Head of Palliative Care
Makerere University
Uganda

E-mail: dr@mhoira.net.com
Skype: mhoira leng

Dr Mhoira Leng is a palliative care physician committed to working to integrate palliative care into health systems and to support the development of equality of access to palliative care. She has a particular interest in international palliative care and is committed to working alongside partners in the developing world to build capacity, offer mentorship, support curriculum development and new models of care. Since 1998 she has travelled to Eastern Europe, extensively within India as well as Africa leaving the NHS UK in 2005 to allow her to work full time in international settings.

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
• Medical Director, Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust, Scotland
• Board member International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
• Advisor Mehac Foundation, India

Key Accomplishments

• Lead development of an academic unit and centre of excellence for Palliative Care in East Africa’s oldest university, Makerere, with the goal to scale up and implement a sustainable, Ugandan-led model Palliative Care Unit in collaboration with our partners, which delivers and demonstrates a quality evidence-based service at the Mulago hospital site and carries out research, training and capacity building, 2008-present
• Founder and First Medical Director, Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust registered in Scotland whose vision is to facilitate the growth of Palliative Care in the developing world by supporting education and training, 2005-present
• Consultant, NHS Grampian and Honorary Senior Lecturer Aberdeen University, 1995-2005

Education / Honors

• FRCP Edinburgh, 2001
• FRCP Glasgow, 1999
• MRCP(UK), 1990
• MBChB, Aberdeen University, 1987

Key Publications
Journal articles

• Leng M. Networking and Training in Palliative Care – Challenging Values and Changing Practice. IJCP Supplement, Jan 2011
• Grant L, Downing J, Namukwaya E, Leng M & Murray SA. Palliative Care in Africa Since 2005: Good Progress, But Much Further To Go. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 2011, 1:14
• Grant L, Brown J, Leng M, Bettega N & Murray SA. Palliative Care Making a Difference in Rural Uganda, Kenya and Malawi: Three Rapid Evaluation Field Studies. BMC Palliative Care 2011, 10:8.
• Logie D, Grant L, Leng M, Murray SA. Mentoring Palliative Care Staff in Low Income Countries has Benefits for All. European Journal of Palliative Care, 2011; 18(5)

Books

• APCA Pocket Book for Palliative Care; Chapter Contributor, 2010
• Leng MEF. Availability of Opioids for Cancer Pain Management in African Countries. Proceedings from 16th IAPC Conference, New Delhi, 2009
• Opioids in Developing Countries in Opioids in Cancer Pain, 2nd Edition; Mellar D, Glare P, Hardy J, Quigley C Oxford University Press, 2009
• ‘Death and Dying’ Chapter in Health and Illness in the Community. Edited by Taylor R; Smith B and Edward Teijlingen E Oxford University Press, 2003

Resources

• Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust
• Mhoira’s BLOG
• MEHAC foundation
• International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care IAHPC

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

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 Faculty Member, San Diego Institute of Palliative Medicine
• 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

Resources

• International Program, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, based at the Massachusetts General Hospital Palliative Care Service:
• International Palliative Care Initiative, Open Society Foundations
• International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
• Global Task Force for Expanding Access to Cancer Care & Control in Developing Countries
• International Pain Policy Fellowship, Pain & Policy Studies Group, University of Wisconsin

Coordinator Department Anesthesia, Pain and Palliative Medicine
Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
Jaipur, India

E-mail: carljohan.furst@ki.se
Skype: carljohan_1

Dr Fürst has a special interest in the development and quality improvement of End-of-Life care. He is also focusing on the prevention of complicated grief including screening for predictors and interventions for significant others, particularly adolescents/young adults, communication skills in cancer and palliative care and leadership development in palliative care.

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
• Consultant, Palliative Care Services, Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
• Professor, Palliative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Key Accomplishments

• Chair, Swedish National Guidelines for Palliative Care, present
• National Coordinator, Swedish Version, Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying, present
• Responsible, Swedish Core Group of the EU 7th Framework Project OPCARE9, 2008-11
• Chair, Scientific Committee, EAPC Congress in Budapest, 2007
• Funding Chair, Swedish National Council for Palliative Care, 2005-present
• Member, Steering Committee of the Research Network of EAPC, 1997-present
• Board of Directors, European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), 1995-2003
• Expert on Palliative Care, Swedish National Cancer Strategy
• Development of the Swedish Palliative Care Register

Education / Honors

• Professor, Dept of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009
• Associate Professor, Oncology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 1993
• Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 1989
• Specialist in Oncology, Radiumehmmet, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm Sweden, 1986
• Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 1981

Resources

• Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation
• Karolinska Institutet

Professor of Palliative Medicine
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, England

E-mail: j.e.ellershaw@liverpool.ac.uk

Prof. John Ellershaw was appointed Medical Director at the Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool and Clinical Director at the Directorate of Palliative Care at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in 1994. He has contributed to the development of specialist palliative care services in Liverpool. He has led the development of palliative care education at undergraduate and postgraduate level within the University of Liverpool and has been involved in the development of the research and development programmes. In June 2005 he became Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine at the University of Liverpool. This is the first Chair in Palliative Medicine at the University of Liverpool and provides a focal point for future educational and research developments; the main research theme is care of the dying.

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, 2012-13
• National Deputy Clinical Director for End of Life Care, Department of Health, England, 2010-present
• Visiting Professor in Palliative Medicine, Sal Salvador University, Buenos Aires, 2007-present
• Director, Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute, Liverpool, 2004-present
• National Clinical Lead, Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying (LCP) Programme, present

Key Accomplishments

• The LCP Programme has developed within the National Cancer Services Collaborative, then within The National End of Life Programme, and more recently has been highlighted as best practice for Care of the Dying in the End of Life Strategy for England. A key part of this programme is the National Audit for Care of the Dying in hospitals which is now in its third round and includes over 120 hospitals. There are 20 countries from around the world engaged in the programme.
• Lead, Initiative to Improve End of Life Care in Acute Hospitals in England

Education / Honors

• Honorary PhD, Edge Hill University, 2011
  FRCP (UK), 1999
  Full Accreditation in Palliative Medicine, 1994
  MA (Wales), 1992
  MB BCh, Welsh National School of Medicine Cardiff, 1984

Key Publications
Journal articles

• Ellershaw JE (2007) Editorial – Care of the dying: what a difference an LCP makes! Palliative Medicine 21:365-386
• Larkin, P.J., Sykes, N.P., Centeno, C., Ellershaw JE, Elsner, F., Eugene, B., Gootjes, J.R.G., Nabal, M., Noguera, A., Ripamonti, C., Zucco, F., Zuurmond, W.W.A. (2008) The management of constipation in palliative care: Clinical practice recommendations Palliative Medicine, 22 (7), pp. 796-807
• Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Aldridge J, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE (2009) Continuous quality improvement in care of the dying with the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient. International Journal of Care Pathways; 13: pp. 51-56
• Douglas, C., Murtagh, F.E.M. Chambers, E.J., Howse, M., Ellershaw JE (2009) Symptom management for the adult patient dying with advanced chronic kidney disease: A review of the literature and development of evidence-based guidelines by a United Kingdom Expert Consensus Group Palliative Medicine, 23 (2), pp. 103-110
• Jack, B.A., Littlewood, C., Eve, A., Murphy, D., Khatri, A., Ellershaw JE (2009) Reflecting the scope and work of palliative care teams today: An action research project to modernise a national minimum data set, Palliative Medicine, 23 (1), pp. 80-86
• Mason SR & Ellershaw JE (2010) Undergraduate training in palliative medicine: Is more necessarily better? Palliative Medicine 24 (3), pp. 306-309
• Ellershaw, J., Dewar, S. & Murphy, D. (2010) ‘Achieving a good death for all’ British Medical Journal. 341 (7774) pp. 656-658

Key Presentations

• JE Ellershaw. ‘From Pathways to Paradigms’ Challenges in Clinical Practice – ‘Diagnosing Dying.’ Keynote speaker, 9th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, Penang, Malaysia, July 14-17, 2011
• JE Ellershaw. ‘The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient.’ Congress ‘Zorgpaden’ (Care Pathways), University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands, January 29, 2010

Resources

• Marie Cure Palliative Care Institute Liverpool
• The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient