Monica J. Gilles, MAS, RRT, NCTTP

Monica J. Gilles, MAS, RRT, NCTTP is a Clinical Care Coordinator and Tobacco Cessation Counselor with the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and the Rutgers Tobacco Dependence Program. Monica is a clinician with over 20 years of experience working with the neonatal and geriatric populations and over 10 years of pulmonary rehabilitation experience working with post lung transplant recipients. She has also worked with veterans at the VA Hospital that are living with chronic lung diseases. Monica earned her MAS degree in 2006. She received her Tobacco Treatment Specialist training in 2013 from the Rutgers Tobacco Dependence Program. After which, she successfully started the first outpatient tobacco cessation program at her previous organization. With this specialty, she has educated many members of the community about lung cancer prevention. This has led to professional (Train-the-Trainer) education, teaching community health workers about tobacco cessation. Further, Monica has educated high school aged young adults on topics of tobacco education and cessation, having successfully completed the American Lung Association’s ACT to Address Youth Cessation Training. Her diverse background includes healthcare and also public health experience through the community outreach and engagement department at CINJ.