About Us
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Patricia Cadle, MRE, BCCOncology ChaplainPatricia graduated with a BS in Therapeutic Recreation from UNG-Greensboro in 1979. After seven years in the recreation field, she entered Duke Divinity School, graduating with a Masters of Religious Education in 1988. She was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 1991 in the Western NC Association of the Southern Conference. After seven years serving in the church and another year serving in local missions, she entered the CPE program at Alamance Regional Medical Center and completed her training in May of 1998. Immediately following CPE she was hired as the temporary HIV Chaplain at UNC Hospitals for three months and after three and a half years of covering several different clinical areas in the hospital and serving as the weekend on-call chaplain, Patricia was hired as the first Oncology Chaplain at UNC in 2001. During her years as a chaplain, Patricia has been instrumental in providing a variety of spiritual tools (labyrinths, singing bowls, and mandalas) to a diverse spiritual population and has been a leader in heightening the awareness of the major world religions in the hospital setting. |
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Shay Crenshaw, MDiv, BCCDepartment Director
Shay Montgomery Crenshaw attended
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Heidi Gessner, MDivBereavement CoordinatorHeidi G. Gessner received her BA degree in Speech Communications and Spanish from the University of Richmond in 1985. She completed the Master of Divinity degree at Campbell University Divinity School, and is an Ordained Minister with the United Church of Christ. Heidi currently serves as the Bereavement Coordinator for the hospital. She developed and created UNC Hospital Bereavement Support Services as a Chaplain Resident with goal of attending to the emotional pain that is the result of loss and death. |
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Hadley Kifner, MDivPediatric Chaplain
The Reverend Hadley Kifner grew up in the United Methodist Church
and was ordained as a United Church of Christ minister in 2011.
She received her Masters of Divinity from Duke Divinity School in
2006. Prior to entering Duke, Hadley traveled as a missionary in
Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, Africa, edited children’s books in
New York City, served as director of children and family programs
in the rural church setting, and coordinated volunteers at a
hospital hospitality house. In her work as chaplain of the NC
Children’s Hospital, Hadley is working with an interdisciplinary
team to offer palliative care and supportive services to children
and their families. |
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Peter Maffly-Kipp, MDiv, BCC, LCSWHIV, Infectious Disease, and Eating Disorders Unit ChaplainPeter graduated from Bates College in Maine in 1978 with a degree in Cultural Studies and worked as a community organizer with VISTA in Maine before attending Yale Divinity School where he focused on urban ministries. Graduating in 1984, he returned to urban organizing before becoming involved in ministry to people with HIV disease, helping to start the first AIDS housing program in the state of Connecticut in 1987. In 1990, Peter became UNC Hospitals’ HIV Chaplain. He received his MSW from UNC School of Social Work in 1999, focusing on adult mental illness. Peter is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ since 1987, and provides education to pastors, chaplains and community caregivers around the issues of addiction and mental illness. Peter splits his time between the Eating Disorders Program and the Infectious Diseases Clinic at UNC. He is also a team leader with the Ethics Committee and active with the hospital's Crisis Intervention team. |
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Shirley Massey, MDiv, BCCBurn Center Adult Aftercare Program ChaplainShirley graduated with a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and she is a Board Certified Chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplains and an ordained clergy in the Cooperative Baptist Faith group. Since 1989, she has been on staff at the UNC Hospitals, where she has focused the majority of her work in providing pastoral care and support to those affected by burn injuries. Shirley is currently the Adult Aftercare Coordinator and Spiritual Support Coordinator. Nationally she is involved with the Phoenix Society, which assists burn survivors and families in recovery from the burn trauma, and the American Burn Association. Shirley is on the National Committee that developed the peer support program for burn survivors: SOAR (Survivors Offering Assistance in Recovery). Shirley has led retreats, planned reunions, overseen the volunteer peer support program for burn survivors and has offered presentations in the area of staff support, end of life issues, crisis intervention, grief recovery, bereavement, ethics and spirituality. Shirley’s interest has been in the area of spiritual care and advocacy work for the patient, staff and family members. As a pastoral care clinician, Shirley’s role is to emphasize the importance of treating patients and families as whole people in order for there to be a shared caring relationship among staff and patient. Shirley brings resources to the healthcare setting that acknowledges that the healing process requires including a number of people beyond traditional approaches.
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Patricia McElroy, MDiv, JD, ACPE SupervisorAssociate Director CPEThe Reverend Patricia McElroy is an ACPE Associate Supervisor and an ordained Presbyterian (USA) minister. She received her Masters of Divinity from Yale University Divinity School, summa cum laude, in 2004. Prior to entering Yale, Patricia practiced law in Philadelphia for many years. She completed her supervisory training at the HealthCare Chaplaincy in New York City where she served several hospitals including North Shore University Hospital and St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital. Prior to her arrival at UNC Hospitals Patricia was supervising at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. |
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Darryl Owens, MDiv, BCCWomen Services Chaplain and Bereavement CounselorDarryl Owens received his BA degree in Industrial Relations at UNC Chapel Hill, and his Masters of Divinity at Duke University. He has served as a Clinical Chaplain at Central Prison in Raleigh, NC, and became a Women’s Services Chaplain/Grief Counselor at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC in Feb. 2001. His duties include providing pastoral care and grief counseling to patients, families, and staff served by the NC Women’s Hospital. He also manages the perinatal bereavement program and leads worship services in the Hospital community. Darryl is certified as a clinical chaplain by the Association for Professional Chaplains; and in thanatology by the Association for Death, Education, and Counseling. He is a national speaker for RTS Perinatal Bereavement Services; and he serves as an elder at the local church he attends, Christian Faith Center. He also serves on numerous boards locally and nationally. |
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Wayne Robinson, MDiv, D.Min., ACPE SupervisorAssociate Director CPEThe Reverend Dr. Wayne Robinson Arrived at UNC Hospitals in 1969 to complete a CPE residency. He was pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist church from 1070 - 1974 and was employed as a Chaplain Supervisor at UNC Hospitals in 1974.His current position is the Associate Director of CPE for Recruitment and Retention. Wayne Earned a B. A. from Wake forest University and a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Actively involved in ACPE Wayne has served on the Standards Committee, The Accreditation committee, The Nominating committee and the Appeals Pool. He has served as the Coordinator of the North Carolina / West Virginia sub - region of the Mid-Atlantic Region. In 2006 he was presented with the "Pioneer Award" in recognition of leadership and service by the Mid – Atlantic Region of ACPE. He also served as president of the North Carolina Chaplains Association from 1986 - 1988. |
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David Wilson, MDivPart-time Burn ChaplainDavid began serving the patients, families and staff at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in 2009, soon after completing his pastoral care residency at UNC. His life has been a journey in every sense of the word. David grew up in five states, attending high school in Hawaii. He studied journalism at the University of Tulsa and worked as a reporter, editor and columnist for newspapers in Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia. From Los Angeles, he covered the western U.S. for Time magazine and The New York Times. Switching to television, he traveled the globe producing programs for PBS, A&E and the History Channel. Inspired in part by the suffering he witnessed, David began attending seminary and ministering to the homeless and prison inmates. In 2004, he moved to North Carolina, where he completed his Master of Divinity degree at Campbell University Divinity School. He was ordained and endorsed as a chaplain by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. |