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Spiritual Care

The Spiritual Care Department provides for the religious and spiritual needs of those who come through our doors, including patients, their families and loved ones, and Cleveland Clinic staff and employees.

Our clinically trained chaplains are committed to providing appropriate and compassionate spiritual care while respecting each individual’s own faith tradition and religious or spiritual beliefs.


Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Cleveland Clinic is an accredited program of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. It is graduate-level training for ministers of all faith traditions who have completed (or are in process of completing) their master's degree in divinity, theology or equivalent field. Degrees must be from a school accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (www.ats.edu) or an international equivalent (www.professionalchaplains.org).

Cleveland Clinic offers all levels of CPE training - from the initial unit to residency to supervisory training. An initial unit from an ACPE accredited center is prerequisite for admittance to the residency program. The initial (or “basic”) unit can be completed in three ways at Cleveland Clinic:

  • Summer intensive unit: 10.5 weeks, full-time M-F plus on-call rotation. Usually begins the Monday after Memorial Day and ends mid-August.
  • Fall extended unit: Every Wednesday from the week of Labor Day until two days before Christmas Eve; one 24-hour on-call rotation every other weekend; one 8-hour on-call on alternate weeks.
  • Spring extended unit: Same as above from the first Wednesday after New Year’s Day until mid-May.

Each of these units has a tuition cost of $500. Tuition is sometimes reduced for additional units.

Nondiscrimination Policy

No person will be denied acceptance on the basis of race, gender, age, faith group, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.

Documents

Statement of Confidentiality and Student Rights

Annual Notice (published in accordance with ACPE Standard 304.4):

This ACPE CPE center/program guarantees to its students the rights to inspect and review education records, to seek to amend them, to specified control over release of record information, and to file a complaint against the program for alleged violations of these Family Education and Privacy Act (FERPA) rights.

A student has the right to object to record content. If not negotiable, the written objection will be kept with and released with the record. Grades are exempted from this right.

Violations of these protocols may be reported to the Chair of the Accreditation Commission at: ACPE, 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103, Decatur, GA 30033.

For additional information please consult the Student Handbook p. 3-109 (ACPE Appendix 7B, Guide for Student Records) as well as Spiritual Care Department Policy Number 410 plus appendix in the Department Policy Manual).

Many of our services are supported by the generous donations of individuals, groups and institutions. Those who recognize the importance of spiritual care at Cleveland Clinic may want to offer financial support of our programs.

If you would like to help, or for more information, contact Institutional Advancement at 216.444.1245 or the Director of Spiritual Care at 216.444.2518.

The Rev. Dennis Kenny, D.Min.»

The Rev. Dennis Kenny, D.Min.
Director of Spiritual Care

Dennis Kenny is an ordained Lutheran minister who is also trained as a psychologist and as a Supervisor in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. He is the author of Promise of the Soul and the Book of Weeks. He is a contributor to two other books Living Deeply and Putting Patients First. He has been the Director of Spiritual Care at Cleveland Clinic since 2006. He is the co-director of the Healing Services Team. Rev. Kenny completed his Master of Divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, and his Doctorate in Ministry in Psychology and Pastoral Counseling from Andover Newton Theological School. Dennis and his wife Ruth have two grown sons and two grand-daughters.

The Rev. Amy Greene, D.Min.»

The Rev. Amy Greene, D.Min.
Director of Clinical Pastoral Education

Rev. Amy Greene has been Director of Clinical Pastoral Education at Cleveland Clinic since 2007. She has an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit. She is ordained and endorsed by the Alliance of Baptists. She and her husband, Thomas Reuter, have two grown sons.

Mrs. Linda Haynes»

Mrs. Linda Haynes
Secretary

Linda began her employment at Cleveland Clinic in 1968 and, except for a five-year hiatus in the 1970s, has worked here since. In 1990, she came to the Department of Pastoral Care (as it was named until 2009) as an Administrative Secretary to the Director. Linda coordinated the Adopt-a-Family for the Holidays program from 1990 to 2009. In 2006, Linda received the Division of Operations Shining Star Outstanding Leadership Award. She is married and has seven grandchildren.

The Rev. Brian A. Shields»

The Rev. Brian A. Shields
Staff Chaplain

Brian A. Shields serves as the Healing Services Coordinator for the Neurological Institute. He is staff chaplain to inpatient and intensive care neurological nursing units, and to the Minority Men’s Health Center, an outpatient urology clinic. Brian is an ordained Progressive National Baptist minister. His Master of Divinity is from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. Brian’s wife Jessica is pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

The Rev. Ikwo Umosen, D.Min.»

The Rev. Ikwo Umosen, D.Min.
Staff Chaplain

Ikwo is a non-denominational Christian minister. He is originally from Nigeria, in West Africa. Since he moved to the U.S., he has been serving in mission ministry to the people of West Africa, which has included ministering to the sick and displaced and those traumatized by violent conflict and natural disasters. Ikwo holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Ashland Theological Seminary. He is married and the father of six.

The Rev. Shaundra Cunningham»

The Rev. Shaundra Cunningham
Staff Chaplain

Shaundra is the chaplain and healing services coordinator for the Medical Intensive Care Units. She grew up as a military kid and lived in several places but Columbia, South Carolina is home. She is an ordained Baptist minister and received her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School. Before coming to Cleveland, she completed her CPE residency at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. When she's not being a pseudo-movie critic Shaundra enjoys live music and sports.

The Rev. Michelle Jean-Mary»

Michelle Jean-Mary
Staff Chaplain

Michelle serves as staff chaplain to the Children’s Hospital and adult orthopaedics. She completed her Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). A native of northern New Jersey, Michelle first moved to the Midwest to attend Northwestern University where she earned her B.S. in Education and Social Policy. Before moving to Cleveland in the spring of 2010, she and her husband, Ralph, lived in the New Haven, CT area.

The Rev. Mark Rogers-Berry»

The Rev. Mark Rogers-Berry
Supervisory Trainee

Mark Rogers-Berry is a South Carolina native who comes to Cleveland Clinic as a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Supervisory Education Student. After graduating from Wofford College (B.S. 2001), where he studied Biology and played football, he moved to Altanta, Georgia to attend Emory University’s Candler School of Theology (M.Div 2005). He completed his CPE residency at Atlanta’s Grady Hospital System. Rogers-Berry is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

The Rev. (Kay) Kechia Jenkins»

The Rev. (Kay) Kechia Jenkins
Supervisory Trainee

(Kay) Kechia Jenkins is a New Jersey native who comes to Cleveland Clinic as a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Supervisory Education Student by way of Atlanta, GA. She is a licensed and ordained minister within American Baptist Churches, USA with a passion for the Performing Arts. After completing her undergraduate studies at Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (2001, Piscataway, NJ), she relocated to Atlanta, GA to attend Emory University's Candler School of Theology where she earned dual Masters in Divinity and Theology (2009, 2010). She completed her CPE internship at St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta in 2009 and her CPE residency at The Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in 2011.

Chaplain Residents and Interns»

The Department of Spiritual Care offers a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training program. Each year, six full-time chaplain residents and four to six, part-time chaplain interns provide clinical spiritual care at Cleveland Clinic through CPE. They provide 24-hour, seven-day, on-call spiritual care to the hospital every week of the year. For more information, please see information about CPE.

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Call Spiritual Care at 216.444.2518

Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
You may use extension 42518 from any patient room.
Chaplains are available 24 hours/day by paging 22956.


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