Dedicated to Discovery. Committed to Care.

Nursing & Patient Care

NPCS Profiles

Lori Reda, RN

Hematology/Oncology BMT primary nurse

Bruce MacDonald, LICSW

Social Worker

Deborah DiPrete, RN

Staff nurse, Abraham D. Gosman Infusion Services, Dana 10

Sarah Schulte and Lindsay Roache

Pediatric advisory council members

Bambi Mathay

Licensed massage therapist

Lynn Armstrong, RN, OCN, and M.K. Barr, RN, OCN

Radiation Oncology

Mary Cooley, PhD, RN

Nurse scientist with the Cantor Center

Sharon Perryman, RN

Diversity nurse executive fellow

First Person Stories

Sandra Kelly - Inspired by a patient

The inspiring life and brave death of Adam Friedman, one of her first patients at Dana-Farber, reinforced Sandra Kelly's mid-career decision to work with cancer patients. read more

Patti Branowicki - Grateful for each new day

As an experienced nurse, Patti Branowicki knew about the physical and emotional turmoil that cancer inflicts on patients. What she didn't know was what it actually felt like to have the disease. That all changed last winter, however, when she was diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer. read more

E-mail this page

Personal Profile

Patti Branowicki

Photo of Patti Branowicki

As an experienced nurse, Patti Branowicki knew about the physical and emotional turmoil that cancer inflicts on patients. What she didn't know was what it actually felt like to have the disease. That all changed last winter, however, when she was diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer.
read more