The PH Professional Network committees offer volunteer leadership opportunities for professionals committed to improving care for people with pulmonary hypertension. Each committee focuses on a specific area of professional engagement and plays an essential role in advancing PHA’s mission:
Active PHPN members can join a committee and help shape resources that advance professional education and improve patient care. Led by the PHPN Executive Committee, committee members contribute their time and expertise to develop tools, programs and educational materials for health care providers and the patients they serve. Interested in joining or have any questions? Email us.
- Creates, reviews and edits new and existing educational resources for PH patients and caregivers.
- Develops tools to help patients manage and communicate about their condition.
- Advises on the distribution of patient and caregiver education resources.
- Creates and updates clinical practice tools and resources to support quality patient care.
- Identifies best practice and informational needs among PH providers.
- Collaborates with other PHPN committees to develop and curate resources, including patient education materials.
- Develops in-person and digital educational resources for PH providers.
- Offers expertise and guidance on topics, curricula and presenters on PHA priority topics.
- Identifies knowledge gaps among health care professionals.
- Recommends mentors to lead regional or one-to-one virtual mentoring groups.
- Plans all professional education sessions for PHA’s biennial PHPN Symposium.
- Identify speakers and develop new programming.
- Creates networking opportunities for symposium participants.
PHPN Executive Committee
The PHPN Executive Committee includes the chairs of each committee, the Symposium Committee vice chair, and the current, incoming and immediate past PHPN chairs.
Tisha Kivett, RN, BSN, AMB-BC
Chair
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
Jessie Dunne, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
Chair-Elect
Oregon Health & Science University
Melissa Magness, MSN, APRN, CNP-AC
Immediate Past Chair
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Mary Beth Alderman, MSN, ARNP, CPNP-AC, CCRN
Practice Committee Chair
AdventHealth Medical Groupe
Susie McDevitt, DNP, ACNP- BC
Professional Education Committee Co-Chair
Michigan Medicine
Amy Chybowski, RN, MSN, ANP-BC
PHPN Symposium Committee Chair
University of Wisconsin Health
Debbie Kittel, BSN, RN, CCRN
PHPN Symposium Committee Vice-Chair
The Ohio State University
