Michael J. Nisco, MD MBA HMDC Medical Director, Vista, San Francisco Bay Area, CA Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? My mother went to nursing school when I was in third grade. She graduated and took a job at the hospital across the street from our house, … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Michael J. Nisco, MD MBA HMDC
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD MA MDE BCPS CPE Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, MD Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? When I considered this question I realized that it takes … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD MA MDE BCPS CPE
Jean S. Kutner, MD MPH/MSPH FACP FAAHPM Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer, University of Colorado Hospital, CO Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? Patients and their families, mentors, colleagues and personal experiences with illness … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Jean S. Kutner
James L. Hallenbeck, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, CA Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? David Weissman and Charles von Gunten early on welcomed me into their work on education, which in turn helped me get to know and work … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: James L. Hallenbeck, MD
Nahla Gafer, MD Clinical Oncologist, Radiation and Isotopes Centre Khartoum (RICK), Sudan Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? This is a very difficult question to answer. I would like to thank Esther Walker, MBE for introducing me to the world of palliative care. Her volunteering time, effort … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Nahla Gafer, MD
Sarah E. Friebert, MD FAAP FAAHPM Director, Pediatric Palliative Care, Akron Children’s Hospital, OH Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? I believe I was led into this work by those I’ve had the privilege of serving. In particular, two little boys, both named Andrew, were instrumental in … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Sarah E. Friebert, MD FAAP FAAHPM
Frank D. Ferris, MD FAACE FAAHPM Executive Director, Palliative Medicine, Research and Education, OhioHealth, OH Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? Mary Vachon, RN, PhD from Toronto is the person how most influenced my early career. She continues to be a model advocate for patient-centered care and … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Frank D. Ferris, MD FAACE FAAHPM
Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? I feel incredibly blessed to have been accompanied by wonderful people at various points throughout my career to guide me from novice to expert palliative clinician, educator, and leader. As a novice, my first nurse manager, Monica Hynes, encouraged me to … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Constance Dahlin, MSN ANP-BC ACHPN FPCN FAAN
Randall Curtis, MD MPH Professor of Medicine, American Lung Association Endowed Chair in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Director, Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, WA Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? There have been many people in palliative care who … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: J. Randall Curtis, MD MPH
Anthony L. Back, MD Professor of Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Co-Director, Center for Excellence in Palliative Care, University of Washington, WA Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? Not sure I can name one person. But I remember a patient I had as an oncology … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Anthony L. Back, MD