Melody J. Cunningham, MD, is currently the Program Director for the University of Tennessee Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship and Medical Director of the Pediatric Palliative Medicine Program, Threads of Care, at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and University of TN in Memphis, TN. She received her BA in English Literature from Wellesley College and MD from University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed her Residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Fellowships at Harvard Medical School. She is Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Transfusion Medicine.

Stephanie Elkins, MD is currently a professor of medicine at the University of MS Medical Center where she serves as the director of the Hematology/ Oncology fellowship program. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern MS in microbiology and attended the University of MS Medical Center for her MD degree. She was a member of the IM residency program and served as chief resident as well at UMC. She then completed a fellowship in Heme/Onc at UMC as well. She is board certified in hematology and oncology.