Pediatrics – PainFree Program

Our Team

Members represent various disciplines and service areas throughout Boston Medical Center. They include, but are not limited to physicians, nurses, child-life specialists, pharmacologists, social workers, researchers and phlebotomists.

Represented areas include: 

Inpatient Pediatrics   
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The BirthPlace/Well Baby Unit
Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric Primary Care
Pediatric Specialty Clinics
Surgical Services

PainFree Pediatrics Working Group Staff

Tricia Sherman, MBA, CCLS
PainFree Pediatrics Director & Child Life Manager

Katie Anderson, CCLS
Child Life Specialist Inpatient Pediatrics and Sedation Team

David Casavant, MD
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Ed De Vos, EdD
Director, Program Evaluation, Department of Pediatrics

Carolyn Drew
Nurse Educator, Pediatric ED

Loretta Dunne, RN
Charge Nurse, Pediatric Inpatient Unit

Ingrid Erikson, RN, MS, PNP
Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Surgery and Trauma Service

Alan Fujii, MD
Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Nicolas Gonzalez, MS, CCLS
Child Life Inpatient Pediatrics and PICU

Chi-Cheng Huang, MD
Medical Director, Inpatient Pediatric Service

Kate King, CCLS
Child Life Pediatric Primary Care & Subspecialty Clinics

Sig Kharasch, MD
Co-Chair, Pediatric Intern Selection, Attending Physician Pediatric ED

Courtney Lawler, CCLS
Child Life Pediatric Emergency Department

Marianne Miscioscia, PharmD
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Alyssa Montalvo, CLS
Child Life Pediatric Emergency Department

Carole Moloney, RN, MSN, CPNP
Clinic Coordinator, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Alan Meyers, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, BUSM, Attending Physician, Pediatrics

Kathy Peltier, RN
Staff Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Rachel Richards, MSN, CPNP
Nursery

Stephanie Richardson, LICSW
PainFree Consultant, Child Protection Team Social Worker

Maria Schifino, LCSW
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Social Worker

Philippa Sprinz, MD
Director, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Joy Vreeland, PharmD
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Melissa Whitty, MS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Otolaryngology Clinic and Operating Room