Kathy Banks
Program coordinator/Interim Manager of Medical Education
Office: 415-750-5781
E-mail: kathy.banks@chw.edu

Janice Hoobler
Academic Research Coordinator, Soloman Library, St. Mary’s Medical Center
Office: 415-750-5795
E-mail: janice.hoobler@chw.edu

Janice was born and raised in Chico, California where she completed her bachelor of science degree in Quantitative Management. After college, she worked for Chevron as a computer programmer for more than 13 years. Her initial contact with the medical field was through her own diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and her subsequent volunteer work with the Women’s Cancer Resource Center and her work at Planetree library at California Pacific Medical Center where she did medical research for patients. She later ran the Patient Resource Center at Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center in Berkely followed by a Library Coordinator position at the Health and Healing Library (formerly) Planetree at CPMC. She joined the Soloman Library at St. Mary’s this year, bringing with her 11 years of library experience. In addition, Janice has taken master classes for Holistic Health and Education. She is a buddhist who loves Shakespeare and going to Ashland Oregon and the Sierra Nevada. She has an identical twin Janet.