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Jairaj K. Acharya Thomas P. Fondy Swarnali Acharyya Bachir Alobeid Richard Baer Aneel K Aggarwal Margaret H Baron Benjamin O. Anderson Parveen Bhatti Marita Zoma Chu Chen Eric Chow Giuseppina Carbone Asma Amleh Katia Basso Govind Bhagat Shiuan Chen Casey L. Daniel WenYong Chen Natalie R. Gassman View MoreDr. Kristi A. Acker received her BSN from The University of Alabama in 1992 and her MSN from Mississippi University for Women in 1999. In 2009, she was part of the inaugural DNP cohort to graduate from The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Acker is ACCN certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. As a registered nurse, she held certifications in both oncology and palliative care and in her advanced practice role
Dr. Acker has extensive clinical experience in palliative care and hematology/oncology. She maintains her clinical practice with Oncology Associates of West Alabama, providing outpatient oncology services at the Manderson Cancer Center @ DCH in the Fayette, AL satellite clinic. Her past clinical roles have included MedSurg nursing, hospice case management and oncology/chemotherapy administration. Although she has devoted her advance practice career to oncology, Dr. Acker has maintained a commitment to advance palliative care, not only in end of life, but for all patients suffering with multiple chronic conditions.