Joanne M. Quillen, APN

Hematology/Oncology

Get to Know Me

I am passionate about educating and guiding pediatric oncology survivors to be knowledgeable about their health. In order to achieve this, I received my master’s in nursing from University of Pennsylvania Graduate Nursing Program, with a focus in pediatric oncology. This was the first program in the country with a focus in pediatric oncology.

Why I Treat Children

I am from the Wilmington area, and from a large family (one of eight). As a child, two of my sisters were diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. This had a big impact on me, watching them go through treatment. At the time of their treatment, there were no central lines/Zofran for nausea. It was a very different time and hard to watch. I became a nurse and worked with Dr. Rita Meek in her office. Dr. Meek was the first pediatric oncologist to arrive in Wilmington. Later in life, my older sister developed breast cancer and heart failure, which was a direct result of her past treatment. At the time, people were unfamiliar with these side effects. This led me to pursue my master’s at the University of Pennsylvania and develop the first survivorship program in Wilmington. The goal of the program is to help survivors live healthy lives and transition to adulthood.

What I'm Passionate About

My passion is educating survivors of cancer. We do this in our clinic on a daily basis. I’ve also conducted several research studies in the survivorship clinic, assessing levels of knowledge about the disease and making the transition to adulthood/learning. The three studies resulted in journal publications. I am a faculty advisor for the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate Nursing Program oncology track, and am passionate about helping educate nurses to be excellent and to advocate for our patients.

Make A Difference

Our psychology colleagues join us in the survivorship clinic to help with assessing learning, and providing school support and overall wellness. We also work closely with cardiology. We developed a wellness approach to protecting the heart after exposure to cancer treatment. We also are working with the cardiology staff to evaluate the usefulness of exercise stress tests to assess heart damage, sooner rather than later.

Education & Training

Board Certifications

American Nurses Credentialing Center

Awards & Recognition

2015 Most Patients With Neurocognitive Late Effects in the Country, Children's Oncology Group (COG)

2011 Grand Prize for Outstanding Dedication to Nursing Excellence in Research Category, Nemours/ Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Insurance Accepted

Aetna HMO
Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
Amerigroup NJ Medicaid/Healthy Kids
Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
Cigna Lifesource Transplant
Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
Cigna/Great West PPO
Delaware First Health
Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
Devon Health Services
First Health/Affordable PPO
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT DE
Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
Geisinger Health Plan Medicaid
Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delware HMO PPO POS EPO
Highmark Medicaid Health Options
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield NJ HMO
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ PPO
Horizon NJ Health
INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
Independence Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone HMO PPO
Insurance Administrators of America
Keystone First Medicaid HMO
Lifetrac Transplant
Maryland Medicaid
Multiplan PPO
National Transplant (Humana)
New Jersey Medicaid
Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO DE/PA
Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
Preferred Healthcare PPO
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
Star Healthcare Network
Three Rivers Provider Network
Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
US Family Health Plan
United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
Wellcare of NJ Medicaid HMO

Research Activities

My research activities include:

2014 Daisy Nursing Grant ($3700) – Principal Investigator – Identifying Barriers to Transitioning Among Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

2013 Nursing Grant ($1100) – Principal Investigator in conjunction with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) CHOP Survivorship Program – A Comparison of Adolescent, Young Adult (AYA) and Parental Knowledge Regarding Cancer Treatment and Potential Late Effects of Therapy

2009 Principal Investigator – Neurocognitive Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Survivors

2007 Co-Investigator – CHP 889: A Comparison of Parent and Clinician Reported Toxicities in Standard Radiation Versus Proton Beam Radiation in Children With Posterior Fossa Tumors

Poster Presentations

2017 – 3rd Regional Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON) Conference, PA. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Program Development: Easing the Process of Fertility Preservation for Patients and Families; Danielle Morley BSN, RN, CPHON; Joanne Quillen, MSN, PNP-BC

2016 – Pediatric Nursing Conference, Philadelphia, PA; Standardization of Fluconazole Dosing in the Blood & Marrow Transplant Population, Meredith Davide, RN, BSN, CPHON1, Anne Wohlschlaeger, MSN, CRNP2, Ellen Levy, MSN, CRNP2 & Joanne Quillen, MSN, CRNP3 1 University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3 Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

2016 – American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Cancer Survivorship Symposium – Implementation of an Integrative Wellness Program for Pediatric Cancer Survivors at Risk for Cardiac Late-Effects

2016 – 7th International Nursing Conference on Child and Adolescent Cancer Survivorship – Implementation of an Integrative Wellness Program for Pediatric Cancer Survivors at Risk for Cardiac Late-Effects

2015 – Development, Integration and Evaluation of a Wellness Approach for the Cancer Survivor at Risk for Cardiac Late-Effects, Nurses Week poster Fair, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children – 1st prize for Research category

2014 – A Comparison of Adolescent, Young Adult, and Parental Knowledge Regarding Cancer Treatment and Potential Late Effects of Therapy; 3rd Regional APHON conference

2013 – Clinical Innovation to Increase Patient Population and Initiation of Off Treatment Oncology Summary Among Childhood Cancer Survivors, Nurses Week Poster Fair, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children – 2nd Place for Clinical Innovation category

2011 – Follow-up of Recommendations Given in the Neuropsychological Evaluations of Childhood Cancer Survivors, Nurses Week Poster Fair, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children – Grand Prize for Outstanding Dedication to Nursing Excellence in Research category

2010 – Follow-up of Recommendations Given in the Neuropsychological Evaluations of Childhood Cancer Survivors, Fourth International Nursing Conference on Children/Adolescent Cancer Survivors, Williamsburg, Virginia

2008 – Central Neurogenic Hyperventilation Syndrome – Case Presentation, APHON conference, New Mexico

2001 – Understanding the Importance of Clinical Trials at the national APHON meeting in Utah

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