Session I: Opening
Declan Walsh, MD
Department Chair, Levine Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina
Professor of Medicine, Atrium Healthcare System
Director, Center for Supportive Care and Survivorship
Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina
Professor of Medicine, Atrium Healthcare System
Director, Center for Supportive Care and Survivorship
Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Hospice, and Palliative Care, OhioHealth
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Palliative Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Palliative Medicine
Neil MacDonald, MD
Emeritus Professor, University of Alberta and Emeritus Professor, McGill University
Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM
Medical Director, Department of Supportive Care Center
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Costantino Benedetti, MD
Professor – Clinical Emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology
The Ohio State University
Founding Member, International Association for the Study of Pain
The Ohio State University
Founding Member, International Association for the Study of Pain
Robin Warren Lovin, PhD
Visiting Scholar in Theology, Loyola University
Cary Maguire University Professor of Ethics Emeritus, Southern Methodist University
Cary Maguire University Professor of Ethics Emeritus, Southern Methodist University
Session II: Workings of the human spirit in palliative care
Carol Taylor, RN, PhD
Senior Clinical Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Professor of Medicine & Nursing
Founding Member and Previous Director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Georgetown University
Professor of Medicine & Nursing
Founding Member and Previous Director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Georgetown University
Robert L. Fine, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Clinical Director, Office of Clinical Ethics and Palliative Care
Baylor Scott and White Health
Baylor Scott and White Health
Rev. Renzo Pegoraro, MD
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Professor of Bioethics, School for Obstetricians of the Faculty of Medicine
University of Padua, Italy
Professor of Bioethics, School for Obstetricians of the Faculty of Medicine
University of Padua, Italy
Christina M. Puchalski, MD, MS, FACP, FAAHPM
Professor of Medicine and Health Science
Director, The George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health
Co-Director, MFA-GWU Supportive and Palliative Outpatient Clinic
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Director, The George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health
Co-Director, MFA-GWU Supportive and Palliative Outpatient Clinic
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Rev. Bettie Hightower, BCC, DMin
Senior Chaplain
Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist
Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM
Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Institute for Human Caring of Providence St. Joseph Health
Active Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth College
Active Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth College
Harvey Chochinov, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
Senior Scientist, Research Institute of Oncology and Hematology, CancerCare Manitoba
Senior Scientist, Research Institute of Oncology and Hematology, CancerCare Manitoba
Lunch Session
John R. (Jack) Levison, PhD
W.J.A. Power Professor of Old Testament Interpretation and Biblical Hebrew
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Session III: Medical humanism in palliative care practice
Colleen M. Gallagher, PhD, MA, LSW, FACHE
Executive Director, Clinical Ethics, Chief, Section of Integrated Ethics, and Professor, Department of Critical Care and Respiratory Care
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Liliana De Lima, MHA
Executive Director
International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
Kathryn Kirkland, MD, MPH
Chair, Division of Palliative Care
Dartmouth Medical School and Hitchcock Health System
Dartmouth Medical School and Hitchcock Health System
Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, MACP
Inaugural Andre Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Department of Philosophy and Department of MedicineM
Georgetown University
Department of Philosophy and Department of MedicineM
Georgetown University
Tracy Balboni, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Clinical Director, Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology Service, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Associate Physician, Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Clinical Director, Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology Service, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Session IV: An interfaith roundtable on the role of religions in palliative care
Sheldon Rubenfeld, MD, FACP, FACE
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Creator and Chair of the Steering Committee of Medical Ethics and the Holocaust
Creator and Chair of the Steering Committee of Medical Ethics and the Holocaust
Nunziata Comoretto, MD, PhD, LRS
Pontifical Academy for Life – Scientific Section
Jeanette G. Ferrer, DO
Medical Director and Chief of Service, Supportive & Palliative Medicine
Houston Methodist
Adjunct Professor, College of Medicine
Texas A&M University
Houston Methodist
Adjunct Professor, College of Medicine
Texas A&M University
Marvin O. Delgado Guay, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, & Integrative Medicine
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Suresh K. Reddy, MD
Professor, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, & Integrative Medicine
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ahsan Azhar, MBBS, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, & Integrative Medicine
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel E. Epner, MD, FACP
Professor, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, & Integrative Medicine
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Session V: PAL White Paper for Global Palliative Care Advocacy
Nunziata Comoretto, MD, PhD, LRS
Pontifical Academy for Life – Scientific Section
Rev. Renzo Pegoraro, MD
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Professor of Bioethics, School for Obstetricians of the Faculty of Medicine
University of Padua, Italy
Professor of Bioethics, School for Obstetricians of the Faculty of Medicine
University of Padua, Italy
Liliana De Lima, MHA
Executive Director
International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Hospice, and Palliative Care, OhioHealth
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Palliative Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Palliative Medicine