Mary Kay Colliton, NNP-BC, MSN, APRN

Maria Rodriguez-Santos is an NCC board certified neonatal nurse practitioner providing care for infants at Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. She is a member of National Association of Neonatal Nurses and Nurse Practitioners (NANN/ NANNP). Ms. Rodriguez-Santos attended college at The Ohio State University, receiving an undergraduate degree of a Bachelor’s of Science is in Human Nutrition. She then entered a graduate program for nursing, completing her Masters of Science in nursing in 2016. Ms. Rodriguez-Santos comes with 9 years of experience from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She worked as a bedside RN in a level 4 NICU for 5 years before transitioning into the advanced provider role. At the bedside, she gained immeasurable experience with surgical patients from birth to 2 years of age. As an APN, she worked in a busy level 3 delivery facility averaging 6000-8000 deliveries a year with a busy maternal-fetal medicine service. Ms. Rodriguez-Santos served on many committees in her previous position at NCH. She is an NRP instructor, was a mock code instructor, precepted NNP students, and taught a lecture to NNP students at OSU. Her passion project was leading the small baby committee and working with a multidisciplinary team to create a protocol for edge of viability infants to improve outcomes. Ms. Rodriguez-Santos’ interests include precepting new nurse practitioners, edge of viability/small baby population, and neonatal ethics.

Dr. Rhea Hans is a pediatric bone marrow transplant physician with a special focus on cellular and gene therapies. She cares for children with blood disorders, immune deficiencies, and both hematologic and solid malignancies. Her clinical interests include advancing access to bone marrow and stem cell transplantation as well as developing new treatment approaches through clinical trials. Dr. Hans completed her medical degree at St. George's University followed by residency training in pediatrics at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and fellowship training in pediatric hematology/oncology at Phoenix Children's Hospital. She went on to receive additional specialized training in pediatric bone marrow transplantation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she developed expertise in cellular therapy and the use of gene therapy for inherited and acquired conditions. In her role at MUSC, Dr. Hans is excited to expand the pediatric bone marrow transplant and gene therapy programs, with the goal of offering children in South Carolina and beyond access to cutting-edge treatments close to home. She is particularly passionate about bringing novel clinical trials to her patients and working as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team to deliver the best possible outcomes. Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Hans is involved in community outreach and education to raise awareness about childhood cancers and the importance of bone marrow donation. She is committed to building strong relationships with families, providing compassionate care, and guiding them through every step of their child’s treatment journey.