Nursing Faculty
KATIE BENNETT, MSN, FNP-C, CRNP
Ms. Bennett is a Family Nurse Practitioner with the Adolescent Medicine team. She currently resides in Ellicott City, MD with her husband, son, and two dogs. She received her undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. During college, she explored social justice and ethics through her studies, which ultimately led her to the medical field where she felt she could have a concrete impact on healthcare equity as a nurse practitioner. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree at Johns Hopkins University. She started her career in cardiac and pulmonary progressive/intermediate care at John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, moved to the adult multi-trauma intensive care unit at UMMC Shock Trauma Center, and ultimately fostered her love of the adolescent population through her work in the pediatric emergency department at Inova Fairfax Hospital. During her time at the pediatric emergency department, she found she connected easily with the adolescent population, and is honored to have the opportunity to help patients through this time of transition and growing independence. During her training as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Johns Hopkins University, she refined her interest in substance use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population. As a Nurse Practitioner, Ms. Bennett helped start a substance use crisis stabilization program in Columbia, MD. Through this role she developed policies for buprenorphine/naloxone induction for the new program, and helped individuals through the acute stages of opioid withdrawal and placement into long-term treatment. She transitioned to the adolescent medicine team at Johns Hopkins where she provides comprehensive primary care to the adolescent and young adult population. She continues to have a special interest in care for individuals experiencing substance use disorders through routine screening, early intervention, and health education.
RENEE SWOPE, RN
Ms. Swope is the Clinical Nurse for the adolescent and young adult Chronic Fatigue Clinic. She has been a nurse for 28 years, but recently joined the adolescent medicine Team in 2019. Her very profound interest in chronic fatigue stems from her own personal experiences as all three of her children have what we know now is a hereditary form of POTS and chronic fatigue, all diagnosed around in early adolescence. They are all followed by Dr. Rowe and she has been inspired by how passionate he is about helping these adolescents and young adults. Ms. Swope hopes that her own experiences can not only continue to help guide her clinical work, but can also help the families she cares for understand that she is there help and support them in every way possible.
l.dIANE LABIS, RN
Ms. Labis is a Nurse Coordinator for the Emerge Gender Diversity Clinic for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults, Nurse Coordinator for HIV prevention services and one of the Medical Case Managers for the Pediatrics and Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program.
SARAH W. LAYMAN, RN
Ms. Layman is the Adolescent Nurse Coordinator for the Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health Clinic at Harriet Lane. Sarah grew up in Massachusetts and attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She then moved to Baltimore City, where she fell in love with the city. Always interested in public health and health disparity, she pursued a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Stevenson University and took her first position as an inpatient medical-surgical adolescent care nurse at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where she stayed for over a decade. Drawn to the continuity of care of patients and efforts to promote outpatient education among vulnerable populations, Sarah remains committed to promoting adolescent health. She is excited to have joined the Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine team in the Harriet Lane. She is excited to expand her knowledge of addiction medicine and gender-affirming care.
frankie simone, ms, rn
Frankie Simone (they/he) is the Associate Care Manager for the Emerge Gender Diversity Clinic. They are a Registered Nurse and have worked in a variety of direct patient care settings. His main area of interest within healthcare is increasing access to mental health care for transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents. They are currently working towards their Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at University of Cincinnati, specializing in the role of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.