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11:10-12:10 Let's Talk about "Integration": How Does it Work? It's a New Era: Big Data, Digital Health, Technology in Palliative Care Palliative Care for Non-Cancer Population Expanding our Understanding of Spirituality
15:10-16:10 How Can we "Care" at the Intensive Care Unit Palliative Care Education: From Bird's Eye to Worm's Eye View To Care always: Supportive Care during Anticancer Treatment
October 6 (Fri.), 2023
Time Grand Ballroom Room 113-114 Room 116-117 Room 104-106
11:00-12:30 Integrating Palliative Care into Primary Healthcare Systems Reflections on the Controversies and Future Directions of ACP: Asia-Pacific and Beyond Baby Pains, Teenage Games and Plenty of Adult Talk in PPC! Diverse Approach to Pain Management
15:30-17:00 Lien Collaborative Capacity Building in Asia "Can't Sleep, Can't Breathe. Can You Help Me?" - Management of Various Symptoms Palliative Care Nursing Education in Asia Pacific Region
October 7 (Sat.), 2023
Time Grand Ballroom Room 113-114 Room 116-117 Room 104-106
11:00-12:30 Expanding Hospice Palliative Care in Korea (Korean Language Session) Psychosocial Care for Patient and Family through the Journey Home Care: From Setting up to Terminal Care at Home

- Last update: September 19th, 2023

Let's Talk about "Integration": How Does it Work?

How Well Integrated is Your Palliative Care Program? Examining Indicators of Integration

MD, MScDavid Hui

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Dr. David Hui is a tenured professor and Director of Research at the Department of Palliative Care, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, with a joint appointment to the Department of General Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. His research interests include integration of supportive/palliative care and oncology, symptom management clinical trials, prognostication, and research methodology. He completed his medical school at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, followed by internal medicine residency at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, medical oncology fellowship at the British Columbia Cancer Agency, and supportive/palliative oncology clinical research fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He also has a Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and a second Master’s degree in Patient Based Biological Research. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology in Canada and the US, and also Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine in the US.

He is currently the principal investigator of multiple randomized trials on dyspnea and delirium funded by the National Cancer Institute. His research is also supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research, the American Cancer Society and other agencies. He has authored and/or co-authored over 300 scientific papers, with his work appearing at various peer-review journals such as JAMA, JAMA Oncol, J Clin Oncol, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Lancet Oncol and Ann Oncol. He is also the author/editor of 4 books (Approach to Internal Medicine, Drugs & Drugs, and Internal Medicine Issues in Palliative Cancer Care, 50 Palliative Care Studies Every Doctor Should Know).

Dr. Hui currently serves as a standing member of a study section at the National Institutes of Health. He is also a senior associate editor of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management and a board member of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. In addition to academic pursuits, he remains active clinically in both palliative care and medical oncology.

Current Efforts to Integrate Palliative Care into Tertiary Cancer Centers in Korea

MD, PhDYu Jung Kim

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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Curriculum Vitae
Full name : Yu Jung Kim
Current Position : Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Director, Palliative and Supportive Care Center
Department : Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Palliative and Supportive Care Center
Affiliation : Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Country : South Korea
Education
1995-1997: Premedical course, College of Liberal Arts & Science, Seoul National University
1997-2001: Seoul National University College of Medicine, Bachelor of Medical Science
2003-2005: Postgraduate School, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Master of Molecular Oncology
2005-2012: Postgraduate School, Seoul National University, Ph.D. of Molecular Oncology
2001-2002: Internship, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2002-2006: Residency in Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2006-2007: Clinical Fellowship in Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Professional Experience 2007-2008: Instructor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2008-2014: Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
2013-2014: Visiting Scholar, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine
2015-2019: Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
2020-present: Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Director, Palliative and Supportive Care Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

Integration of Palliative Care into the Asia Pacific Cervical Cancer Control Project

MD, PhDEric L. Krakauer

Harvard Medical School

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Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD, is Director of the Program in Global Palliative Care and Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. He also is an attending physician in the Division of Palliative Care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Honorary Chair of the Department of Palliative Care at the University of Medicine & Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. For many years, he and his team have collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with ministries of health, hospitals, and medical schools in low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, to help integrate palliative care into health care services and education. He has served on the Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and as Medical Officer for Palliative Care at WHO Headquarters. In his current role as palliative care consultant to the US National Cancer Institute’s Center for Global Health, he assisted with creation of the WHO Strategic Framework for the Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Cervical Cancer in the Western Pacific Region 2023–2030.

It's a New Era: Big Data, Digital Health, Technology in Palliative Care

Utilizing Big Data in Palliative Care

MD, MBA, MHS, FASCOArif Kamal

Duke University

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Improving Palliative Care Quality and Outcomes through IT

Arif Kamal MD, MBA, MHS, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO is the inaugural Chief Patient Officer of the American Cancer Society and Consulting Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University. He is a nationally-recognized thought leader and health services researcher with particular expertise in the delivery and evaluation of high quality supportive and palliative care to patients with cancer and their caregivers. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Journal of Clinical Oncology and has been quoted or featured on CNN, USA Today, National Public Radio, Forbes, The Economist, and many others.

Dr. Kamal completed Internal Medicine residency training and Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Duke University. He holds a Masters in Health Sciences in Clinical Research (MHS) from Duke University and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.

Application of Virtual Reality in Palliative Care

PhDKazuyuki Niki

Osaka University

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Affiliations: 1) Osaka University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Clinical Pharmacy Research and Education 2) Ashiya Municipal Hospital, Department of Pharmacy

Corresponding email: k-niki@phs.osaka-u.ac.jp
Education: Graduated from Osaka University Department of Pharmacy in 2013, and received Ph.D. in Pharmacy from Osaka University in 2019.

Research interest: Palliative Care, Digital therapeutics, Dementia, Community pharmacy, Pharmacy education

Major awards:
1. The 27th Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine, Good Presentation Award (2022)
2. The 24th Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine, Best Presentation Award (2019)
3. The 16th European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), One of the top three in your category "Basic & Translational Research" (2019)
4. The 30th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology (ICPE) Scholarship (2014)

Key papers on palliative care or digital therapeutics:
1. Takemura M, Niki K, Miyaguchi S, et al. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 0:1–4, 2022.
2. Yahara M, Niki K, Ueno K, et al. Biol Pharm Bull. 44:1019-1023, 2021.
3. Niki K, Yahara M, Inagaki M, et al. Front Hum Neurosci., 14:598161, 2021.
4. Niki K, Yasui M, Iguchi M, et al. Biol Pharm Bull. 44:279-282, 2021.
5. Niki K, Okamoto Y, Ueda M. J Palliat Med. 23:892-894, 2020.
6. Niki K, Okamoto Y, Maeda I, et al. J Palliat Med. 22:1490, 2019.
7. Niki K, Okamoto Y, Maeda I, et al. J Palliat Med. 22:702-707, 2019.

Digital Health Service for Cancer Survivors: Personalized Information and Coaching for Healthy Living

MD, PhDSun Mi Kim

Chung-Ang University Hospital

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POSITION
Associate professor,
Department of Psychiatry,
Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION/TRAINING
2007 Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea M.D. Medicine
2014 Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Medicine (combined master’s & Ph.D program) Ph.D Psychiatry

Professional Experience
2012-2013 Research Fellow, Neuroimaging Center, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA
2013-2014 Research Fellow, Department of Diagnostic Neuroimaging, Brain Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2014-2018 Clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2019-2022 Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2022- Associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Palliative Care for Non-Cancer Population

Implementation of Palliative Care Screening for All Hospitalised Patients – the Experience of a University Hospital in Japan

MD, PhDYoshiyuki Kizawa

University of Tsukuba, Japan

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Yoshi (Yoshiyuki Kizawa) is a Director of the Department of Palliative and Supportive Care at the University of Tsukuba Hospital and the Professor of Palliative Medicine at the University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Medicine. He has been re-elected as President of the Japanese Society for palliative medicine in Japan, which has more than 12000 members. Yoshi leads an education program that aims to acquire basic skills of palliative care for all health care professionals to improve the quality of life of patients and families who are in life-threatening conditions. The national primary palliative care education project namely PEACE (Palliative care Emphasis program on symptom management and Assessment for Continuous medical Education) was launched in 2007 funded by the Japanese government and disseminated all over Japan. Until March 2022, more than 150,000 physicians finished the 2-day education course. This educational project very much contributes improving the integration of palliative care in oncology in our country. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29023634) He also has a strong interest in non-cancer palliative care and advance care planning. He has started implementing a palliative care program for patients with heart failure in his university hospital. Yoshi also leads a National Advance Care Planning Education Project, funded by the Japanese government, namely E-FIELD (Education for Implementing End-of-life Discussion). (https://www.med.kobe-u.ac.jp/jinsei/acp_kobe-u/acp_kobe-u/acp01/index.html)

Renal Supportive Care – A Multidisciplinary Team Approach

MBBS, MRCP, MMED, FAMSLee Guo Zhang

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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Dr Lee Guozhang is dually-accredited in both Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine, and has a keen interest in the area of non-cancer palliative care. After returning from palliative medicine subspecialty training in 2018, he set up the Internal Medicine Supportive and Palliative Care Service (IM-SPCS) in Singapore General Hospital (SGH), which focuses on providing supportive & palliative care for patients with chronic disease and multi-morbidity. He is also closely involved in running the multidisciplinary Renal Supportive Care (RSC) service, and works collaboratively with the hospital’s nephrology department to provide supportive care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. With an interest in care models that deliver generalist palliative care to patients with non-cancer conditions in the community, he piloted a community nurse-led model of generalist palliative care in collaboration with SingHealth Community Nursing. In addition, he holds concurrent appointments as Director of Community Partnerships, SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive and Palliative Care Centre (SDSPCC), Co-Chair of the SingHealth Advance Care Planning Workgroup and Chair of the SGH Advance Care Planning Workgroup.

End Stage Respiratory Disease

MD, PhDSo Young Park

Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea

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[Personal Information]
Name (First Name/ Last Name): So Young Park
Affiliation: Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
Position: Clinical associate professor
Speciality: Pulmonary and critical care medicine
[Educational Background]
1997-2003: Bachelor’s Degree, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea
2006-2008: Master’s Degree, Hallym University graduate school, Chuncheon, Korea
2014-2018: Ph.D., University of ulsan college of medicine, Seoul, Korea
[Professional Experience]
2008-2010: Fellow, Samsung medical center, Pulmonology and critical care
2010-2011: Clinical assistant professor, Kyunghee medical center, Kunnghee
University, Pulmonology and critical care
2011-2013: Full time instructor, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym
medical center, Pulmononology and critical care
2013-2016: Assistant professor, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym
medical center, Pulmononology and critical care
2106-2018: Clinical Associated professor, KyungHee Medical Center, Pulmononology and critical care
2018-2019.2: Assistant professor, Chungnam National University Hospital, Pulmononology and critical care
2019.3-2022.2: Associated professor, Ewha Womens University Seoul Hospital, Pulmononology and critical care

Expanding our Understanding of Spirituality

Spiritually-Supportive Therapeutics: Practical Tips for Palliative Care Clinicians

PhD, RN, FAANElizabeth Johnston Taylor

Loma Linda University

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Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Loma Linda University School of Nursing, Loma Linda, California, USA, has pursued a program of research exploring the intersection of spirituality, religiosity, health, and nursing for over 30 years. Her clinical experiences as an oncology nurse created for her a deep interest in these topics, and led her to pursue a PhD (University of Pennsylvania, 1992), a post-doctoral fellowship (UCLA, 1993-95), Clinical Pastoral Education, and training in spiritual direction. Her life experiences include a stint as Research Director, Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington, New Zealand. The desire to help nurses understand and support patient spiritual health during health-related transitions has motivated Beth to write extensively and lecture globally. Her over 150 publications include the following books: Spiritual Care: Nursing Theory, Research, and Practice (Prentice Hall, 2002; translated into Japanese), What Do I Say? Talking with Patients about Spirituality (Templeton Press, 2007; translated into Korean), Religion: A Clinical Guide for Nurses (Springer, 2012), and Fast facts about religion: Implications for nursing care (Springer, 2019). Currently, she is developing a website for healthcare professionals and students to learn about spiritual care. Beth is grateful for research funding received from various federal government and private foundation sources.

Spiritual Care of Hospice Palliative Care in South Korea

RN, PhDKyung-Ah Kang

Sahmyook University

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Kyung-Ah Kang, R.N. PhD, is a professor of nursing department, who have worked teaching pediatric nursing, palliative Care, and nursing theory in Sahmyook University in Seoul, Korea. She is also the audit of Korean Society for Hospice & Palliative Care.
Her most recent academic writing was a corresponding author article – ‘Web-Based Research Trends on Child and Adolescent Cancer Survivors Over the Last 5 Years: Text Network Analysis and Topic Modeling Study’, which was published in June 2022 at Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR). Another updated one as a first author was published in 2021 at the BMC palliative care: A meaning-centered spiritual care training program for hospice palliative care teams in South Korea: development and preliminary evaluation.
She began studying Logotherapy in 1999 and has been grateful to see how it has positively impacted her own life, nurturing her children, and interacting with students. In addition, she has applied her knowledge of logotherapy in her research work in palliative care for patients with cancer and life respect program for adolescents.

How Can we "Care" at the Intensive Care Unit

Expectation and Operation of Palliative Care Consultation in ICUs

MD, PhDShin Hye Yoo

Seoul National University Hospital

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Educational Background
Professor Shin Hye Yoo was graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 2013, and received her Ph.D. from Seoul National University in 2020.

Professional Experience
Professor Yoo completed her resident training in the Department of Internal Medicine at SNUH, and then worked as a clinical fellow in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology in 2018 and in the Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics in 2019 at SNUH. She is currently the clinical assistant professor in the Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics and serves as an ethics consultant and a member of Institutional Ethics Committee at SNUH. She specializes in the palliative care for patients with advanced or terminal diseases. Her main clinical practice and research focuses on palliative care delivery, clinical/ethical decision making support, and healthcare resource utilization at the end-of-life.

Development of a Palliative Care Intervention Based on Person-Centered Care in Intensive Care Unit

RN, PhDHye Young Yun

Severance Hospital

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Hye young Yun, PhD in nursing works as a unit manager in the intensive care unit of Severance Hospital. The research area of interest is critical care and palliative care.

How to Make Palliative Care Embedded in A Challenging Environment: Based On Palliative Care in ICUs

MD, PhD, FRCPNaveen Salins

KMC Manipal

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Professor and Head, Department of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care, KMC Manipal

Dr Salins graduated with honours in Internal Medicine MD in 2003 from KMC Manipal. He pursued his three years of specialist fellowship training in Palliative Medicine at the Lyell McEwin Hospital and after that worked as a consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. On return to India, he has held clinical and academic positions at the Health Care Global, Bangalore and Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Since 2018, he is Professor and Head of the Department of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care at KMC Manipal and the Coordinator of Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre. In 2020 he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) by the Royal College of Physicians London and Glasgow. He completed his PhD in Palliative Care from the Lancaster University UK in 2021. He is also the Honorary Professor of Medicine at Cardiff University, UK.

Dr Salins has 92 peer-reviewed publications and is part of 50+ research projects (both ongoing and completed). He has several international research collaborations, like collaborations with the University of California San Francisco, Lancaster University and Hull York University UK. He is the recipient of national and international grants like the NIH/NIC, APHN, ICMR etc. He has served as member of the commissions and technical committees of the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the National Cancer Grid, the Medical Council of India, and the National Board of Examinations. He is the Secretary General of the Academy of Palliative, a national body that aims to enhance specialist and generalist palliative care education in India.

Dr Salins has served as the Editor of the Indian Journal of Palliative Care for seven years and is presently the Associate Editor of BMC Palliative Care. He is the Course Director of the BMJ Online Palliative Care Course and Director of the EPEC India Program in association with Northwestern University Chicago. He was awarded the best outgoing student in 2003, best teacher award in 2005 by the KMC Manipal. He was the member of the service receiving the best palliative care service by the Government of South Australia in 2008. He was the recipient of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) accreditation award for Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care in 2013, 2016 and 2019. He was the recipient of the ISCCM presidential citation award in 2015 and the International Award for Excellence in Palliative Care in 2020. He was the head of the department, accredited as the International Reference Centre for End-of-Life Care by the International Collaborative for Best Care for the Dying Person, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. He was the cancer centre coordinator who received accreditation from the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) as the centre for excellence in cancer supportive care.

Palliative Care Education: From Bird's Eye to Worm's Eye View

Suggest for Asia Pacific Atlas and the Recent Developments in the Asia Pacific Region

MD, PhDYing Wei Wang

Tzuchi University, Hualien Tzuchi Hospital

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Professor Wang Ying Wei is the director of the Centre for Palliative Care and medical consultant in Hualien Tzuchi Hospital. He is also the professor in the Department of medical humanities in Tzuchi University. He received his MD degree from National Taiwan University and PhD from Tulane University in US. He completed his residency training in Family Medicine in National Taiwan University Hospital. He was the former Director General in Health Promotion Administration MOHW, and the chief in Heart Lotus Hospice in Tzuchi General Hospital. He started the first Buddhist hospice programme in East Taiwan since 1996. He is the council member of APHN. He developed many innovative programs for geriatric care, palliative care and medical humanities in Taiwan in the past few years. His speciality included palliative care, geriatric care, medical education, and health promotion.

Palliative Care Education in (remote) Nepal: Overcoming the Obstacles

PhD, MBBS, FFARCSI, DRCOG, MRCGP, DipPallMed, FRCP, PGCertMedEd, FHEA, DTM&HDaniel Munday

The University of Edinburgh

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Primary Palliative Care, its First 60 Years: The long Road to Universal Health Coverage

A qualified general practitioner/ family physician and specialist in palliative medicine from the UK, with many years’ experience working in Nepal and South Asia. He is currently living and working in rural Nepal developing a model of primary palliative care. He has a PhD in Health Sciences from Warwick Medical School, UK which he undertook within the Centre for Primary Health Care Studies. His thesis focused on the interface between primary and secondary care in delivering palliative care. He led palliative care research at Warwick Medical School between 2003 and 2013 including evaluating the Gold Standards Framework, an international approach enabling primary care practitioners to provide excellent palliative care. He first worked in Nepal in 1988-1991 and then returned in 2013 since which time he has been working with Nepali colleagues in developing appropriate palliative care. His current academic base is with the Primary Palliative Care Research Group in the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. In 2021, together with colleagues in the region he established the Asia Pacific Primary Palliative Care Special Interest Group which has been adopted by APHN.

Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education for Healthcare Professionals

PhDGemma Aburn

Paediatric Palliative Care, Starship Child Health

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Dr. Gemma Aburn is a Nurse Specialist in children’s palliative care at Starship Child Health in Auckland, New Zealand. Gemma also holds an academic appointment at the University of Auckland in the School of Nursing. She has recently completed her PhD in Nursing, exploring staff experiences of working in a children’s blood and cancer centre in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on how staff maintain resilience. Gemma established and leads the Child & Youth Health Nursing Network in the School of Nursing at the University of Auckland. Gemma is actively involved in education throughout the continuum of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development of health professionals working with children with serious illness. Gemma is currently leading an Auckland Medical Research Foundation funded project exploring paediatric clinician’s attitudes, knowledge and skills in caring for children with serious illness and palliative care needs. This project also seeks to develop an evidence based and culturally safe education programme specific to the New Zealand context recognising care needs of both Māori and non-Māori children and their whānau (family).

To Care always: Supportive Care during Anticancer Treatment

Supportive Care for New Anticancer Treatment

MDSeong-Hoon Shin

Kosin University

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Dr. Seong-Hoon, Shin is a tenured professor of internal medicine at Kosin University College of Medicine. His specialty is medical oncology and cancer supportive care. He has been the director of department of medical oncology and hospice care center at Kosin University Gospel Hospital (KUGH), since 2019.
His research interests include various symptom management of cancer patients and integration of digital healthcare to cancer supportive care. He completed his medical school at Kosin University, Busan, South Korea, followed by internal medicine residency and medical oncology fellowship at KUGH, and worked at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as a supportive and palliative oncology clinical visiting researcher. (2012-2013).
He is the chairperson of palliative care and cancer supportive care committee of Korean Cancer Study Group (KCSG). He also serves as the regional president of the Association for Hospice and Palliative Care in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam region.

Symptom Control for Cancer Related Fatigue - innovation and Development

MDEnoch YL Lai

MacKay Memorial Hospital and MacKay Medical College

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Dr. Yuen-Liang Lai is a professor of MacKay Medical College, and Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. His specialty is radiation oncology and palliative medicine. He was the former chairman of Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN), Taiwan Hospice Organization, and the founding chairman of Taiwan Academy of Hospice Palliative Medicine (TAHPM). Now he is the board member of Taiwan Spiritual Care Professionals Association and TAHPM to devote himself to integrate humanity and technology in the new era of palliative medicine developed in Taiwan.

He received his diploma in Palliative Medicine from University of Wales College of Medicine in United Kingdom. After brief stints as a clinical fellow at Royal North Shore Hospital in Australia and Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center in U.S., he was appointed to the Department of Radiation Oncology at MacKay Memorial Hospital as a director. From 1990 to 2009, he had served as the first medical director in MacKay Hospice Palliative Care Center which is the pioneer hospice palliative care ward in Taiwan.

Dr. Lai has made nearly 200 scholarly contributions, including more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers. His research interests include integration of palliative care and oncology, symptom management. He also works out the evidence basis to say no to the medical futilities. In addition to being co-investigator on numerous clinical trials and researches, he performed a pivotal role in developing the first novel botanical drug approved for improving cancer-related fatigue among cancer patients.

Early Palliative Care to Preserve the Quality of Life

RNMi Hyeon Seo

Samsung Medical Center, Hospice Palliative Care Team

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Mi Hyeon Seo is a APN in the Hospice Palliative Care Team at Samsung Medical Center.
She has worked as a clinical nurse in hemato-oncology, counselor of life-sustaining treatment and member of the brain death committee. She holds a Master's degree in Science in Nursing majoring in Hospice Nursing at The Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science The Catholic University of Korea, and another Master's degree in Bioethics at The Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Grduate School For Life The Catholic University of Korea.

Integrating Palliative Care into Primary Healthcare Systems

Current Situation of Primary Palliative Care in Asia Pacific Region: an Interim Survey Results

MD, MPHTeguh Kristian Perdamaian

Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana

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Dr Perdamaian is a lecturer in General Practice, Primary Care and Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He holds a Master of Public Health from The University of Edinburgh, Scotland with focus on primary palliative care; and currently studying at the same school for his doctoral degree. He is passionate about culture-sensitive primary care, primary palliative care and gerontology, health and medical research (including quantitative, mixed method, and qualitative research), and chronic disease epidemiology. He aspires to connect more with other multidisciplinary palliative care practitioners, public health and primary care practitioners, lecturers, researchers and enthusiasts, particularly interested in the public health approach of palliative care and elderly care in Indonesia and the global context.

Primary Palliative Care in Rural Nepal: Learning from Sunita

PhD, MBBS, FFARCSI, DRCOG, MRCGP, DipPallMed, FRCP, PGCertMedEd, FHEA, DTM&HDaniel Munday

The University of Edinburgh

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Primary Palliative Care, its First 60 Years: The long Road to Universal Health Coverage

A qualified general practitioner/ family physician and specialist in palliative medicine from the UK, with many years’ experience working in Nepal and South Asia. He is currently living and working in rural Nepal developing a model of primary palliative care. He has a PhD in Health Sciences from Warwick Medical School, UK which he undertook within the Centre for Primary Health Care Studies. His thesis focused on the interface between primary and secondary care in delivering palliative care. He led palliative care research at Warwick Medical School between 2003 and 2013 including evaluating the Gold Standards Framework, an international approach enabling primary care practitioners to provide excellent palliative care. He first worked in Nepal in 1988-1991 and then returned in 2013 since which time he has been working with Nepali colleagues in developing appropriate palliative care. His current academic base is with the Primary Palliative Care Research Group in the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. In 2021, together with colleagues in the region he established the Asia Pacific Primary Palliative Care Special Interest Group which has been adopted by APHN.

Achieving ‘Palliative Care for All,’through Equipping Primary Healthcare Professionals

PhD, MBBS, PgD-FM, MCGP, MRCGP, DipPallMed, AdvCert, Cert.TChamath Fernando

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

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MBBS, PgD-FM, MCGP, MRCGP [INT], DipPallMed (UK)
AdvDip (Classical Music), AdvCert (Bioethics), CertT (H.Ed)
PhD Fellow (Palliative Care, UK)

Dr Fernando is employed as an academic and a Generalist Palliative Care Physician by the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Further, Dr Fernando is the coordinator and the palliative care lead for the National Centre for Primary care and Allergy Research of the University. He is chairing the Primary Palliative Care Special Interest Group of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network and is a Board Member of the Palliative Care Association of Sri Lanka. He is also the International Advisor for the Primary Care Reference Group of the European Association for Palliative Care. In 2018, he was appointed among the 21 global members of the WHO Primary Health Care Young Leaders’ Network.

Cancer Center-Public Health Center Network for Continuum of Cancer Care

MDJung Hun Kang

Gyeongsang National University

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EDUCATION
Mar.2.1990 - Feb.28.1996 College of Medicine, (GNU)
Mar.2.1998 - Feb.28.2000 Postgraduate School of Medicine, GNU
Mar.2.2004- Feb.28.2006 Doctor courses, Medicine, GNU
Aug. 2008 Degree, Doctor of Philosophy, GNU

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Mar.2.1996 - Feb.28.1997 Gyeongsang National University Hospital(GNUH) Internship
Mar.2.1997 - Feb.28.2001 GNUH Residency
May.1.2004 - Feb.28.2005 Hematology-oncology Fellowship, Samsung Seoul Medical Center
Mar.2.2005 - Aug.31.2005 Hematology-Oncology Fellowship (GNUH)
Aug.1.2010-Apr.30.2012 Visiting scientist for palliative care department in M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Board certification
- Certification of Internal medicine
- Certification of Hematology & Oncology specialty

PRESENT APPOINTMENT in institution & Academy Mar/1/2008-now Professor, division of hematology & oncology, department of internal medicine in GNU
Mar/1/2019-now Director of internal medicine department in GNUH
Mar/1/2019-now Director of division of hematology & oncology in GNUH
Mar/1/2017-now Head of research department in Gyeongnam regional cancer center
Board Member, Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care
President of Korean Association of Supportive Care in Cancer(KASCC)

Reflections on the Controversies and Future Directions of ACP: Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Asia-Pacific and Beyond – Cultural perspectives and considerations from Singapore

PhD, EdD, MFTAndy Hau Yan Ho

Nanyang Technological University

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Dr Andy H. Y. Ho is a psychologist, social scientist, educator who specializes in thanatology, public health palliative care, psychosocial gerontology, integrative therapies, and community empowerment. He is the President for the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and serves as Board Director of the prestigious International Work Group on Death Dying and Bereavement (IWGDDB). He is also the Head of Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychology and Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, as well as Director of Research of the Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Research and Education (PalC) Singapore. A clinical innovator, Andy has founded a number of acclaimed and innovative psycho-socio-spiritual interventions for health promotion, some of which include: Mindful-Compassion Art-based Therapy (MCAT) for burnout prevention; Family Dignity Intervention (FDI) for advancing holistic palliative care services; and Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) for augmenting pediatrics palliative care and parental bereavement services. Andy is the recipient 2018 ADEC Academic Educator Award, 2019 Nanyang Educator Award, and the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award of the University of Hong Kong. He has authored over 120 top-tier publications and presented more than 200 keynote and plenary sessions across the globe.

Perspectives from Indonesia

PhDDiah Martina

Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital

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Diah Martina is a faculty at the Division of Psychosomatic and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, and a medical staff in the academic top-referral national general hospital – Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Indonesia. She did her Palliative Care Fellowship in 2017 in Erasmus MC Cancer Institute supported by ESMO Palliative Care Fellowship Award and became the first Indonesian recipient of an International Development and Education Award in Palliative Care (IDEA-PC) from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Her primary research interests and focus are serious illness communication, cultural sensitivity, spirituality, and palliative care capacity building. Diah takes part in numerous international research and academic collaborations, particularly in serious illness communication and its cultural sensitivity. She had published several publications, including a declaration of advance care planning in Asia. Diah actively participates in global volunteering activities, serving as a member of the ASCO council for the Asia-Pacific area (as of 2019). Recently, she has been involved in an advocacy effort for palliative care in the country by collaborating with several national stakeholders, including WHO-Indonesia, and the Indonesian Ministry of Health.

ACP and the Australian Landscape

MD, MBBS, FRACPGhauri Aggarwal

Concord Hospital

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Associate Professor
Head, Concord Centre for Palliative Care
Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Chair, Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine
Co-Vice Chair, Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network

A/Prof Aggarwal has been the Head of the Palliative Care Department at Concord Hospital since 1996 and is currently the Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD. Her practice includes hospital consultancy, ambulatory and inpatient care in palliative medicine within the district wide Sydney Palliative Care Service, SLHD. She has been involved in the development of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Palliative Medicine and is the chair of the Executive of the Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine. Her interests include undergraduate and postgraduate education in palliative care, communication skills and ethics and end of life decision making. She has been involved for a number of years in the strategic development of Palliative Care in New South Wales. Currently she is involved in teaching and development of Palliative Care in the Asia-Pacific region.

Preferences, Processess and Outcomes: Cross-National Perspectives on Interventions and Core Measurement

MD, PhDRichard Harding

Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care

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Professor Richard Harding is the Herbert Dunhill Professor of Palliative Care & Rehabilitation, Director of the Cicely Saunders Institute & Vice Dean (International) of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London, United Kingdom.
At the Cicely Saunders Institute Richard directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care. He is a Board Member of the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and is founding Director of the Centre for Global Health Palliative Care. Richard was awarded the African Palliative Care Association prize for leading publications in palliative care and is co-Chair of the African Palliative Care Research Network. He holds a visiting Chair in Palliative Care at the University of Cape Town. Recently Richard has been appointed Adjunct Professor at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. Richard has a background in social science, HIV care management and health services research. His research focuses on person-centredness for people living with serious health conditions. He has a particular interest in patient-reported assessment of physical, psychological social and spiritual wellbeing in routine to ensure people are empowered to identify what matters to them in their care. He has developed simple tools to enable this. His global programme promotes person-centredness across the life course. This includes methods to enable children to identify their concerns to health care professionals, and optimising wellbeing at the end of life.

Baby Pains, Teenage Games and Plenty of Adult Talk in PPC!

Neonatal Palliative Medicine - Exploring Specific Ethical Conundrums within

MDMin Sun Kim

Seoul National University Hospital

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PRESENT POSITION:
Associate professor
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital
Integrated Care Center, Seoul National University Hospital
Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics, Seoul National University Hospital
EDUCATION:
2006 Graduate from College of medicine, Seoul National University.
2012 Master’s degree from college of medicine, Seoul National University
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
2008 - 2012 Residentship in department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital 2012 - 2013 Fellowship in department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital
2014 - 2017 Assistant professor, public health medical service at Seoul National University Hospital
2018 - 2022 Assistant professor, department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital
2022 - Associate professor, department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE
Palliative care and home care for children with serious illnesses
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS 1. Kim MS(1st), Lim NG, Kim HJ, Kim C, Lee JY. Pediatric deaths attributed to complex chronic conditions over 10 years in Korea: evidence for the need to provide pediatric palliative care. J Korean Med Sci. 2018.
2. Kim MS(1st), Lee J, Sim JA, Kwon JH, Kang EJ, et al. Discordance between physician and the general public perceptions of prognostic disclosure to children with serious illness: a Korean nationwide Study. J Korean Med Sci. 2018.
3.Yu J, Song IG, Kim CH, Moon YJ, Shin HY, Kim MS(Cooresponding). Perceptions of pediatric palliative care among physicians who care for pediatric patients in South Korea. J Palliat Med. 2020.
4. Kim CH, Song IG, Kim MS(Corresponding), Lee JY, Lim NG, Shin HY. Healthcare utilization among children and young people with life-limiting conditions: exploring palliative care needs using national health insurance claims data. 2020.
5. Song IG, Kang SH, Kim MS(Corresponding), Kim CH, Moon YJ, Lee J. Differences in perspectives of pediatricians on advance care planning: a cross-sectional survey. 2020.
6. Choi YH, Kim MS(Corresponding), Kim CH, Song IG, Park JD, Suh DI, Shin H. Looking into the life of technology-dependent children and their caregivers in Korea: lifting the burden of too many responsibilities. 2020.
7. Lee J, Kim MS(Corresponding), Kim CH, Moon YJ, Choi YH. Factors associated with quality of life in children receiving pediatric palliative care. 2021.

Family Centered Care - Communication Aspects from the Community Perspective

MD, PhDChong Poh Heng

HCA Hospice, Singapore

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Dr Chong Poh Heng is Medical Director of HCA Hospice Limited and Vice Chair of the Singapore Hospice Council. His passion lies in advocating for equitable access to palliative care for all, particularly in ensuring that people with serious illness can receive quality end-of-life care in their own homes. He was the adult category winner of the Leader of Good award at the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards ceremony in 2021. An ardent advocate for children with life limiting illness, he co-chairs the Special Interest Group in Paediatric Palliative Care with APHN, organising various training, educational and research initiatives across the region.

The Squid Game - Two Experts Tackling Two Challenging Cases!

MD, MB, ChB, Otago, FRACP, FAChPM, FFPMANZCARoss Drake

Starship Children’s Hospital

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MB ChB (Otago); FRACP; FAChPM; FFPMANZCA

Ross Drake is a Paediatrician who specialises in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care for children having gained fellowships in Paediatrics (2000), Palliative Medicine (2003) and Pain Medicine (2011) after he completed specialist training at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney. Ross is Clinical Lead of the Paediatric Palliative Care and Complex Pain Services at Starship Children’s Hospital; both being the only services of their type in New Zealand. Amongst his clinical duties he strives to improve the recognition and support of children and their families requiring palliative care or management of chronic pain. He remains very involved in developing a national approach to both disciplines and works to improve and enable equitable access and service delivery for all New Zealand children in need.
Dr Drake regularly presents and teaches on children’s pain medicine and palliative care. More recently, he has been involved with establishing an international pharmacovigilance research collaborative looking at the effectiveness and adverse effects of medications and other interventions commonly used in palliative care and pain management.

The Squid Game - Two Experts Tackling Two Challenging Cases!

MDMarta Salek

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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Dr. Salek is a physician scientist in the department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the United States. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at St. Jude and previously completed a fellowship in Palliative and Hospice Medicine at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Salek’s research interests lie at the intersection of oncology, palliative care, and global pediatric medicine and centers on improving outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer by developing and implementing strategies for palliative care integration. She currently leads two qualitative studies that focus on understanding factors impacting decision-making for children presenting with advanced or incurable cancer at the time of diagnosis. She is also co-leading a study in Asia Pacific aimed at understanding physician perspectives for palliative care integration in childhood cancer. Clinically, she dedicates time to caring for children on the leukemia and lymphoma and palliative care services at St. Jude.

Diverse Approach to Pain Management

Pharmacological Principles of Managing Cancer and Non Cancer Pain.

MBChB (Otago), FRACP, FAChPMDipti Mittal

Concord Repatriation Hospital, University of Sydney

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Dr Dipti Lath Mittal is a Palliative Medicine Physician from Sydney, Australia who works in a variety of clinical settings including consultative, inpatient and ambulatory care.

Dipti has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring medical students, junior doctors, and trainees throughout her career. She is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Sydney and a member of the Asia Pacific Hospice Network and engaged in service development and education in the Pacific Island Nations.

Intervention for Palliative Care Patients

MD, MScSushma Bhatnager

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

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President, Indian Association of Palliative care, since 2018
Former, Head, National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Former IASP Council member.
Founder of Cancer Treatment Centre (CTC) project for Pain free India
Former Board member of IAHPC & APHN
Chairperson of COVID services, NCI, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Member of implementation task force of Lancet Commission report on Palliative care
Nominated by ASCO- Women who Conquer Mentorship Award,2020
Convener of DNB, Palliative Medicine by National Board of Examination
Founder DM (Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi.
Founder of policies Pain Policy and End of Life Care Policy at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Recipient of Leadership and Excellence Award amongst SAARC countries, 2012
Recipient of IASP Award for Excellence in Clinical Research or Practice and/or Policy Changes in Pain Management in the Developing World, Milan,2012
Teaching & Research Experience : 32 years
Research Interest -Cancer Pain Management and Palliative and End of Life Care
Founder DM(Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi
Journal Publications – 340, Conferences – 500+

Noncancer Pain in Cancer Patients

MDEun Joo Choi

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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PRESENT POSITION
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Cancer center
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

EDUCATION
2005: M.D. degree from Hallym University, College of Medicine, Korea.
2011: Master’s Degree, Hallym University graduate school, Korea
2021 Doctor degree in Medicine (Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) from Seoul University, College of Medicine, Korea.

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010: Fellow (Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine) of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
2011-2014: Clinical assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Pain center & Cancer center of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2014- Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Pain center & Cancer center of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2018– 2019: Visiting Scholar, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain medicine, Stanford University Hospital

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Area of Research
Clinical Research for pain medicine (Cancer pain)
Basic Research for Neuropathic Pain, chronic intractable pain

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists (Korean Board of Anesthesiology)
The Korean Pain Society (Expert Board)
The Korean Spinal Pain Society (Member of Academic Affairs)
The Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative care (Member of Academic Affairs)

Academic activities
- Member, Hospice and Palliative Care Research Committee, Academic Committee, R&D Committee, Public Relations Committee, Ultrasound Research Committee, Korean Pain Society
- Public Relations Director, Korean Spinal Pain Society, Korean Neuromodulation Society

Life Song & Last Song

PhD, MM, HPMTEun Jung Kim

Korea University Guro Hospital

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Dr. Kim Eun-jung, a certified Hospice and Palliative care Music Therapist(HPMT) and founder of Counsel Music, has been conducting clinical music therapy sessions at major hospices such as university hospitals and the National Cancer Center in Korea for more than 15 years.
She has been focusing on clinical methodology and education in hospice music therapy, and representative studies include 'Development and Verification of Music Therapy Protocol for Terminal Cancer Patients in Hospice Care(2016)', 'Hospice Music Therapy in Korea(2018)', 'Development and Evaluation of a Hospice and Palliative Care Music Therapy Education Program(2020)'.
She has given lectures on hospice music therapy at various hospices and universities, and serves as a member of the planning committee and the public relations committee at the Korean hospice palliative care society.

Lien Collaborative Capacity Building in Asia

Programme Clinical Lead, Sri Lanka Lead

MD, MBBS, FRACPGhauri Aggarwal

Concord Centre For Palliative Care, Sydney

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Associate Professor
Head, Concord Centre for Palliative Care
Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Chair, Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine
Co-Vice Chair, Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network

A/Prof Aggarwal has been the Head of the Palliative Care Department at Concord Hospital since 1996 and is currently the Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD. Her practice includes hospital consultancy, ambulatory and inpatient care in palliative medicine within the district wide Sydney Palliative Care Service, SLHD. She has been involved in the development of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Palliative Medicine and is the chair of the Executive of the Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine. Her interests include undergraduate and postgraduate education in palliative care, communication skills and ethics and end of life decision making. She has been involved for a number of years in the strategic development of Palliative Care in New South Wales. Currently she is involved in teaching and development of Palliative Care in the Asia-Pacific region.

Sarawak Lead

MDEdnin Hamzah

Hospis Malaysia

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Dr Ednin Hamzah is the Chief Executive Officer of Hospis Malaysia, a position held from 1997. Dr Ednin graduated in medicine from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1986 and trained and worked in family medicine in the United Kingdom prior to returning to Malaysia in 1997.

Clinically, he leads the largest community palliative care service in Malaysia. He teaches palliative care in several universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Nationally he has been involved in palliative care, cancer control and pain management and has been on the Boards of several National Healthcare based Organisations. He is active in international palliative care education and advocacy and is the current Chair of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.

India Lead

MD, MScSushma Bhatnagar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

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President, Indian Association of Palliative care, since 2018
Former, Head, National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Former IASP Council member.
Founder of Cancer Treatment Centre (CTC) project for Pain free India
Former Board member of IAHPC & APHN
Chairperson of COVID services, NCI, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Member of implementation task force of Lancet Commission report on Palliative care
Nominated by ASCO- Women who Conquer Mentorship Award,2020
Convener of DNB, Palliative Medicine by National Board of Examination
Founder DM (Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi.
Founder of policies Pain Policy and End of Life Care Policy at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Recipient of Leadership and Excellence Award amongst SAARC countries, 2012
Recipient of IASP Award for Excellence in Clinical Research or Practice and/or Policy Changes in Pain Management in the Developing World, Milan,2012
Teaching & Research Experience : 32 years
Research Interest -Cancer Pain Management and Palliative and End of Life Care
Founder DM(Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi
Journal Publications – 340, Conferences – 500+

Bhutan Lead, Final and Separate announcement: Cynthia Goh Fellowship Programme

MDShirlynn Ho

National Cancer Centre Singapore

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Dr Shirlynn Ho is deputy head of division as well as senior consultant in the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care in National Cancer Centre Singapore. Her passion is in capacity building and fostering clinical collaborations between different institutions across settings to bring about greater access to quality palliative care. Her clinical experience in both tertiary hospital as well as community setting, her current role as director of clinical services in the Singhealth-DukeNUS Supportive and Palliative Care Centre as well as Assistant Secretary in the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network allows her to pursue this cause.
She had been involved in various Lien Centre for Palliative Care programmes (Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, China) aimed at training and capacity building in the Asia Pacific Region, and is currently lead for the programme for Bhutan and co-lead for the programme in India.
Her latest interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine has led her to pursue a graduate diploma in acupuncture as she further explores the role of integrative medicine for oncology patients.

"Can't Sleep, Can't Breathe. Can You Help Me?" - Management of Various Symptoms

How to Manage Insomnia During Cancer Treatment

MD, PhDSeockhoon Chung

University of Ulsan College of Medicine

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Graduate University of Ulsan College of Medicine
Residency of Psychiatry at Asan Medical Center
Clinical fellowship of sleep medicine at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.
Currently, Professor and Director of the Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center,
Currently, Vice president of Korean Society of Sleep Medicine
Currently, Executive chair of the Korean Psycho-Oncology Society

Pharmacological Management of Cancer Dyspnea

MD, PhDTakashi Yamaguchi

Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

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Takashi Yamaguchi, MD, PhD is currently appointed as the professor of the Department of Palliative Medicine at Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan. He is board certified in palliative medicine and internal medicine. He received MD from Okayama University and PhD from University of Tsukuba. His research interest includes symptom palliation, especially dyspnea, and end-of-life care. He is the chief task member of developing Japanese clinical guidelines for the management of respiratory symptoms (Yamaguchi T, et al. J Palliat Med 2016; 19:925-35). He also took initiatives of APHN international survey about palliative care resources as the principle investigator (Yamaguchi T, et al. BMJ Suport Palliat Care 2017;7:23-31) . Dr. Yamaguchi has published more than 80 works in international palliative care journals and delivered several invited lectures in Asian countries.

Palliative Radiotherapy for Non-Pain Symptom Management

MD, PhDSeung Yeun Chung

Ajou University School of Medicine

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Present position
Assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine

Education 2018.09 - 2022.08, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Doctoral degree
2015.09 - 2018.02, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Master’s degree
2007.03 - 2013.02, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Bachelor's degree

Postgraduate training & career
2022.03 - Current, Assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine
2021.09 - 2022.02, Research assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine
2020.03 - 2021.08, Clinical fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine
2019.03 - 2020.02, Clinical research assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center
2018.03 - 2019.02, Clinical fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center
2014.03 - 2018.02, Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center

Supporting Patients and Their Family Caregivers in the Last Year of Life: An Integrated Community End-of-Life Care Model 

MSW, PhDVivian Lou

The University of Hong Kong

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Professor Lou Vivian W. Q. is the Director of Sau Po Centre on Ageing, and Professor at Department of Social Work & Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on family gerontology, in particular family caregiving for dementia, stroke, end-of-life older adults, and social adaptation and mental health of Chinese older adults and family caregivers. She has committed to cross-sector collaboration with community partners, social enterprises, and the market. Prof. Lou has been appointed as a member of Statistics Advisory Board, Community Investment and Inclusion Fund, Senior Police Call Central Advisory Board, and Elderly Academy Development Foundation of the HKSAR Government. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and a Council member of Hong Kong Association of Gerontology and Consortium of Institutes of Family Limited (CIFA). Recently, Professor Lou is recognized as Healthy Ageing 50 leaders transforming the world to be a better place in which to grow older in 2022 and Woman Change Maker in STEM in 2023.

Palliative Care Nursing Education in Asia Pacific Region

Palliative Care Nursing Education in Australia: Strategies and Programs to Build Capability in Nursing Practice

PhDJason Mills

University of South Australia

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Jason Mills is Associate Professor and Enterprise Fellow at UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia. He holds Fellowships with the Australian College of Nursing and the Higher Education Academy (UK), having completed postgraduate studies in Health Promoting Palliative Care, Medical Anthropology, Compassion Science, and Positive Education. His research is focused on Public Health Palliative Care, and seeks to better understand and address the growing needs across health systems and communities for, and in partnership with, health services, healthcare consumers and their families/carers.

Associate Professor Mills has considerable experience in curriculum design and development, coordinating palliative care nursing curricula at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Australia.
He is currently Editor-in-Chief, Progress in Palliative Care, and Editor for BMC Palliative Care. He also serves on the editorial boards of Mindfulness, Palliative Care and Social Practice, and the International Journal of Palliative Nursing.

Nursing Education for Palliative Care in Japan

RN, PhDMitsunori Miyashita

Tohoku University

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Prof. Mitsunori Miyashita, R.N., Ph. D. Department Palliative Nursing, Health Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.

Prof. Miyashita obtained his Bachelor of Health Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1994. After clinical experience as a registered nurse, he started his academic carrier at the University of Tokyo as an assistant professor in 2007. In October 2019, he moved to Tohoku University as a Professor. He stayed at Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, for six months from 2017 to 2018. Prof. Miyashita’s primary interests are the quality evaluation of palliative care, especially on post-bereavement surveys, quality indicators, and patient-reported outcomes. He has authored and co-authored more than 250 peer-review articles in international journals.

Nursing Education Curriculum in Korea

RN, PhDSo-Hi Kwon

Kyungpook National University

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Dr. So-Hi Kwon, now is a professor of College of Nursing in Kyungpook National University, Chairman for hospice APN program in the Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science, Senior Vice president of Korean Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association, International director of Korean Society for Hospice Palliative Care (KSHPC), leading member of Hospice Palliative Nursing Research Group in KSHPC, Council member of Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network(APHN), and member of Korean Society of Nursing Science. She got her bachelor’s degree at Kyungpook National University, master degree at University of Utah, and doctoral degree at Seoul National University. She received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare in 2017, and got the best research award in 2018 from KSHPC.

Expanding Hospice Palliative Care in Korea (Korean Language Session)

PR Strategies of Hospice and Palliative Care in the New Era (새로운 시대의 호스피스완화의료 홍보 전략)

MSW, PhDWonchul Kim

Korea University Anam Hospital

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소속
고려대학교 안암병원 의료사회사업팀

약력
현 고려대학교 안암병원 의료사회사업팀장
숭실대학교 사회복지대학원 겸임교수
한국호스피스완화의료학회 홍보정보이사
한국호스피스완화의료사회사업연구회 회장

(Present) Korea University Anam Hospital Medical Social Work Team Leader
Soongsil University Graduate School of Social Welfare Adjunct Professor
Director of Public Relations and Information, Korean Society of Hospice and Palliative Care
President of Korea Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work Research Association

02-920-6445, 02-920-5921(Fax)

Blood Cancer and Hospice (혈액암과 호스피스)

MDSe-il Go

Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital

Biography +

Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine
Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine,

Degree/Certification
Master 2010 Gyeongsang National University of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
M.D. 2006 Gyeongsang National University of Medicine, Jinju, Korea

Current and Previous 4 Relevant Positions Including Academic Appointments (most current date first):
2020.9-present Associate professor Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital
2016.1-2020.8 Assistant professor Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital
2015-2016 Clinical professor Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital
2013-2015 Fellow Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital
2012-2013 Fellow Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Seoul National University Hospital
2011-2012 Fellow Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital
2007-2011 Regident Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital

Palliative Care for Children and Young Adults in South Korea: Where's the Future Headed? (소아청소년을 위한 완화의료: 향후 발전방향)

RN, PhDCho Hee Kim

Kangwon National University

Biography +

Education
Chonbuk National University, Jeon-ju Feb 2009
B.S. in Nursing Science
Seoul National University, Seoul Aug 2021
MSN and Ph.D. integrated course in Pediatric Nursing Science

Professional Experiences
Seoul National University Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nov 2009 ~ Feb 2015
Cardio-Pulmonary Intensive Care Unit Mar ~ Dec 2016
Pediatric Palliative Care Team, RN Jan 2017 ~ Dec 2018

Research Experiences
Seoul National University, College of Nursing Mar 2015 ~ Feb 2016
Research associate, core study in Children’s Health, Exercise for adolescents
Seoul National University Hospital, Integrative Care Center Jan 2019 ~ Aug 2022
Research associate, Pediatric Palliative Care

가정호스피스와 지역사회연계 (Home hospice and community connection)

MDKi Chul Kim

The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

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학력
2001.3-2008.2 중앙대학교 약학과 약학학사
2009.3-2013.2 조선대학교 의학과 의무석사
2021.3- 가톨릭대학교 의학과 박사과정 재학중

경력
2013.3-2014.2 경희대학교병원 인턴
2015.3-2018.2 국립경찰병원 가정의학과 전공의
2018.3-2021.2 서울성모병원 완화의학과 임상강사
2021.3- 서울성모병원 완화의학과 임상진료조교수

Psychosocial Care for Patient and Family through the Journey

Achieving Couple- and Family-Centered Hospice Care

MDDavid Kissane

Monash University

Biography +

Existential Issues for Patients with Serious Illness

David W. Kissane, MD is an academic psychiatrist, palliative care physician and researcher in the fields of psycho-oncology and palliative care. He currently holds the Chair of Palliative Care Research with the University of Notre Dame Australia and the Cunningham Centre at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney (2019-present). He has previously been Head of the Department of Psychiatry for Monash University in Australia (2012-2019), Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York (2003-2012) and, before that, the Foundation Chair of Palliative Medicine at the University of Melbourne (1996-2003).

Professor Kissane’s academic interests include studies of existential distress, group, couples and family psychotherapy trials, communication skills training, and the ethics of end-of-life care. He is best known for his work on demoralization syndrome as a specifier for adjustment disorder and major depression in the medically ill, a form of low morale and poor coping that has preceded interventions to promote meaning-based coping. His model of family therapy delivered to ‘at risk’ families during palliative care has prevented complicated grief and prolonged grief disorder in bereavement. He has developed the Demoralization Scale (DS & DS-II), the Demoralization Interview (DI), the Psycho-existential Symptom Assessment Scale (PeSAS) and the Shame and Stigma Scale (SSS) in Head & Neck Cancer. He is the author of over 400 publications, including books exemplified by Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care, Psychotherapy in Cancer Care, Bereavement Care for Families, and Psycho-oncology in Palliative and End-of-Life Care.

Prof Kissane has been recognised by the International Psycho-Oncology Society with its Sutherland Award for lifetime achievement, by Cornell University with its Klerman Award for psychotherapy research, by King’s College with its Dame Cecily Saunders lecture, and in 2018, he was made a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) for his contribution to the development of the disciplines of Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care.

Psychological and Existential Suffering in Patients with Advanced Cancer: Findings From A Qualitative Study in South Korea

MDHye Yoon Park

Seoul National University Hospital

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Dr. Hye Yoon Park is an associate professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Psycho-oncology Center, and Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics at Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea. Dr. Park possesses professional experience in the care of patients with cancer or serious illnesses, with a background in consultation-liaison psychiatry and palliative care. Her research interests lie at the intersection of psychiatry and palliative care, encompassing the management of psychiatric symptoms and the provision of support for existential suffering. She is also deeply interested in clinical ethics and humanity, particularly those that arise in the context of serious illness, both at the individual and societal levels. Dr. Park completed a fellowship program at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago in 2018-2019. Currently, she serves as the director of the Academic Committee at the Korean Psycho-Oncology Society, as well as a member of the Education Committee and Study Group for Spiritual Care at the Korean Hospice and Palliative Care Society. She is also the director of Cancer Care and the Korean Psychosomatic Society.

Cultural Aspect in Grief and Bereavement

PhD, RSW, FTAmy Chow

University of Hong Kong

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A Multi-Dimensional Need-Based Bereavement Intervention: The Adapts Model 3.0

Amy Y. M. Chow is a Professor with the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong. She is the Director of the Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project and the Master of New College of the University. With the background of registered social worker specialized in bereavement counseling, she is the founder of the first community based bereavement counseling centre in Hong Kong. She is also the Chairperson of the International Workgroup on Death, Dying and Bereavement and the former Secretary of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Recently, she received the Association for Death Education and Counseling 2020 Research Recognition Award.

Psychosocial Care at the End of Life: The Social Worker's Intervention

DProf, MEd, BA, BSWGilbert Fan

National Cancer Centre Singapore

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Dr Gilbert Fan, DProf, RSW, FAPA is a Clinical Supervisor (Satir), Fellow of the American Psychotherapy Association (USA) Registered Social Worker & Member of the International Workgroup of Death, Dying & Bereavement. Gilbert’s professional doctorate is in Social Work & Futures Studies. He has extensive experience as a medical social worker, having worked in both general and tertiary hospitals and a short teaching stint at the Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) lecturing in the Behavioural Sciences. He continues to teach in various capacities in social work and counselling programmes at both local and foreign universities. He was an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the Department of Social Work, NUS (2015-2017, Honorary Senior Lecturer with the Department of Social Work & Social Administration, HKU (2014-2017), Lecturer (Part-time) with The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017 to 2019). He has been appointed as Master Practice Leader by the Ministry of Social & Family Development in 2015-2020 and Fellow of the Social Service Institute in 2016-2019 and 2020 to present. He is being appointed as Adjunct Assistant Professor (Social Work, NUS) as of Jan 2023. Gilbert is currently the Chair for Volunteer Engagement & Co-Chair for Joy at Work Committee, Institution Wellness officer, HR Counsellor & Trainer (Employee Relations), Human Resource and Master MSW to the Department of Psychosocial Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore. His clinical interest is in griefwork and bereavement, experiential counselling and groupwork, particularly in the application of experiential counselling of patients with advanced cancers. His research interests include the study of coping behaviours, meaning-making and intervention models in cancer care.

Home Care: From Setting up to Terminal Care at Home

Home Care Nurse’s Perspective on Setting up Nurse Led Service

RNHanife MacGamwell

Nursing Education Coordinator and Faculty for Indian Association of Palliative Care

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- Oncology and Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Specialist Indian Association of Palliative Care nursing education coordinator and national faculty
- Honorary Head, mentor, and instructor for ELNEC USA in India
- Honorary Advisor NavChetna, Jodhpur
- Honorary advisor HPNA INDIA

The Development of Community End-of-life Care in Residential Care Homes for Elderly in Hong Kong

FHKAM (Medicine), FRCP (Edin, Lond, Glasg)Edward Leung

The Hong Kong Association of Gerontology

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Dr. Leung is currently Hon Consultant Geriatrician and Director of Geriatric Medicine Centre (Healthy Ageing) Of Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. He was Head of Division of Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation of United Christian Hospital till 2015, Ex-Chairman of Geriatric Specialty Board of Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hon Associate Professor of Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hon Associate Professor of Department of Medicine and Department of Social Work and Social Administration of University of Hong Kong. He is also President of Hong Kong Association of Gerontology and Hong Kong Continence Society. He has been Chief Editor of Hong Kong Journal of Gerontology and has been the Co-chief editor of Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics.  

Dr. Leung is council member of International Association of Gerontology and the Asia/Oceania Region of IAG. He also served as convenor of the Scientific Subcommittee of Clinical Medicine of the Asia/Oceania Region of IAG. Dr. Leung has been invited to lecture in symposium held in Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, China, Macau and Taiwan.  

Dr. Leung's major research interests are epidemiology in old age, health promotion, End of Life care, osteoporosis, fall, stroke, incontinence, long term care and public policy in old age. He is a major advocate in promoting End of Life Care for Older People in Community and Residential Care since 2007. Dr. Leung published widely in local and international journals and has been contributor to a number of books on health and ageing.  

Dr. Leung has served on various boards and bodies in Hong Kong and internationally in the International Association of Gerontology and Asia Pacific Advisory Board on Continence Care. He is also founding member of Hong Kong Osteoporosis Foundation.

Caring for Seriously Ill or Dying Children at Home

MD, PhDChong Poh Heng

HCA Hospice, Singapore

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Dr Chong Poh Heng is Medical Director of HCA Hospice Limited and Vice Chair of the Singapore Hospice Council. His passion lies in advocating for equitable access to palliative care for all, particularly in ensuring that people with serious illness can receive quality end-of-life care in their own homes. He was the adult category winner of the Leader of Good award at the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards ceremony in 2021. An ardent advocate for children with life limiting illness, he co-chairs the Special Interest Group in Paediatric Palliative Care with APHN, organising various training, educational and research initiatives across the region.

Meeting the Challenges of Providing Home Deaths

MDEdnin Hamazah

Hospis Malaysia

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Dr Ednin Hamzah is the Chief Executive Officer of Hospis Malaysia, a position held from 1997. Dr Ednin graduated in medicine from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1986 and trained and worked in family medicine in the United Kingdom prior to returning to Malaysia in 1997.

Clinically, he leads the largest community palliative care service in Malaysia. He teaches palliative care in several universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Nationally he has been involved in palliative care, cancer control and pain management and has been on the Boards of several National Healthcare based Organisations. He is active in international palliative care education and advocacy and is the current Chair of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.

Palliative Care for Non-Cancer Population

Implementation of Palliative Care Screening for All Hospitalised Patients – the Experience of a University Hospital in Japan

MD, PhDYoshiyuki Kizawa

University of Tsukuba, Japan

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Yoshi (Yoshiyuki Kizawa) is a Director of the Department of Palliative and Supportive Care at the University of Tsukuba Hospital and the Professor of Palliative Medicine at the University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Medicine. He has been re-elected as President of the Japanese Society for palliative medicine in Japan, which has more than 12000 members. Yoshi leads an education program that aims to acquire basic skills of palliative care for all health care professionals to improve the quality of life of patients and families who are in life-threatening conditions. The national primary palliative care education project namely PEACE (Palliative care Emphasis program on symptom management and Assessment for Continuous medical Education) was launched in 2007 funded by the Japanese government and disseminated all over Japan. Until March 2022, more than 150,000 physicians finished the 2-day education course. This educational project very much contributes improving the integration of palliative care in oncology in our country. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29023634) He also has a strong interest in non-cancer palliative care and advance care planning. He has started implementing a palliative care program for patients with heart failure in his university hospital. Yoshi also leads a National Advance Care Planning Education Project, funded by the Japanese government, namely E-FIELD (Education for Implementing End-of-life Discussion). (https://www.med.kobe-u.ac.jp/jinsei/acp_kobe-u/acp_kobe-u/acp01/index.html)

Renal Supportive Care – A Multidisciplinary Team Approach

MBBS, MRCP, MMED, FAMSLee Guo Zhang

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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Dr Lee Guozhang is dually-accredited in both Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine, and has a keen interest in the area of non-cancer palliative care. After returning from palliative medicine subspecialty training in 2018, he set up the Internal Medicine Supportive and Palliative Care Service (IM-SPCS) in Singapore General Hospital (SGH), which focuses on providing supportive & palliative care for patients with chronic disease and multi-morbidity. He is also closely involved in running the multidisciplinary Renal Supportive Care (RSC) service, and works collaboratively with the hospital’s nephrology department to provide supportive care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. With an interest in care models that deliver generalist palliative care to patients with non-cancer conditions in the community, he piloted a community nurse-led model of generalist palliative care in collaboration with SingHealth Community Nursing. In addition, he holds concurrent appointments as Director of Community Partnerships, SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive and Palliative Care Centre (SDSPCC), Co-Chair of the SingHealth Advance Care Planning Workgroup and Chair of the SGH Advance Care Planning Workgroup.

End Stage Respiratory Disease

MD, PhDSo Young Park

Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea

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[Personal Information]
Name (First Name/ Last Name): So Young Park
Affiliation: Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
Position: Clinical associate professor
Speciality: Pulmonary and critical care medicine
[Educational Background]
1997-2003: Bachelor’s Degree, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea
2006-2008: Master’s Degree, Hallym University graduate school, Chuncheon, Korea
2014-2018: Ph.D., University of ulsan college of medicine, Seoul, Korea
[Professional Experience]
2008-2010: Fellow, Samsung medical center, Pulmonology and critical care
2010-2011: Clinical assistant professor, Kyunghee medical center, Kunnghee
University, Pulmonology and critical care
2011-2013: Full time instructor, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym
medical center, Pulmononology and critical care
2013-2016: Assistant professor, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym
medical center, Pulmononology and critical care
2106-2018: Clinical Associated professor, KyungHee Medical Center, Pulmononology and critical care
2018-2019.2: Assistant professor, Chungnam National University Hospital, Pulmononology and critical care
2019.3-2022.2: Associated professor, Ewha Womens University Seoul Hospital, Pulmononology and critical care

Let's Talk about "Integration": How Does it Work?

How Well Integrated is Your Palliative Care Program? Examining Indicators of Integration

MD, MScDavid Hui

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Dr. David Hui is a tenured professor and Director of Research at the Department of Palliative Care, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, with a joint appointment to the Department of General Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. His research interests include integration of supportive/palliative care and oncology, symptom management clinical trials, prognostication, and research methodology. He completed his medical school at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, followed by internal medicine residency at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, medical oncology fellowship at the British Columbia Cancer Agency, and supportive/palliative oncology clinical research fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He also has a Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and a second Master’s degree in Patient Based Biological Research. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology in Canada and the US, and also Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine in the US.

He is currently the principal investigator of multiple randomized trials on dyspnea and delirium funded by the National Cancer Institute. His research is also supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research, the American Cancer Society and other agencies. He has authored and/or co-authored over 300 scientific papers, with his work appearing at various peer-review journals such as JAMA, JAMA Oncol, J Clin Oncol, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Lancet Oncol and Ann Oncol. He is also the author/editor of 4 books (Approach to Internal Medicine, Drugs & Drugs, and Internal Medicine Issues in Palliative Cancer Care, 50 Palliative Care Studies Every Doctor Should Know).

Dr. Hui currently serves as a standing member of a study section at the National Institutes of Health. He is also a senior associate editor of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management and a board member of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. In addition to academic pursuits, he remains active clinically in both palliative care and medical oncology.

Current Efforts to Integrate Palliative Care into Tertiary Cancer Centers in Korea

MD, PhDYu Jung Kim

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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Curriculum Vitae
Full name : Yu Jung Kim
Current Position : Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Director, Palliative and Supportive Care Center
Department : Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Palliative and Supportive Care Center
Affiliation : Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Country : South Korea
Education
1995-1997: Premedical course, College of Liberal Arts & Science, Seoul National University
1997-2001: Seoul National University College of Medicine, Bachelor of Medical Science
2003-2005: Postgraduate School, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Master of Molecular Oncology
2005-2012: Postgraduate School, Seoul National University, Ph.D. of Molecular Oncology
2001-2002: Internship, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2002-2006: Residency in Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2006-2007: Clinical Fellowship in Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Professional Experience 2007-2008: Instructor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2008-2014: Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
2013-2014: Visiting Scholar, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine
2015-2019: Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
2020-present: Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Director, Palliative and Supportive Care Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

Integration of Palliative Care into the Asia Pacific Cervical Cancer Control Project

MD, PhDEric L. Krakauer

Harvard Medical School

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Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD, is Director of the Program in Global Palliative Care and Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. He also is an attending physician in the Division of Palliative Care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Honorary Chair of the Department of Palliative Care at the University of Medicine & Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. For many years, he and his team have collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with ministries of health, hospitals, and medical schools in low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, to help integrate palliative care into health care services and education. He has served on the Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and as Medical Officer for Palliative Care at WHO Headquarters. In his current role as palliative care consultant to the US National Cancer Institute’s Center for Global Health, he assisted with creation of the WHO Strategic Framework for the Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Cervical Cancer in the Western Pacific Region 2023–2030.

Expanding our Understanding of Spirituality

Spiritually-Supportive Therapeutics: Practical Tips for Palliative Care Clinicians

PhD, RN, FAANElizabeth Johnston Taylor

Loma Linda University

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Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Loma Linda University School of Nursing, Loma Linda, California, USA, has pursued a program of research exploring the intersection of spirituality, religiosity, health, and nursing for over 30 years. Her clinical experiences as an oncology nurse created for her a deep interest in these topics, and led her to pursue a PhD (University of Pennsylvania, 1992), a post-doctoral fellowship (UCLA, 1993-95), Clinical Pastoral Education, and training in spiritual direction. Her life experiences include a stint as Research Director, Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington, New Zealand. The desire to help nurses understand and support patient spiritual health during health-related transitions has motivated Beth to write extensively and lecture globally. Her over 150 publications include the following books: Spiritual Care: Nursing Theory, Research, and Practice (Prentice Hall, 2002; translated into Japanese), What Do I Say? Talking with Patients about Spirituality (Templeton Press, 2007; translated into Korean), Religion: A Clinical Guide for Nurses (Springer, 2012), and Fast facts about religion: Implications for nursing care (Springer, 2019). Currently, she is developing a website for healthcare professionals and students to learn about spiritual care. Beth is grateful for research funding received from various federal government and private foundation sources.

Spiritual Care of Hospice Palliative Care in South Korea

RN, PhDKyung-Ah Kang

Sahmyook University

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Kyung-Ah Kang, R.N. PhD, is a professor of nursing department, who have worked teaching pediatric nursing, palliative Care, and nursing theory in Sahmyook University in Seoul, Korea. She is also the audit of Korean Society for Hospice & Palliative Care.
Her most recent academic writing was a corresponding author article – ‘Web-Based Research Trends on Child and Adolescent Cancer Survivors Over the Last 5 Years: Text Network Analysis and Topic Modeling Study’, which was published in June 2022 at Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR). Another updated one as a first author was published in 2021 at the BMC palliative care: A meaning-centered spiritual care training program for hospice palliative care teams in South Korea: development and preliminary evaluation.
She began studying Logotherapy in 1999 and has been grateful to see how it has positively impacted her own life, nurturing her children, and interacting with students. In addition, she has applied her knowledge of logotherapy in her research work in palliative care for patients with cancer and life respect program for adolescents.

It's a New Era: Big Data, Digital Health, Technology in Palliative Care

Utilizing Big Data in Palliative Care

MD, MBA, MHS, FASCOArif Kamal

Duke University

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Improving Palliative Care Quality and Outcomes through IT

Arif Kamal MD, MBA, MHS, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO is the inaugural Chief Patient Officer of the American Cancer Society and Consulting Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University. He is a nationally-recognized thought leader and health services researcher with particular expertise in the delivery and evaluation of high quality supportive and palliative care to patients with cancer and their caregivers. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Journal of Clinical Oncology and has been quoted or featured on CNN, USA Today, National Public Radio, Forbes, The Economist, and many others.

Dr. Kamal completed Internal Medicine residency training and Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Duke University. He holds a Masters in Health Sciences in Clinical Research (MHS) from Duke University and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.

Application of Virtual Reality in Palliative Care

PhDKazuyuki Niki

Osaka University

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Affiliations: 1) Osaka University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Clinical Pharmacy Research and Education 2) Ashiya Municipal Hospital, Department of Pharmacy

Corresponding email: k-niki@phs.osaka-u.ac.jp
Education: Graduated from Osaka University Department of Pharmacy in 2013, and received Ph.D. in Pharmacy from Osaka University in 2019.

Research interest: Palliative Care, Digital therapeutics, Dementia, Community pharmacy, Pharmacy education

Major awards:
1. The 27th Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine, Good Presentation Award (2022)
2. The 24th Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine, Best Presentation Award (2019)
3. The 16th European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), One of the top three in your category "Basic & Translational Research" (2019)
4. The 30th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology (ICPE) Scholarship (2014)

Key papers on palliative care or digital therapeutics:
1. Takemura M, Niki K, Miyaguchi S, et al. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 0:1–4, 2022.
2. Yahara M, Niki K, Ueno K, et al. Biol Pharm Bull. 44:1019-1023, 2021.
3. Niki K, Yahara M, Inagaki M, et al. Front Hum Neurosci., 14:598161, 2021.
4. Niki K, Yasui M, Iguchi M, et al. Biol Pharm Bull. 44:279-282, 2021.
5. Niki K, Okamoto Y, Ueda M. J Palliat Med. 23:892-894, 2020.
6. Niki K, Okamoto Y, Maeda I, et al. J Palliat Med. 22:1490, 2019.
7. Niki K, Okamoto Y, Maeda I, et al. J Palliat Med. 22:702-707, 2019.

Digital Health Service for Cancer Survivors: Personalized Information and Coaching for Healthy Living

MD, PhDSun Mi Kim

Chung-Ang University Hospital

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POSITION
Associate professor,
Department of Psychiatry,
Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION/TRAINING
2007 Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea M.D. Medicine
2014 Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Medicine (combined master’s & Ph.D program) Ph.D Psychiatry

Professional Experience
2012-2013 Research Fellow, Neuroimaging Center, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA
2013-2014 Research Fellow, Department of Diagnostic Neuroimaging, Brain Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2014-2018 Clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2019-2022 Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2022- Associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

How Can we "Care" at the Intensive Care Unit

Expectation and Operation of Palliative Care Consultation in ICUs

MD, PhDShin Hye Yoo

Seoul National University Hospital

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Educational Background
Professor Shin Hye Yoo was graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 2013, and received her Ph.D. from Seoul National University in 2020.

Professional Experience
Professor Yoo completed her resident training in the Department of Internal Medicine at SNUH, and then worked as a clinical fellow in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology in 2018 and in the Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics in 2019 at SNUH. She is currently the clinical assistant professor in the Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics and serves as an ethics consultant and a member of Institutional Ethics Committee at SNUH. She specializes in the palliative care for patients with advanced or terminal diseases. Her main clinical practice and research focuses on palliative care delivery, clinical/ethical decision making support, and healthcare resource utilization at the end-of-life.

Development of a Palliative Care Intervention Based on Person-Centered Care in Intensive Care Unit

RN, PhDHye Young Yun

Severance Hospital

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Hye young Yun, PhD in nursing works as a unit manager in the intensive care unit of Severance Hospital. The research area of interest is critical care and palliative care.

How to Make Palliative Care Embedded in A Challenging Environment: Based On Palliative Care in ICUs

MD, PhD, FRCPNaveen Salins

KMC Manipal

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Professor and Head, Department of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care, KMC Manipal

Dr Salins graduated with honours in Internal Medicine MD in 2003 from KMC Manipal. He pursued his three years of specialist fellowship training in Palliative Medicine at the Lyell McEwin Hospital and after that worked as a consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. On return to India, he has held clinical and academic positions at the Health Care Global, Bangalore and Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Since 2018, he is Professor and Head of the Department of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care at KMC Manipal and the Coordinator of Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre. In 2020 he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) by the Royal College of Physicians London and Glasgow. He completed his PhD in Palliative Care from the Lancaster University UK in 2021. He is also the Honorary Professor of Medicine at Cardiff University, UK.

Dr Salins has 92 peer-reviewed publications and is part of 50+ research projects (both ongoing and completed). He has several international research collaborations, like collaborations with the University of California San Francisco, Lancaster University and Hull York University UK. He is the recipient of national and international grants like the NIH/NIC, APHN, ICMR etc. He has served as member of the commissions and technical committees of the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the National Cancer Grid, the Medical Council of India, and the National Board of Examinations. He is the Secretary General of the Academy of Palliative, a national body that aims to enhance specialist and generalist palliative care education in India.

Dr Salins has served as the Editor of the Indian Journal of Palliative Care for seven years and is presently the Associate Editor of BMC Palliative Care. He is the Course Director of the BMJ Online Palliative Care Course and Director of the EPEC India Program in association with Northwestern University Chicago. He was awarded the best outgoing student in 2003, best teacher award in 2005 by the KMC Manipal. He was the member of the service receiving the best palliative care service by the Government of South Australia in 2008. He was the recipient of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) accreditation award for Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care in 2013, 2016 and 2019. He was the recipient of the ISCCM presidential citation award in 2015 and the International Award for Excellence in Palliative Care in 2020. He was the head of the department, accredited as the International Reference Centre for End-of-Life Care by the International Collaborative for Best Care for the Dying Person, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. He was the cancer centre coordinator who received accreditation from the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) as the centre for excellence in cancer supportive care.

To Care always: Supportive Care during Anticancer Treatment

Supportive Care for New Anticancer Treatment

MDSeong-Hoon Shin

Kosin University

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Dr. Seong-Hoon, Shin is a tenured professor of internal medicine at Kosin University College of Medicine. His specialty is medical oncology and cancer supportive care. He has been the director of department of medical oncology and hospice care center at Kosin University Gospel Hospital (KUGH), since 2019.
His research interests include various symptom management of cancer patients and integration of digital healthcare to cancer supportive care. He completed his medical school at Kosin University, Busan, South Korea, followed by internal medicine residency and medical oncology fellowship at KUGH, and worked at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as a supportive and palliative oncology clinical visiting researcher. (2012-2013).
He is the chairperson of palliative care and cancer supportive care committee of Korean Cancer Study Group (KCSG). He also serves as the regional president of the Association for Hospice and Palliative Care in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam region.

Symptom Control for Cancer Related Fatigue - innovation and Development

MDEnoch YL Lai

MacKay Memorial Hospital and MacKay Medical College

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Dr. Yuen-Liang Lai is a professor of MacKay Medical College, and Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. His specialty is radiation oncology and palliative medicine. He was the former chairman of Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN), Taiwan Hospice Organization, and the founding chairman of Taiwan Academy of Hospice Palliative Medicine (TAHPM). Now he is the board member of Taiwan Spiritual Care Professionals Association and TAHPM to devote himself to integrate humanity and technology in the new era of palliative medicine developed in Taiwan.

He received his diploma in Palliative Medicine from University of Wales College of Medicine in United Kingdom. After brief stints as a clinical fellow at Royal North Shore Hospital in Australia and Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center in U.S., he was appointed to the Department of Radiation Oncology at MacKay Memorial Hospital as a director. From 1990 to 2009, he had served as the first medical director in MacKay Hospice Palliative Care Center which is the pioneer hospice palliative care ward in Taiwan.

Dr. Lai has made nearly 200 scholarly contributions, including more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers. His research interests include integration of palliative care and oncology, symptom management. He also works out the evidence basis to say no to the medical futilities. In addition to being co-investigator on numerous clinical trials and researches, he performed a pivotal role in developing the first novel botanical drug approved for improving cancer-related fatigue among cancer patients.

Early Palliative Care to Preserve the Quality of Life

RNMi Hyeon Seo

Samsung Medical Center, Hospice Palliative Care Team

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Mi Hyeon Seo is a APN in the Hospice Palliative Care Team at Samsung Medical Center.
She has worked as a clinical nurse in hemato-oncology, counselor of life-sustaining treatment and member of the brain death committee. She holds a Master's degree in Science in Nursing majoring in Hospice Nursing at The Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science The Catholic University of Korea, and another Master's degree in Bioethics at The Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Grduate School For Life The Catholic University of Korea.

Palliative Care Education: From Bird's Eye to Worm's Eye View

Suggest for Asia Pacific Atlas and the Recent Developments in the Asia Pacific Region

MD, PhDYing Wei Wang

Tzuchi University, Hualien Tzuchi Hospital

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Professor Wang Ying Wei is the director of the Centre for Palliative Care and medical consultant in Hualien Tzuchi Hospital. He is also the professor in the Department of medical humanities in Tzuchi University. He received his MD degree from National Taiwan University and PhD from Tulane University in US. He completed his residency training in Family Medicine in National Taiwan University Hospital. He was the former Director General in Health Promotion Administration MOHW, and the chief in Heart Lotus Hospice in Tzuchi General Hospital. He started the first Buddhist hospice programme in East Taiwan since 1996. He is the council member of APHN. He developed many innovative programs for geriatric care, palliative care and medical humanities in Taiwan in the past few years. His speciality included palliative care, geriatric care, medical education, and health promotion.

Palliative Care Education in (remote) Nepal: Overcoming the Obstacles

PhD, MBBS, FFARCSI, DRCOG, MRCGP, DipPallMed, FRCP, PGCertMedEd, FHEA, DTM&HDaniel Munday

The University of Edinburgh

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Primary Palliative Care, its First 60 Years: The long Road to Universal Health Coverage

A qualified general practitioner/ family physician and specialist in palliative medicine from the UK, with many years’ experience working in Nepal and South Asia. He is currently living and working in rural Nepal developing a model of primary palliative care. He has a PhD in Health Sciences from Warwick Medical School, UK which he undertook within the Centre for Primary Health Care Studies. His thesis focused on the interface between primary and secondary care in delivering palliative care. He led palliative care research at Warwick Medical School between 2003 and 2013 including evaluating the Gold Standards Framework, an international approach enabling primary care practitioners to provide excellent palliative care. He first worked in Nepal in 1988-1991 and then returned in 2013 since which time he has been working with Nepali colleagues in developing appropriate palliative care. His current academic base is with the Primary Palliative Care Research Group in the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. In 2021, together with colleagues in the region he established the Asia Pacific Primary Palliative Care Special Interest Group which has been adopted by APHN.

Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education for Healthcare Professionals

PhDGemma Aburn

Paediatric Palliative Care, Starship Child Health

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Dr. Gemma Aburn is a Nurse Specialist in children’s palliative care at Starship Child Health in Auckland, New Zealand. Gemma also holds an academic appointment at the University of Auckland in the School of Nursing. She has recently completed her PhD in Nursing, exploring staff experiences of working in a children’s blood and cancer centre in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on how staff maintain resilience. Gemma established and leads the Child & Youth Health Nursing Network in the School of Nursing at the University of Auckland. Gemma is actively involved in education throughout the continuum of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development of health professionals working with children with serious illness. Gemma is currently leading an Auckland Medical Research Foundation funded project exploring paediatric clinician’s attitudes, knowledge and skills in caring for children with serious illness and palliative care needs. This project also seeks to develop an evidence based and culturally safe education programme specific to the New Zealand context recognising care needs of both Māori and non-Māori children and their whānau (family).

Baby Pains, Teenage Games and Plenty of Adult Talk in PPC!

Neonatal Palliative Medicine - Exploring Specific Ethical Conundrums within

MDMin Sun Kim

Seoul National University Hospital

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PRESENT POSITION:
Associate professor
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital
Integrated Care Center, Seoul National University Hospital
Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics, Seoul National University Hospital
EDUCATION:
2006 Graduate from College of medicine, Seoul National University.
2012 Master’s degree from college of medicine, Seoul National University
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
2008 - 2012 Residentship in department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital 2012 - 2013 Fellowship in department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital
2014 - 2017 Assistant professor, public health medical service at Seoul National University Hospital
2018 - 2022 Assistant professor, department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital
2022 - Associate professor, department of pediatrics at Seoul National University Hospital
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE
Palliative care and home care for children with serious illnesses
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS 1. Kim MS(1st), Lim NG, Kim HJ, Kim C, Lee JY. Pediatric deaths attributed to complex chronic conditions over 10 years in Korea: evidence for the need to provide pediatric palliative care. J Korean Med Sci. 2018.
2. Kim MS(1st), Lee J, Sim JA, Kwon JH, Kang EJ, et al. Discordance between physician and the general public perceptions of prognostic disclosure to children with serious illness: a Korean nationwide Study. J Korean Med Sci. 2018.
3.Yu J, Song IG, Kim CH, Moon YJ, Shin HY, Kim MS(Cooresponding). Perceptions of pediatric palliative care among physicians who care for pediatric patients in South Korea. J Palliat Med. 2020.
4. Kim CH, Song IG, Kim MS(Corresponding), Lee JY, Lim NG, Shin HY. Healthcare utilization among children and young people with life-limiting conditions: exploring palliative care needs using national health insurance claims data. 2020.
5. Song IG, Kang SH, Kim MS(Corresponding), Kim CH, Moon YJ, Lee J. Differences in perspectives of pediatricians on advance care planning: a cross-sectional survey. 2020.
6. Choi YH, Kim MS(Corresponding), Kim CH, Song IG, Park JD, Suh DI, Shin H. Looking into the life of technology-dependent children and their caregivers in Korea: lifting the burden of too many responsibilities. 2020.
7. Lee J, Kim MS(Corresponding), Kim CH, Moon YJ, Choi YH. Factors associated with quality of life in children receiving pediatric palliative care. 2021.

Family Centered Care - Communication Aspects from the Community Perspective

MD, PhDChong Poh Heng

HCA Hospice, Singapore

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Dr Chong Poh Heng is Medical Director of HCA Hospice Limited and Vice Chair of the Singapore Hospice Council. His passion lies in advocating for equitable access to palliative care for all, particularly in ensuring that people with serious illness can receive quality end-of-life care in their own homes. He was the adult category winner of the Leader of Good award at the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards ceremony in 2021. An ardent advocate for children with life limiting illness, he co-chairs the Special Interest Group in Paediatric Palliative Care with APHN, organising various training, educational and research initiatives across the region.

The Squid Game - Two Experts Tackling Two Challenging Cases!

MD, MB, ChB, Otago, FRACP, FAChPM, FFPMANZCARoss Drake

Starship Children’s Hospital

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MB ChB (Otago); FRACP; FAChPM; FFPMANZCA

Ross Drake is a Paediatrician who specialises in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care for children having gained fellowships in Paediatrics (2000), Palliative Medicine (2003) and Pain Medicine (2011) after he completed specialist training at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney. Ross is Clinical Lead of the Paediatric Palliative Care and Complex Pain Services at Starship Children’s Hospital; both being the only services of their type in New Zealand. Amongst his clinical duties he strives to improve the recognition and support of children and their families requiring palliative care or management of chronic pain. He remains very involved in developing a national approach to both disciplines and works to improve and enable equitable access and service delivery for all New Zealand children in need.
Dr Drake regularly presents and teaches on children’s pain medicine and palliative care. More recently, he has been involved with establishing an international pharmacovigilance research collaborative looking at the effectiveness and adverse effects of medications and other interventions commonly used in palliative care and pain management.

The Squid Game - Two Experts Tackling Two Challenging Cases!

MDMarta Salek

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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Dr. Salek is a physician scientist in the department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the United States. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at St. Jude and previously completed a fellowship in Palliative and Hospice Medicine at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Salek’s research interests lie at the intersection of oncology, palliative care, and global pediatric medicine and centers on improving outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer by developing and implementing strategies for palliative care integration. She currently leads two qualitative studies that focus on understanding factors impacting decision-making for children presenting with advanced or incurable cancer at the time of diagnosis. She is also co-leading a study in Asia Pacific aimed at understanding physician perspectives for palliative care integration in childhood cancer. Clinically, she dedicates time to caring for children on the leukemia and lymphoma and palliative care services at St. Jude.

Integrating Palliative Care into Primary Healthcare Systems

Current Situation of Primary Palliative Care in Asia Pacific Region: an Interim Survey Results

MD, MPHTeguh Kristian Perdamaian

Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana

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Dr Perdamaian is a lecturer in General Practice, Primary Care and Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He holds a Master of Public Health from The University of Edinburgh, Scotland with focus on primary palliative care; and currently studying at the same school for his doctoral degree. He is passionate about culture-sensitive primary care, primary palliative care and gerontology, health and medical research (including quantitative, mixed method, and qualitative research), and chronic disease epidemiology. He aspires to connect more with other multidisciplinary palliative care practitioners, public health and primary care practitioners, lecturers, researchers and enthusiasts, particularly interested in the public health approach of palliative care and elderly care in Indonesia and the global context.

Primary Palliative Care in Rural Nepal: Learning from Sunita

PhD, MBBS, FFARCSI, DRCOG, MRCGP, DipPallMed, FRCP, PGCertMedEd, FHEA, DTM&HDaniel Munday

The University of Edinburgh

Biography +

Primary Palliative Care, its First 60 Years: The long Road to Universal Health Coverage

A qualified general practitioner/ family physician and specialist in palliative medicine from the UK, with many years’ experience working in Nepal and South Asia. He is currently living and working in rural Nepal developing a model of primary palliative care. He has a PhD in Health Sciences from Warwick Medical School, UK which he undertook within the Centre for Primary Health Care Studies. His thesis focused on the interface between primary and secondary care in delivering palliative care. He led palliative care research at Warwick Medical School between 2003 and 2013 including evaluating the Gold Standards Framework, an international approach enabling primary care practitioners to provide excellent palliative care. He first worked in Nepal in 1988-1991 and then returned in 2013 since which time he has been working with Nepali colleagues in developing appropriate palliative care. His current academic base is with the Primary Palliative Care Research Group in the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. In 2021, together with colleagues in the region he established the Asia Pacific Primary Palliative Care Special Interest Group which has been adopted by APHN.

Achieving ‘Palliative Care for All,’through Equipping Primary Healthcare Professionals

PhD, MBBS, PgD-FM, MCGP, MRCGP, DipPallMed, AdvCert, Cert.TChamath Fernando

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

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MBBS, PgD-FM, MCGP, MRCGP [INT], DipPallMed (UK)
AdvDip (Classical Music), AdvCert (Bioethics), CertT (H.Ed)
PhD Fellow (Palliative Care, UK)

Dr Fernando is employed as an academic and a Generalist Palliative Care Physician by the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Further, Dr Fernando is the coordinator and the palliative care lead for the National Centre for Primary care and Allergy Research of the University. He is chairing the Primary Palliative Care Special Interest Group of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network and is a Board Member of the Palliative Care Association of Sri Lanka. He is also the International Advisor for the Primary Care Reference Group of the European Association for Palliative Care. In 2018, he was appointed among the 21 global members of the WHO Primary Health Care Young Leaders’ Network.

Cancer Center-Public Health Center Network for Continuum of Cancer Care

MDJung Hun Kang

Gyeongsang National University

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EDUCATION
Mar.2.1990 - Feb.28.1996 College of Medicine, (GNU)
Mar.2.1998 - Feb.28.2000 Postgraduate School of Medicine, GNU
Mar.2.2004- Feb.28.2006 Doctor courses, Medicine, GNU
Aug. 2008 Degree, Doctor of Philosophy, GNU

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Mar.2.1996 - Feb.28.1997 Gyeongsang National University Hospital(GNUH) Internship
Mar.2.1997 - Feb.28.2001 GNUH Residency
May.1.2004 - Feb.28.2005 Hematology-oncology Fellowship, Samsung Seoul Medical Center
Mar.2.2005 - Aug.31.2005 Hematology-Oncology Fellowship (GNUH)
Aug.1.2010-Apr.30.2012 Visiting scientist for palliative care department in M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Board certification
- Certification of Internal medicine
- Certification of Hematology & Oncology specialty

PRESENT APPOINTMENT in institution & Academy Mar/1/2008-now Professor, division of hematology & oncology, department of internal medicine in GNU
Mar/1/2019-now Director of internal medicine department in GNUH
Mar/1/2019-now Director of division of hematology & oncology in GNUH
Mar/1/2017-now Head of research department in Gyeongnam regional cancer center
Board Member, Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care
President of Korean Association of Supportive Care in Cancer(KASCC)

Diverse Approach to Pain Management

Pharmacological Principles of Managing Cancer and Non Cancer Pain.

MBChB (Otago), FRACP, FAChPMDipti Mittal

Concord Repatriation Hospital, University of Sydney

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Dr Dipti Lath Mittal is a Palliative Medicine Physician from Sydney, Australia who works in a variety of clinical settings including consultative, inpatient and ambulatory care.

Dipti has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring medical students, junior doctors, and trainees throughout her career. She is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Sydney and a member of the Asia Pacific Hospice Network and engaged in service development and education in the Pacific Island Nations.

Intervention for Palliative Care Patients

MD, MScSushma Bhatnager

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

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President, Indian Association of Palliative care, since 2018
Former, Head, National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Former IASP Council member.
Founder of Cancer Treatment Centre (CTC) project for Pain free India
Former Board member of IAHPC & APHN
Chairperson of COVID services, NCI, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Member of implementation task force of Lancet Commission report on Palliative care
Nominated by ASCO- Women who Conquer Mentorship Award,2020
Convener of DNB, Palliative Medicine by National Board of Examination
Founder DM (Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi.
Founder of policies Pain Policy and End of Life Care Policy at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Recipient of Leadership and Excellence Award amongst SAARC countries, 2012
Recipient of IASP Award for Excellence in Clinical Research or Practice and/or Policy Changes in Pain Management in the Developing World, Milan,2012
Teaching & Research Experience : 32 years
Research Interest -Cancer Pain Management and Palliative and End of Life Care
Founder DM(Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi
Journal Publications – 340, Conferences – 500+

Noncancer Pain in Cancer Patients

MDEun Joo Choi

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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PRESENT POSITION
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Cancer center
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

EDUCATION
2005: M.D. degree from Hallym University, College of Medicine, Korea.
2011: Master’s Degree, Hallym University graduate school, Korea
2021 Doctor degree in Medicine (Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) from Seoul University, College of Medicine, Korea.

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010: Fellow (Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine) of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
2011-2014: Clinical assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Pain center & Cancer center of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2014- Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Pain center & Cancer center of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2018– 2019: Visiting Scholar, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain medicine, Stanford University Hospital

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Area of Research
Clinical Research for pain medicine (Cancer pain)
Basic Research for Neuropathic Pain, chronic intractable pain

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists (Korean Board of Anesthesiology)
The Korean Pain Society (Expert Board)
The Korean Spinal Pain Society (Member of Academic Affairs)
The Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative care (Member of Academic Affairs)

Academic activities
- Member, Hospice and Palliative Care Research Committee, Academic Committee, R&D Committee, Public Relations Committee, Ultrasound Research Committee, Korean Pain Society
- Public Relations Director, Korean Spinal Pain Society, Korean Neuromodulation Society

Life Song & Last Song

PhD, MM, HPMTEun Jung Kim

Korea University Guro Hospital

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Dr. Kim Eun-jung, a certified Hospice and Palliative care Music Therapist(HPMT) and founder of Counsel Music, has been conducting clinical music therapy sessions at major hospices such as university hospitals and the National Cancer Center in Korea for more than 15 years.
She has been focusing on clinical methodology and education in hospice music therapy, and representative studies include 'Development and Verification of Music Therapy Protocol for Terminal Cancer Patients in Hospice Care(2016)', 'Hospice Music Therapy in Korea(2018)', 'Development and Evaluation of a Hospice and Palliative Care Music Therapy Education Program(2020)'.
She has given lectures on hospice music therapy at various hospices and universities, and serves as a member of the planning committee and the public relations committee at the Korean hospice palliative care society.

Palliative Care Nursing Education in Asia Pacific Region

Palliative Care Nursing Education in Australia: Strategies and Programs to Build Capability in Nursing Practice

PhDJason Mills

University of South Australia

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Jason Mills is Associate Professor and Enterprise Fellow at UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia. He holds Fellowships with the Australian College of Nursing and the Higher Education Academy (UK), having completed postgraduate studies in Health Promoting Palliative Care, Medical Anthropology, Compassion Science, and Positive Education. His research is focused on Public Health Palliative Care, and seeks to better understand and address the growing needs across health systems and communities for, and in partnership with, health services, healthcare consumers and their families/carers.

Associate Professor Mills has considerable experience in curriculum design and development, coordinating palliative care nursing curricula at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Australia.
He is currently Editor-in-Chief, Progress in Palliative Care, and Editor for BMC Palliative Care. He also serves on the editorial boards of Mindfulness, Palliative Care and Social Practice, and the International Journal of Palliative Nursing.

Nursing Education for Palliative Care in Japan

RN, PhDMitsunori Miyashita

Tohoku University

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Prof. Mitsunori Miyashita, R.N., Ph. D. Department Palliative Nursing, Health Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.

Prof. Miyashita obtained his Bachelor of Health Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1994. After clinical experience as a registered nurse, he started his academic carrier at the University of Tokyo as an assistant professor in 2007. In October 2019, he moved to Tohoku University as a Professor. He stayed at Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, for six months from 2017 to 2018. Prof. Miyashita’s primary interests are the quality evaluation of palliative care, especially on post-bereavement surveys, quality indicators, and patient-reported outcomes. He has authored and co-authored more than 250 peer-review articles in international journals.

Nursing Education Curriculum in Korea

RN, PhDSo-Hi Kwon

Kyungpook National University

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Dr. So-Hi Kwon, now is a professor of College of Nursing in Kyungpook National University, Chairman for hospice APN program in the Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science, Senior Vice president of Korean Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association, International director of Korean Society for Hospice Palliative Care (KSHPC), leading member of Hospice Palliative Nursing Research Group in KSHPC, Council member of Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network(APHN), and member of Korean Society of Nursing Science. She got her bachelor’s degree at Kyungpook National University, master degree at University of Utah, and doctoral degree at Seoul National University. She received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare in 2017, and got the best research award in 2018 from KSHPC.

Lien Collaborative Capacity Building in Asia

Programme Clinical Lead, Sri Lanka Lead

MD, MBBS, FRACPGhauri Aggarwal

Concord Centre For Palliative Care, Sydney

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Associate Professor
Head, Concord Centre for Palliative Care
Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Chair, Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine
Co-Vice Chair, Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network

A/Prof Aggarwal has been the Head of the Palliative Care Department at Concord Hospital since 1996 and is currently the Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD. Her practice includes hospital consultancy, ambulatory and inpatient care in palliative medicine within the district wide Sydney Palliative Care Service, SLHD. She has been involved in the development of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Palliative Medicine and is the chair of the Executive of the Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine. Her interests include undergraduate and postgraduate education in palliative care, communication skills and ethics and end of life decision making. She has been involved for a number of years in the strategic development of Palliative Care in New South Wales. Currently she is involved in teaching and development of Palliative Care in the Asia-Pacific region.

Sarawak Lead

MDEdnin Hamzah

Hospis Malaysia

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Dr Ednin Hamzah is the Chief Executive Officer of Hospis Malaysia, a position held from 1997. Dr Ednin graduated in medicine from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1986 and trained and worked in family medicine in the United Kingdom prior to returning to Malaysia in 1997.

Clinically, he leads the largest community palliative care service in Malaysia. He teaches palliative care in several universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Nationally he has been involved in palliative care, cancer control and pain management and has been on the Boards of several National Healthcare based Organisations. He is active in international palliative care education and advocacy and is the current Chair of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.

India Lead

MD, MScSushma Bhatnagar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

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President, Indian Association of Palliative care, since 2018
Former, Head, National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Former IASP Council member.
Founder of Cancer Treatment Centre (CTC) project for Pain free India
Former Board member of IAHPC & APHN
Chairperson of COVID services, NCI, Jhajjar, AIIMS
Member of implementation task force of Lancet Commission report on Palliative care
Nominated by ASCO- Women who Conquer Mentorship Award,2020
Convener of DNB, Palliative Medicine by National Board of Examination
Founder DM (Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi.
Founder of policies Pain Policy and End of Life Care Policy at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Recipient of Leadership and Excellence Award amongst SAARC countries, 2012
Recipient of IASP Award for Excellence in Clinical Research or Practice and/or Policy Changes in Pain Management in the Developing World, Milan,2012
Teaching & Research Experience : 32 years
Research Interest -Cancer Pain Management and Palliative and End of Life Care
Founder DM(Onco-Anaesthesia) & MD (Palliative Medicine) at AIIMS Delhi
Journal Publications – 340, Conferences – 500+

Bhutan Lead, Final and Separate announcement: Cynthia Goh Fellowship Programme

MDShirlynn Ho

National Cancer Centre Singapore

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Dr Shirlynn Ho is deputy head of division as well as senior consultant in the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care in National Cancer Centre Singapore. Her passion is in capacity building and fostering clinical collaborations between different institutions across settings to bring about greater access to quality palliative care. Her clinical experience in both tertiary hospital as well as community setting, her current role as director of clinical services in the Singhealth-DukeNUS Supportive and Palliative Care Centre as well as Assistant Secretary in the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network allows her to pursue this cause.
She had been involved in various Lien Centre for Palliative Care programmes (Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, China) aimed at training and capacity building in the Asia Pacific Region, and is currently lead for the programme for Bhutan and co-lead for the programme in India.
Her latest interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine has led her to pursue a graduate diploma in acupuncture as she further explores the role of integrative medicine for oncology patients.

Reflections on the Controversies and Future Directions of ACP: Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Asia-Pacific and Beyond – Cultural perspectives and considerations from Singapore

PhD, EdD, MFTAndy Hau Yan Ho

Nanyang Technological University

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Dr Andy H. Y. Ho is a psychologist, social scientist, educator who specializes in thanatology, public health palliative care, psychosocial gerontology, integrative therapies, and community empowerment. He is the President for the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and serves as Board Director of the prestigious International Work Group on Death Dying and Bereavement (IWGDDB). He is also the Head of Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychology and Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, as well as Director of Research of the Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Research and Education (PalC) Singapore. A clinical innovator, Andy has founded a number of acclaimed and innovative psycho-socio-spiritual interventions for health promotion, some of which include: Mindful-Compassion Art-based Therapy (MCAT) for burnout prevention; Family Dignity Intervention (FDI) for advancing holistic palliative care services; and Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) for augmenting pediatrics palliative care and parental bereavement services. Andy is the recipient 2018 ADEC Academic Educator Award, 2019 Nanyang Educator Award, and the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award of the University of Hong Kong. He has authored over 120 top-tier publications and presented more than 200 keynote and plenary sessions across the globe.

Perspectives from Indonesia

PhDDiah Martina

Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital

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Diah Martina is a faculty at the Division of Psychosomatic and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, and a medical staff in the academic top-referral national general hospital – Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Indonesia. She did her Palliative Care Fellowship in 2017 in Erasmus MC Cancer Institute supported by ESMO Palliative Care Fellowship Award and became the first Indonesian recipient of an International Development and Education Award in Palliative Care (IDEA-PC) from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Her primary research interests and focus are serious illness communication, cultural sensitivity, spirituality, and palliative care capacity building. Diah takes part in numerous international research and academic collaborations, particularly in serious illness communication and its cultural sensitivity. She had published several publications, including a declaration of advance care planning in Asia. Diah actively participates in global volunteering activities, serving as a member of the ASCO council for the Asia-Pacific area (as of 2019). Recently, she has been involved in an advocacy effort for palliative care in the country by collaborating with several national stakeholders, including WHO-Indonesia, and the Indonesian Ministry of Health.

ACP and the Australian Landscape

MD, MBBS, FRACPGhauri Aggarwal

Concord Hospital

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Associate Professor
Head, Concord Centre for Palliative Care
Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Chair, Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine
Co-Vice Chair, Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network

A/Prof Aggarwal has been the Head of the Palliative Care Department at Concord Hospital since 1996 and is currently the Deputy Clinical Director Cancer Services and Palliative Care SLHD. Her practice includes hospital consultancy, ambulatory and inpatient care in palliative medicine within the district wide Sydney Palliative Care Service, SLHD. She has been involved in the development of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Palliative Medicine and is the chair of the Executive of the Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine. Her interests include undergraduate and postgraduate education in palliative care, communication skills and ethics and end of life decision making. She has been involved for a number of years in the strategic development of Palliative Care in New South Wales. Currently she is involved in teaching and development of Palliative Care in the Asia-Pacific region.

Preferences, Processess and Outcomes: Cross-National Perspectives on Interventions and Core Measurement

MD, PhDRichard Harding

Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care

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Professor Richard Harding is the Herbert Dunhill Professor of Palliative Care & Rehabilitation, Director of the Cicely Saunders Institute & Vice Dean (International) of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London, United Kingdom.
At the Cicely Saunders Institute Richard directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care. He is a Board Member of the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and is founding Director of the Centre for Global Health Palliative Care. Richard was awarded the African Palliative Care Association prize for leading publications in palliative care and is co-Chair of the African Palliative Care Research Network. He holds a visiting Chair in Palliative Care at the University of Cape Town. Recently Richard has been appointed Adjunct Professor at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. Richard has a background in social science, HIV care management and health services research. His research focuses on person-centredness for people living with serious health conditions. He has a particular interest in patient-reported assessment of physical, psychological social and spiritual wellbeing in routine to ensure people are empowered to identify what matters to them in their care. He has developed simple tools to enable this. His global programme promotes person-centredness across the life course. This includes methods to enable children to identify their concerns to health care professionals, and optimising wellbeing at the end of life.

"Can't Sleep, Can't Breathe. Can You Help Me?" - Management of Various Symptoms

How to Manage Insomnia During Cancer Treatment

MD, PhDSeockhoon Chung

University of Ulsan College of Medicine

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Graduate University of Ulsan College of Medicine
Residency of Psychiatry at Asan Medical Center
Clinical fellowship of sleep medicine at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.
Currently, Professor and Director of the Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center,
Currently, Vice president of Korean Society of Sleep Medicine
Currently, Executive chair of the Korean Psycho-Oncology Society

Pharmacological Management of Cancer Dyspnea

MD, PhDTakashi Yamaguchi

Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

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Takashi Yamaguchi, MD, PhD is currently appointed as the professor of the Department of Palliative Medicine at Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan. He is board certified in palliative medicine and internal medicine. He received MD from Okayama University and PhD from University of Tsukuba. His research interest includes symptom palliation, especially dyspnea, and end-of-life care. He is the chief task member of developing Japanese clinical guidelines for the management of respiratory symptoms (Yamaguchi T, et al. J Palliat Med 2016; 19:925-35). He also took initiatives of APHN international survey about palliative care resources as the principle investigator (Yamaguchi T, et al. BMJ Suport Palliat Care 2017;7:23-31) . Dr. Yamaguchi has published more than 80 works in international palliative care journals and delivered several invited lectures in Asian countries.

Palliative Radiotherapy for Non-Pain Symptom Management

MD, PhDSeung Yeun Chung

Ajou University School of Medicine

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Present position
Assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine

Education 2018.09 - 2022.08, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Doctoral degree
2015.09 - 2018.02, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Master’s degree
2007.03 - 2013.02, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Bachelor's degree

Postgraduate training & career
2022.03 - Current, Assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine
2021.09 - 2022.02, Research assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine
2020.03 - 2021.08, Clinical fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine
2019.03 - 2020.02, Clinical research assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center
2018.03 - 2019.02, Clinical fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center
2014.03 - 2018.02, Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center

Supporting Patients and Their Family Caregivers in the Last Year of Life: An Integrated Community End-of-Life Care Model 

MSW, PhDVivian Lou

The University of Hong Kong

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Professor Lou Vivian W. Q. is the Director of Sau Po Centre on Ageing, and Professor at Department of Social Work & Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on family gerontology, in particular family caregiving for dementia, stroke, end-of-life older adults, and social adaptation and mental health of Chinese older adults and family caregivers. She has committed to cross-sector collaboration with community partners, social enterprises, and the market. Prof. Lou has been appointed as a member of Statistics Advisory Board, Community Investment and Inclusion Fund, Senior Police Call Central Advisory Board, and Elderly Academy Development Foundation of the HKSAR Government. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and a Council member of Hong Kong Association of Gerontology and Consortium of Institutes of Family Limited (CIFA). Recently, Professor Lou is recognized as Healthy Ageing 50 leaders transforming the world to be a better place in which to grow older in 2022 and Woman Change Maker in STEM in 2023.

Psychosocial Care for Patient and Family through the Journey

Achieving Couple- and Family-Centered Hospice Care

MDDavid Kissane

Monash University

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Existential Issues for Patients with Serious Illness

David W. Kissane, MD is an academic psychiatrist, palliative care physician and researcher in the fields of psycho-oncology and palliative care. He currently holds the Chair of Palliative Care Research with the University of Notre Dame Australia and the Cunningham Centre at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney (2019-present). He has previously been Head of the Department of Psychiatry for Monash University in Australia (2012-2019), Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York (2003-2012) and, before that, the Foundation Chair of Palliative Medicine at the University of Melbourne (1996-2003).

Professor Kissane’s academic interests include studies of existential distress, group, couples and family psychotherapy trials, communication skills training, and the ethics of end-of-life care. He is best known for his work on demoralization syndrome as a specifier for adjustment disorder and major depression in the medically ill, a form of low morale and poor coping that has preceded interventions to promote meaning-based coping. His model of family therapy delivered to ‘at risk’ families during palliative care has prevented complicated grief and prolonged grief disorder in bereavement. He has developed the Demoralization Scale (DS & DS-II), the Demoralization Interview (DI), the Psycho-existential Symptom Assessment Scale (PeSAS) and the Shame and Stigma Scale (SSS) in Head & Neck Cancer. He is the author of over 400 publications, including books exemplified by Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care, Psychotherapy in Cancer Care, Bereavement Care for Families, and Psycho-oncology in Palliative and End-of-Life Care.

Prof Kissane has been recognised by the International Psycho-Oncology Society with its Sutherland Award for lifetime achievement, by Cornell University with its Klerman Award for psychotherapy research, by King’s College with its Dame Cecily Saunders lecture, and in 2018, he was made a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) for his contribution to the development of the disciplines of Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care.

Psychological and Existential Suffering in Patients with Advanced Cancer: Findings From A Qualitative Study in South Korea

MDHye Yoon Park

Seoul National University Hospital

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Dr. Hye Yoon Park is an associate professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Psycho-oncology Center, and Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics at Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea. Dr. Park possesses professional experience in the care of patients with cancer or serious illnesses, with a background in consultation-liaison psychiatry and palliative care. Her research interests lie at the intersection of psychiatry and palliative care, encompassing the management of psychiatric symptoms and the provision of support for existential suffering. She is also deeply interested in clinical ethics and humanity, particularly those that arise in the context of serious illness, both at the individual and societal levels. Dr. Park completed a fellowship program at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago in 2018-2019. Currently, she serves as the director of the Academic Committee at the Korean Psycho-Oncology Society, as well as a member of the Education Committee and Study Group for Spiritual Care at the Korean Hospice and Palliative Care Society. She is also the director of Cancer Care and the Korean Psychosomatic Society.

Cultural Aspect in Grief and Bereavement

PhD, RSW, FTAmy Chow

University of Hong Kong

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A Multi-Dimensional Need-Based Bereavement Intervention: The Adapts Model 3.0

Amy Y. M. Chow is a Professor with the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong. She is the Director of the Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project and the Master of New College of the University. With the background of registered social worker specialized in bereavement counseling, she is the founder of the first community based bereavement counseling centre in Hong Kong. She is also the Chairperson of the International Workgroup on Death, Dying and Bereavement and the former Secretary of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Recently, she received the Association for Death Education and Counseling 2020 Research Recognition Award.

Psychosocial Care at the End of Life: The Social Worker's Intervention

DProf, MEd, BA, BSWGilbert Fan

National Cancer Centre Singapore

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Dr Gilbert Fan, DProf, RSW, FAPA is a Clinical Supervisor (Satir), Fellow of the American Psychotherapy Association (USA) Registered Social Worker & Member of the International Workgroup of Death, Dying & Bereavement. Gilbert’s professional doctorate is in Social Work & Futures Studies. He has extensive experience as a medical social worker, having worked in both general and tertiary hospitals and a short teaching stint at the Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) lecturing in the Behavioural Sciences. He continues to teach in various capacities in social work and counselling programmes at both local and foreign universities. He was an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the Department of Social Work, NUS (2015-2017, Honorary Senior Lecturer with the Department of Social Work & Social Administration, HKU (2014-2017), Lecturer (Part-time) with The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017 to 2019). He has been appointed as Master Practice Leader by the Ministry of Social & Family Development in 2015-2020 and Fellow of the Social Service Institute in 2016-2019 and 2020 to present. He is being appointed as Adjunct Assistant Professor (Social Work, NUS) as of Jan 2023. Gilbert is currently the Chair for Volunteer Engagement & Co-Chair for Joy at Work Committee, Institution Wellness officer, HR Counsellor & Trainer (Employee Relations), Human Resource and Master MSW to the Department of Psychosocial Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore. His clinical interest is in griefwork and bereavement, experiential counselling and groupwork, particularly in the application of experiential counselling of patients with advanced cancers. His research interests include the study of coping behaviours, meaning-making and intervention models in cancer care.

Home Care: From Setting up to Terminal Care at Home

Home Care Nurse’s Perspective on Setting up Nurse Led Service

RNHanife MacGamwell

Nursing Education Coordinator and Faculty for Indian Association of Palliative Care

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- Oncology and Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Specialist Indian Association of Palliative Care nursing education coordinator and national faculty
- Honorary Head, mentor, and instructor for ELNEC USA in India
- Honorary Advisor NavChetna, Jodhpur
- Honorary advisor HPNA INDIA

The Development of Community End-of-life Care in Residential Care Homes for Elderly in Hong Kong

FHKAM (Medicine), FRCP (Edin, Lond, Glasg)Edward Leung

The Hong Kong Association of Gerontology

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Dr. Leung is currently Hon Consultant Geriatrician and Director of Geriatric Medicine Centre (Healthy Ageing) Of Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. He was Head of Division of Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation of United Christian Hospital till 2015, Ex-Chairman of Geriatric Specialty Board of Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hon Associate Professor of Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hon Associate Professor of Department of Medicine and Department of Social Work and Social Administration of University of Hong Kong. He is also President of Hong Kong Association of Gerontology and Hong Kong Continence Society. He has been Chief Editor of Hong Kong Journal of Gerontology and has been the Co-chief editor of Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics.  

Dr. Leung is council member of International Association of Gerontology and the Asia/Oceania Region of IAG. He also served as convenor of the Scientific Subcommittee of Clinical Medicine of the Asia/Oceania Region of IAG. Dr. Leung has been invited to lecture in symposium held in Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, China, Macau and Taiwan.  

Dr. Leung's major research interests are epidemiology in old age, health promotion, End of Life care, osteoporosis, fall, stroke, incontinence, long term care and public policy in old age. He is a major advocate in promoting End of Life Care for Older People in Community and Residential Care since 2007. Dr. Leung published widely in local and international journals and has been contributor to a number of books on health and ageing.  

Dr. Leung has served on various boards and bodies in Hong Kong and internationally in the International Association of Gerontology and Asia Pacific Advisory Board on Continence Care. He is also founding member of Hong Kong Osteoporosis Foundation.

Caring for Seriously Ill or Dying Children at Home

MD, PhDChong Poh Heng

HCA Hospice, Singapore

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Dr Chong Poh Heng is Medical Director of HCA Hospice Limited and Vice Chair of the Singapore Hospice Council. His passion lies in advocating for equitable access to palliative care for all, particularly in ensuring that people with serious illness can receive quality end-of-life care in their own homes. He was the adult category winner of the Leader of Good award at the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards ceremony in 2021. An ardent advocate for children with life limiting illness, he co-chairs the Special Interest Group in Paediatric Palliative Care with APHN, organising various training, educational and research initiatives across the region.

Meeting the Challenges of Providing Home Deaths

MDEdnin Hamazah

Hospis Malaysia

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Dr Ednin Hamzah is the Chief Executive Officer of Hospis Malaysia, a position held from 1997. Dr Ednin graduated in medicine from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1986 and trained and worked in family medicine in the United Kingdom prior to returning to Malaysia in 1997.

Clinically, he leads the largest community palliative care service in Malaysia. He teaches palliative care in several universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Nationally he has been involved in palliative care, cancer control and pain management and has been on the Boards of several National Healthcare based Organisations. He is active in international palliative care education and advocacy and is the current Chair of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.

Expanding Hospice Palliative Care in Korea (Korean Language Session)

PR Strategies of Hospice and Palliative Care in the New Era (새로운 시대의 호스피스완화의료 홍보 전략)

MSW, PhDWonchul Kim

Korea University Anam Hospital

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소속
고려대학교 안암병원 의료사회사업팀

약력
현 고려대학교 안암병원 의료사회사업팀장
숭실대학교 사회복지대학원 겸임교수
한국호스피스완화의료학회 홍보정보이사
한국호스피스완화의료사회사업연구회 회장

(Present) Korea University Anam Hospital Medical Social Work Team Leader
Soongsil University Graduate School of Social Welfare Adjunct Professor
Director of Public Relations and Information, Korean Society of Hospice and Palliative Care
President of Korea Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work Research Association

02-920-6445, 02-920-5921(Fax)

Blood Cancer and Hospice (혈액암과 호스피스)

MDSe-il Go

Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital

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Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine
Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine,

Degree/Certification
Master 2010 Gyeongsang National University of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
M.D. 2006 Gyeongsang National University of Medicine, Jinju, Korea

Current and Previous 4 Relevant Positions Including Academic Appointments (most current date first):
2020.9-present Associate professor Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital
2016.1-2020.8 Assistant professor Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital
2015-2016 Clinical professor Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital
2013-2015 Fellow Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital
2012-2013 Fellow Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Seoul National University Hospital
2011-2012 Fellow Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital
2007-2011 Regident Internal Medicine Gyeongsang National University Hospital

Palliative Care for Children and Young Adults in South Korea: Where's the Future Headed? (소아청소년을 위한 완화의료: 향후 발전방향)

RN, PhDCho Hee Kim

Kangwon National University

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Education
Chonbuk National University, Jeon-ju Feb 2009
B.S. in Nursing Science
Seoul National University, Seoul Aug 2021
MSN and Ph.D. integrated course in Pediatric Nursing Science

Professional Experiences
Seoul National University Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nov 2009 ~ Feb 2015
Cardio-Pulmonary Intensive Care Unit Mar ~ Dec 2016
Pediatric Palliative Care Team, RN Jan 2017 ~ Dec 2018

Research Experiences
Seoul National University, College of Nursing Mar 2015 ~ Feb 2016
Research associate, core study in Children’s Health, Exercise for adolescents
Seoul National University Hospital, Integrative Care Center Jan 2019 ~ Aug 2022
Research associate, Pediatric Palliative Care

가정호스피스와 지역사회연계 (Home hospice and community connection)

MDKi Chul Kim

The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

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학력
2001.3-2008.2 중앙대학교 약학과 약학학사
2009.3-2013.2 조선대학교 의학과 의무석사
2021.3- 가톨릭대학교 의학과 박사과정 재학중

경력
2013.3-2014.2 경희대학교병원 인턴
2015.3-2018.2 국립경찰병원 가정의학과 전공의
2018.3-2021.2 서울성모병원 완화의학과 임상강사
2021.3- 서울성모병원 완화의학과 임상진료조교수