Palliative Care Chat Podcast
Palliative Care Chat™ is a podcast series hosted by Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE, professor and executive director of advanced post-graduate education in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and director of the online MS in Palliative Care and Graduate Certificates program.
The podcast is designed for health care professionals who are interested in hospice and palliative care, particularly those who may be interested in enrolling in the online MS in Palliative Care and Graduate Certificates program.
To listen to previous episodes, please explore the following pages: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017.
Episode 81: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Marian Grant, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN
Trained in nursing, palliative care is a second career for palliative care after working in marketing. Dr. Grant trained as an acute care nurse practitioner and moved into palliative care. She completed a policy fellowship and has used her talent to push forward a palliative care agenda and facilitate better language in palliative care. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 80: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Dr. Pamela Hinds, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN
Trained as a psychiatric nurse, Dr. Hinds has had a significant impact in pediatric oncology and palliative care. She has served on several Institute of Medicine panels which produced reports on pediatric palliative care, the National Institute of Nursing Research for end-of-life and Palliative Care Science, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 79: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Joan Teno, MD
Trained as a physician, Dr. Teno is a health services researcher. She helped develop the design of the SUPPORT study. She has served on numerus advisory panels. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 78: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Tom Gualtieri-Reed, MBA
Trained in business and economics, Mr. Gualtieri-Reed, has more than 25 years of experience in the health care field, working in business operations, strategic development, and analytics, and has done extensive work with both provider and payer organizations. He serves as a consultant to CAPC and as faculty within the Master’s program at University of Maryland. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 77: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Shirley Otis Green, MSW, MA, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-CE, FNAP, FAOSW
Trained as a social worker, Shirley has been an oncology and palliative social worker. She is a consultant in palliative care. She was co-editor of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work. She serves as faculty within the Master’s program at the University of Maryland. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 76: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Mellar Davis, MD
Trained as a physician, Dr, Davis focuses on research within hematology/oncology. His research interests include cancer pain, cancer palliation, cancer-related fatigue, patient communication, opioids, quality of life and symptom assessment. He has had significant impact symptom management in patients with cancer and serious illness. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 75: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Matthew Gonzales, MD, FAAHPM
Trained as physician, Dr. Gonzales serves as chief medical information officer for the Institute for Human Caring at Providence. He began his career in biology and created software. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 74: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Kathryn Walker, PharmD, BCPS, CPE
Trained as a pharmacist Dr. Walker, is the regional director for Palliative Clinical Outcomes, Research and Education for MedStar North. She also is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 73: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Kathleen Kerr, BA
Trained in measurement, Ms. Kerr has expertise in palliative care, quality improvement and program evaluation, with particular interest in assessing financial outcomes. She works with the California Health Care Foundation. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 72: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Denise Hess, MDiv, BCC-HPCC, LMFT
Trained in psychology, therapy, and divinity, Chaplin Hess is the Director, Supportive Care at The Catholic Health Association of the United States. She has clinical experience with palliative care. She serves as faculty within the Master’s program at University of Maryland. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 71: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS, FACP, FAAHPM
Trained as a physician, he is also educated in business and public health. He is a leader in quality and research. He serves as faculty within the Master’s program at University of Maryland. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 70: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Allison Silvers
Trained in economics and management, Ms. Silvers has been involved in many aspects of health care. She is an expert in payment and helps palliative programs develop sustainable program. She is VP for Payment and Policy at CAPC. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 69: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Irene Higginson
Trained as a physician, Professor Higginson is currently Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, Vice Dean (Research) of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care and Director of the Cicely Saunders Institute at King's College London. She has had international impact in the development of hospice and palliative care. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 68: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Patrick Coyne, MSN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
Trained as a nurse in cancer care and pain management, Mr. Coyne has been in palliative care in its evolution. He was one of the few PDIA nurse scholars and has been at the forefront of policy and has served as core faculty for ELNEC – National and International. He has edited several books related to palliative care. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 67: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Katrina Scott, MDiv
Trained as a chaplain as part of her second career after she has been involved with film making, Chaplain Scott helped evolve a chaplaincy role within cancer care and palliative care. She was one of the first certified chaplains. She served on the NASEM Planning Committee for Improving Access to and Equity of Care for People with Serious Illness in 2019. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 66: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Judy Paice, PhD, MSN, ACHPN, FAAN
Trained as a nurse, Dr. Paice is an expert in pain management and oncology care. She has served on national and international pain associations. She has also been an educator and mentor for palliative nurses as an international and national ELNEC faculty. She is a palliative and pain clinician at Northwestern. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 65: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Christine Pulchalski, MD, FACP
Trained as physician, Dr. Puchalski worked with Dr. Lynn and Dr. Teno on the SUPPORT Study. She then focused on spirituality to develop a working definition for the field. She has worked with Dr. Ferrell to educate providers on the importance of spirituality in health care and individuals with serious illness. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 64: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, RN, CHPN, FPCN, FAAN
Trained as a nurse and focused on research, Dr. Ferrell has led cancer nursing, pain management, and nursing education in end-of-life care. She helped create the nursing agenda for ensuring nursing has the skills to care for individuals with serious illness in the creation of the ELNEC project. She has mentored and educated nurses internationally as well as written books, and numerous, chapters, and articles. She was co-editor of five editions of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 63: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Diane Meier, MD, FAAHPM
Trained as physician, Dr. Meier was geriatrician at Mt. Sinai who has been a thought leader in palliative care. She has been involved in many aspects of palliative care. She created CAPC and won a MacArthur Award for her work. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 62: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Terry Altilio, MSW, ACSW, LCSW
Trained as a social worker, Ms. Atilio has been a leader in social work. She was a PDIA scholar, a MayDay Fellow and led the development of the role of social work in pain management. She co-edited the Textbook of Palliative Social Work. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 61: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Nessa Coyle, PhD, MSN, APRN, FAAN
Trained in nursing Dr. Coyle began her palliative care career in pain control at MSKCC. She has mentored and educated nurses internationally as well as written books, and numerous, chapters, and articles. She was co-editor of the early editions of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. She has lectured extensively on pain and palliative care as well as ethical issues for nurses and was a consultant for the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, Committee on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 60: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Loring Conant, MD
Trained as a primary care physician who care for older adults. He was medical director of the first hospice residence in Massachusetts, and then became a teacher to medical students about palliative care. He is now retired. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 59: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM
Trained as an emergency physician, Dr. Byock has been involved with hospice and palliative care since the 1970s. He is a past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine He led the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care program and the Missoula Demonstration Project. He directs the Center for Human Caring. and served as director for Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a national grant program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 58: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Inge Corless, PhD, RN, FAAN
Trained as a nurse, Dr. Corless has focused her care on hospice and care of patients with HIV/AIDS. She is part of the International Workgroup on Death and Dying and emeritus at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. She serves on the National Academy of Practice’s Policy Committee and on the Finance & Operating Committee of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 57: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with David Clark, PhD, FAcSS, OBE
Educated as a sociologist, Dr. Clark has been in the center of hospice and palliative care throughout his career. He is a social scientist and historian. He wrote a definitive biography on Dame Cecily Saunders. He is now emeritus as University of Glasgow. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 56: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAHPM and Frank Ferris, MD, FAACE, FAAHPM
Trained as a physician, Dr. Von Gunten let one of the first palliative care programs at Northwestern Hospital. He then led the San Diego Hospice and started and international program. He is editor of the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Dr. Ferris trained in Canada and developed home-based palliative care and then worked on the EPEC- O curriculum. He has participated in global development of palliative medicine. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 55: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Rosemary Gibson, MS
Trained in economics, Ms. Gibson is the is a senior advisor at The Hastings Center. She led national health care quality and safety initiatives at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She was chief architect of the foundation’s decade-long strategy that successfully established palliative care in more than 1,600 hospitals in the United States. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 54: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Kathleen Foley, MD
Trained a physician, Dr. Foley focused on pain management within neurology and started palliative care. She originated the Project on Death in America and developed an international plan for palliative care worldwide. Dr Foley is emeritus at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 53: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS
Trained as a physician, Dr. Lynn was an early hospice physician geriatrician and long term care physician. She developed the and ran the SUPPORT study. She has served at CMS, IHI, and the Washington Department of Health to improve the quality of health care and care to elders. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 52: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Jeanne Twohig, MPA
Trained in public administration, Ms. Twohig has a long history of involvement with community based programs. She served as deputy director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s national program Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care and then was deputy director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life at Duke University. She is currently a consultant for CAPC. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 51: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Declan Walsh, MSc, FACP, FRCP
Trained as a physician, He developed the first palliative care program in the United States at Cleveland Clinic. In he is editor-in-chief for the BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care journal. Download the full transcript here.
Episode 50: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Stephen Connor, PhD
Stephen Connor, PhD. Trained as a psychologist, Dr. Connor has been involved in hospice care since the 1970s. He worked in the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization around the Hospice Benefit. For the last 15 years, he has focused on international palliative care. He is Executive Director of the Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance.
Episode 49: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Dr. Balfour Mount, MD, OC, OQ
Dr. Balfour Mount, MD, OC, OQ. Trained as a urologic oncology surgeon, Dr. Mount is the father of palliative care in North America. He coined the term palliative care, while he developed a robust palliative care program at McGill University in Montreal Canada. He also began the McGill Biennial International Congress. He also helped develop a manual for other programs across the globe.
Episode 48: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Robert Twycross, DM, FRCP, FCCR
Robert Twycross, DM, FRCP, FCCR. Trained as a physician, he was a pioneer in hospice care and pain management. Dr Twycross served as the Director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care from 1988–2005.
Episode 47: Special Series: Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care with Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC
Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC. Trained in public health, Ms. Lund Person was involved in the development of hospice in its early years and worked on the passage of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. She is the Vice President of Regulator and Compliance for NHPCO.
