Faculty and Support Staff

For general questions about the school, please call (215) 481-5500 or email AMH-dixonson@amh.org.

Faculty

Debby Hines, RN, BSN, MSN, CNS, CNE
Director of Nursing Education/Chair Dixon School of Nursing

Colleen Burns, RN, BSN, MSN, CEN
Director of Admissions, Recruitment and Financial Aid

Cheryl Avital
Coordinator of Financial Aid

Joyce Calamia, MA
Coordinator of Student Support Services
and Special Initiatives

Marion Chayes, BA, MSLS, AHIP
Director of Library Services

Barbara Lang Abramek, MSN, RN, CNS
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Lynn Burbank, MSN, RN, CPNP
Course Coordinator/Instructor, Nursing Instructor

Cathleen Evans, RN, BSN, MSN, CEN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Anita Fennessey, RN, BSN, MSN, CEN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Denise M. Fitzpatrick, RNC, BSN, MSN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Mary Gerngross, RN, BSN, MSN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Krystyna Z. Hopkinson, RN, BSN, MSN, CRNP, APRN-BC
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Ruth Ann Kiefer, RN, BSN, MSN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Valerie McCormick, MSN, CRNP
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Maria Murt, RN, BSN
Clinical Instructor

Karen Ottaunick, RN, BSN
Clinical Instructor

Jean Petrilach, RN, BC, BSN, MSN
Clinical Instructor

Anne Marie Pettit, RN, BSN, MSN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Stephanie Sanders, RN, BSN, MBA
Clinical Instructor

Ruth Seitter, RN, BSN, MSN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Mary T. Stec, RN, BSN, MSN
Curriculum Coordinator

Verna Tweddale, RN, BSN, MSN, CFE
Clinical Instructor

Christina Witt, RN, BSN, MSN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Christina Wood, RN, BSN, MSN
Course Coordinator/Instructor

Stephanie J. Wroten, RN, BSN, MS
Outreach Coordinator for Multicultural Student Development

Support Staff

Diosa Cruz Senhouse, BS
Facilitator, Admission Data Integrity

Vanessa McCormick
Receptionist

Karen Pantalone
Registrar

Judith Schaeffer Young, MLS
Assistant Librarian

Josepha (Jo'Anne) Waeltz
Secretary to the Faculty and Student Support Services

Anti-Discrimination Statement
The Abington Memorial Hospital schools of Nursing, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Radiologic Technology are equal opportunity institutions. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status in their educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs and other institutionally administered programs.