90 Outstanding Yale Nurses Recipient
Class of 1956
With experience at St. Christopher’s Hospice in London and Philadelphia, Priscilla Dillingham Kissick, MN, is an expert practitioner in end-of-life care. As the former executive director of Wissahickon Hospice, Priscilla’s interest in hospice and palliative care led her to increase the patient-family units from an annual census of 32 to 1,000 during her 20-year tenure. Through her leadership, Wissahickon Hospice was the first Medicare-certified hospice in Pennsylvania and negotiated with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania to include hospice as a benefit, a groundbreaking change in healthcare.