APN, Pediatric Palliative Care
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
1775 Dempster Street, E274
Park Ridge
ILUSA
60068
Email:
kathie.kobler@advocatehealth.com
Biographical Sketch: Advanced Practice Nurse with 26 + years experience caring for infants and children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Coordinator of Pediatric Palliative Care and Bereavement Programs at Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital. Invited presenter at local and national venues. Published author of manuscripts and contributor to position statements and guidelines re. perinatal/pediatric palliative care and bereavement issues. Co-investigator on research re. caregiver suffering and nurses’ grief. Executive Board Member, National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses. Chair, Exam Development Committee, national pediatric palliative care certification examination.