IPCRC.NET News http://www.ipcrc.net/news The IPCRC.NET News Blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:17:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Roberto Wenk, Argentina, Mentor http://www.ipcrc.net/news/roberto-wenk-md/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/roberto-wenk-md/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:09:18 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=519 Roberto Wenk, MD

Roberto Wenk, MD

Program Director, Fundamentals of Palliative Medicine Paliativa of the Fu FEMEBA Buenos Aires, Argentina

E-mail: roberto.wenk@gmail.com
Skype: roberto_daniel_wenk

Dr. Roberto Wenk actively promotes palliative care in primary care settings. Currently, he is developing a new and improved approach to education and management of palliative care. He has made numerous visits to the International Centers of Excellence in Palliative Medicine for many years as well as treating patients in their homes. Home care visits are part of his routine also known as.’ The Bus Rounds’. Activity takes place in a bus while visiting patients in their homes and facilities. The service also provides interdisciplinary, theoretical and practical activity for primary care physicians and nurses.

Other Appointments:

  • International Associate Faculty and Mentor, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California, USA, 2012 to present
  • Chairman, Board of Directors, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), Houston, USA
  • Professor of Palliative Medicine; School of Medicine, Universidad Austral, Argentina
  • Volunteer in the Palliative Care Service of the Liga Argentina de Lucha contra el Cancer (LALCEC) San Nicolás, Argentina.

Key Accomplishments:

  • On-line palliative education for physicians and nurses, with optional bedside practice, since 2005.
  • Development and use of an on-line clinical database to collect demographic and epidemiologic information on patients and families that receive palliative care within our program.

Education / Honors:

  • Diploma in Anesthesiology, College of Medicine in Rosario, Argentina, 1974
  • Medical Degree, National University in Rosario, Argentina, 1972

Key Publications:

  • E., Bennett M., Nekolaichuk C., De Lima L., Wenk R., Ripamonti C., and Bruera E., Strategic Pain Management Vignaroli: The Identification and Development of the IAHPC Opioid Essential Prescription Package. J., Palliat Med (2011) Oct 20. http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/jpm.2011.0296

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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/roberto-wenk-md/feed/ 0 Bart Van Den Eynden, Belgium, Mentor http://www.ipcrc.net/news/bart-van-den-eynden-belgium-mentor/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/bart-van-den-eynden-belgium-mentor/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:34:49 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=732 Bart Van Den Eynden, MD, PhD

Bart Van Den Eynden, MD, PhD

Chair of Palliative Medicine, University of Antwerp

E-mail: bart.vandeneynden@gza.be
Skype: CHANGE_SKYPE

Dr. Van Den Eynden’s academic work focuses on teaching and research in palliative care. At the undergraduate level, he coordinates the module Palliative Medicine and is responsible for the implementation of palliative care within the other undergraduate modules. In the Master Nursing Care program, he teaches Palliative Care and ‘Care Ethics.’ He chairs and coordinates the Interuniversity Palliative Medicine Postgraduate Course. Within the Department of Primary, and Interdisciplinary Care and also in cooperation with the Department of Nursing Care, he is developing a strong line in palliative care research. He is project leader of the ‘Huisarts in Palliatieve Zorg’ Programma (HiPP), a Golden Standards Framework inspired, interactive ICT-based educational program, allowing general practitioners to ameliorate and to evaluate the quality of the palliative care they deliver.

Other Appointments

  • International Associate Faculty and Mentor, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California, USA, 2012-Present
  • Professor, Karel de Grote-Hogeschool (Nursing Education Department, Postgraduate Palliative Care)
  • Professor in General Practice and Palliative Care, University of Antwerp, 1997-Present
  • Medical Director, Centre for Palliative Care and Coordinator for Palliative Care, GZA-Hospital and GZA-facilities for Elderly, Antwerp

Education / Honors

  • Master’s degree in Care, Ethics and Management, University of Tilburg, 2011-Present
  • Advanced Training for Teachers in Palliative Medicine, Liverpool, 1998
  • Training for Teachers in Palliative Medicine, Vierhouten (Nederland), 1995
  • Doctorate on thesis (Aggregatie Hoger Onderwijs, PhD), University of Antwerp, 1994
  • Diplome Universitaire en Soins Palliatifs, Université Libre de Lille (France), 1993
  • UWCM Diploma Course in Palliative Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Cardiff, 1991-1993
  • Multidisciplinary Course in Palliative Care, St. Christopher’s Hospice, 1991
  • Accreditation as physician (specialty: general practitioner), 1979
  • Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 1989
  • Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Antwerp, 1978


Key Publications
Journal articles

  • Vanderoost S, Devet K, Van den Eynden B. Hoe kan de zorg voor de palliatieve patiënt beter? Het Project 'Huisart in Programma Palliatieve Zorg' (Hipp). Huisarts Nu 2010, 39 (4), 143-147
  • Vanderoost S, Devet K, Van den Eynden B. Het Project 'Huisarts in Programma Palliatieve Zorg' (Hipp). Onderzoek naar een eerste implemenatie. Huisarts Nu 2010, 39 (4), 147-150
  • Pype P, Hoste V, Devos R, Dequidt D, Van den Eynden B. Translation and Validation of the Dutch Version of the 'Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale'. Palliative Medicine 2010, 24: S49
  • Pype P, Symons L, Van den Eynden B. Influences on GP Decision Making for Choice of CME Sessions in Palliative Care. Palliative Medicine 2010, 24: S143
  • Harding R, Higginson IJ, on behalf of PRISMA. A pan-European co-ordinating action to advance the science in end-of-life cancer care, Eur J Cancer (2010), doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2010.01.035
  • Sigurdardottir KR et al. On behalf of PRISMA. Clinical priorities, barriers and solutions in end-of-life cancer care research across Europe. Report from a workshop. Eur J Cancer (2010), doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2010.03.012

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  • Pergolizzi JV, Mercadante S, Echaburu AV, Van den Eynden B, de Faria Fragoso RM, Mordaski S, Lybaert W, Beniak J, Oronska A, Slama O. The role of transdermal buprenorphine in the treatment of cancer pain: an expert panel consensus. Curr Med Opin 2009; 25(6):1517-1528
  • Van den Eynden B, Ceulemans L, Derycke N, Demeulenaere P, Lisaerde J, Van Bracht J, Thys G. Palliative Care by the general practitioner in Flanders: the Hipp Project. Conference Handbook of the 10th Australian Palliative Care Conference/8th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, Perth, 2009, 276
  • De Lepeleire J, Beyen A, Burin M, Ceulemans L, Fabri R, Ghijsbrecht G, Lisaerde J, Temmerman B, Van den Eynden, Van den Noortgate N. Euthanasie bij personen met dementie: reflecties van artsen. Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 2009, 65, 14-15, , 666-671
  • Gamester N, Van den Eynden B. The Relationship between Palliative Care and Legalized Euthanasia in Belgium. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2009, 12, 7, , 1-3
  • Mertens T, De Vlieger T, Vermeire E, Van den Eynden B. Het Zorgpad Stervensfase: implementatie in een residentiële eenheid voor palliatieve patiënten. Nederlands Tijdchrift voor Palliatieve Zorg 2008, 9, 3 6-14
  • De Vulder J, Hans G, Morlion B, Van den Eynden B. Transdermale buprenorfine. Een klinische en farmacologische stand van zaken. Tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 2008, 64, 12, 640-644
  • Van den Eynden B. Transdermal Buprenorphine in the Management of Cancer Pain. European Oncology 2008, 4, 30-32
  • Van den Eynden B, Lübbe A, Ahmedzai S. Een nieuw paradigma voor symptoomcontrole bij kankerpatiënten- het piramidemodel. Bijblijven, 2006, 22, 2
  • Demeulenaere P, Van den Eynden B. ‘Hallo met de referentiearts’: een andere manier om huisartsen te ondersteunen in de palliatieve thuiszorg? Bijblijven 2006, 22, 2
  • Van den Eynden B, Lübbe A, Ahmedzai S. Naar een nieuw paradigma voor symptoomcontrole bij kankerpatiënten? Het piramidemodel. Neuron 2005, 10, 8, 20-25
  • Devet K, Van den Eynden B. Palliatieve sedatie in de aanpak van refractaire dyspnoea: een literatuurstudie. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Palliatieve Zorg 2005, 6, 3, 61-69

Books

  • De Corte G, Dijkhoffz W, Van der Borgth M, Van den Eynden B. Leven naar het Einde. Een handboek voor de praktijk. Lannoo Campus, Leuven, 2006.
  • Keirse E. e.a. Organisatie van palliatieve zorg in België. Onderzoeksrapport. Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg, Brussel, 2009.
  • Raes D, Van den Eynden B, Conraads V. Cardiac Function Testing. In : Walsh D, Caraceni A, Fainsinger R, e.a. (Ed.) Palliative Medicine, Saunders Elseviers, Philadelphia, 2009: Chapter 72: 378-385
  • Van den Eynden B, Derycke N, Ceulemans L. Nutrition in Palliative Medecine. In: Walsh D, Caraceni A, Fainsinger R, e.a. (Ed.) Palliative Medicine, Saunders Elseviers, Philadelphia, 2009: Chapter 109: 607-611
  • Demeulenaere P, Van den Eynden B. Malignant ascites. In: Walsh D, Caraceni A, Fainsinger R, e.a. (Ed.) Palliative Medicine, Saunders Elseviers, Philadelphia, 2009: Chapter 224: 1260-1263
  • Van den Eynden B, Vanderoost A. Zorg rond het Sterven. In: Bilsen J, e.a. (Ed.) Palliatieve zorg voor Verpleegkundigen en Verzorgenden. Elsevier Gezondheidszorg 2010 (in druk)
  • Van den Eynden B. Pijn bij de kankerpatiënt. In: Welzijnsgids 2010, Aflevering 77, 125-139, Van 1-16 (In druk)


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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/bart-van-den-eynden-belgium-mentor/feed/ 0 M.R.Rajagopal, India, Mentor http://www.ipcrc.net/news/m-r-rajagopal-india-leader/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/m-r-rajagopal-india-leader/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:18 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=711 M.R.Rajagopal MD

M.R.Rajagopal MD

Chairman, Pallium India, and Director, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences Trivandrum, Kerala, India

E-mail: mrraj47@gmail.com, info@palliumindia.org
Skype: mrraj47

Dr M.R. Rajagopal feels strongly that the needless pain and suffering from life-limiting diseases in the developing world is scandalous, and works at identifying barriers and strategies to overcome them. He was one of the founders of the pioneering Pain and Palliative Care Society in Calicut in Kerala, India which made palliative care a popular movement in that state and the founder of Pallium India (www.palliumindia.org) which works towards improving access to palliative care in India.

Other Appointments

  • Coordinator, Post-graduate Board on Palliative Medicine, Medical Council of India.
  • Vice-chair, Asia Pacific Hospice Network (APHN)
  • Member of Developing Countries Task Force, International Association for Study of Pain (IASP)
  • Lifetime advisor, and member of Task Force on Access to Medicines, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)
  • Member, International Experts Committee, WHO Collaborating Center at Madison-Wisconsin, USA
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Palliative Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia. 15-30 April 2011

Key Accomplishments

  • Prime mover in the development of “National Standards for Palliative Care in India”, 2006-2008
  • Founder of Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 2006
  • Started the first university-recognized postgraduate course in Pain and Palliative Medicine in India (in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi), 2004
  • Founder of a charitable trust by name “Pallium India” which aims at improving coverage with quality in palliative care in India, concentrating mostly on areas inadequately addressed by existing organizations, particularly education and rehabilitation, 2003
  • Worked with the WHO Collaborating Center at Madison-Wisconsin and with Government of India to improve opioid availability in India. The work has so far resulted in simplification of narcotic regulations in 13 states in India as well as in uninterrupted availability of oral morphine from the Government Opium and Alkaloid factories in India, 1996-current
  • One of the founders of Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS) in Medical College, Calicut, in 1993. In 1995, it was recognized as a model demonstration project by the World Health Organisation, known for its suitability to the socio-cultural needs of the country, for its novel training programs and for its roots in the community. Over ten years, it developed into the biggest Palliative Care Centre in the country incorporating a major “Institute of Palliative Medicine” (IPM). Today, it has more than 100 link centres in various parts of Kerala.

Education / Honors

  • 10 weeks’ Certificate Course in Palliative Care, International School for Cancer Care, Oxford, U.K. – September-November, 1993
  • Membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS) in National Board of Examinations in Anesthesiology; 1987
  • Doctor of Medicine – Post-graduate Medical Degree in Anesthesiology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Medical College, Trivandrum, 1971
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) from St Berchman’s College, University of Kerala in First Class with Professor John Memorial Gold Medal, 1965

Key Publications
Journal articles

  • Rajagopal MR, Joranson DE. India: opioid availability – an update. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007; 33:5: 615-622.
  • Harris JT, Sureshkumar K, Rajagopal MR. Intravenous morphine for rapid control of severe cancer pain. Palliative Medicine, 2003; 17:248-256.
  • Joranson DE; Rajagopal MR; Gilson AM. Improving access to opioid analgesics for palliative care in India. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002; 24(2):152-9.
  • Rajagopal MR, Joranson DE, Gilson AM. Medical use, misuse and diversion of opioids in India. The Lancet. 2001. 358: 139-143.
  • Rajagopal MR, Sureshkumar K. Organisation of a palliative care service – the calicut experiment. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. 1997; 3(2); 15-19.

Books & chapters in books:

  • Rajagopal MR, Twycross RG. Providing palliative care in resource-poor countries. . In: Hanks G, Cherny NA, Fallon M, Kaasa S, Portenoy RK (eds), Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine 4th (ed). Oxford University Press, Oxford; 2009.
  • Rajagopal MR, Mazza D, Lipman AG (ed) Pain and Palliative Care in the Developing World and Marginalized Populations: A Global Challenge. Haworth Medical Press, New York, 2003.

Key Presentations

  • Pain in the developing world. Plenary Lecture. World Pain Congress: International Association for Study of Pain (IASP), Glasgow, UK, 18-22 August 2008
  • India: Successes, Limitations and Lessons to Learn. Plenary lecture. Bi-annual conference of International Association for Pain and Chemical Dependency. New York. 21-24 June 2007
  • Distinguished lecture series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver and Victoria. May 2007.

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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/m-r-rajagopal-india-leader/feed/ 0 Lukas Radbruch, Germany, Mentor http://www.ipcrc.net/news/lukas-radbruch-germany-leader/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/lukas-radbruch-germany-leader/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:59:57 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=645 Lukas Radbruch, MD

Lukas Radbruch, MD

Chair of Palliative Medicine
University of Bonn, Germany

E-mail: lukas.radbruch@malteser.org
Skype: lukas.radbruch

Professor Lukas Radbruch is the Chair of Palliative Medicine at the University of Bonn, in the Western part of Germany. He has been the first Chair of Palliative Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University in Aachen from 2003-2010. Professor Radbruch attended medical school in Bonn, Germany, specialized in anaesthesiology and completed his habilitation (the German equivalent of a PhD) in 2000 in Cologne. His main research interests include symptom assessment, opioid treatment, fatigue, cachexia and ethical issues in palliative care. Professor Radbruch is involved in European palliative care research collaboratives and coordinates the project Access To Opioid Medication in Europe, which is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission.

Other Appointments

  • International Associate Faculty and Mentor, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California, USA, 2010 to present
  • Head of the Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
  • Head of the Centre of Palliative Care, Malteser Hospital Bonn / Rhein-Sieg, Germany, present
  • Member of the Board of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, present
  • Past-president of the European Association for Palliative Care, 2010-2011
  • Member of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Board, 2004-present
  • Member of the Expert Commission of the German Narcotic Control Agency, 2004-present
  • Editor of the journal Der Schmerz (Impact factor 1.4)
  • Member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC)

Key Accomplishments

  • Coordinator of the ATOME consortium (Access to opioid medications in Europe) funded by the 7th Framework programme of the European Commission, 2009-present

Education / Honors

  • Habilitation in Anesthesiology and Palliative Medicine at the University of Cologne, 2000

Key Publications
Journal articles

  • Caraceni A, Hanks G, Kaasa S, Bennett MI, Brunelli C, Cherny N, Dale O, De Conno F, Fallon M, Hanna M, Haugen DF, Juhl G, King S, Klepstad P, Laugsand EA, Maltoni M, Mercadante S, Nabal M, Pigni A, Radbruch L, Reid C, Sjogren P, Stone PC, Tassinari D, Zeppetella G; for the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC); on behalf of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC). Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC. Lancet Oncology 13 (2012) e58-e68
  • Radbruch L, Trottenberg P, Elsner F, Kaasa S, Caraceni A: Systematic Review on the Role of Alternative Application Routes for Opioid Treatment for Moderate to Severe Cancer Pain: an Epcrc Opioid Guidelines Project. Palliative Medicine 25 (2011) 578-96
  • Ries A, Trottenberg P, Elsner F, Stiel S, Haugen D, Kaasa S, Radbruch L. A systematic review on the role of fish oil for the treatment of cachexia in advanced cancer: An EPCRC cachexia guidelines project. Palliat Med (2011) online first
  • Cherny N, Baselga J, De Conno F, Radbruch L: Formulary availability and regulatory barriers to accessibility of opioids for cancer pain in Europe: a report from the ESMO/EAPC Opioid Policy Initiative. Ann Oncol 21 (2010) 615-26
  • Peuckmann-Post V, Elsner F, Krumm N, Trottenberg P, Radbruch L. Pharmacological treatments for fatigue associated with palliative care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010 , Issue 11 . Art. No.: CD006788. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006788.pub2
  • Radbruch L, Payne S, Bercovitch M, Caraceni A, de Vlieger T, Firth P, Hegedus K, Nabal M, Rhebergen A, Smidlin E, Sjögren P, Tishelman C, Wood C, de Conno F: White paper on standards and norms for hospice and palliative care in Europe part 1– recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care. European Journal of Palliative Care 16 (2009) 278-89
  • Radbruch L, Payne S, Bercovitch M, Caraceni A, de Vlieger T, Firth P, Hegedus K, Nabal M, Rhebergen A, Smidlin E, Sjögren P, Tishelman C, Wood C, de Conno F: White paper on standards and norms for hospice and palliative care in Europe part 2– recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care. European Journal of Palliative Care 17 (2010) 22-33
  • Walsh D, Caraceni A, Fainsinger R, Foley K, Glare P, Goh C, Lloyd-Williams M, Nunez-Olarte J, Radbruch L: Palliative Medicine. Elsevier, Philadelphia 2009 (ISBN 978-0-323-05674-8)

Key Presentations

  • Radbruch L: Current Highlights of European Palliative Care Developments. Symposium “Palliative Care in Europe – Challenges and Current Developments”, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, 16. February 2011
  • Radbruch L: Diversity in palliative care needs, delivery and outcomes in Europe. 11th Australian Palliative Care Conference, Cairns, 29. August – 2. September 2011
  • Radbruch L: Neues aus der Opioidtherapie. Symposium ” Innovative Therapien in der Palliativmedizin” der Paul Martini Stiftung , Berlin, 25. November 2011
  • Pogany-Wnendt P, Radbruch L, Ruben S, Wagner G: 60 Years after the Holocaust – Repercussions into the Germany of Today (Paneldiskussion), Tagung der International Working Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement, Bergisch-Gladbach, 11. Mai 2010
  • Radbruch L: Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: where is the research frontier today? A topical review. 6th Research Congress of the European Association for Palliaitive Care, Glasgow, 11. Juni 2010
  • Radbruch L: Die Notwendigkeit nationaler Standards und internationaler Netzwerke zur Palliativversorgung. Präsentation der Charta zur Betreuung von schwerkranken und sterbenden Menschen in Deutschland, Berlin, 8. September 2010
  • Radbruch L: What doctors contribute – team work in palliative care. 35th ESMO Congress, Mailand, 9. Oktober 2010
  • Radbruch L: A European Palliative Care? Cultural differences between the member states. Forum Against Cancer Europe, European Parliament, Brüssel, 16. November 2010

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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/lukas-radbruch-germany-leader/feed/ 0 Henry Ddungu, Uganda, Leader http://www.ipcrc.net/news/henry-ddungu-uganda/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/henry-ddungu-uganda/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:41:42 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=524 Henry Ddungu, MD

Henry Ddungu, MD

Consultant, Uganda Cancer Institute
Kampala, Uganda

E-mail: hddungu@gmail.com
Skype: ddungu

Dr. Henry Ddungu is a consultant with the African Palliative Care Association (APCA), an organization with a mission to ensure palliative care is widely understood, integrated into health systems at all levels, and underpinned by evidence in order to reduce pain and suffering across Africa. He has worked with Palliative Care Organizations in Uganda and Africa initially as a clinician providing palliative care services to terminally ill cancer and AIDS patients and later as an Advocacy Manager for Africa. He has been passionate about teaching and is actively teaching palliative care in Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique, Botswana, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. His focus is seeing that all those in need of palliative care, including opioids, can access them throughout Africa.

Other Appointments:

  • Senior Fellow, Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases (UPCID), collaboration between the Uganda Cancer Institute and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
  • Associate Clinical Professor (Adjunct), McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Medicine.
  • Fellow, International Pain and Policy Studies Group (PPSG), University of Wisconsin
  • Honorary Lecturer, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine

Key Accomplishments:

  • Advocacy manager with APCA. Advocate for improved access to and availability of opioids for palliative care patients in about 18 countries in Africa through regional workshops on access to opioids.
  • Presentations on advocacy for palliative care at various international meetings.
  • Leader, publication of multiple APCA advocacy materials.
  • Member, International Expert Collaboration (IEC) for advancing opioid availability globally.

Education / Honors:

  • Leader, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, San Diego, CA, USA, 2010-2011
  • International Pain Policy Fellow, Pain and Policy Studies Group, WHO Collaborating Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2006-2007
  • Fellowship (Hematology/Oncology), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CA 2004-2005
  • Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 2000-2003
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1992-1997

Key Publications:

  1. Ddungu H: Palliative care: what approaches are suitable in developing countries? Br J Haematol 2011
    Powell RA, Kaye RM, Ddungu H, Mwangi-Powell F: Advancing drug availability-experiences from Africa. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010, 40(1):9-12
  2. Mukaya JE, Ddungu H, Ssali F, O’Shea T, Crowther MA: Prevalence and morphological types of anaemia and hookworm infestation in the medical emergency ward, Mulago Hospital, Uganda. S Afr Med J 2009, 99(12):881-886
    Ddungu H, Johnson JL, Smieja M, Mayanja-Kizza H: Digital clubbing in tuberculosis–relationship to HIV infection, extent of disease and hypoalbuminemia. BMC Infect Dis 2006, 6:45


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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/henry-ddungu-uganda/feed/ 0 Eric L. Krakauer, USA, Mentor http://www.ipcrc.net/news/eric-l-krakauer-usa/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/eric-l-krakauer-usa/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:00:16 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=617 Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD

Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD

Director, Center for Palliative Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Global Health & Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Dr. Eric Krakauer previously served as Director and Senior Consultant in Palliative Care of the Vietnam-CDC-Harvard Medical School AIDS Partnership (VCHAP), an organization he founded in 2002. In these roles, he has trained over one thousand Vietnamese physicians and nurses in HIV/AIDS care and palliative care. Currently, he is assisting Vietnam’s Ministry of Health to integrate palliative care into HIV/AIDS and cancer care nationwide. He practices internal medicine and palliative care at Massachusetts General Hospital where he previously directed the Fellowship Program in Palliative Medicine and currently serves as Co-Chair of the hospital’s ethics committee. he International Program of the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, based at Massachusetts General Hospital, provides training and technical assistance in pain relief and palliative care to Ministries of Health, hospitals, and colleagues in developing countries. We assist with integration of palliative care into comprehensive care for patients with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other serious chronic illnesses.

Other Appointments

  • International Associate Faculty and Mentor, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California, USA, 2010 to present
  • Associate Physician, Palliative Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Consultant, International Palliative Care Initiative, Open Society Foundations
  • Member, Board of Directors, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Global Task Force for Expanding Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries
  • Member, International Expert Collaborative, International Pain Policy Fellowship, University of Wisconsin

Education

  • MD, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
  • PhD in Philosophy, Yale University Graduate School, USA

Key Publications
Journal articles

  • Krakauer EL, Nguyen NM, Green K, Le KV, Luong KN (2007). Vietnam: integrating palliative care into HIV/AIDS and cancer care. J Pain Symptom Manage, 33:578-83.
  • Smith AK, Davis RB, Krakauer EL (2007). Differences in the quality of the patient-physician relationship among terminally ill African American and white patients: impact on advance care planning and treatment preferences. J Gen Intern Med, 22:1579-82.
  • De Lima L, Krakauer E, Lorenz K, Praill D, MacDonald N, Doyle D (2007). Ensuring palliative medicine availability: the development of the IAHPC list of essential medicines for palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage, 33:521-26.
  • Krakauer EL (2008). Just palliative care: responding responsibly to the suffering of the poor. J Pain Symptom Manage, 36:505-512.
  • Krakauer EL, Cham NTP, Khue LN (2010). Vietnam’s palliative care initiative: successes and challenges in the first five years. J Pain Symptom Manage, 40:27-30.
  • Krakauer EL, Wenk R, Buitrago R, Jenkins P, Scholten W (2010). Opioid inaccessibility and its human consequences: reports from the field. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother, 24:239-243.
  • Billings JA, Krakauer EL (2011) On patient autonomy and physician responsibility in end-of-life care. Arch Intern Med, 171:849-853.
  • Blinderman CD, Krakauer EL, Solomon MZ (2012). Time to revise our current approach to determining cardiopulmonary resuscitation status. JAMA, in press.

Books

  • Krakauer EL. The disposition of the subject: reading Adorno’s dialectic of technology. Evanston: Northwestern University Press; 1998.

Book Chapters & Other

  • Krakauer EL. To be freed from the infirmity of (the) age: subjectivity, life-sustaining treatment, and palliative medicine. In: Biehl J, Good B, Kleinman A, eds. Subjectivity: ethnographic investigations. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2007.
  • Krakauer EL. Palliative care. In: Goroll Ah, Mulley AG, eds. In: Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient, sixth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott; 2009.
  • Gwyther L, Krakauer E. World Palliative Care Alliance policy statement on defining palliative care. World Palliative Care Alliance, 2009. Available at: http://www.thewpca.org/resources/
  • Krakauer EL, Quinn TE. Sedation in palliative medicine. In: Hanks G, Cherny N, Christakis N, Fallon MT, Kaasa S, Portenoy RK, eds. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, fourth edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2010.
  • Krakauer EL (ed.). Palliative Care in Vietnam (CD). Boston: Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, 2011. This CD contains in both English and Vietnamese the complete basic and advanced training materials in palliative medicine developed by the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care in collaboration with Ministry of Health of Vietnam

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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/eric-l-krakauer-usa/feed/ 0 Deborah Dudgeon, Canada, Mentor http://www.ipcrc.net/news/deborah-dudgeon-canada-leader/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/deborah-dudgeon-canada-leader/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:00:42 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=688 Deborah Dudgeon, MD, FRCPC

Deborah Dudgeon, MD, FRCPC

W. Ford Connell Professor of Palliative, Care Medicine

E-mail: dudgeond@kgh.kari.net

Dr. Dudgeon is the Director of the Palliative Care Medicine Program at Queen’s University. The Program provides clinical care in the community, and consultation and primary care in Kingston General Hospital and St Mary’s of the Lake and outpatient clinics in the Cancer Center of Southeastern Ontario. Queen’s University provides education to undergraduate medical students, postgraduate students and continuing medical education for practicing physicians and nurses. Dr. Dudgeon’s research interests include the etiology and management of patients with dyspnea and health services research.

Other Appointments

  • International Associate Faculty and Mentor, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California, USA, 2012 to present
  • Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Director of Palliative Care Medicine Program, Queen’s University
  • Co-chair, Advisory Committee of the Palliative Medicine Conjoint Training Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada
  • Co-chair, working group for the development of a subspecialty in Palliative Medicine in Canada
  • Past President, Canadian Society of Palliative Care Medicine
  • Past member, Advisory Committee of Research, National Cancer Institute of Canada
  • Past co-chair, Symptom Control Committee, National Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group

Key Accomplishments

  • Inaugural Head of Palliative Care for Cancer Care Ontario; helped to further integrate palliative care into the 14 regional cancer centers
  • While at Cancer Care Ontario, helped to implement a system for screening the intensity of symptoms for patients with cancer and the development of guides to practice the management of symptoms
  • Conducted studies to determine the etiology of dyspnea in patients with cancer.

Education / Honors

  • Award of Excellence, Ontario Medical Association Palliative Care Section, 2011
  • The Eduardo Bruera Award in Palliative Medicine, Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, 2009
  • Innovations in Health Care Awards. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, 2008
  • Premier’s Award, Health Sciences (nominated by George Brown College), 2005
  • Ontario Palliative Care Association Dorothy Ley Award of Excellence in Palliative Care, 2004
  • The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship in Medicine, University of Rochester, 1990-1991
  • Instructor and Fellow of Oncology in Medicine, University of Rochester, 1988-1990
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Ottawa General and Ottawa Civic Hospitals, University of Ottawa, 1988
  • Comprehensive Internship: Internal Medicine, Ottawa General Hospital, University of Ottawa, 1986
  • Medical Degree, McMaster University Medical School, 1985

Key Publications
Journal articles

  • Dudgeon D., Knott TC., Eichholz M., Lochhaas Gerlach J., Chapman C., Viola R., Van Dijk J., Preston S., Batchelor D., Bartfay E. Palliative Care Integration Project (PCIP) Quality Improvement Strategy Evaluation. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2008; 35(6): 573-582.
  • Dudgeon D., Knott T.C., Chapman C., Coulson K., Jeffery E., Preston S., Eichholz M., Van Dijk J.P., Smith A. Development, Implementation and Process Evaluation of a Regional Palliative Care Quality Improvement Project. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2009; 38(4): 483-495.
  • Dudgeon D., Vaitonis V., Seow H., King S., Angus H., Sawka C. Ontario, Canada: Using Networks to Integrate Palliative Care Province-Wide. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2007; 33(5): 640-644.
  • Barbera L., Taylor C., Dudgeon D. Why do cancer patients visit the emergency department near the end of life? CMAJ 2010; 182(6): 563-568.
  • Barbera L., Seow H., Howell D., Sutradhar R., Earle C., Liu Y., Stitt A., Husain A., Sussman J., Dudgeon D. Symptom burden and performance status in a population-based cohort of ambulatory cancer patients. Cancer. 2010; 116(24):5767-76.
  • Dudgeon D.J., Lertzman M. Dyspnea in the advanced cancer patient. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 1998; 16:4 pp 212-219.
  • Chochinov H.V., Tataryn D., Clinch J.J., Dudgeon D. Will to Live in the Terminally Ill. The Lancet 1999; 354(9181): 816-819.
  • Dudgeon D.J., Kristjanson L.J., Sloan J.A., Lertzman M., Clement,K. Dyspnea in Cancer Patients: Prevalence and Associated Factors. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2001; 21(2): 95-102.
  • Dudgeon D.J., Lertzman M., Askew J.R. Physiological Changes and Clinical Correlations of Dyspnea in Cancer Outpatients. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2001; 21(5): 373-379.

Books

  • Co-Editor: MacDonald, N., Boisvert, M., Dudgeon, D., Hagen N, Doyle, D. (eds): Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual. Oxford University Press. 1998.
  • Co-Editor: Sara Booth & Deborah Dudgeon (Eds.) Dyspnea in Advanced Disease – A Guide to Clinical Management. Oxford University Press. 2006.

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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/deborah-dudgeon-canada-leader/feed/ 0 Mark Boughey, Australia, Mentor http://www.ipcrc.net/news/mark-boughey-australia/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/mark-boughey-australia/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:46 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=574 Mark Boughey, M.B.B.S. B.Med.Sc. Dip Pall Med, MPH, FAChPM

Mark Boughey, M.B.B.S. B.Med.Sc. Dip Pall Med, MPH, FAChPM

Associate Professor
St Vincent’s Palliative Care Services
& Centre for Palliative Care
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

E-mail: mark.boughey@svhm.org.au
Skype: windsorlads

Dr. Boughey is especially interested in the promotion and incorporation of palliative care principles and practices across all illness/disease trajectories; working through the many levels of government and health care network strategic planning and policy development through to on the ground curriculum development, training and teaching. This is reflected in his work to be of influence on key platforms & organizations within the Australian healthcare system. He particularly enjoys his work with education and program implementation as well as service development initiatives within Australia’s indigenous communities.

Other Appointments

  • International Associate Faculty and Mentor, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California, USA, 2012 to present
  • Director of Palliative Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Co-Deputy Director of Centre for Palliative Care, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Clinical Lead & Chair, Victorian Palliative Care Clinical Network, Department of Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Chapter of Palliative Medicine

Key Accomplishments

  • Member of the Council, Australia and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
  • Executive Chair for the Victorian Palliative Medicine Training Program
  • Executive Chair for the Victorian End-of-Life Pathways Coordination Program
  • Physician advisor to the Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative
  • Co author & developer of the Renal Palliative Care Pathways for the Northern Territory, Australia

Education / Honors

  • Masters of Public Health, Monash University, Victoria, Australia 2008
  • Fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine, RACP, 2000
  • Diploma Of Palliative Medicine, University of Melbourne, 1998
  • M.B.B.S, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1986
  • Bachelor of Medical Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1982

Key Publications

  • Stephanov N, Quinn K, Boughey M. End of Life Care and Care Pathways in Victoria, Centre Palliative Care, Melbourne, 2011
  • Quinn, K, Glaetzer, K, Hudson, P, Boughey, M. – “Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Competencies”, 1st edition, Centre Palliative Care, Melbourne, 2011
  • Quinn, K, Glaetzer, K, Hudson, P, Boughey, M. – “Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Cirriculum”, 1st edition, Centre Palliative Care, Melbourne, 2010
  • Book Chapter-: “The management of locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer” Clinical Practice Guidelines, April 2010, Cancer Council of Australia
  • Book Chapter-: “Therapeutic Guidelines in Palliative Care – 3rd edition, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, Melbourne 2010, – contributing author, Boughey, M. Melbourne, 2010
  • Journal Edition: “Referral patterns to a palliative care service in rural Australia servicing indigenous Australians”. Internal Medicine Journal, Vol: 40, Issue 11, Nov 2010

Key Presentations

  • Paper & abstract publication:” Pain at the end-of-life: is euthanasia really the answer” – Australian Pain Society Annual Scientific Congress, Darwin, Australia, 2011
  • Paper & abstract publication: “Dying with Dignity, Euthanasia and PAS: Lessons Learned at the Bedside” – 18th International Congress in Palliative Care, Montreal, Canada, 2010
  • Paper & abstract publication: “Enhancing Workforce Capacity through Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners in Victoria, Australia – 18th International Congress in Palliative Care, Montreal, Canada, 2010
  • Paper & abstract publication: “At the end of the Track: Insights & Reflections into the Health Care Issues for Rural and Remote Aboriginal Australians” – ASA 2010 Melbourne Annual National Conference, May 2010
  • Paper & abstract publication: European Association of Palliative Care Biennial conference. Renal Palliative Care in remote Indigenous Communities of Northern Territory. Vienna, May 2009
  • Paper & abstract publication: Renal Society of Australasia. Renal Palliative Care, Rotorua, New Zealand, March 2009
  • Paper: “Return to Country” the cultural imperative for indigenous Australians to die in their community. The integration of the need to return to the communities, the barriers and how this affects palliative care provision

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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/mark-boughey-australia/feed/ 0 Dr Priyadarshini Kulkarni, India, Leader http://www.ipcrc.net/news/dr-priyadarshini-kulkarni-india/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/dr-priyadarshini-kulkarni-india/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:07:17 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=495 Dr Priyadarshini Kulkarni, MBBS, DA, BCCPM, APHN Diploma, GCH (Pal C), FNCC

Dr Priyadarshini Kulkarni

Medical Director, Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre, Pune, India

E-mail: priyadarshini.kulkarni@gmail.com
Skype: dr.priyadarshini.kulkarni

Dr. Priyadarshini Kulkarni is the Medical Director at Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre, Pune, India. She heads a team of Doctors, Nurses, Medical Social workers and Volunteers that provides holistic palliative care to cancer patients, free of cost. This centre provides inpatient, outpatient and homecare services.

Dr Kulkarni also initiates training programs at the centre for professionals from various walks of life, including new members of the team, especially in the areas of pain management, symptom control and counselling. She is committed to establish palliative services all over Maharashtra State.

Other Appointments:

  • Consultant, Palliative Care Medicine, Sahyadri Specialty Hospital, Pune, India
  • Secretary, Maharashtra Chapter, Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC)
  • Certified Teacher, EPEC India curriculum

Key Accomplishments:

  • Secretary, Maharashtra State Chapter of Indian Association Of Palliative Care
  • Past, Core Committee Member, Indian Association of Palliative Care
  • Led an initiative for developing software for Cipla Centre to provide better data management and build a database for future research activities

Education / Honors:

  • International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative Diploma, San Diego, CA USA, Cohort 1, 2010-2011
  • Scholarship for BCCPM course, a WHO-recognized course at Calicut, Kerala, India
  • Training in Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, in Pain & Palliative Medicine, 2001
  • Lien Foundation Fellowship, APHN Diploma in Palliative Medicine
  • Commonwealth scholarship for MSc, Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University, UK
  • Fellowship from International Association for Study of Pain
  • Clinical Fellowship, National Cancer Center, Singapore
  • Certificate in Health (Pal C), Flinders University, Australia

Key Publications:

  • Hospital-based Palliative Care: A case for integrating care with cure. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. Year: 2011 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 4 | Page: 74-76
  • Use of Turmeric and Curds in Fungating Wounds; Asia Pacific Hospice Care Conference, Jan 2005
  • Management of Maggots in Cancer Wounds, IJPC Dec 2004
  • Use of Hydrocortisone Enema for per Rectal Bleeding in Cancer Patients – IAPC, Chandigarh Conference, 2004

Key Presentations:

  • Role of Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS, Bharati Deemed University, January 2012
  • Hospital Based Palliative Care – Need for Development of Palliative Care Services in India, APHN conference, Penang, Malaysia, July 2011 (Poster)
  • Technology Boost for Efficient Palliative Care Services at International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care, Trichy, India, February 2010
  • Prescribing Analgesics in Children, International Conference of Pediatric Palliative Care arranged by CHI international, Sept 2007
  • Holistic Approach of Pain Management, ISSP Pain Conference, Jan 2005
  • Training Govt. Officials in Palliative Care, IAPC, Chandigarh Conference, Jan 2004

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]]> http://www.ipcrc.net/news/dr-priyadarshini-kulkarni-india/feed/ 4 Vadim Pogonet, Republic of Moldova, Leader http://www.ipcrc.net/news/vadim-pogonet-republic-of-moldova/ http://www.ipcrc.net/news/vadim-pogonet-republic-of-moldova/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:01 +0000 IPCRC.net http://www.ipcrc.net/news/?p=492 Vadim Pogonet, MD

Vadim Pogonet, MD

University Assistant

Institute of Oncology and University of Medicine and Farmacy “N. Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

E-mail: vadimpg@gmail.com
Skype: vadimpg1

Dr. Vadim Pogonet is an anesthesiologist-intensive care specialist in the Institute of Oncology, Republic of Moldova. With competence in palliative care and chronic pain, he is also involved in supporting the development of Palliative Care in his country. To increase awareness about palliative care, he develops documents that push forward cancer pain control and palliative care in Moldova. Recently, with the support of the OSF and the local Soros organization, he is promoting palliative care, as Mobile Multidisciplinary Team, in the Institute of Oncology, the only medical institution in Moldova dealing with cancer treatment.

Other Appointments:

  • University Assistant at the Chair of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, N.Testemitanu, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
  • Trainer of Trainers in Palliative Care, Republic of Moldova
  • Member, IAHPC
  • Member, Moldova Oncology Society
  • Member, Moldova Anesthesiology-Intensive Care Society

Key Accomplishments:

  • Task force member which developed the Concept for Palliative Care in Republic of Moldova, 2009
  • Development of the National Clinical Guideline for Cancer Pain, 2009-2011
  • Key organizer/lecturer, Cancer Pain and Palliative Care lecture series, 2010-2011
  • Study participant, “End of life care practices in the Republic of Moldova”, 2010-2011

Education / Honors:

  • International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative Diploma, San Diego, CA, USA, 2010-2011
  • National Trainer of Trainers course, Hospice and Palliative Care Society, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 2010
  • 2 Courses of Competence in Palliative Care, Palliative Care Education Center, Casa Sperantei, Brasov, Romania, 2001–2002
  • Fellowship, Pain and Palliative Care, Leicester Royal Infirmary, NHS, Leicester, United Kingdom, 2000
  • Internship, Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Institute of Oncology, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 1989
  • Medical Degree, Chisinau State Institute of Medicine, 1988

Key Publications:

  • Kellehear, A., Pogonet, V., Mindruta-Stratan, R., Gorelco, V. (2011). Care of the dying in the Republic of Moldova. Chisinau, National Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO

Key Presentations:

  • Pogonet, V., Cernat, V., Gabunia, M., Jovmir, V., Monul, V., Cosciug, N., Mindruta, R. The perception of cancer pain control quality at district oncologists in Republic of Moldova, Poster Presentation, EAPC Congres, Lisbon, Portugal, May, 18-21, 2011
  • Pogonet, V., Cernat, V., Developing and implementing a pain protocol, Oral Presentation, XII National Palliative Care Conference, Bucharest, Romania, October 12-15, 2011
  • Pogonet, V., Cernat, V., National Clinical Protocol ‘Cancer Pain’, Oral Presentation, National Palliative Care Conference, Chisinau, Moldova, October 20

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