Course Directors

J. Andrew Billings, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

Susan D. Block, MD
Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

2012 Guest Speaker

Ellen Goodman
has spent most of her life chronicling social change and its impact on American life. As a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, she was one of the first women to open up the op-ed pages to women’s voices and became, according to Media Watch, the most widely syndicated progressive columnist in the country.

Ellen has published 8 books and written innumerable columns. In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary in 1980, she’s won many other awards. Most recently, she won the Ernie Pyle Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Society of Newspaper columnists.

She is cofounder of The Conversation Project, which has one simple and transformative goal: to have every citizen’s end-of-life wishes expressed and respected.

Faculty

Tracy Balboni, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Physician, Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

Rachelle Bernacki, MD, MS
Director of Quality Initiatives, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Adult Palliative Care Service, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Attending Physician, Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Heidi Blake, MD
Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Sharon L. Bober, PhD
Director, Sexual Health Program, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Douglas E. Brandoff, MD
Director, Adult Palliative Care Clinic, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Palliative Care Liaison to Gynecologic Oncology, Sarcoma, and Thoracic Oncology Programs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD
Clinical Director, Veterans Program of the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Alexandra F. M. Cist, MD
Attending Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Constance Dahlin, APRN, ACHPN, FAAN
Palliative Care Service, North Shore Medical Center
Faculty, Harvard Medical School Center of Palliative Care
Associate Clinical Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Akshay Desai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Karen Fasciano, PsyD
Director of Young Adult Mental Health, Clinical Psychologist, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Katie Fitzgerald, RN, BSN, MSN, APRN-BC, ACHPN
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Carol M. Flavell, MSN, APRN-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Heart Disease Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jesse Foote, MD
Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Muriel Gillick, MD
Clinical Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH
Chief, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Juliet Jacobsen, MD, DPH
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Harvard Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mihir M. Kamdar, MD
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Director, Cancer Pain Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine and Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Nancy Keating, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Christina Kim, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, Children’s Hospital Boston
Pediatric Palliative Care, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Guy Maytal, MD
Staff Psychiatrist, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Fremonta Meyer, MD
Attending Psychiatrist, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Susan L. Mitchell, MD, MPH
Senior Scientist, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior Life
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Amanda Moment, LICSW
Social Worker, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Cynthia Moore, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Sue Morris, MCP
Director of Bereavement Services, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Cancer Center

James O’Connell, MD
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard School of Public Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Stephanie Patel, MD
Vice President/ Chief Medical Officer, Hospice of the North Shore

Simone Rinaldi MSN, APRN BC, AHPN BC
Co-Director, Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

Laurie Rosenblatt, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Kristen G. Schaefer, MD
Attending Physician, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Attending Pain and Palliative Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Katrina M. Scott, MDiv, BCC
Oncology Chaplain, Massachusetts General Hospital

Bridget C. Scullion, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Department of Pharmacy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kathy Selvaggi MD, MS, FAAHPM
Director, Intensive Palliative Care Unit, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Woman's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Amy N. Ship, MD
Harvard Medical Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mark Simone-Skidmore, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jennifer S. Temel, MD
Clinical Director of Thoracic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Director, Dana-Farber/ Partners Cancer Care Hematology/ Oncology Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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

Tamara Vesel, MD
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital Boston
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Ann Webster, PhD
Director, Mind/ Body Program for Successful Aging
Staff Psychologist, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/ Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Erica Wilson, MD
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mark J. Yurkofsky, MD
Chief, Palliative Care and Extended Care Program, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School