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Overview

Practical Aspects in Palliative Medicine:
Integrating Palliative Care into Clinical Practice

FACULTY

Traci Balboni, MD, MPH
Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Susan Bennett, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

J. Andrew Billings, MD
Course Director

Craig Blinderman, MD, MA
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Masachusetts General Hospital, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Susan D. Block, MD
Course Director

Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Eric Cassell, MD
Clinical Professor of Public Health,
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Attending Physician, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Nancy E. Chane, RN, MS
Director, Partners Transition Program, Partners Home Care

Constance Dahlin, APRN, BC, PCM
Advanced Practice Nurse, Palliative Care Service,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Eileen Fagan, RN, BSN, CHPN
Provider Relations Manager, Hospice of the North Shore

Carol M. Flavell, APRN-BC
Nurse Practioner, Advanced Heart Disease Program,
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lachlan Forrow, MD
Director, Ethics Programs
Director, Palliaative Care Program,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Bridget Fowler, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain and Palliative Care Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor, Northeastern University

David Giansiracusa, MD
Attending Physician, Center for Pain and Palliative Care
Maine Medical Center

Suzanne Hanser, Ed.D, MT-BC
Music Therapist, Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Chair, Music Therapy, Berklee College of Music

Phil Higgins, MSW
Pain and Palliative Care Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Fellowship Director, Palliative Care Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Juliet Jacobsen, MD
Assistant in Medicine, Palliative Care Service,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Hospital Ethicist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Jennifer Kales, MS, APRN, BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner, Pain and Palliative Care Program
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Adele Keeley, RN
Nurse Manager, Medical ICU, Massachusetts General Hospital

Craig Lilly, MD
Director eICU, Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Surgery
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Maureen Lynch, APRN, BC, PCM
Nurse Practitioner, Pain and Palliative Care Program,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Michael K. Miovic, MD
Co-Director, Psychosocial Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Katherine N.Mitchell, DMin
Staff Chaplain, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Association of Professional Chaplains, BCC
American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Member

Anna C. (Nina) Muriel, MD, MPH
Staff Child Psychiatrist, MGH Pediatric Consultation Service
PACT Parenting Program, Cancer Center, Mass General Hospital
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Lida Nabati, MD
Attending Physician, Pain and Palliative Care Program,
Dana-Farbber Cancer Institute
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

JoAnne T. Nowak, MD
Medical Director, Partners Hospice
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Holly G. Prigerson, PhD
Director, Center for Psychooncology and Palliative Care Research,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Todd Rinehart, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Palliative Care Service
Massachusetts General Hospital

Laurie Rosenblatt, MD
Psychosocial Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

David S. Rosenthal, MD
Director, Harvard University Health Services
Medical Director, Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Edgar Ross, MD
Director, Pain Management Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Alexander K. Smith, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Pain and Palliative Care Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Fellow, General Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care

Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD
Director, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Program
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Eytan Szmuilowicz, MD
Attending Physician, Pain and Palliative Care Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jane deLima Thomas, MD
Associate Director, Harvard Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program
Attending Physician, Pain and Palliative Care Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Pediatric Advanced Care Team
Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Mark Yurkofsky, MD
Chief of Extended Care, Palliative Medicine and Intensive Home-based Programs for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Medical Director of The Boston Center for Rehabilitative and Subacute Care
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

If you have additional questions, please contact us via e-mail at: pallcare@partners.org or call Venus Watson, Program Manager, at 617-582-7859.