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The Oprah Winfrey Show’s "Dr. Robin" L. Smith
Ms. Jean Wadman
Advanced Nurse Practitioner, the Sickle Cell Program, Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
Dr. Sophie Lanzkron
Director, Sickle Cell Program for Adults at Johns Hopkins
Delaware
- U.S. Senator Thomas R. Carper
- Ulysses Washington, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Delaware State University
- Bennie Smith, President, Bennie Smith Funeral Homes
Maryland
- U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski
- U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin
- U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings
- Former U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume
- State Senator Verna L. Jones
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
- Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy
- Bert J. Hash, Jr., CEO and President, Municipal Employees Credit Union
- Melissa Jachelski, President, MJach Designs
- Bernard Jennings, Managing Principal, Capstone Consulting Group
- Mimi Roeder Vaughan, President, Roeder Trave
- David M. Slaughter, Vice President, LaFarge North America
"Dr. Robin" L. Smith is a national television personality, #1 best selling author of "Lies At the Altar: The Truth About Great Marriages" and the popular "Inspirational Vitamins: A Guide To Personal Empowerment"- a preacher, keynote speaker and licensed psychologist. She is a frequent contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show and one of the most sought after speakers and relationship experts in the country. Her past credits include Larry King Live, NBC/The Today Show, ABC News/Good Morning America and The Fox News Channel.
She earned her Ph.D in counseling psychology from Temple University, her master's degree from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and her undergraduate degree from LaSalle University. You can often find Dr. Robin's words of wisdom as an expert in national publications. You can also tune in daily to The Dr. Robin Show on XM Satellite Radio, Channel 156 to get a good dose of Inspirational Vitamins.
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Jean Wadman, RN, MSN, CPNP has cared for children with cancer and blood disorders at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware for the past fifteen years. Jean currently holds the position of Sickle Cell Advanced Practice Nurse. In conjunction with a multi-disciplinary healthcare team, she provides comprehensive, family-centered care to more than 200 children with sickle cell disease in Delaware and surrounding states. Jean was a member of the 2002-2003 State of Delaware Sickle Cell Consortium, where she participated in the development of statewide clinical practice guideline for management of sickle cell patients. In the fall of 2006, Jean implemented a pediatric sickle cell outreach clinic in Sussex County, Delaware.
Jean received her undergraduate nursing degree from the University of Delaware. Her nursing career prior to becoming an advanced practice nurse reflects more than seven years as a pediatric hematology/oncology nurse educator initially at Christiana Care Hospital and later at duPont Hospital for Children. Jean has extensive pediatric nursing experience related to staff development and patient/family education.
Upon earning her master's degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, Jean became the first pediatric hematology/oncology nurse practitioner in the state of Delaware. She is certified through (PNCB) the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board.
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Dr. Lanzkron’s major clinical research involves the study of sickle cell disease.
Her primary research interest is to understand the barriers to care for adults
with sickle cell disease.
In 1998 the FDA approved the use of hydroxyurea to
treat patients with sickle cell disease. This approval was based on a large
clinical trial centered at Hopkins. The use of hydroxyurea was predicted to
decrease hospitalizations and the costs of care for those with sickle cell disease.
Dr. Lanzkron’s research has shown that despite the approval of hydroxyurea,
the costs of caring for patients with sickle cell disease has increased significantly
over the last seven years. Research is ongoing to identify the factors that limit
access to care for this population.
The Sickle Cell Center for Adults at Johns Hopkins
under Dr. Lanzkron’s direction provides comprehensive care to adults, including
access to clinical trials.
Nemours Hematology/Oncology and duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours Nursing Leadership
- Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine
and Office of Community, Government & Public Affairs
- LaFarge North America
- Maryland General Hospital
- Mr. James and Dr. Traci Allotey and Family
- American Red Cross - Greater Chesapeake & Potomac Region Blood Services Division
- B & M Enterprises
- Thomas L. Brown Associates
- Commerce Bank
- Mrs. Joan & Mr. Bert J. Hash, Jr.
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