The Heart & Soul Hospice of Wichita team provides compassionate end-of-life care guided by Christian values.
In Kansas, the Wichita team accepts hospice admissions from Andover, Valley Center, Park City, Maize, Derby, Haysville, Hutchinson, Winfield, Arkansas City, El Dorado, Wichita and Newton.
Melissa Simon,
Interim Administrator
Melissa Simon has been named the Interim Administrator for Wichita Heart & Soul Hospice. Melissa joined the Wichita team in December as the Clinical Services Director. She will be partnering with former Wichita Heart & Soul Hospice administrator Jennie Johnson who has transitioned as the Director of Nursing at Newton Presbyterian Manor.
Melissa has previously held a few administrator and leadership positions but more recently was at Traditions Health and Healthback Home Health. She has been licensed as a Registered Nurse since 2005. Please welcome Melissa to the Wichita Heart & Soul team as well as to the Interim Administrator position.
Dr. Kimberly Allman,
Medical Director
Dr. Kimberly Allman is a Kansas native, born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Nutritional Science from K-State. She attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine and trained as a resident in family medicine at Wesley Medical Center. Dr. Allman and her husband Kenny are the proud parents of Kyle, Jonathan, Julia and Rebecca. She became the medical director for Heart & Soul Hospice in 2019.
Sheri Ludlow, MSW,
Social Worker
Sheri joined Heart & Soul in November 2021. She has been director of social services for a senior living community, a renal social worker, and a hospice social worker and bereavement coordinator. She has an associate’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas, and a master’s of social work from the University of Kansas. She is a board member for the Kansas Dialysis Association.
Rev. Greg Schmidt, M.Div.
Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator
Greg was named chaplain for Heart & Soul Hospice in August 2015. From 2007 to 2016, he served as chaplain at Wichita Presbyterian Manor. Greg received his Master of Divinity degree from Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary and has served as a pastor to Mennonite Brethren, American Baptist, Independent and Presbyterian congregations in Newton, Hillsboro and Wichita. One of his passions is to walk alongside individuals and families through each step of life’s journey in such a way as to enable and equip them to address life’s greatest challenges.
Mayra Castillo-Garcia,
Hospice Aide/CNA
Mayra joined Heart & Soul in July 2021 after working at Wichita Presbyterian Manor for 9 years. Before entering the health care field, she worked as a teacher assistant at Adventure Planet. Mayra is active in the St. Margaret Mary Church.
Caitlyn B. Ulbrich, RN,
Case Manager
Caitlyn joined PMMA in November 2022 after working for Wichita’s major hospitals in the surgery department as a circulating nurse. She received her RN degree from Hutchinson Community College Nursing Program in 2021. Caitlyn is a certified in BLS (Basic Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support).
She enjoys singing with her patients. Outside of work, Caitlyn enjoys spending time with her nephew and other family. She also likes to spend time outside hiking.