HILDEN, Joanne (M.) 1957-

PERSONAL: Born March 7, 1957, in Minneapolis, MN; daughter of Herb (a dentist) and Janet (a homemaker) Stemper; married Roger Hilden (a systems analyst), 1977; children: David Ryan, Kelly Marie. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Minnesota, M.D., 1988.

ADDRESSES: Home—3202 Regency Pl., Westlake, OH 44145. Offıce—9500 Euclid Ave., Desk 520, Cleveland, OH 44195. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, chair of pediatric hematology and oncology and director of pediatric palliative care at Children's Hospital.

MEMBER: American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, COG.

WRITINGS:

(With Daniel R. Tobin and Karen Lindsey) Shelter from the Storm: Caring for a Child with a Life-threatening Condition, Perseus Publishing (Cambridge, MA), 2003.

SIDELIGHTS: Joanne Hilden told CA: "There has been a single motivation for my writing: to give assistance to the parents of children with life-threatening conditions. They navigate a maze of systems and emotions, and have had to do so without good instructions. Parents in this difficult situation are motivated by the strongest love there is, yet face the saddest problem there is. I write to shed a ray of light on their situation and to add hope."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, January, 2003, KellyJo Houtz Griffin, review of Shelter from the Storm: Caring for a Child with a Life-threatening Condition, p. 144.