Catherine Cassingham, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, is a licensed clinical social worker who serves as the Solid Tumor social worker for the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.  She received her BA in Psychology from the University of St. Thomas and an MSW from Loyola University Chicago.  During undergrad, Catherine had the opportunity to work on a research team looking at treatment options for breast cancer survivors.  She continued on to pursue a career in oncology social work and is passionate about supporting patients and their families.  In addition to oncology, Catherine has a limited private practice and is currently the chair of AOSW’s Webinar Committee.   

Teresa van Oort, MHA, MSSW, LCSW-S, received a bachelor of business administration (BBA) at Texas Tech University, a master of healthcare administration (MHA) at Texas State University and a master of science in social work (MSSW) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Teresa worked in consulting with Advisory Board Company after completing an Executive Fellowship and becoming Assistant Market Administrator with Kindred. After which she obtained her MSSW completing her clinical internship in the critical care step down unit with Seton. She then transitioned to MD Anderson Cancer Center where Teresa first worked on the Lymphoma/Myeloma unit as a Social Work Counselor providing coordination of patient’s bio-psycho-social needs, comprehensive assessment and counseling services. After which she transitioned to leadership as the Clinical Program Manager in a hybrid clinical/administrative capacity focusing on departmental and institutional operational priorities & strategy (suicide, ACP, SDOH, and patient needs assessment), analytics & metrics, information technology, process & standards improvement. She’s spoken at local and national conferences on ACP, suicide assessment, MAID and productivity metrics. Teresa currently works as a Sr. Project Manager at University of Chicago Medicine with the Quality Performance and Improvement team, primarily focused on partnering with surgical teams to improve their patient care through enhanced clinical pathways and institutional ACP. She is also currently a Lecturer at The University of Chicago, Crown School of Social Work, Policy and Practice teaching classes focused on social work’s role in healthcare settings and ethics.