Shelley Stratford is a nurse practitioner who cares for people with skin cancers or head and neck cancers.

Stratford’s first bachelor’s degree was in biology, with a minor in sociology, completed at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She earned a bachelor's degree in nursing as well as a master's degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, with a minor in palliative care.

Passionate about palliative medicine, Stratford understands that having a serious illness impacts all aspects of a person's life. She considers it an honor to support patients and families experiencing this vulnerability and to help them navigate the course of their illness and its treatments.