology
   Mary Malley, MS, CCLS **
  7 West - Medicine Patient Service   Kelsie Aufiero, MS, CCLS
  7 South - Surgical Intensive Care

  Megan Leibovitz Galluci MS, CCLS

  Mariah Mazzucco, MS, CCLS

  7 North - Neonatal Intensive Care

  Darlene Salvatore BS, CCLS**
  7 South/7 North - Surgical Intensive Care Unit/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  8 East - Cardiology

  Emily Springer MS, CCLS
  8 West - Cardiology

  Erin Connelly MS, CCLS
  8 Mandell - Cardiology

  Shelby Pustis MS, CCLS

  8 South - Cardiac Intensive Care
  8th Floor - Inpatient Cardiology
  

  9 Northwest - Neurology

  Andrea Lerude MS, CCLS

  Julie Markarian, MS, CCLS

  9 East - Medicine Patient Services

  

  9 South - Medicine Patient Services

  Jennifer Nguyen MS, CCLS

  10 East - Infant/Toddler Surgery

   Emilia Crnjak, MS, CCLS

  10 Northwest - Surgery

  Chelsea Ballard, MS, CCLS

  Laurel Anderson, MS, CCLS

  10 South - Surgical & Solid Organ Transplant

  Alison Burns MS, CCLS

  11 South - Medicine Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Care Program

  Jamie Crosby MS, CCLS
   

  Outpatient Clinics

  
  6 South - Cardiac Catheterization Lab/Cardiac/Cardiac Pre-Op
   Theresa McCarthy, MS, CCLS

  CAT/CR - Infusion Center

   Gail Windmueller, MA, MS, CCLS
  Clinics  
  Dialysis
   LaKeisha Garcia, MS, CCLS
  Dialysis and Cleft Lip and Palate Craniofacial Clinic
   Robyn Snyder, MS, CCLS
  Pre-Op Holding/Day Surgery/PACU

  Carrie Byrne, MS, CCLS ***

  Kate McCowan, MS, CCLS **
  Autism Spectrum Center
   Kristin Coffey, MS, CCLS
  Emergency Department

  Dafne Saavedra-Preskins, MS, CCLS ***

  Cami Polfuss, MS, CCLS

  Christine Dumais, MEd, CCLS

  Samantha Swankowski, MS, CCLS
  Phlebotomy/Pre-Op Admitting
   Erin Whooley, MS, CCLS
  CTSU
   Catherine Verow, MS, CCLS
  Children's Hospital Primary Care Center

  Addie Rosenstock, MS, CCLS **

  Fiorella Downey, MS, CCLS
  Nuclear Medicine
   Trisha Ashe, BS, CCLS **
  Radiology - Fluoroscopy
  Angela Franceschi, MEd, CCLS **
  Radiology - MRI
  
   

  Satellites

  
  Martha Eliot

  Hayley Sachs, MS, CCLS **

  Milagros Lopez Ramirez, MS, CCLS
  Martha Eliot Early Intervention
  
  Peabody   Meghan Dias, MS, CCLS
  Waltham Infusion

  Colleen Daly, MS, CCLS **

  Katie Ward MS, CCLS
  Waltham Surgery
   Sara Kumin, MS, CCLS