Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Pancreatic Cancer

JoAnn Coleman, DNP, RN, ACNP, AOCN is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked with patients with pancreas cancer for over 25 years guiding them through diagnosis, treatment and supportive care.‘Her particular interests are in oncogeriatric surgery and palliative care.‘She has contributed to the professional nursing literature as well as collaborated on numerous surgical oncology articles. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society, the Oncology Nursing Society, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the American College of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.‘Ms. Coleman is a former President and Board member of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation and board member of the American Board of Nursing Specialties.Ms. Coleman is a graduate of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing and a Masters in Adulthood and Aging. She received a Masters in Nursing from the University of Maryland, completed a Post Masters Nurse Practitioner Program in Adult and Acute Care and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.‘She also holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Towson University and a bachelor’s degree as a nurse paralegal from Stevenson University in Baltimore, Maryland.