Program Coordinator, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative

E-mail: Debra@Pallmed.us

Debra is the Program Coordinator for the Leadership Development Initiative (LDI). She manages the day-to-day operations of the LDI program. She provides support and guidance to the LDI Leaders, Mentors, Coaches, and Team. She coordinates activities and functions to ensure that goals and objectives of the LDI program are accomplished in accordance with established priorities, timelines, and funding limitations. Debra also assists in curriculum and Residential Course development; coordination of curriculum development with faculty, consultants and mentors. Debra has been a part of the LDI program from the beginning as a volunteer helper.

Other Appointments:

• Master Sergeant/E-7, Retired 1995, United States Air Force
  Patient Care Coordinator & Medical Transcriptionist, Sleep Disorders Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1995 – 1998
• Research Associate/Study Coordinator, Gastroenterology Department, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center, Loma Linda, California,1998 – 2004
• Administrative Assistant, AntiViral Research Center, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, 2005 – 2008
• Research Associate, Center for Research, San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine, San Diego, California, 2008 – 2011
• Grant Development Coordinator, San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine, San Diego, California, 2008 – 2010
• Coordinator, Institutional Review Board, San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine, San Diego, California, 2009 – 2011

Key Publications

• Pledger-Fonte, DA. (2012). “United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child” (pp. 290-291, Vol 2) entry for the Encyclopedia on Immigrant Health. Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, Ed. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

International Associate Faculty, The Institute for Palliative Medicine
at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California

E-mail: kp91@TaosNet.com

Katherine has worked for peace and justice in the anti-nuclear movement, the Central American solidarity movement, and the environmental movement for most of her life. She is a patient care volunteer at San Diego Hospice and a graduate of the Metta Institute for Contemplative End of Life Care. After living in Managua during the early 1980’s and working as a translator for the Council of State, she returned to the US to do her graduate work in International Relations at Columbia University in New York. She was awarded her doctorate in political theory from Columbia after successfully completing her dissertation on the history and practice of felony disenfranchisement. Having taught political theory and American politics at Columbia, Barnard College, and several universities in New Mexico, she moved to San Diego to study Health Law, with a specialty in palliative care and international law, at the University of California San Diego. She is deeply committed to the success of the Leadership Development Initiative at the Institute for Palliative Medicine and is writing a book on palliative care and political theory, to be published by SUNY Press in 2013. Her research focuses on the social, ethical, and political consequences of the international narcotics control regime.

Education / Honors

• PhD, Political Theory and American Politics, Columbia University, New York, 2002
• President’s Fellow, Columbia University, New York, 1998-2002
• Masters in Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, 1998
• Master of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, 1997
• History prize, University of Sydney, 1976
• Bachelor of Arts (History and Law), University of Sydney, Australia 1976

Key Publications

• Palliative Care, the Third Way: Honoring and Healing the Body Politic SUNY Press, 2013 Forthcoming
• Palliative Care: Ancient Virtues in Modern Praxis, Advance Directives Edition, Springer, In Press 2013
• Govern-mentality: A critique of Diana Prah Ruger’s ‘Global Health Justice and Governance’, American Journal of Bioethics, 2012
• Rhetoric and the Road to Hell: The International Narcotics Regime and Access to Essential Medicines, Bull Health L Policy, 2012
• Total Pain and Global Health Ethics, San Diego physician and San Miguel Physician, 2012
• Ethnic Disparities in US End of Life Use of Hospice, Bull Health L Policy, 2012
• The Supreme Court Cases and Access to Palliative Care, Pain Policy Studies Group, Univ of Wisconsin, 2012
• Felony Disenfranchisement in America: Historical Origins, Institutional Racism, and Modern Consequences, SUNY Press, In Press 2013
• Changing the American End of Life Conversation, Advance Care Planning: Communicating about matters of life and death, Springer Publishers, In Press 2013
• Felony Disenfranchisement in America: An Ancient Practice in a Modern Polity Leo Balk Publications, 2005
• “Ecofeminist Citizenship” Hypatia 12, 1997

Key Presentations

• Changing the End of Life Care Conversation in America with Helen Chapple PhD, Association for Death Education Counseling (ADEC) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2012
• Praxis and Legitimacy: The Ethic of Palliative Care and the International Narcotics Control Regime, Western Political Science Association Conference, Portland OR, 2012 and Southwest Political Science Association Conference, San Diego, 2012
• The International Narcotics Control Regime: History and Politics, University of California San Diego, 2012
• Delivery of hospice and palliative care in a resource limited country: practical and ethical dimensions, University of California San Diego, 2012
• International Law and Access to Opioids for Palliative Care, California Western School of Law, UCSD
• No Country for Old Men: Hospice and Palliative Care in Uganda, Student Society for Medical Ethics, UCSD, San Diego, 2012
• Palliative Care: What it is, how to access it, San Diego County Council, on Aging, San Diego, 2012
• Global Health Ethics and Access to Essential Medicines, University of California San Diego, 2012
• Opioid Abuse and Diversion: Physicians and Legitimate Pain Patients, Grand Rounds, UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, San Diego, 2012
• Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion. Ethical Issues for Physicians, Tough Cases Bioethics Series, UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, San Diego, 2012
• Palliative Care as a Late Modern Citizenship Right, American Political Science Association Conference, Seattle, WA, 2011
• Embodied Leadership for Palliative Care Mentors” Institute for Palliative Medicine LDI Training , San Diego, 2011

Assistant Director, International Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. The Institute of Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, USA

E-mail: hyang@sdhospice.org
Skype: hollybyang

Dr. Yang’s work is focused on medical education, specifically the training of palliative medicine experts internationally, communications skill building, social media, and whole-person support of the health care provider.

Other Appointments

• Assistant Clinical Professor, Voluntary, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine, San Diego, USA
• Chair, Clinical Education Committee, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), USA
• Co-director, Fourth-Year Medical Student Clerkship in Palliative Medicine, San Diego, USA

Key Accomplishments

• Editor, AAHPM Hospice and Palliative Medicine Focused Assessment and Study Tool (HPM FAST) modules, 2nd edition. These include: “Prognostication,” “Pediatrics,” and “Psychiatry and Cognition,” 2012
• Co-editor, AAHPM Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician Assessment and Self-Study Program (HPM PASS) 1st and 2nd editions, a board review product from AAHPM which is approved for Maintenance of Certification credit through the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007-present.
• Faculty for Palliative Care bedside training courses in Tbilisi, Georgia (2007, 2011); Kiev, Ukraine (2008); Amman, Jordan (2007)
• Assistant Director of the International Visiting Scholars Program at The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice (IPMSDH), which included classroom and bedside training for 22 physicians in 2010.
• Co-editor, HPM FAST modules, 1st edition, 2007-2009.

Education / Honor

• Teaching and Learning Certificate Program/Health Professions Education Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professionals, 2011-present.
• Intern, “Being with Dying,” Upaya Institute 2012
• Harvard Macy Scholar, “Program for Educators in Health Professions,” Harvard Macy Institute, 2012.
• Leader, “Leadership Education and Academic Development (LEAD) Program,” American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2009-2011.
• Harvard Macy Scholar, “A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education,” Harvard Macy Institute, 2011.
• Participant, “Being with Dying,” Upaya Institute, 2011.
• Participant, “Art of Presence,” George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWISH), 2010.
• Participant, “Sacred Art of Living and Dying” Series, Sacred Art of Living Center for Spiritual Formation, 2007-2008.
• Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, 2005-2007.
• Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Regions Hospital, University of Minnesota, 2004-2005.
• Internal Medicine Resident, University of Minnesota, 2001-2004.
• James Green Family Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2003.
• Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME), Northwestern University, 1994-2001.
• Doctor of Medicine (MD), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1997-2001.
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Biology, Northwestern University, 1994-1997.

Key Publications

• Pallimed blog contributor, 2010-present.
• Campbell TC, Carey EC, Jackson VA, Saraiya B, Yang HB, Back AL, Arnold RM. Discussing prognosis: balancing hope and realism. Cancer J. 2010 Sep-Oct;16(5):461-6.
• Back AL, Anderson WG, Bunch L, Marr LA, Wallace JA, Yang HB, Arnold RM. Communication about cancer near the end of life. Cancer 2008; 113(7 suppl):1897-1910.

Key Presentations

• Yang HB, Moore SY, Ferris FD. Effectiveness of a Pilot Competency-based International Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. (Presented at the European Association for Cancer Education Meeting by Ferris FD, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 09-10, 2011.) Journal of Cancer Education 2011
• Yang HB, Moore SY, Lloyd LS, Neleson, RA, Whitmore SM, Ferris FD. Effectiveness of an International Visiting Scholars Program in Palliative Medicine. (Presented at the European Association for Cancer Education Meeting by Ferris FD, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 09-10, 2011.) Journal of Cancer Education 2011
• Yang HB, Moore SY, Lloyd LS, Neleson, RA, Whitmore SM, Ferris FD. Experiences of International Physicians Compared with US-Trained Physicians after a Rotation in Palliative Medicine, (Presented at the European Association for Cancer Education Meeting by Ferris FD, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 09-10, 2011.) Journal of Cancer Education 2011
• Yang HB, Moore SY, Lloyd LS, Neleson, RA, Whitmore SM, Ferris FD. The International Visiting Scholars Program: Effectiveness of a 4-week Curriculum in Palliative Medicine (Presented at the European Association for Palliative Care World Research Congress by Ferris FD May 21, 2011.) European J Pall Care May 2011: 62.
• Yang HB, Moore SY, Lloyd LS, Neleson, RA, Whitmore SM, Ferris FD. The International Visiting Scholars Program: Comparison of International Physicians with U.S.-Trained Physicians after a Rotation in Palliative Medicine (Presented at the European Association for Palliative Care World Research Congress by Ferris FD, Poster P105 May 19, 2011). European J Pall Care May 2011: 90.
• Montross LP, Yang HB, Moore SY, Ferris FD. The International Visiting Scholars Program: Preliminary Results of Physicians’ Qualitative Interviews (Presented at the European Association for Palliative Care World Research Congress by Montross LP, Poster P114 May 19, 2011). European J Pall Care May 2011: 91.
• Carrington N, Prazich J, Yang H. “Creating Sacred Space for Renewal and Reflection: Personal Responsibility and Practical Applications” (Concurrent session). NHPCO Clinical Team Conference, San Diego, California, 2011.
• Yang H. “Information Technology to Enhance Your Practice.” AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Forum, Grapevine, Texas, 2011.
• Yang H. “Teaching and Mentoring.” AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Forum, Grapevine, Texas, 2011.
• Wood G, Yang H. “Emotional Support of Fellows.” AAHPM Fellowship Program Summit, 2011.
• Makowski S, Meier D, Sinclair C, Smith A, Widera E, Yang H. “Hospice and Palliative Medicine Social Media: 2010 Year in Review” (Lunch Forum). AAHPM Annual Assembly, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.
• Carrington N, Sohmer M, Vollrath A, Yang H. “Rediscovering Our Heart: Come Together to Renew and Invigorate Through Reflection, Creativity, and the Power of Shared Experience” (Preconference Workshop). AAHPM Annual Assembly, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.
• Wood G, Yang H. “ICU Family Meetings: Data and a Framework.” ICU Grand Rounds, University of Massachusetts, Worchester, 2010.
• Wood G, Yang H. “Oncotalk at UMass.” Communications Program for University of Massachusetts, Worchester, 2010.
• Wood G, Yang H. “Operationalizing Role Play” (Concurrent session). AAHPM Fellowship Program Summit, Atlanta, GA, 2010.
• Yang H. “Incorporating Palliative Care.” Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Summer Course, Cairo, Egypt 2009.

Resources

• International Palliative Care Resource Center
• San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• Center to Advance Palliative Care
• International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
• Pallimed
• Harvard Macy Institute
• Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professionals
• Upaya
• The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
• Sacred Art of Living Center for Spiritual Formation

International Programs Specialist, International Programs,
Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice

E-mail: swhitmore@sdhospice.org
Skype: steph_whitmore

Through her work as a coordinator at The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, Stephanie gained such an interest in the research being done that she decided to pursue a Master’s in Public Health. She has invested her time and energy in becoming well versed with appropriate data collection, statistical analysis and qualitative analysis in a healthcare setting.

Education / Honors

• Master’s in Public Health, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, San Diego State University, Expected Graduation, May 2012.
• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Minor, Sociology, University of California, Davis, June 2005.