Successful partnerships


Dalitso Mzinganjira (Malawi) - Dr. Zipporah Ali (Kenya) & Stephanie Reynolds (USA)
Bruce Arnold (Canada) - Colleagues (Internationally)
Fatima Garcia (Philippines) - Kerri Marks (USA)
Dr. Mohammad Hidayatullah (UAE) - Physician (USA)
Dr. Zipporah Merdin Ali (Kenya) - Joan "Jody" Ramer- Chrastek (USA)
Kriss Kevorkian, MSW, Ph.D. (USA) - Malini Mundle (India)
Parag Bharadwaj, MD (USA) - Sanjay Pisharodi, MBBS (India)


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  		Robert L. Fine, MD, FACP
Physician
Baylor Health Care System
Dallas, Texas, USA
robertf@baylorhealth.edu
End-of-life care including clinical ethics, spiritual care, and symptom management.
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 		Kriss Kevorkian, MSW, Ph.D.
Thanatologist

Los Angeles, California, USA
drkkevorkian@gmail.com
End-of-life care of adults and pediatrics, Palliative Care, Grief/Loss, Alternative Therapies,
Ethics, Research/Education, HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Focusing on emotional/spiritual pain issues.
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Ilona Gorog
psychologist, psychotherapist
Hospice Home of Hope
Brasov, Romania
ilonagorog@yahoo.com
Staff support: self-awareness, burnout prevention; counseling patients and families, grief therapy

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Terry Albanese
Researcher
Summa Health System
Akron, Ohio, USA
albaneset@summa-health.org
Research methods in hospice/palliative care. Measuring quality and cost of hospital-based
palliative
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Sergio Conti
Physician
Frontera Hospice
Tijuana, Mexico
sergioconti@sbcglobal.net
To bring good palliative care to Mexico.
We are a 12 bed facility working in Tijuana serving patients with Cancer and AIDS.
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Malini Mundle
Counseling Psychologist
Hospitals and Hospices
New Delhi, India
malini_50@hotmail.com
Caring for the psychosocial needs of the dying through personal interaction to improve
quality of life and living -anywhere. Research and thesis on the phenomenon of living with
dying.  Would appreciate interactions with colleagues on the spiritual dimensions of this
final stage of life as well as the Erickson final level of wisdom which even young dying children
seem to reach. 

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Thomas Kerrihard, MD
Physician
Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
thomas.kerrihard@cshs.org
Psychiatry, pain management, cancer, HIV  
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Sriram Yennu Rajalingam
Physician
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA
syennu@mdanderson.org
Cancer related symptoms including fatigue, pain, cachexia and geriatric palliative care
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Stephanie Zhang
Ph.d degree in Hospice Care in China

Beijing, China
lilacforever@hotmail.com
Hospice development in China and other developing countries  
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Pansy Angevine
Registered Nurse

Carstairs, Canada
pansyangevine@gmail.com
Open to exchanging e-mail with nurses on any aspect of palliative care in any area of the world.  
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Kathryn Vohs BSN RN
Clinical Manager, Registered Nurse
Hospice Services of MA
Wareham, Massachusetts, USA
kvohs@hospiceservicesofma.com
Communication with interdisciplinary team members anywhere in world to share information
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E-mail preferred
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Advance Practice Nurse
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, USA
marykean@yahoo.com
Area of clinical interest: complex pain management
Geographical region of interest: to teach/ interact with someone who needs help and
has limited pain management resources.
Mode of interaction: e-mail
Frequency of interaction: monthly or as needed if emergent situation arises


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Cristopher Matias
Deputy Manager
Nightingale House
London, United Kingdom
falzboiz@yahoo.com
End of life care especially to older people; help family and patients cope with grief therapy
on study with effective leadership & management of palliative care in care homes

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Karyn Rizzo
Advance Practice Nurse
Odyssey Healthcare
Rhode Island, USA
karynrizzo@aol.com
End of Life education, International hospice
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Deepa Muthaiya
Social Worker
Dean Foundation, Hospice and Palliative Care Centre
Chennai, State of Tamil Nadu, India
deanfoundation@gmail.com, deanf@vsnl.com
Social Work, Complementary Medicine,Fundraising, Art and Music Therapy,Education,
Research and Advocacy. Interested in setting up/helping others set up Palliative Care centres
in the Rural Districts of the State of Tamil Nadu and other remote areas of India or Overseas
Email, Telephone

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Emad Rikabi
Clinical Assistant in Palliative Care
Dove House Hospice
Hull, United Kingdom
emad721@hotmail.com
Dyspnea
e-mail, Learning
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Mike Marshall
Program Director - Counsellor / Psycho - analylist
Sahara Aalhad Centre for Residential Care & Rehabilitation
Pune, India
marshamike@gmail.com  
Counselling guidance, palliative and rehabilitative care information sharing.
Adapting modules that are successful around the world and also sharing our successes
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Ephrem Degefu
Pharmacist
Coastal Compounding Pharmacy
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
mrefi@comcast.net
Pain: wound care, symptom control (nausea, constipation etc.)  
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Donita
Registered Nurse

San Diego, CA, USA
doniovere@aol.com
Pain; teach someone in Africa
E- mail, weekly or monthly

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Cathy Stewart
Palliative/Hospice Nurse (Advance Practice)

Nashville, Tennessee, USA
catherine.j.stewart@vanderbilt.edu
Rural palliative/hospice care  
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Pradeep Vaidya
Doctor
Hospice Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
praidya@yahoo.com
Pain management and all aspects of Palliative Care
Surgeon, Dept. of Surgery Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital  
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Anne Merriman
Palliative Medicine, Physician
Hospice Africa Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
anne@hospiceafrica.or.ug
Appropriate and affordable Palliative Medicine for resource strapped countries
Hospice Africa helps with advice and training African new ventures.

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  Rhodora Ocampo
Physician
Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation
Laguna, Philippines
rhodora40@yahoo.com
Home care palliative care, day care
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Roberto Reichert D.
Medico / Physician
Instituto Nacional del càncer
Asunciòn, Paraguay
reichertrobert@yahoo.es
Pain, ethics, I support the team. Advances in infirmary(nursing) and psychology.
To initiate serious well e-mail, mensualmete (monthly).  
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Dr T. A. Olasinde
Oncologist
Zaria Palliative Care Centre
P.M.B.06,Samaru-Zaria, Nigeria, Africa
taolasinde@yahoo.co.uk
Interact with colleague in Europe/USA. Twinning.
Visit our palliative care centre. Consult and teach staff. E-mail interaction weekly.  
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Pamela Were
Oncology/Palliative Care Nurse
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
Eldoret, Kenya, Africa
pakinyiwere@yahoo.com
Providing supportive services to both cancer and HIV infected patients
I am currently coordinating oncology outreach services which is still in its initial stages.

 
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Suresh Sanchetee
Doctor
Cancer Institute
Jodhpur, India
rccure@gmail.com
Palliative care right from diagnosis, symptom management, spiritual care and terminal care
We have a cancer center in resource poor area in the Thar desert of India. About 500-600
palliative cancer patients visit this center.


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Dr. Zipporah Merdin Ali
Physician, National Coordinator
Kenya Hospices and Pallliative Care Assocaition
Nairobi, Kenya
zippy@kehpca.org
Pain and symptom management,Bereavement, communication, setting up and scaling
palliative care services countrywide, training in palliative care, advocation for use of opioids in
cancer and HIV pain management.
Medical Doctor with Palliative care training, over thirteen years experience as palliative care
physician

 
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Ndikintum George Mbeng
Palliative care nurse
Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board
Kumbo, Cameroon
ndikintumge@yahoo.com
Palliative care and reserach
Like to have links and to share experiences with other experts.

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Sandie de Villiers
Nurse Educator
Sungardens Hospice
Pretoria, South Africa
sandie@sungardens.org.za
Palliative Education and clinical care  
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Janet Stanford
Medical practitioner (Physician), Palliative care
Knysna Hospice
Knysna, South Africa
janet@hospiceknysna.org.za
Palliative care in HIV and Cancer  
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Steven Radwany, MD
Physician
Summa Health System
Akron, USA
radwanys@summa-health.org
Education in Palliative Care, Organizational Approaches, Biomedical Ethics; interested
in working with professionals from Central and South America
Some knowledge of Spanish language  
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Erica Botha
Clinical services manager, Nurse
Hospice
Grahamstown, South Africa
hospice_clinical@telkomsa.net
Palliative care in HIV/AIDS
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Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar
Doctor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,IRCH,AIIMS
New Delhi, India
shumob@yahoo.com
Cancer pain management and palliative care  
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Dr. A. K. Dam
Consultant(Anaesthesia, Palliative medicine, critical care)
KOSISH
Bokaro Steel City, India
ratuldam@yahoo.com
Terminal pain, terminal dyspnea  
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Additional Information:  		Hussein B Mtiro
Physician
Ocean Road Cancer Institute
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
husseinbm@yahoo.com
Teaching PC. Ethics in PC
Weekly email, chat, opportunities for teaching Pc. sharing dificulties and challenges in
Palliative care practices 


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Additional Information:  		Stanley C. Macaden
Palliative care physician
Bangalore Baptist Hospital
Bangalore, India
stancmac@gmail.com
Developing Palliative care provision in India
The Bangalore Baptist Hospital Palliative care program is an example of a successful
partnership with the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center at Winston Salem,
North Carolina, USA.
Happy to interact (learn/teach) by e-mail once a week.

 
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Patty Strunk
Registered Nurse
San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care
San Diego, CA, USA
pstrunk@sdhospice.org
Learning how end of life care is practiced in countries with less abundant resources
Graduate degree and interest in Nursing Education

 
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Santanu Chakraborty
Director, Administrator (with training in palliative care)
Ruma Abedona Hospice Charitable Trust
Rishra, West Bengal, India
santachak@gmail.com
Hospice work, Palliative medicine  
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 		Abel lgbe
Physician
Future Care Hospice-Gambia
Banjul, Gambia
futurecarehospice@yahoo.com
To work with other palliative care providers. Interact to form partnership with other organisations. 
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Noreen Carrington
Director, Center for Grief Care and Education
San Diego Hospice
San Diego, USA
ncarrington@sdhospice.org
Bereavement, counseling, Psycho-soical issues, grief and loss/learn more about
bereavement issues worldwide
Informal email dialogues. 

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Dr. Foalju Olusegun Oyebola
Medical Practitioner ( physician)
Palliative Medicine and pain unit, Federal Medical Centre
Abeokuta, Nigeria
fooyebola@yahoo.com
Palliative medicine,chronic pain management, pharmacology & therapeutics.
The Centre runs HIV /AIDS Clinic (currently 212 patients) : PMTCT,Pediatric and adult
HIV management etc.Will appreciate interactions/partnership with developed and
developing Palliative Care Centres in teaching, clinical exchanges and
Community / Home Based Palliative Care.Our challenges are in the area of supportive
care and community out reach. 

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Sharon Lucas, LCSW
Social Worker
Compassionate Care Consulting
Thousand Oaks, USA
sharon.lucas@verizon.net
Developing palliative care consult services, end-of-life education, ELNEC certified,
hospice,  AIDS, death and dying, family conferening, communication with the
dying patient; interested in partnering with Africa and developing palliative care
social work services in other countries.
Available by email and/or phone  
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Fatima Garcia
Certified Child Life Specialist
Kythe, Inc.
Manila, Philippines
kytheinc@yahoo.com
Pediatric patients
I prefer to interact through email on a monthly basis and learn how palliative care workers
 from other countries handle psychosocial issues of pediatric patients with chronic illness. 


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Rene Bursey
General Manager, Nurse
St Bernard's Hospice
East London, South Africa
reneburs@sainet.co.za
Palliative care for Cancer, HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses
We are in the process of developing a project to establish day care centres for all our
St Bernard's Hospice Children. HIV/AIDS infected, affected and orphans. Any information
that can assist us with this would be most welcome. 


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Tay Boon Keng
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore, Singapore
goctbk@sgh.com.sg
Palliative Care, Hospice Care
Interested to learn more about palliative care

 
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Bruce L. Arnold
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB, Canada
barnold@ucalgary.ca
Collecting narratives from the dying to: (1) better understand the various dimensions
of end-of-life processes from a first-person perspective; and (2) offer compassionate
end-of-life care. I am interested in: (1) developing interdisciplinary research projects
with others; and (2) developing a volunteer home based hospice care program in Calgary,
Canada.

 
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Ms. Daya L Vaidya (JOSHI)
Clinical Oncology Nurse
BPKMCH,National Cancer Hospital
Bharatpur, Nepal
daya_avaya@yahoo.com
Interest to estabish home base palliative care in Nepal
Wish to share information on palliative care specially in developing countries  
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Suzanne P Payne, LCSW
Palliative Care Social Worker
Hospice Care of Boulder & Broomfield Counties
Lafayette,Colorado, USA
suzannepayne@hospicecareonline.org
Palliative care, ethics, family dynamics, pediatric hospice
email, Africa, monthly  
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Dr. Ambika Rajvanshi
Director-Palliative Care
CanSupport
New Delhi, India
cansup_india@hotmail.com
To be updated on latest developments in the field of palliative care; to interact with
specialists/teams providing homebased palliative care- especially to the under-priviledged
Multidisciplinary teams provide quality home based palliative care to patients with cancer
and other life limiting conditions in and around Delhi; Day Care programmes for children
and adults; Telephone Helpline  
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James Carstens
Palliative Care Physician
Gisborne PCS
Gisborne, New Zealand
jamesc@slingshot.co.nz
Emotional pain in Palliative Care  
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Marina Torres
General Nurse
Children's Sunshine Home
Dublin, Ireland
rianamtorres@hotmail.com
Pediatric Palliative Care  
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Kyriaki
MD, PhD, Associate Prof in Palliative Medicine
Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, School of Medicine, University of Athens,
Dept of Radiology, Areteion Hospital
Athens, Greece
mistakidou@yahoo.com
palliative care, pain, ethics, psychological issues, symptoms control
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Dalitso Mzinganjira
Research Nurse
UNC-Project/ Lighthouse Clinic
Lilongwe, Malawi
dalimzinga@gmail.com
Discussions on different palliative care models, pain management especially in HIV/AIDS
related conditions, and sharing of experiences from different P.C providers across the world.
I am interested to upgrade in my career as a palliative care provider so that I can provide the
best and quality patient care and probably help my fellow health professionals through
dissemination of information and education.  
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Latha Vikraman
Social Worker- Palliative Care

Melbourne, Australia
latha077@hotmail.com
End of life care issues, Issue concerning Carers, Psycho oncology, Volunteers training  
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Tina Henry
Clinical nurse specialist in cancer and palliative care
West Middlesex Hospital
Isleworth, UK 
tina.henry@wmuh.nhs.uk
Lung cancers, non malignant palliative care, advanced symptom control in cancer, complex
symptom control in upper GI and colorectal cancers
Prefer to communicate by email  
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Hidayatullah
Palliative Care Specialist
Tawam hospital John Hopkins Medicine
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
hidayattaj@hotmail.com
Palliative Care
I am planning to start the first organized Palliative Care Service in this hospital and would
like to get ideas and support from the members of this network.  
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Sheelagh Donnelly
Doctor
East Lancashire Hospice
Blackburn, UK
sheelagh.donnelly@eastlancspct.nhs.uk
Complementary therapies, Zometa (zoledronic acid), spinal cord compression  
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Dr. Larry Mbobo
Research Physician
In-Vivo Health Care
Johannesburg, South Africa
lmbobo@telkomsa.net
Neuro AIDS, Clinical trials, Training and mentorship in HIV and TB, pain control
E-mail weekly  
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Ann Harriman
Macmillan clinical nurse specialist
NHS
Rotherham, UK
macmillan.nurse-team@rothgen.nhs.uk
Palliative care, patient and carer support. All symptom management
Would like to discuss issues etc with other health care professionals. I have helped with
projects in Egypt and Carribean.

 
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Teodora Stantcheva
Psychologist

Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
palliative@abv.bg
Psychosocial support in palliative care, end-of-life issues, psychosocial research
Would like to interact with colleagues.Working for 5 years in this field

 
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Kamani Wijeysundera
Palliative Care Nurse/ Educator

Singapore, Singapore
wijeysundera@yahoo.com
Palliative Care education and clinical teaching/training in developing countries
Available for interaction by e-mail/phone/skype.
 
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M. R. Rajagopal
Palliative care physician
Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences
Trivandrum, India
pallium.india@gmail.com
Palliative care practice, education and drug availability in developing countries
Preferred medium: email 

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James Msirikale
Oncologist
A B May Cancer Care Centre
Windhoek, Namibia
jmsirikale@yahoo.co.uk
Pain & Symptom control. Interaction
e-mail weekly
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Tony Caruso
Chaplain
Hospice & Community Care
Rock Hill, USA
justmetonyc1@yahoo.com
Staying in touch internationally with the palliative care movement. Sharing helpful
insights and receiving the same
I look forward to learning more through this outreach.

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Margaret Beggs LCSW, ACSW
Medical Social Worker


peggy_beggs@hotmail.com
Cultural sensitivity in pain management (adjunts to pharmacotherapy) Integration of
PalMed into the mainstream of medical care. Ethics. Continum of Care
E-mail response preferred. All geographic locations responses accepted.

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Claudia Cecilia Trujillo Gómez
Palliative Care Specialist, Physician

Bogotá, Colombia
miclau@hotmail.com
Educational resources, domiciliary care
E-mail

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Edward Poon, MSc ( Palliative care), PhD
Director of Nursing
Dover Park Hospice
Singapore, Singapore
epoon@doverpark.org.sg
Qualitative Research, death and dying, nursing, management, quality of life and quality
of care indicator tools. Wound care, oral care and bowel care. Care for the breathlessness,
psychosocial care especially on grief. Teaching.


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Munyoro Esther Cege
Anaesthetist/Palliative care
Kenyatta Hospital
Nairobi, Kenya
drcege@wananchi.com
Pain Management, End of life Care
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Dr. Prasad Sonis
Physician
Spandan Care Center
Pune, India
prsonis@yahoo.com
Palliative care of old diseased patients
Presently I am running a 30 bed care home for old age people since 4 years.
I want to share my experiences with other colleagues.
 
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Dr. Meenu Singh Sharma
Physician, practising palliative care
Cansupport
New Delhi, India
drmeenusharma@gmail.com
Pain and palliative care-latest developments,successful models that have worked in home-based
setup in developing countries.
To know more about palliative care journals available, latest in home based palliative care.

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Joan "Jody" Ramer- Chrastek
Nurse

Minneapolis, USA
Jody.chrastek@childrensmn.org
Pediatric Palliative Care, Nursing and team education, rural out reach.
I was born and brought up in India and visit for personal reasons every few years.
I would be happy to combine a trip with providing on site education or consultation.
I have experience in Midwifery, adult and Peds nursing and education and and part of the
leadership team for one of the largest Peds pall care programs in the US.


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Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD
Medical Director Pain and Palliative Care
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
stefan.friedrichsdorf@childrensmn.org
Pediatric Pain Medicine; Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care
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Debbie Monaghan, RN
Nurse, Palliative Care Specialist
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA, USA
Debbie.Monaghan@Sharp.com
Palliative care globally
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Aileen McCartney
Physiotherapist

England
aileen.mccartney@medwaypct.nhs.uk
Motor neuron disease ( MND), non-malignant palliative care, dyspnea. Interested in research
around exercise and MND and use of outcome measures in palliative care
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Fran Heller, MSW
Palliative Care Social Worker
New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center
New York, USA
fre9005@nyp.org
End-of-life issues, Medical ethics, Palliative care and hospice care in developing countries
with a particular interest in Latin America.
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Nancy Berndt BSN, RN
Nurse, Palliative Care Coordinator
Avera McKennan Hospital
Sioux Falls, USA
nancy.berndt@mckennan.org
chronic pain, globally
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Helen Kendrick
Learning and Development Facilitator
St John of God Murdoch Community Hospice
Perth, Australia
Helen.Kendrick@sjog.org.au
Twenty bed palliative care facility with a Support & Therapy Centre which offers
Complementary Therapies. Our special interests are in Volunteer training and development,
Benchmarking and Clinical Placements.
Mode of interaction: email

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Susan Degnan, LMSW
Social Worker

Huntington, New York, USA
sdegnan@hunthosp.org
Ethics, End of life
Weekly interaction learning, interacting

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Silvia Rivas
Medicina Paliativa Pediatrica (Pediatrician)
Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica
Guatemala, Guatemala
silvia.rivas@unop.org.gt
Models in Pediatric palliative care . Pain in Pediatrics, ethical dilemmas in Pediatrics
palliative patients.
I am a Pediatrician with a subspecialty in Pediatric critical care medicine. I have a self
study in pediatric palliative care. I like research.


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Roberto Moroni Grandini
Physician

Milan, Italy
roberto.gmoroni@libero.it
Accupuncture and other traditional and complementary medicines in palliative care.
I would like to share information with African collegues about palliative care in HIV/AIDS
patients.
I speak a little bit Slovenian language too.


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Beverly Thorpe
Clinical Social Worker
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine, USA
bthorpe@maine.rr.com
Alternative methods of pain management, ways to help the family/caregivers in the hospital,
information about how palliative care is done in other parts of the world.
I am a social worker teaming with two doctors and a nurse practitioner in a consulting service
covering the whole hospital.


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Kerry Keats, MSW, LCSW
Pediatric Clinical Social Worker
Canuck Place Children's Hospice
Vancouver, BC, Canada
kkeats@canuckplace.org
Pediatric Palliative Care
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Lana Nealand
Faculty Instructor, Nurse Practitioner
University of Alabama
Birmingham, USA
lnealand@uab.edu
I teach in an online Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Program and would love to exchange,
share and assist others who are interested in any area of Palliative Care instruction and online
education.
I can most easily be reached through my office email and I am looking forward to this wonderful
opportunity to learn and share information with palliative care specialists throughout the world.


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Carol Stomberg
Clinical Systems Educator
San Diego Hospice
San Diego, California, USA
cstomberg@sdhospice.org
Palliative Care documentation for all disciplines, using computers to communicate patient
information
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Colleen Drinkard
Palliative Care Nurse
St. Lukes Health System
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
coldrinkard@hotmail.com
Broad area of interest in any area of palliative care
Just beginning in this area of nursing. I want to learn all that I can about Palliative Care.


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Lauralee Schiraga
Nurse, Case Manager
Hospice Services of Massachusetts
Wareham, USA
lschiraga@hospiceservicesofma.com
Symptom management,client and family education and support, ethics
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Geoff Copland
Spiritual Counselor
San Diego Hospice
San Diego, USA
gcopland@sdhospice.org
Education on Palliation of Spiritual suffering and providing Spiritual spiritual support for
patients and families on Hospice Care for Immigrants to America and also in multi cultural
circumstances.
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Kerri Marks, MSW
Social Worker
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA
kmarks@chla.usc.edu
Pediatric Pain Management.
I am a Clinical Social Worker with a fellowship training in Pediatric Pain Management.
I specialize in stress/pain management, biofeedback, pain education, and individual, group
and family therapy.

 
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Antonio Gomes Teles
Physician
Hospital Araujo Jorge
Goiania, Brazil
agtelesmed@superig.com.br
Palliative Care. Study, learn and knowledge (Cuidados paliativos. Estudar, aprender e crescer).
The difficulties are huge, including communicating in the english language
(As dificuldades são imensas, inclusive com a lingua ingles).


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Colleen Formigan
Nurse
Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care
Madison Heights, USA
cformigan@seasons.org
Dementia,delerium
Oncological and pediatric hospice background; currently working with Dementia patients.


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Rufus Mwandiki Ferdinard
Nurse
Pcea chogoria hospital
Chogoria, Kenya
rufusmwandi@yahoo.com
Pain management and bereavement
Mode of interaction: email and literature at least weekly and interested in higher learning in
palliative care.


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Maria Fidelis Manalo, MD, MSc
Palliative Care Physician
Far Eastern University-NRMF Medical Center
Fairview, Quezon City, Philippines
lizamanalomd@yahoo.com
Palliative Care Education, Pain Research, Home Care, Bioethics, especially on "Death & Dying"
E-mail periodically


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Winfrida Mwashala
Registered Nurse,Executive Director
St.Lucia Nursing Home and Orphanage
Arusha, Tanzania
stlucianursinghome@yahoo.com
I am interested in children suffering from HIV/AIDS and cancer, in providing holistic care
and support to the family and education to the community.
I would love to see that death is valued, and those suffered life threatening disease well cared,
especially in rural areas of Tanzania where there is poor access to health care.


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Stephanie Reynolds, MSN, ACHPN
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

New York, USA
saw263@nyu.edu
Expanding access to Palliative Care in underserved populations.
I am currently setting up a Palliative Care consultation service in a New York Hospital,
and I am willing to share my experiences and educational tools.


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Jennifer Gest, RN, CHPN (Certified hospice & PC nurse)
Hospice Nurse, Team Manager
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
Orlando, Florida
jennifer.gest@vitas.com
Educating health care professionals & consumers about hospice & pallative care
Prefer communicating via e-mail


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Jeffrey N. Stoneberg
Hospice and Palliative Care Physician
San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care
San Diego, USA
JStoneberg@sdhospice.org
Pain and symptom control in terminally ill patients. Psychosocial aspects of terminal diseases.
Interaction via email is best for me.


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Helena Loko Musau
Doctor
Nairobi Hospice
Nairobi, Kenya
mhloko@hotmail.com
Symptom control, bereavement
Preferred mode of interaction- email frequency of interaction- weekly

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Joyce Marete
Nurse
Nairobi Hospice
Nairobi, Kenya
gatrimus@yahoo.com
Learn more about cancer wound (fungating wound) management. Would like get more ideas
from all over the world, then I will share with my colleagues here.
Prefer emails,weekly. I an interested in interacting with others as well as learning from them.
I will be happy to teach and share my knowledge with others.


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Steven Oppenheim, MD
Physician
San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care
San Diego, USA
soppenheim@sdhospice.org
HIV/AIDS Palliative Medicine
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Nikita Wilburn
LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse)

Dallas, USA
wilburn28@yahoo.com
Want to share information about starting Pallative care facility/home.
Are there any tips or suggestions?
Contact via e-mail


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Hope Roberson
Registered Nurse
Livingston Hospice Associates
Walker, USA
hroberson@livingstonhospice.org
Hospice and palliative care
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Marcin Chwistek, MD
Physician
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, USA
marcin.chwistek@fccc.edu
Cancer pain management; end of life care; hospice care; symptom management;
to teach/train/help with clinical cases in any geographic location with emphasis on developing
countries
Email/phone/weekly or as needed; I would like to develop a relationship with an
individual/clinic/hospital in need of advice/guidance/ training in the clinical areas as described above

 
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Judy Fluor Runels
Psychologist
Aids Services Foundation
Irvine, USA
drjudy@cox.net
HIV/AIDS palliative care/ psycho social issues
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Anne Marie Ireland
Crisis Intervention Worker/Addictions Counsellor/EAP Counsellor

Barrie, Canada
irelandan@rvh.on.ca
Continued education in Hospice/ Palliative / End of Life Care. Sporting the person and
 their family members of ALL ages.
I am a clinician. I work in a variety of settings and continue to seek out training opportunities
towards certification. 


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Roshani Gautam
Nurse
Nepal Institute of Health Sciences
Kathmandu, Nepal
roshani777gautam@yahoo.com
I am interested in creating awareness for the need of palliative care and establish a well set up
palliative care unit.


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Nancy Joyner
Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care
Altru Health System
Grand Forks, USA
njoyner@altru.org
Pain management, symptom management, discussing difficult choices and options
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Margaret N Mamba
Counsellor
Defence Ministry
Manzini, Swaziland
maggiemamba@yahoo.com
Palliative care , counselling
Need more information on caring for the dying
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Kelli Gershon
Nurse Practitionier
The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA
khgersho@mdanderson.org
Mentoring nurses and advance practice nurses in palliative care/symptom management
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Colleen Drinkard
Palliative Care Nurse
St. Lukes Home Health / Hospice
Kansas City, USA
cdrinkard@st-lukes.org
Psychosocial issues surrounding terminal illness. When patient does not opt for hospice
care, but does opt for palliative care, suggestions on how to pave the emotional road toward
hospice when the time is right.
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Lynda Shand, RN BSN MA PhD CHPN
Associate Professor-Nursing
The College of New Rochelle
Yorktown, USA
lshand@cnr.edu
Palliative Care, Pediatric end of life issues
HPNA and ELNEC trainer
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Vera Dimitrievska
Public Health Researcher
Studiorum
Skopje, Macedonia
vdimit12@yahoo.com
Interact with someone in Africa,India. I am interested in pain management.
email interaction. I am interested in learning for counseling.
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John Mastrojohn III
Vice President, Quality & Palliative Care
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
Alexandria, USA
jmastrojohn@nhpco.org
Quality end-of-life care; models of care; palliative care in the developing world;
palliative care and hospice access
Prefer e-mail communication
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Penka Kolchakova, MD
Psychiatrist
College of Medicine at Medical University
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
pkoltchakova@abv.bg
Psychiatry aspects of palliative care; palliative care education and research
e-mail prefered

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Dulce Pinto
Nurse

Viana do Castelo, Portugal
enfdulcepinto@gmail.com
Palliative home care
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Ron Fisher
Physician

Sylva, USA
fishermd@mac.com
Palliative Care / Hospice / Long-term care
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Auxilia Chideme Munodawafa PhD, RN,MSN,ANP
Director, Palliative Care Services
Huron Hospital, A Cleveland Clinic Hospital
East Cleveland, USA
amunodaw@cchseast.org
Research in all End - of- Life Issues,
Collaboration in developing Hospice & Palliative Care Programs
Education & development of educational material
PhD prepared with a pediatric focus in Chronic illness, an RN, with an
MSN / Adult Nurse Practitioner training, have been studying in USA but From Zimbabwe


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Gloria Morgan
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hastings, New Zealand
gloria.morgan@hawkesbaydhb.govt.nz
Open to exchanging e-mail with nurses on any aspect of palliative care in any area of the world.
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Nelia Drenth
Social worker
Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
nelia@hpca.co.za
Complicated grief, grief and bereavement, psychosocial issues in palliative care.
Available for e-mail assistance, e-mail preference, as needed


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Alessandro Roscetti
MD Hospice and Palliative Care
U.O. Hospice and Palliative Care of General Hospital "San Camillo"
Rieti, Italy
a.roscetti@asl.rieti.it
Medicine doctor member of physicians team of U.O. Hospice and Palliative Care.
I'm an anesthesiologist.


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Maria Danilychev
Physician

Irvine, USA
m_danilycheva@hotmail.com
International palliative care, terminal delirium, palliative medicin, hospice symptom management
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Theodora Karnakis
Physician

São Paulo, Brazil
theokarnakis@yahoo.com.br
I`m interested in learning, teaching or interacting with colleague.
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Alan J Nixon
Physician
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
nixon.alan@gmail.com
International palliative care. Evidence based PC Programme development
I have worked in the Middle East developing programmes and am familiar with India


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Maria A. Lippa, RN MN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care

Toronto, Canada
maria.lippa@uhn.on.ca
Resource, information sharing with colleagues in Africa; End-of-Life care; Cultural and Spiritual
approaches toward Death and Dying and Bereavement practices; Supporting staff and families in
caring for and being with the dying patient; Pain & symptom management; Caring for the caregivers
(nurses, family); Illness experience, Death and Dying in the African perspective.
Visited Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and spent time at their Cancer Hospital (O.R.C.I.) and in the
community to learn about their palliative care programs and their challenges in providing palliative
care to oncology and HIV/AIDS patients. I plan on returning to follow-up. E-mail contact (monthly).


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Dr. Dickson D. Chifamba
Medical Practioner

Harare, Zimbabwe
ddchifam@mweb.co.zw
Pain, ethics
e-mail, Monthly
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Setsabile Hlophe
Palliative Care Nurse
Swaziland Hospice at Home
Manzini, Swaziland
setsabileh@yahoo.com
Pediatric bereavement and pain management
Interest in learning more and interacting with colleagues
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Tsigerada Yisfa Wessen
Palliative Care Nurse
Hospice Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tsige10@yahoo.com
Pain, appropriate palliative care services. Interacting with colleague
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Srini Chary
Physician
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
srini.chary@gmail.com
Palliative Medicine & Chronic Pain, Practice & Teaching
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Jennifer Fournier
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hospice Savannah, Inc.
Savannah, USA
jfournier@hospicesavannah.org
Exchange for nurses/student nurses in Thailand to discuss hospice care with university systems
and hospice organizations in Southeast Georgia
Prefer e-mail

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Ohunene Suleiman
Nursing
Ministry of Defence Staff Clinic
Abuja, Nigeria
hajarat2004@yahoo.com
Practicing bedside nursing and having a kneen interest in the care of terminally ill patients and
people with hiv/aids; to assist in elevating the pain and other psychological problems they pass
through as a result of their illness.
I have been trained at Mildmay International, Uganda in Palliative Care and as a nurse I need to
seek for more knowledge to assist my patients in thier care.


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Priyadarshini Bhalchandra Kulkarni
Director, palliative care specialist/ physician
Cipla palliative care Centre
Pune, India
info@carebeyondcure.org
Pain Management and palliative care
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Heather O-del
Palliative Care Nurse, Clinicial
SELF Memorial Hospital
Greenwood, USA
hodel@hospicepiedmont.org
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Dr Elena Vvedenskaya, M.D., Ph.D.
Physician, Regional HIV/AIDS Palliative Care Programme Coordinator
Regional Center for AIDS Control
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
evveden@rambler.ru
Palliative care promotion, services support, education, medical, psychological and spiritual palliative
care issues; support communication and information updates for the Rusianspeaking people
I work for a city hospice for cancer patients and run a HIV/AIDS hospice mobile team.

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David E. Weissman, MD
Physician
Institution Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, USA
dweissma@mcw.edu
Special interest in physician education, models of clinical care delivery, and helping making
changes to the professional culture of care withing health care institutions.
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Major Mark Vertue
Head of Department, Intermediate and Continuing Care
Anglia Ruskin University
Chelmsford, England
mark.vertue@anglia.ac.uk
Higher Education
Within my department we work closely with local hospices and provide higher education in terms
of a BSc Hons in Palliative Care and Graduate Certificates in Cancer care as well as individual
modules on a variety of palliative care issues.


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Sean Marks MD
Physician
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
smarks@mcw.edu
End of life care, pain management, HIV medicine, palliative medicine education
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Edward L. Burns, MD
Physician, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Physician
St. Anthony's Medical Center
St. Louis, United States
Edward.Burns@samcstl.org
Pain & Symptom Management, Communication, Ethics, Program Development, Education
Teaching/interacting with colleagues. Email as interaction mode.
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Additional Information:		Shari Mareschal, MPS, MIS
Medical Project Specialist
St. Anthony's Medical Center
St. Louis, United States
Shari.Mareschal@samcstl.org
Ethics, training & development.
E-mail as interaction mode.


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Professor Annette Street
Sociologist/palliative care researcher
La Trobe Univerity/Austin Health
Heidelberg, Australia
a.street@latrobe.edu.au

Health promoting and community development approaches to palliative and supportive care,
end of life care, advance care planning. social support, psycho-social and educational interventions.
Email and Skype for help with specific projects.Have provided research and development
support for community-based HIV/AIDs nursing projects in southern and central Thailand
for many years. Happy to have contact in Asia and Africa.


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Catherine Mondonedo
Nurse Practitioner
NYPH- Columbia Univ Med Ctr
New York, USA
cam9086@nyp.org
-Pain and Symptom Management
-Patient/Family Dynamics at the End of Life
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Additional Information:		James Durnil
Chaplain
Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, USA
jdurnil@fmlh.edu
Spirituality and Quality of Life, Ethics
Interested in learning, teaching and interacting
Preferred interaction through e-mail


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Physician, Dept of Palliative Medicine
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Cochin, India
nandiniv@aims.amrita.edu
Pain, End of Life care, Ethics, Policy implementation, Improving access to care
We have an ongoing University recognised residential post graduate programme for
physicians to specialise in the field of palliative Medicine. Research, Learning,
teaching. E mails preferred


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General Practitioner with special interest in Orthopaedics & Palliative care
Park Surgery & James Paget NHS Trust
Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
drtanviralam@yahoo.com
Pain, musculoskeletal medicine and palliative care
I am a GPVTS trainee with the preference to interact by email, voice chat and interested in
teaching, research and sharing knowledge base


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Additional Information:		Esnath Msowoya Mkandawire
Research Nurse
University of North Carolina Project
Lilongwe,Malawi
esmsowoya3@yahoo.com ,  emkandawire@unclilongwe.org.mw
To share palliative care issues with my fellow palliative care providers in order to provide
quality of care to those who are terminally ill and allow them to die a peaceful death.
I am a nurse/midwife,  HIV & AIDS counsellor, couple counsellor, ART provider and
also a diploma holder in  palliative care though working in the field of research and very
interested in learning more on palliative care issues


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Dr Ramachandra Panickero
Medical Director
Institute of geriatric medicine and palliative care
Alappuzha,India
drramachandranck@gmail.com
Interested in palliative care in geriatrics
research with homoeopathic medicines in cancer pain and terminal illnesses


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Additional Information:		Dr David Oliver
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Wisdom Hospice
Rochester,UK
david.oliver@medwaypct.nhs.uk
Motor neurone disease/ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, neurological palliative care, ethical issues,
development of palliative care servcies, education
Also Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative care at the University of Kent


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Additional Information:		Dr Christina V Malichewe
Doctor
Ocean Road Cancer Institute
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
namwali1@yahoo.com
Symptom control and pain
Chatting by email, weekly, interested in leaning and teaching

 
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Additional Information:		Ann Roache
Registered Nurse
Nova Health
Hamilton, New Zealand
ann@novahealth.co.nz
input on ethics and pain management from all countries
I have set up 2 nursing agencies in NZ.The current one is specialising in palliative care in the home
and aged care facilities.preferable contact via email



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