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Lillie Shockney
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, is the University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer and Professor of Surgery and Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A two-time survivor of breast cancer, Shockney works both as a nurse navigator supporting patients and as a medical advisor and administrator developing programs for improving patient quality of life, in particular for those with metastatic breast cancer. Shockney has published at least 20 books and 350 articles dealing with cancer and patient care. She has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship (2012–2023).
Shockney has served on or advised numerous national-level organizations. In 1997, she testified before the U.S. Senate committee regarding the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act. She is a co-founder of the nonprofit Mothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer (1995); the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+, 2009); and the Association of Chronic & Complex Care Nurse Navigators (ACCCNN, 2021). She has helped to develop the Work Stride: Managing Cancer at Work employee benefits program at Johns Hopkins, which has been adopted by other employers. She has been recognized for her work with awards at state, national and international levels. The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators has named its Lillie D. Shockney Lifetime Achievement Award in her honor.
Lillian Dierker was born October 16, 1953, to Frank and Charmayne Dierker and grew up on a dairy farm in Maryland. Having aspired to be a nurse from an early age, she received a three-year diploma from the Macqueen Gibbs Willis School of Nursing in Easton, Maryland in 1974. She earned a bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration from St. Joseph's College in 1982. She earned a Master's in Administrative Science (M.A.S.) from Johns Hopkins University in 1988.
In 1983, Shockney joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins as a nurse, working with patients who had glioblastoma, an almost-always fatal form of brain cancer. From 1987 to 1997 Shockney served as the Director of Performance Improvement and Utilization Management. In that role, she and her staff reviewed patient files to evaluate the quality of care they received, and determine ways to better serve them.
Shockney was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent mastectomies in 1992 and again in 1994. Approximately ten years after her diagnosis, Shockney had DIEP flap reconstruction surgery.
The experience of being a breast cancer patient led Shockney to work with breast cancer patients and to develop programs to improve their care and quality of life. Soon after her first mastectomy, a doctor she knew asked her if she was willing to talk to his secretary, who had just been diagnosed. Shockney later said of that experience "I felt pain free for two hours, because I was helping somebody." Shockney chose to combine her expertise and her personal experience as a breast cancer survivor in support of others.
In 1997, Shockney became the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center. She managed programs for quality-of-care, patient education, and patient advocacy, as well as the center's survivor volunteers, community outreach, and web site, introducing many of the initiatives at the center.
Shockney organized the nurse navigator program at Johns Hopkins, in which a nurse with expertise in both cancer treatment and counseling provides ongoing patient-centered support throughout a patient's experience within the medical system. Nurse navigators play important roles in educating patients and families, and in providing continuity and support across the continuum of patient care. Recognizing the impact of non-medical factors on the success or failure of medical treatment, nurse navigators help patients to deal with practical issues of daily life like arranging child care or transportation as well as the complexities of the medical system. The approach was originally developed by Harold P. Freeman, working with cancer patients in Harlem. After Shockney reported the impact of the program at Johns Hopkins Hospital on appointment completion rates and timeliness of care, breast cancer patients became a primary patient population for nurse navigation. Shockney emphasizes the importance of identifying each individual's goals and focusing on what they hope to achieve.
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Lillie Shockney
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, is the University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer and Professor of Surgery and Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A two-time survivor of breast cancer, Shockney works both as a nurse navigator supporting patients and as a medical advisor and administrator developing programs for improving patient quality of life, in particular for those with metastatic breast cancer. Shockney has published at least 20 books and 350 articles dealing with cancer and patient care. She has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship (2012–2023).
Shockney has served on or advised numerous national-level organizations. In 1997, she testified before the U.S. Senate committee regarding the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act. She is a co-founder of the nonprofit Mothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer (1995); the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+, 2009); and the Association of Chronic & Complex Care Nurse Navigators (ACCCNN, 2021). She has helped to develop the Work Stride: Managing Cancer at Work employee benefits program at Johns Hopkins, which has been adopted by other employers. She has been recognized for her work with awards at state, national and international levels. The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators has named its Lillie D. Shockney Lifetime Achievement Award in her honor.
Lillian Dierker was born October 16, 1953, to Frank and Charmayne Dierker and grew up on a dairy farm in Maryland. Having aspired to be a nurse from an early age, she received a three-year diploma from the Macqueen Gibbs Willis School of Nursing in Easton, Maryland in 1974. She earned a bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration from St. Joseph's College in 1982. She earned a Master's in Administrative Science (M.A.S.) from Johns Hopkins University in 1988.
In 1983, Shockney joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins as a nurse, working with patients who had glioblastoma, an almost-always fatal form of brain cancer. From 1987 to 1997 Shockney served as the Director of Performance Improvement and Utilization Management. In that role, she and her staff reviewed patient files to evaluate the quality of care they received, and determine ways to better serve them.
Shockney was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent mastectomies in 1992 and again in 1994. Approximately ten years after her diagnosis, Shockney had DIEP flap reconstruction surgery.
The experience of being a breast cancer patient led Shockney to work with breast cancer patients and to develop programs to improve their care and quality of life. Soon after her first mastectomy, a doctor she knew asked her if she was willing to talk to his secretary, who had just been diagnosed. Shockney later said of that experience "I felt pain free for two hours, because I was helping somebody." Shockney chose to combine her expertise and her personal experience as a breast cancer survivor in support of others.
In 1997, Shockney became the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center. She managed programs for quality-of-care, patient education, and patient advocacy, as well as the center's survivor volunteers, community outreach, and web site, introducing many of the initiatives at the center.
Shockney organized the nurse navigator program at Johns Hopkins, in which a nurse with expertise in both cancer treatment and counseling provides ongoing patient-centered support throughout a patient's experience within the medical system. Nurse navigators play important roles in educating patients and families, and in providing continuity and support across the continuum of patient care. Recognizing the impact of non-medical factors on the success or failure of medical treatment, nurse navigators help patients to deal with practical issues of daily life like arranging child care or transportation as well as the complexities of the medical system. The approach was originally developed by Harold P. Freeman, working with cancer patients in Harlem. After Shockney reported the impact of the program at Johns Hopkins Hospital on appointment completion rates and timeliness of care, breast cancer patients became a primary patient population for nurse navigation. Shockney emphasizes the importance of identifying each individual's goals and focusing on what they hope to achieve.