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*** | |
| Education & Program Coordinator |
Suzanne Graca MS, CCLS *** |
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| Child Life Administrative Associate |
Kelly Politica | |
| Computer Support Tech |
Ryan McAskill |
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| Creative Arts Manager | ||
| Child Life Art Specialist |
Michelle Dean-Onabajo MS, CCLS Lynne Long BA, CCLS, CEIM |
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| Media Program Specialist | Maxwell Svec | |
| Trust, Marketing, Special Events Boston Children's Hospital Simulator Program (SIMPeds) |
Kirsten Getchell MS, CCLS *** Brianna J O’Connell, MS, CCLS** |
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| Volunteer Services Hale Family Center for Families Hale Family Center for Families / Pawprints Program |
Jessica Slayback MEd, CCLS Sarah Sullivan MS, CCLS** Lynn Belkin MS-CL, CCLS |
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| Inpatient Units | ||
| 6 Northeast - Inpatient Oncology | Annika Stout MS, CCLS | |
| 6 West - Stem Cell Transplant | Brittany Metcalf BS, CCLS | |
| 7 West - Medicine Patient Service | Lauren Wilson BS, CCLS | |
| 7 South - Surgical Intensive Care | Megan Leibovitz MS, CCLS | |
| 7 North - Neonatal Intensive Care | Darlene Salvatore BS, CCLS** | |
| 8 East and West - Cardiology | Shelby Pustis MS, CCLS |
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| Emily Springer MS, CCLS | ||
| Erin Connelly MS, CCLS | ||
| 8 South - Cardiac Intensive Care | Kate Huyler MS, CCLS | |
| 9 Northwest - Neurology | Andrea Lerude MS, CCLS | |
| 9 East - Medicine Patient Services | Kristen Priven MS, CCLS | |
| 9 South - Medicine Patient Services | Jennifer Nguyen MS, CCLS | |
| 10 East - Infant/Toddler Surgery | Leanne Rotman MS, CCLS | |
| 10 Northwest - Surgery | Theresa Rankin 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 | |
| Weekend Program | ||
| 6th Floor - Inpatient Oncology | Mary Malley MS, CCLS** | |
| 7 South/7 North - Surgical Intensive Care Unit/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | Mariah Mazzucco MS, CCLS |
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| 7 West/11 South - Medicine Patient Services/Medicine Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Care Program | ||
| 8th Floor - Inpatient Cardiology | Michelle Morgan MS, CCLS |
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| 9th Floor - Inpatient Neurology & Medicine | Kellyn Mahan MS, CCLS |
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| 10th Floor - Inpatient Surgery | ||
| Outpatient Clinics | ||
| 6 South - Cardiac Catheterization Lab/Cardiac/Cardiac Pre-Op | Maureen Abramson MS, CCLS*** | |
| CAT/CR- Infusion Center | Jill Twomey-McLaughlin BS, CCLS** | |
| Clinics |
Gail Windmueller MS, CCLS |
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| Dialysis | LaKeisha Garcia MS, CCLS | |
| Dialysis and Cleft Lip and Palate Craniofacial Clinic |
Robyn Snyder MS, CCLS | |
| Pre-op Holding 2/ PACU |
Milagros Lopez Ramirez MS, CCLS | |
| Autism Spectrum Center | Kristin Diezel MS, CCLS | |
| Emergency Department | Dafne Saavedra-Preskins MS, CCLS** | |
| Cami Polfuss MS, CCLS | ||
| Emi Layok MS, CCLS | ||
| Samantha Swankowski MS, CCLS |
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| Phlebotomy/Pre-Op Admitting CTSU |
Erin Whooley MS, CCLS Gina Pizzano BS, CCLS |
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| Pre-Op Holding/PACU | Carrie Card MS, CCLS** | |
| Childrens Hospital Primary Care Center | Addie Rosenstock MS, CCLS** | |
| Fiorella Downey MS, CCLS | ||
| Nuclear Medicine | Trisha Ashe BS, CCLS** | |
| Radiology MRI |
Angela Franceschi MEd, CCLS** | |
| Catherine Verow MS, CCLS | ||
| Satellites | ||
| Martha Eliot | Hayley Sorensen MS, CCLS** | |
| Christine Dumais MEd, CCLS Chelsea Ballard MS, CCLS |
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| Peabody | ||
| Waltham Infusion Waltham Surgery |
Colleen Daly MS, CCLS** Katie Ward MS, CCLS Sara Kumin MS, CCLS |
