Practical Aspects of Palliative Care (PAPC)

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 

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

Faculty

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

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

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

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

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

Palliative Medicine Physician

 

Carine Davila, MD, MPH

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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

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

Co-chair, Hospital Ethics Committee

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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

Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Benjamin S. Kematick, PharmD, BCACP

Palliative Care Pharmacist

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

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

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

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

Clinical Social Worker, Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital

Nurse Practitioner in the Palliative Care Division at Massachusetts General Hospital

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

Director, Psychosocial Oncology Grand Rounds

Director, Young Adult Program (YAP)

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

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

Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital

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

Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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

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

Psychiatrist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Plenary faculty

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

Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Assistant in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital

Attending Physician in Division of Palliative Care, MGH

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

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

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

Palliative Medicine Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

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