Joyce Neumann PhD, APRN, AOCN, BMTCN, FAAN

Joyce Neumann PhD, APRN, AOCN, BMTCN, FAAN received Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing from DePaul University in Chicago, and PhD in Nursing Research from Texas Woman’s University in Houston. Received 2 national certification by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation of Oncology Nursing Society as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nursing and Blood and Marrow Transplantation Certified Nurse. Major professional experience has been as advanced practice registered nurse in SCT and GVHD clinic and manager of nurse practitioners (26) as Program Director in Stem Cell Transplantation at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). Also has had 9 years of experience as a nurse educator at all levels of nursing programs. She has been a member and continues to serve as an adjuvant ethicist and nurse consultant on the institutional Section of Integrated Ethics for the past 15 years. Professional presentations on topics of oncology nursing, nursing ethics, SCT nursing and GVHD have been given nationally and internationally (Japan, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Korea, Singapore, and Australia). Research and publications focus has been on ethical issue in oncology care, SCT patients’ quality of life and experience, treatment for GVHD, and moral distress, compassion fatigue and burnout of SCT care providers. Principle investigator on a protocol with the National Marrow Donor Program examining the prevalence of work-related distress, work-life balance and career satisfaction among nurses, NP/PA, pharmacists, physicians, and social workers. Has received the Ethel Fleming Arceneaux Outstanding Nurse Oncologist award at MDACC in 2001, Clinical Excellence awards from Oncology Nursing Society in 2013 and American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) in 2017 and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2020.