Deborah Witt Sherman, PhD, APRN, ANP, PCM, BC, FAAN, is Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing. In her previous position at NYU, she was the program coordinator of the first nurse practitioner palliative care master's program in the United States. Dr. Sherman's background in critical care nursing, hospice nursing, and her certification as an adult nurse practitioner, as well as her research focus on populations with life-threatening and terminal illness, are foundational to her expertise and commitment to palliative care. Dr. Sherman currently coordinates and teaches in the Palli