Palliative Care, Hospice, and Wellness

Dr. Amy Clements-Cortes , Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Music and Health Research Collaboratory; Music Therapy Instructor & Graduate Supervisor, Wilfrid Laurier University; and Senior Music Therapist/Practice Advisor, Baycrest Centre, Toronto. She is a Registered Psychotherapist, President of the World Federation of Music Therapy, Managing Editor of the Journal of Music and Medicine, and Board Member for the Room 217 Foundation. She has served as a President and Internship Chair for the Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT). She is published in multiple journals and has given over 100 invited academic and conference presentations.

My main areas of research include: 1.Use of music therapy and expressive arts in support of healthy aging, mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan including palliation; 2.Improving health (e.g. promoting sleep and relaxation, reducing pain) and healthcare environments through music, technology, product & program development; and 3.Improving the quality of professional education through program evaluation, ethics review and clinical supervision.
My past research has explored the application of music and music therapy techniques in alleviating emotional distress (e.g. anxiety, grief, pain and relationship completion in palliative care and rehabilitation).I have also studied the application of music, singing and electronic music technologies toward new product and program development (e.g. Guidelines for implementing choirs for persons with dementia).

Gerard A. Tobin has worked internatioanlly in Oxford UK, Trinity College Dublin and in the USA. His completed his PhD in Trinity College Dublin and continues his research around areas of end of life care, truth telling, givien and receiving a cancer diagnosis and in teaching qualitative metholodogy at uundergrtaduate and graduate level. He is currently the Associate Dean for Graduatre Nurings and has worked with Melilnda as adviser on her capstone project which is the focus of the Poster Presentation submitted.

end of life care, truth telling, given and receiving a cancer diagnosis and in teaching qualitative methodology at undergraduate

C.Dietrich has completed her medical specialisation in psychiatry and psychotherapy in 2005. Since then she is working in her own private practice in Berlin as a psychotherapist, musictherapist and relaxationtherapist. Besides her medical education she is a trained classical singer and underwent a further training in receptive musictherapy. ( GIM). Since 2010 she was seriously involved in two research studies on receptive musictherapy with the Body Tambura in the field of palliative care in Lazarus hospice in Berlin and St. Joseph´s hospice in Dindigul/ Southindia. She recently completed her further training in palliative medicine. She is the chief trustee and founder of Zuflucht e.V germany, which is constantly supporting the work of St. Joseph´s hospice/ Dindigul, Southindia.

psychiatry,psychotherapy and Palliative medicine

Michael Ian Rothenberg, Ph.D, LCSW is a Board Certified Clinical Sexologist, Certified Sex Therapist and the Founder and Clinical Director of the Center for Counseling and Sexual Health of Winter Park, Florida. As a sexuality educator, Dr. Rothenberg has held a long term faculty position, in Orlando, Florida, at the University of Central Florida (UCF), School of Social Work, where he developed the curriculum in Human Sexuality and taught courses on human sexuality and sexual behavior. Dr. Rothenberg, a former Hospice Social Worker, credited with creating the Sexological sub-field of Thanatological Clinical Sexology, has published numerous articles relating to human sexuality and lectures, both nationally and internationally, at universities, hospitals and hospices, on topics related to human sexuality, sexual behavior and sexual health.

human sexuality, sexual behavior and sexual health

Dr. Caprice Knapp is a health economist and health services researcher. She studied at the University of Florida. For the past 10 years she has worked in the palliative care community. She has actively been engaged in research, teaching, and advocacy. She has published numerous peer-review articles on children's palliative care. Specifically she works on models of care, outcomes of care, and decision making. She has taught at all levels of the University and more than 450 nurses and social workers. She co-authored a book with Dr. Susan Fowler-Kerry (U. of Saskatchewan) on Pediatric Palliative Care: Global Perspectives.

models of care, outcomes of care, and decision making

Dr. Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi, M.D.; FRCPsych is the Dean, Behavioural Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. He is a Member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society and Indian Association of Palliative Care and was a Member of Board of Directors, International Psycho Oncology Society. He regularly conducts Workshop on Communication Skills in Oncology and Palliative Care settings, and also trains trainers in teaching Communication skills. His areas of interest include consultation liaison psychiatry, chronic pain, psychosocial oncology, palliative care and quality of life research.

His areas of interest include consultation liaison psychiatry, chronic pain, psychosocial oncology, palliative care and quality of life research.

Rab Razzak is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he also serves as the Director of Outpatient Palliative Medicine and Hospitalist. After obtaining his medical degree from Bangladesh Medical College, he completed his internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Centre in Paterson, New Jersey. His research and clinical interests, which include outpatient palliative care delivery systems, medical education, self-care, and community engagement. Outside of the clinic, Rab has been actively involved in community and healthcare advocacy via Doctors for America, Global Human Services and UMMA Clinic in Los Angeles. He is also an amateur stand-up comic.

His research and clinical interests, which include outpatient palliative care delivery systems, medical education, self-care, and community engagement.

Dr. Senderovich is a physician at Baycrest Health Science System. Her practice is focused on Palliative Care, Pain Medicine and Geriatrics. She is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Division of Palliative Care at the University of Toronto who is actively involved teaching medical students and residents. She has broad international experience and a solid research background. Her research was accepted nationally and internationally. She is an author of multiple manuscripts focused on geriatrics, patient - centered care, ethical and legal aspect of doctor-patient relationship, palliative and end-of-life care

geriatrics, patient-centered care, ethical and legal aspect of doctor patient relationship, palliative and end-of-life care

Faisal Abdullatif Alnasir is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Family & Community Medicine. He was the former Vice President of the Arabian Gulf University and also served for eight years as the President of the Scientific Council of Family & Community Medicine in the Arab Board for Health Specialties. He was the first and the only Bahraini Physician to obtain MRCGP and FFPH of the UK, and Ph.D. in Family Medicine.

His Research Interest include Hypertension, Sleep Disturbance in Children, Properties of lactation,Biological changes in the elderly, Perception of schoolteachers about common Health Problem etc.

Shahram Vaziri has PhD in Clinical Psychology, post doc. in psycho-oncology and also psychosomatic medicine. He is a faculty member of Islamic Azad University, has published about 40 papers in journals and in conferences. He won the best Research Paper Award back in 2005 from Indian Academy of Applied Psychology. He has been the vice president of research deputy of Islamic Azad University, the member of scientific board, executive secretory and the member of scientific committee of 10 conferences. He has written a number of books in the field of Children Psychology. He founded the First Counseling and Psychotherapy Center in the Medical Center Islamic Azad University.

psycho-oncology and psychosomatic medicine

Dr. Schroepfer is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work. She is a recipient of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar Award, president of the national Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work, and serves on the national Social Work and Hospice Palliative Care Network and the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care boards. Dr. Schroepfer’s research focuses on improving the care provided to those who are terminally ill. Her goals include gaining an understanding of factors that motivate a terminally elder’s consideration of a hastened death, determining the best strategies for meeting the psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs of terminally ill elders, improving the assessment instruments used by hospice and palliative care social workers, as well as reducing the health disparities faced by medically underserved communities in Wisconsin. She has authored or co-authored 23 peer reviewed journal articles and three book chapters.

Dr. Schroepfer’s teaching and research focuses on the field of gerontology. In her research, she seeks to determine the best ways in which to meet the psychosocial and spiritual needs of terminally ill elders, as well as working with elders in medically underserved communities in Wisconsin on the reduction of cancer health disparities

Dr. Alexander Wolf has been Graduated in 2010 the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with the Diploma in Social Work. Later, in 2014 he graduated from University “Ukraine”, Kyiv as Phylosophy Doctor in Political Sciences, with the specialties including Social Policy, Social Work, Social communications. In 2011 he established the All-Ukrainian Association of palliative and hospice care where he has continued his research. Presently he is working at the National medical academy of postgraduate education in Kyiv as well as in abovementioned Association.

Palliative Care and hospice

Dr Joanne Reid is a Reader Associate Professor in cancer nursing. She is a prominent researcher in palliative care as evidenced by her publications in both professional and leading international journals, leadership of successful funding bids, and research awards. She has led qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research which aims to improve the quality of life of palliative care patients and their lay and professional careers, along with improving palliative/end-of-life care education. Dr Reid is work had informed national end -of- life guidelines, she sits on several editorial boards and is associate Editor with BMC Palliative care and is an external examiner on the European certificate in essential palliative care course.

She has led qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research which aims to improve the quality of life of palliative care patients and their lay and professional careers, along with improving palliative/end-of-life care education.

Dr. Rosenthal is an expert in clinical ethics, moral distress and research ethics, with special interests in endocrine ethics and reproductive ethics. Dr. Rosenthal is the author of over 50 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, blog posts, and consumer trade books on diabetes, thyroid disease and a range of women's health issues. She has served on several clinical practice guidelines as bioethicist; has been the consulting bioethicist to NGOs, and is Past Chair of the American Thyroid Association's Ethics Advisory Committee. Dr. Rosenthal has been quoted by the science and health media such as Discover Magazine and CNN, has appeared on TV and news shows to discuss current bioethical issues, and has delivered over 150 ethics presentations nationally and internationally.

Clinical ethics, moral distress and research ethics, with special interests in endocrine ethics and reproductive ethics

Thomas Johnson-Medland is the director of BAYADA Home Health and Hospice East Stroudsburg. Tom began hospice work in 1996 as a Pastoral Care Coordinator, also providing Bereavement Care, and Volunteer supervision. He also served as an educator and representative for Lighthouse Hospice, becoming their Director of Project Development and IT after attaining Three Master Certificates in Project Management with Villanova University. While at the retreat centre he was able to finish and publish seven book manuscripts. Upon completion of his tenure at the retreat house – in October of 2011 - he returned to Lighthouse Hospice as their Chief Information Officer. Tom became CEO in the autumn of 2012 and has continued the work of integrating services and values in the ever changing landscape of the American healthcare scene, working toward a unified collaboration between operations and clinical care amid the maelstrom of regulatory and compliance change.

He believes in the development of character and leadership as the forerunner of skills development in the life of healthcare individuals.

Dr. Periyakoil is a member of the study section for the National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, the Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Palliative Medicine and Associate Editor, the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. She serves as the Chair of the Ethnogeriatrics Committee of the American Geriatrics Society, the Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine SEP Committee, Board member of the Council of faculty and Societies, founding Chair , Diversity Committee of the American Association of Medical Colleges. Her work has been and is funded by grants from NIH, HRSA, foundations as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Palliative care, Geriatrics, ageing

Dr. Karen Jubanyik received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Women’s Health, both at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Subsequently, she entered the first residency class for Emergency Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and upon graduating, was hired as faculty for the Section of Emergency Medicine, now the Department of Emergency Medicine. She initially served as the Associate Residency Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency, and was active at the National level in developing novel ways to teach and assess the Core Competencies. Since June 2006, she has been the Director of the required Emergency Medicine Clerkship at the Yale School of Medicine. She is a member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the American College Emergency Physicians and is currently the President-elect of the Executive Board of the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians and will be the President of the State Chapter of CCEP, beginning in October 2012.She serves on the Yale-New Haven Hospital Bio-Ethics Committee, has obtained additional training in End-of-Life and Palliative Care (EPEC-EM), and is the National Chair of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine& Palliative Care Interest Group. Integrating Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care teaching to residents and medical students on all clerkships, including Emergency Medicine, has been a recent priority for Dr. Jubanyik. In addition to leading workshops in End-of-Life and Palliative Care for third year students, she is a core faculty member in the Ethics and Professional Responsibility course taught to first-year students. In the pre-clinical curriculum at the medical school, she leads workshops in Recognizing Intimate Partner Violence, Providing Culturally Competent Care, and The Patient Experience of Illness.

Dr. Karen Jubanyik resrearch interests includes: End-of-Life and Palliative Care.