Program Director, OACIS/Palliative Medicine
Lehigh Valley Hospice
1200 S Cedar Crest Blvd
Allentown
PAUSA
18103-6202
Biographical Sketch: Donna Stevens is the Program Director of OACIS (Optimizing Advanced Complex Illness Support)/Palliative Medicine at Lehigh Valley Health Network, a 2014 Circle of Life Award recipient. The program includes an inpatient consult service, a nationally recognized home-based service and an outpatient clinic. With a clinical background in occupational therapy, she has spent the majority of her career in administration, psychiatry and a skilled nursing facility, prior to Palliative Medicine. Her skills lie in leadership and team building, with a strong emphasis on keeping the patient perspective in focus. In December 2011, Donna Stevens was invited to join the Improving Outpatient Palliative Care (IPAL-OP) Advisory Board of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). She has presented on the topic of home-based Palliative Medicine services at national conferences, including CAPC, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). She is co-author on a publication about the OACIS home-based service and an article on the evidence of the impact of outpatient Palliative Care.