In 2017 the AOSW Board of Directors established the honorary status of Fellow for the Association. The Inaugural Class of AOSW Fellows, consisting of AOSW Past Presidents, was announced in 2018. AOSW Fellowship recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the science and practice of psychosocial oncology. Membership in the Fellowship is not purely honorific, however: it carries an expectation of ongoing contributions to and leadership within the AOSW.
Congratulations to the 2025 AOSW Fellows Cohort
Michael L. Grignon LMSW, CCM, MBA
Teresa van Oort, MHA, MSSW, LCSW-S
Harold M. Dean, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Susan Gerbino PhD, LCSW, PhD, LCSW
Bill McDermott, MSW, LCSW
Congratulations to the 2024 AOSW Fellows Cohort
Jennifer Bires, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, CST
Lisa Capparella MSS, LCSW, OSW-C
Sarah Conning, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Heather Honoré Goltz, PhD, LCSW, MEd, MPH
Sophia K. Smith PhD, MSW
Congratulations to the 2023 AOSW Fellows Cohort
Chiara Acquati, PhD, FAOSW
Sage Bolte, PhD, LCSW, CST, FAOSW
Amy Corveleyn, MSW, LICSW, FAOSW
Barbara Jones, PhD, MSW, FAOSW
Chelsea Kroll, MSW, LMSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Lailea Noel, PhD, MSW, FAOSW
Congratulations to the 2022 AOSW Fellows Cohort
Sara Goldberger, MSW, LCSW, FAOSW
Louisa Daratsos, PhD, LCSW, FAOSW
Congratulations to the 2021 AOSW Fellows Cohort
Eucharia Borden, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Kerry Irish, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Leora Lowenthal, LICSW, MPA, FAOSW
Debra Mattison, MSW, FAOSW
Wendy Walters, LICSW, HEC-C
Marcia W. DeSonier, MSW, LCSW, FAOSW
Les Gallo-Silver, LCSW-R, ACSW, FAOSW
Congratulations to the 2020 AOSW Fellows Cohort
Lynn Behar, PhD, MSW, FAOSW
Yvette Colón, PhD, BCD, LMSW, FAOSW
Julianne Oktay, PhD, MSW, FAOSW
Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, MA, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-CE, FNAP, FAOSW
Congratulations to the 2019 AOSW Fellows Cohort
Christina Bach, MBE, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Dr. Cecilia L.W. Chan, PhD, RSW, FAOSW, JP
Richard Dickens, LCSW-R, FAOSW
Tara Schapmire, PhD, CSW, CCM, OSW-C, FAOSW
Kathy Smolinski, MSW, JD, FAOSW
Brad Zebrack, PhD, MSW, MPH, FAOSW
Congratulations to the 2018 AOSW Fellows Cohort
The inaugural cohort of 2018 AOSW Fellows is comprised of past presidents of AOSW.
Catherine Credeur, LMSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Alison Mayer Sachs, MSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Penny Damaskos, PhD, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Iris Cohen Fineberg, PhD, MSW, ACSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Krista Nelson, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Ann Fairchild, LCSW, FAOSW
Lisa Marquette Porat, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Carolyn Messner, PhD, DSW, BCD, ACSW, LCSW. FAOSW
Kimberly Lawson, MSW, LCSW, DSW, FAOSW
Katherine Walsh, PhD, MSW, LICSW (MA), FAOSW
Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, PhD, MSW, FAOSW
Virginia Vaitones, MSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Carol P. Marcusen, MSW, LCSW, BCD, FAOSW
Joyce Herschl, MSW, FAOSW
Marie M. Lauria, MSW, LCSW, FAOSW
Susan Hedlund, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Susan M. Stensland, LCSW, FAOSW
Matthew Loscalzo, MSW, LCSW, FAOSW
Victoria N. Kennedy, LCSW, FAOSW
Hester Hill Schnipper, LICSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
James Zabora, MSW, ScD, FAOSW
Naomi Stearns, MSW, BCD (retired), FAOSW
Grace Christ, DSW, PhD, FAOSW