Sickle Cell Center leadership changes announced

After the recent passing of Johnson Haynes Jr., M.D., Ardie Pack-Mabien, FNP-BC, will lead as the interim director of the Johnson Haynes Jr., M.D., Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. She has served as a nurse practitioner at the Sickle Cell Center since 1997. 

In 2018, she was recognized as the Outstanding Regional Nurse Practitioner for the Bay Area by the Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama. In 2014, she was awarded the USA Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Outstanding Service and Recognition Award.

Pack-Mabien completed her graduate studies at the University of Mobile and postgraduate studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is available to see patients at the Mastin Patient Care Center and the Strada Patient Care Center.

In addition, Allison Bolton, M.D., and Antwan Hogue, M.D., will serve as collaborating physicians for the Sickle Cell Center to ensure that Haynes’ legacy of outstanding outpatient and inpatient care continues.