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Pediatric Palliative Care Training Needed
…children live years longer than once expected, the need for pediatric palliative care providers is growing. Providing truly effective pediatric palliative care, however, requires strong teams educated in caring for…
Joan Fisher, MD, PhD, FAAP, to Address Pediatric Palliative Care
…for pediatric patients with serious illnesses and their families. She is board certified in both Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. At the Symposium, she will offer a plenary…
Addressing Spiritual Needs in Pediatric Palliative Care
…handles the heartbreak that comes with being a pediatric chaplain. When he first entered the field, his wife worried how it might affect him and whether sadness would follow him…
Plenary Speakers for the 2025 Symposium
…at 9am Chief, Division of Quality of Life and Pediatric Palliative Care Director, QoLA Program (Quality of Life for All), Attending Physician – QoLA Pediatric Palliative Care Team, Associate Chief…
…Howell, a legendary physician and pioneer in pediatric hematology, oncology and community medicine who began her career in 1949, and in 1977 founded San Diego Hospice and the Institute for…
Doris A. Howell Award Bestowed on Two Palliative Care Champions
…fellow, with a focus on building skills in pediatric palliative medicine and working on international initiatives. She later became the agency’s Pediatric Medical Director, before joining Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego…
…hospitalists, intensivists, and others, through her work locally and through pediatric palliative care workshops at national conferences. Because of Dr. Doshi’s commitment to providing high-quality pediatric palliative care, hundreds of…
Institute Celebrates Christine Knutson, RN, MSN, and Pays Tribute to Palliative Care Pioneer Doris Howell, MD
…in pediatric hematology, oncology and community medicine who pioneered the hospice and palliative care movement in San Diego. Palliative care works to address the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual suffering that…
Collective Strength: Building Communities
…Webinar We invite you to join one of our Webinar Communities: Pediatric Palliative Care, in collaboration with Pennsylvania’s Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (PPCC) and Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition…
Doris A. Howell MD, Award for Advancing Palliative Care
…to improving the lives of others. A pioneer (1949) in pediatric hematology, oncology, and community medicine, she was a faculty member at Harvard and Duke Schools of Medicine and in…
…work with specialty lead faculty for pediatrics, obstetrics, community nursing, critical care nursing. For example, in the pediatric nursing course, there is a faculty member who could teach a hands-on…
Detailed Agenda
…9:00am – 10:15am USU Ballroom How Can We Best Address Suffering? Connection, Compassion, Communication and many other C’s ▼ This lecture explores the multidimensional nature of suffering in pediatric palliative…
Palliative Care Communities
…invite you to share your expertise and learn from others as we work toward more informed and empathetic dementia care. text-primary Regular Pediatric Palliative Care – In this community, we…
Palliative Care Education Critical to Chaplains
…Pediatric Chaplain Network, and is a certified Thanatologist through the Association of Death Education and Counseling. Tomlinson received his Masters of Divinity through Bethel Seminary is St. Paul, Minnesota. Tomlinson,…
Executive Director Jennifer Ballentine Palliative Care Update
…Every Clinician, a series focused particularly on primary care providers and non-palliative care specialists. In addition, we’ve received funding to develop a new series in pediatric palliative care in collaboration…
When Clinicians Focus on Procedure over Patient, Scars Run Deep
…surgeries by the time she turned 6. Wexler, who went on to become a pediatric cardiac ICU nurse before lupus sidelined her career, tearfully told summit attendees about the life-saving…
…San Diego found its own palliative care pioneer in the legendary Dr. Doris Howell, who followed in Dame Cicely’s footsteps. Before coming to San Diego, Dr. Howell trained in pediatric…
…in pediatric hematology, oncology and community medicine who pioneered the hospice movement in San Diego, creating an innovative model recognized across the country. In a 2013 article, the then-president of…







