DCPPCC

DCPPCC 2008 Conference

Highlights of 2008 PPC Conference:
Quality of Life for the Children
Bette Jacobs, PhD, RN, Dean of the Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies greeted the conference participants
Amani Babgi, PhD, RN discusses cultural aspects of clinical bioethics
Aziza Shad, MD Professor of Pediatrics and the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital. Chair of the Palliative Care Steering Committee for MECC (Middle East Cancer Consortium leading a pediatric ethics round table
Carlos F. Gomez, MD PhD Medical Director, DCPPCC and Carol Taylor, PhD, RN, Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University discuss an ethical issue
Carlos F. Gomez, MD, PhD, Medical Director, DCPPCC
Carol Taylor, PhD, RN, Carlos F Gomez, MD, PhD and Amani Babgi, PhD, RN converse on "Why Children Suffer?"
Chris Feudtner, MD , PhD, MPH, Attending Physician, PACT Team Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Chris Feudtner, MD describes the context of communication in pediatric palliative care
Christina Puchalski, MD, Director, The GW Institute for Spirituality and Health presents practical tools for integrating spirituality into healthcare
Rev. Edward Bauman explaining the relationship of Centering Prayer to Self Care and the care of patients and families
The Rev. Edward Bauman, Chaplain, Virginia Medical Center
Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics conducts Pediatric Palliative Care Ethics Grand Rounds
James Giordano, PhD, Samueli-Rockefeller Professor of Palliative Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Bioethics
Jim Giordano PhD defining how neuro-centric considerations compel and sustain reverent and beneficent pain care of neonates.
Joanne Wolfe, MD describes the pediatric palliative care service at Children's Hospital Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Stacy S. Remke, MSW, LICSW, Children's Institute for Pain and Palliative Care, Pain and Palliative Care Programs, Children's Hospitals and Clinics
Stacy Remke, lectures on the clinical role and function of the Social Worker on the interdisciplinary pediatric palliative care team
Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD, Medical Director, Pain & Palliative Care Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota addresses the conference on advanced pain management in children
Susan Rogers, Carlos Gomez and Dr. Edmund Pellegrino enjoy a quiet moment during a break at the : "Quality of Life for the Children" Conference
Susan K. Rogers, MS, BSN, RN, CHPN, Conference Chair and Executive Director, DCPPCC
Together we're better - DC Pediatric Palliative Care Support Group