The Palliative Care SIG cordially invites you to attend a unique, live roundtable discussion featuring three leading experts on psychosocial oncology within palliative care. Presenters will reflect on the status of palliative care, globally, including how far the field has come and future opportunities for both investigators and clinicians worldwide. Presenters—including Drs. Harvey Chochinov, RM Rajagopal, and Gary Rodin— will engage in meaningful dialogue around potential solutions for rectifying global challenges. Participants of the webinar will have the chance to submit questions ahead of this special event. You will not want to miss this rare opportunity to engage with three seminal minds of palliative care!
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a live roundtable discussion of three leading experts in palliative care.
- Participants will learn about recent strides and current challenges of psychosocial oncology on a global scale.
- Participants will hear recommendations for both investigators and clinicians to carry the field forward.
FEATURING:
Dr M R Rajagopal
Dr Rajagopal is the director of the WHO Collaborating Center at Trivandrum, the founder-chairman of “Pallium India" and Adjunct Professor of Global Oncology, Queen's University, Canada. His initiatives to remove regulatory barriers in availability of oral morphine for pain relief have contributed to the amendment of the NDPS Act of India in 2014, a Government policy on Palliative Care in the state of Kerala in 2008 and Government of India's National Program for Palliative Care in 2012. The international organization “Human Rights Watch” honored him with Alison Des Forges award at Los Angeles in November 2014. In 2017, a documentary film titled "Hippocratic: 18 experiments in gently shaking the world" based on Dr. Rajagopal’s contributions to palliative care was released by Moonshine Agency, Australia. He was named one of the 30 most influential leaders in hospice and palliative medicine by American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in 2017. In 2018, Dr Rajagopal was honored with Padma Shri, the third highest civilian award given annually from Republic of India. Dr Rajagopal recently published his memoirs called ‘Walk with the Weary’.
Dr Gary Rodin
Gary Rodin is the Joint University of Toronto/University Health Network Harold and Shirley Lederman Chair in Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care and is Head of the Department of Supportive Care at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. Dr. Rodin is the Director of the Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC) and a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a clinician-investigator who has published widely on the psychiatric and psychosocial aspects of cancer and other medical illnesses. Under his leadership, the Department of Supportive Care at the Princess Margaret has now achieved an international reputation for its academic and clinical excellence. Dr. Rodin has authored texts on Depression in the Medically Ill, and on the Psychiatric Aspects of Transplantation and is currently leading research on the psychological impact of advanced and terminal disease in affected patients and their families.
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Dr Harvey Max Chochinov
Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and a Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of Oncology and Haematology. His publications addressing psychosocial dimensions of palliation have helped define core-competencies and standards of end-of-life care. His research has been supported by various agencies, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute and the National Institute of Health. His work has explored various dimensions of palliative medicine, such as depression, desire for death, will to live and dignity at the end of life. He is also the Founder of the Canadian Virtual Hospice. He is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and the Order of Manitoba. In 2014, he was appointed an Officer in the Order of Canada for his work in palliative care. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Dr. Chochinov is the 2010 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology and the 2010 International Psycho-Oncology Society’s Bernard Fox Memorial Award, for his research and leadership in psycho-oncology. In 2020 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
MODERATED BY:
Dr Dwain Fehon
Dr. Dwain Fehon is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine in the US. He is the Deputy Director for Psychology Training within Yale’s Department of Psychiatry and Director of Behavioral Medicine for Yale New Haven Hospital. Clinically, Dr. Fehon is a member of the Yale Cancer Center’s palliative care team where he provides outpatient psychological services to adults with advanced stage cancers. He is the Education Committee Chair for IPOS’s Palliative Care Special Interest Group.
Kelcie Willis, PhD
Clinical Fellow in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital. Kelcie Willis received a doctorate in clinical psychology from Yale University. Her research interests center on improving the quality-of-life of both patients and caregivers affected by advanced cancer.
Registration:
- FREE for current IPOS members
- $10 USD for non-members
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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The webast will be recorded and may be made available at a later date for ordering.
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