Practical Aspects of Palliative Care (PAPC) | HMS Center for Palliative Care

Course directors

Director, Palliative Care Service, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Co-chair, Hospital Ethics Committee

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Course planners

Director of Nursing, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine
Co-Director, Palliative Care Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

Todd Rinehart, LICSW, APHSW-C

Social Work and Spiritual Care Director, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital

Faculty

Janet L. Abrahm, MD

Former Chief, Division of Adult Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mary Barber Bussiere, MSW, LICSW

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Program Coordinator, Pediatric Bereavement Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

Yvan Beaussant, MD, MSc

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Physician, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Ilana M. Braun, MD

Chief, Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Brook Calton, MD, MHS

Palliative Medicine Physician

Carine Davila, MD, MPH

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Katie Fitzgerald-Jones, PhD, APN, CARN-AP

Nurse Practitioner, Massachusetts General Hospital

Jenna Freitas, MSN, CPNP

Director, Nurse Practitioner Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care Program, Boston Children's Hospital

Daniel Gorman, FNP-C, MSN, OCN, ACHPN

Nurse Practitioner, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Director Palliative Care Clinic

John D. Halporn, MD

Director, Palliative Care Service, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Co-chair, Hospital Ethics Committee

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Emma Jones, MD

Hospice and Palliative Care Physician, Pediatric Medical Director, Care Dimensions

Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Benjamin S. Kematick, PharmD, BCACP

Palliative Care Pharmacist

Andrea Kurkul, MSN, AGPCNP-BC

Adult Geriatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Annie Lebowitz, LICSW, APHSW-C

Clinical Social Worker – Home-Based Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

Paige K. Malinowski, MSW, LCSW

MSW, Program Manager, Young Adult Program, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Hilary McGuire, DNP, FNP-BC

Advanced Certified Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Amanda Moment, MSW, LICSW

Palliative Care Social Worker, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center

Bethany Myers, MDiv, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital

Sudha Natarajan, PhD, MSN, NP

Nurse Practitioner in the Palliative Care Division at Massachusetts General Hospital

Arden O'Donnell, MPH, MSW, LICSW

Former Palliative Care Social Worker, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Cristina Pozo Kaderman, PhD

Director, Psychosocial Oncology Grand Rounds

Director, Young Adult Program (YAP)

Nick Purol, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Director of the Pediatric Social Work Fellowship, Harvard Interprofessional Palliative Care Fellowship

Simone Rinaldi, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN

Director of Nursing, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine
Co-Director, Palliative Care Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

Matthew Russell, MD

Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital

Roxanne Sholevar, MD

Psychiatrist, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Melissa W. Wachterman, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine with Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Harvard affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston

Pamela Woo Williams, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN

Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Massachusetts General Hospital Home-based Palliative Care Program

Carrie C. Wu, MD

Psychiatrist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Plenary faculty

Karen Bullock, PhD, LICSW, FGSA, APHSW-C

Louise McMahon Ahearn Endowed Professor in the Boston College School of Social Work

Alexis Drutchas, MD

Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Assistant in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital

Attending Physician in Division of Palliative Care, MGH

Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH, FAAHPM

Blum Family Endowed Chair in Palliative Care

Chief, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Richard Leiter, MD, MA

Attending Physician, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Leah Rosenberg, MD

Palliative Medicine Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

James A. Tulsky, MD, FAAHPM

Poorvu Jaffe Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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