Lillie D. Shockney, RN BS MAS ONN-CG

I co-founded AONN+ in 2009, the only national professional organization for oncology navigators-- clinical and nonclinical. I also have been employed at Johns Hopkins since Feb 1983. For 22 years of that time I served as the director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center and simultaneously served as the inaugural director of cancer survivorship programs for 7 years. Though an oncology nurse by training, I hold a faculty position in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and became a full professor of surgery in 2016 as well as being appointed to a faculty chair by the Dean of the School of Medicine, president of the Johns Hopkins University, and the Medical Board as a University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer. I am passionate about patient centered care and the importance that navigation can have on improving the patient experience, improving clinical outcomes, and providing an ROI. I have authored 19 books and written more than 300 articles on breast cancer care, patient advocacy, navigation, palliative care, the art of communicating bad news,survivorship, metastatic disease, psychosocial needs of patients with advanced cancers, and other related topics. As a national and international speaker on these subjects, I strive to provide other providers the tools and resources they need to deliver patient centered care at its very best. In 2014 I developed and implemented a program specifically for stage IV breast cancer patients and their loved ones called: Courage and Hope Retreat for Couples, as well as a retreat for those not in a relationship and they bring their female caregiver. Over 3 days and 2 nights they network together, learn to be comfortable asking difficult and frank questions, find out about clinical trials, learn ways to reduce anxiety, and most importantly plan for the future including creating a plan for the uncertainty that lies before them. I have received 60 awards- 54 national and 6 state awards thus far.