Our Palliative Care Team
The Palliative Care team at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital includes board-certified palliative care physicians, board-certified palliative care nurse practitioners, a licensed social worker, and a chaplain.
Inpatient (hospital-based) Palliative Care:
732-937-8953
Outpatient Palliative Care:
1-844-CANCER NJ (1-844-226-237-65)
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Samantha Nagengast, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine, internal medicine
Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care PrograM Director
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M. Hamza Habib, MD, JD, MBA, FACP, FAAHPM, FRCPI
hospice and palliative Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine,
Outpatient Palliative Medicine Director and Associate Professor of Medicine
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Bhoomika R. Kamath, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Palliative Medicine and Supportive Services
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Ajinder Prajapati, MSN, CCRN, AGACNP –C, ACHPN
Acute/ Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Palliative Medicine Lead APN
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Tracey M. Piparo, PA-C
Palliative Medicine
Physician Assistant
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Susan Gray, APN- C, ACHPN
Advance Practice Nurse Palliative Medicine
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Janice James, APN
Advance Practice Nurse Palliative Medicine
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Alison C. Kepple, MSW, LSW, ACHP-SW
Palliative Medicine Social Worker, Medical Social worker
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Joyce T. Plaza, BSN, OCN
Palliative Nurse Clinician
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Ellen Schroeder, MSN, RN, CNL
Palliative Nurse Clinician