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Patient Navigators

Helping You on Your Journey

Because cancer care typically involves many treatments from a wide range of doctors and specialists, it can be incredibly overwhelming — especially as you are trying to emotionally come to terms with your diagnosis and the journey ahead.

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You're Never Alone

Knowing how overwhelming the process can be, our Sentara Brock Cancer Center offers patients a dedicated medical professional called a Cancer Patient Navigator. From diagnosis to recovery, they are there to help guide you through the process and provide the answers and support you need.

Oncology Nurse Navigators (ONN)

 

 

Alice Cowan

Alice Crandall BSN, RN, OCN 
Peninsula Colorectal/Anal, Heme, GI/Pancreato-biliary, Sarcoma, Thoracic
HR/NENC Other
757.827.2206
ampelleg@sentara.com

Located at Sentara CarePlex Hospital

 

Belinda Risher

Belinda Risher MS, RN, CBCN
SCPH Breast
HR/NENC Melanoma
757.594.1939
bxrisher@sentara.com

Located at Dorothy G Hoefer Comprehensive Breat Center – Sentara Port Warwick

 

Anya Hyden

Anya Hyden BSN, RN, OCN 
Southside HR/NENC Colorectal+Anal
757.624.0196
akhyden@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Brock Cancer Center

 

Brittany Prudhomme

Brittany Prudhomme BSN, RN
Southside HR/NENC Heme, GynOnc and Neuro
757.395.8684
bxprudho@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

 

Catherine Finuliar

Catherine Finuliar BSN, RN, OCN
Team Coordinator HR/NENC Oncology Navigation
HR/NENC Esophageal
757.624.0193
clcueva@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Brock Cancer Center

 

Alice Cowan

Clayres Johnson BSN, RN, CBCN
SLH/SBCC Breast
757.624.0142
cdmitch1@sentara.com

Located at McLeskey Comprehensive Breast Center – Sentara Brock Cancer Center

 

Ebony Merriweather-Bryant

Ebony Merriweather-Bryant MSN, RN, OCN
SPAH/SVBGH Breast
757.507.0667
elmerriw@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Virginia Beach Comprehensive Breast Center or Sentara Princess Anne Comprehensive Breast Center

 

Jo-Marie Ewell

Jo-Marie Ewell BSN, RN, OCN
HR/NENC Head & Neck
757.388.5466
jljumang@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

 

Laura Martin

Laura Martin, RN, OCN 
SAMC Breast
NENC Thoracic
757.334.0362
lxmart29@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center

 

Mary Mclendon

Mary Mclendon BSN, RN, OCN, CBCN
Southside HR/NENC GI/Pancreato-Biliary
757.388.0221
mcmclend@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

 

Mary Mclendon

Lisa Siam BSN, RN, WCC
Southside HR Thoracic and Esophageal
757.624.0298
ldsiam@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Brock Cancer Center

 

Rebeca Lee

Rebeca Lee BSN, RN, OCN, CBCN
SOH/Belle Harbour Breast
HR/NENC Urology
757.934.4331
rmlee1@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Obici Comprehensive Breast Center

 

Vanessa Rizzie

Vanessa Rizzie RN
High Risk Nurse Navigator
757.624.0194
vxrizzie@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Brock Cancer Center

 

Katina Marrow

Katina Marrow BSN, RN, CBCN
SWRMC Breast
757.345.4016
klmarrow@sentara.com

Located at Sentara Williamsburg Comprehensive Breast Center

 

Patient Navigation Key

HR – Hampton Roads

NENC – Northeast North Carolina

SNGH – Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

SPAH – Sentara Princess Anne Hospital

SVBGH – Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

SWRMC – Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

SCH – Sentara Careplex Hospital

SAMC – Sentara Albemarle Medical Center

SBCC – Sentara Brock Cancer Center

SLH – Sentara Leigh Hospital

SOH – Sentara Obici Hospital

Research at your fingertips.

To help you navigate the patient education resources found on Sentara.com, we have pulled together key links in our Education section to make your research easier.

Visit Education Page