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Biography
Shannon D’Alton is an affiliate faculty member in the College of Nursing at The Medical University of South Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at The Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. D'Alton completed a post-graduate fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, focusing on neuro-oncology and pediatric hospice and palliative care.
Dr. D’Alton is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board and a member of the Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association. She specializes in the care of children with chronic disease and has expertise in pediatric neurology and palliative care. Her clinical interests include early recognition of the physical, social, and
psychological burdens associated with chronic illness and loss. Her
research interests include grief and bereavement and understanding the impact of sibling death on surviving children and the
parent-child dyad. Dr. D'Alton currently practices perinatal and pediatric palliative in the Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital.
Dr. D’Alton joined the MUSC College of Nursing faculty in 2011 and remains dedicated to increasing palliative care education in the College of Nursing Programs.