Team-Based Oncology Care: The Pivotal Role of Oncology Navigation

Lillie D. Shockney is a professor of surgery and oncology as well as having been appointed by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the President of the University to a faculty chair (University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer at Johns Hopkins). She is a registered nurse with a BS in healthcare administration and a master’s degree in administrative science from Johns Hopkins University, and her employment began at Hopkins in 1983. She serves as the director of the breast center and the director of cancer survivorship programs for the cancer center. Professor Shockney is the founder and program director of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+). She has received 52 awards—46 national and 6 state awards, including being inducted into the Maryland Women Hall of Fame and recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Most Amazing Nurse in America. Well known for her public speaking and literary work, she has published 14 prior books and more than 275 articles on breast cancer, cancer navigation, survivorship care, metastatic breast cancer, and patient advocacy.