2022 Plenary Presenters
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Kristi Acker, DNP, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor Capstone College of Nursing, UA
Using a Social Determinants of Health Lens to Reimagine How to Provide Person-Centered EoL Care in the South (Panel)
Jamey Boudreaux
Executive Director
Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
Go Far Fast: Clinical and Community Partnerships (Panel)
Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW
Professor and Head of the School of Social Work
NC State University
Being an Antiracist Palliative Care Provider
Sarah Cross, PhD, LMSW, MPH
Postdoc fellow, Palliative Medicine
Division of Family & Preventive Medicine
Emory University
Using a Social Determinants of Health Lens to Reimagine How to Provide Person-Centered EoL Care in the South (Panel)
Deborah Ejem, PhD
Asst. Professor of Nursing, UAB
Using a Social Determinants of Health Lens to Reimagine How to Provide Person-Centered EoL Care in the South (Panel)
Marisette Hasan, RN
President, TCC
CEO, End of Life Care
Advanced Care Planning: Challenges, Controversies, and Coalitions
Alexis Morvant, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
Children's Hospital New Orleans
Clinical Asst. Professor, LSU HSC, New Orleans
Clinical Asst. Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans
Go Far Fast: Clinical and Community Partnerships (Panel)
Phillip Rodgers, MD
Professor, Family Medicine & Internal Medicine
Co-Director, Adult Palliative Care Program
Univ. of Michigan Medical School
Hospice and Palliative Care Policy Challenges in the Southern States
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2020 Plenary Presenters
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Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN
Professor and Director of Nursing Research
City of Hope Medical Center
Celebrating 20 Years of Providing Palliative Care Education -
Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, MD
Co-Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Boston, MA, and the Swartz Resident Practitioner in Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School
God Is Able: Hope and Miracles in Our African American Patients: Challenges, Historical Perspective and the Way Forward -
Stefan Kertesz, MD
Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Opioids and Long-Term Pain: Clinical Challenges and Policy Missteps -
Erin Kent, PhD
Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Caregiving in Palliative Care: Bridging Research, Policy and Practice -
Joe Rotella, MD
Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)
A Briefing on the State of Palliative Care in the US -
Charles "Chuck" Stokes, MSHA
President and CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System
Organizational Leadership in Developing "End of Life" Care Strategies -
Rodney Tucker, MD
Director, Center for Palliative and Supportive Care at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
A Call to Action
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2020 Summit Session Speakers
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Dr. Rebecca Allen
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Dr. Sylvia Huang
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Caring for the Caregivers: Mindfulness and Other Evidence-based Approaches -
Dr. Brian Cassel
Virginia Commonwealth University
Financing and Sustaining Palliative Care Programs -
Dr. Erin Currie & Dr. Brian Donahue
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Palliative Care for a Growing Population of Chronically Critically Ill and Medically Complex Pediatric Patients -
Dr. Kimberly Curseen
Emory Palliative Care Center
Benefits and Challenges of Ambulatory Palliative Care: Paddling in Quicksand -
Dr. Deborah Ejem
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Exploring the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Provider-Patient Communication -
Dr. Ronit Elk
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Developing Programs with a Cultural Perspective -
Dr. Betty Ferrell
City of Hope Medical Center
Integration of Palliative Care needs of Patients on Phase 1 Clinical Trials -
Dr. Susan McCammon & Jennifer Hicks
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Innovations in Community-Based Palliative Care -
Dr. Carolyn Phillips
The Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Palliative Care
Tuning in to Emotions: The Use of Storytelling Through Music to Improve Well-being in Oncology Nurses -
Dr. Joe Rotella, AAHPM
Quality Measurement in Palliative Care -
Dr. Keith Swetz
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Palliative and Supportive Care Approaches to Advanced Heart Disease
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2018 Plenary Presenters
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Tammie Quest, MD
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Forging the Future of Palliative Care in the Southeast -
Rubin Pillay, PhD, MBA, MSc
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
The State of Healthcare Innovation: Palliative Care Applications -
Mary Ersek, PhD, RN
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
Educating the Next Generation of Palliative Care Clinicians
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2018 Summit Session Speakers
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Rubin Pillay, PhD, MBA, MSc & Melissa Mancini, MSHA
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Innovation Series: Generating Creative Ideas, Design Thinking, and Business Modeling for Palliative Care -
Lyn Ceronsky, DNP, GNP, CHPCA
University of Minnesota Health, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
Creating Rural Palliative Care Networks -
Ronit Elk, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Paying Attention to Culture: Challenges of Spreading Palliative Care in the Rural Deep South -
Arif Kamal, MD
Duke University, Durham, NC
Keeping Quality in the Equation -
Brian Cassel, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Financing Community-based Palliative Care -
Ada Markaki, PhD, APRN-BC, Cynthia Selleck, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN & Amy Beasley, MSN, PhD Student
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Bringing Primary Palliative Care to Rural Alabama: Innovations in the Carolinas -
Eric Wallace, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Telemedicine Opportunities in Palliative Care -
Jacob Graham, MD, Kristy Johnson-Pich, DO & Gabby Cornett, MBA
Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS; Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan, AL; Compassus Hospice and Palliative Care, Athens, GA
Panel Discussions: Challenges of Spreading Palliative Care in the Southeast -
Hattie Bryant
My Golden Rule, New Orleans, LA
I'll Have it My Way: A Consumer Perspective -
Janet Bull, MD, MBA
Four Seasons, Flat Rock, NC
Innovations in the Carolinas -
Jeri Miller, PhD
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Prioritizing Palliative Care from a National Perspective -
Lynn Spragens, MBA
Spragens & Associates, Durham, NC
Pragmatic Principles to Achieve Bold Vision -
Marie Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP, NP-C, AOCN, ACHPN, FAAN & Nicholas Dionne-Odom, PhD, RN, ACHPN
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Improving Palliative Care Access Through Telehealth: The ENABLE Clinical Trials -
Ashley Nichols, MD & Sam Perna, DO
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Taking Care of Pediatric Patients in Adult Hospices -
Phil Rodgers, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Getting It Paid For: Alternative Payment Models -
Regina Fink, RN, PhD, APCN, CHPN
University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO
Bridging the Culture Gap: Improving Palliative Care through Patient Navigation -
Ed Partridge, MD & Gabrielle Rocque, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Patient Care Connect: Experiences with Lay Navigation -
Jeffrey Klick, MD
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Caring for Children with Serious Illness in the Community
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