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Mentors: Palliative Care

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Ahmed Al Awamer

  • Contact: ahmed.al.awamer@utoronto.ca
  • Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: MBBS, MHSc, CCFP(PC), FCFP, FRCPC
  • Current Position: Associate Professor University of Toronto, Director of Palliative Medicine Clinical Fellowship, Director Postgraduate Medical Education at University Health Network
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Palliative Care

Musab Aldhari

  • Contact: Musabaldhari@gmail.com
  • Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Profession & Credentials: M.B.B.S, Saudi Board of Internal Medicine, Saudi Fellowship of Palliative Medicine, Canadian Fellowship of Palliative Medicine and Advanced Care Planning
  • Current Position: Director of the Palliative Care Fellowship the Founder of AYA-Palliative Care Program at KFSHRC. Director of the Palliative Medicine – Continuous Trainnig Committee at SCFHS, Saudi Arabia. Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Language(s) Spoken: Arabic and English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Palliative Care for Geriatrics and AYA, Culturally-Sensitive Palliative Care Practices, Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Settings

Rahul D. Arora

  • Contact: xerxes85@ymail.com
  • Location: New Delhi, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Medicine, Palliative Care, MBBS, MD Palliative Medicine, Fellowship in Palliative Care, Pg Dip (Int Med) (online), HMS HICR (blended learning).
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Palliative Care and Pain Relief, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095.
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Deutsch (basic level)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care

Madonna R. Bacorro

  • Contact: drmadonnabacorro@gmail.com
  • Location: Manila, Philippines
  • Profession & Credentials: MD, DFM, FPAFP, MBA, Fellow, Family and Community Medicine, And Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Current Position: Section Head, Supportive, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, JRRMMC, Manila Philippines. Consultant, Palliative Medicine, UST Hospital/ MCGH/ TMCC. Alternate Member, Research Ethics Committee, UST Hospital. Board Member, Hospice Philippines. Chairperson, and Service Head, DFCM Supportive, Hospice and Home Care Services, Navotas City Hospital
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Filipino
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Research Ethics Committee

Thomas Butler

  • Contact: tbutler@health.southalabama.edu
  • Location: Mobile, Alabama, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Hematology/Oncology/Supportive/Palliative Care in Cancer
  • Current Position: Associate Professor of Clinical Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Fatigue, Hematological Toxicities, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Addiction Medicine in Patients With Cancer-Related Pain

Martin R. Chasen

  • Contact: martin.chasen@williamoslerhs.ca
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical
  • Current Position: Oncology and palliative medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, some French
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Fatigue, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care, Survivorship

Cosimo Chelazzi

  • Contact: cosimo.chelazzi@unibs.it
  • Location: Brescia, Italy
  • Profession & Credentials: M.D., PhD
  • Current Position: Associate Professor in Palliative Medicine and Anesthesiology, Director of the Postgraduate School in Palliative Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia; Chair of Palliative Care and Pain Medicine at ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
  • Language(s) Spoken: Italian, English, Portuguese
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care

Kahkasha Dr

  • Contact: kahkasha@gmail.com
  • Location: Deoghar, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative Care Physician
  • Current Position: Clinical Lead
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Urdu
  • All Areas of Expertise: Cancer Pain, Geriatrics, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care

Sachin Dwivedi

  • Contact: sachindwivedikgmc@gmail.com
  • Location: Rishikesh, Dehradun, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Faculty in Nursing, RN, RM, MSN, Fellowship in Palliative Care, PGDMHFW, PGDMHM
  • Current Position: Clinical Instructor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Trauma Care, Simulation in Healthcare

Alysa Fairchild

  • Contact: alysa.fairchild@albertahealthservices.ca
  • Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: MD FRCPC
  • Current Position: Radiation Oncologist
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Support of Women in Clinical & Academic Positions

Richard Gelb

  • Contact: Rhgelb39@gmail.com
  • Location: Beacon Falls, Connecticut, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: M.A. Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Current Position: Cancer Survivor Advocate; Retired Behavioral Health Professional/Family Therapist
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Patient/Caregiver/Clinician Communications, Especially Goals of Care, End of Life and Other Difficult Treatment Decision-Making Conversations

Raffaele Giusti

  • Contact: raffaelegiusti@yahoo.it
  • Location: Rome, Italia
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical Oncologist
  • Current Position: MD
  • Language(s) Spoken: Italian, English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Emerging Toxicities, Palliative Care, Immunotherapy Toxicity

 

Biplab Halder

  • Contact: biplabshilpi@yahoo.com
  • Location: Bangladesh
  • Profession & Credentials: Dr, Cancer Symptom Management AND Palliative Care
  • Current Position: Lecturer
  • Language(s) Spoken: English and Bagnoli
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care, Combined Method (Qualitative and Quantitative) Research

Jane Hopkinson

  • Contact: HopkinsonJB@cardiff.ac.uk
  • Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • Profession & Credentials: PhD, Registered General Nurse
  • Current Position: Professor Emerita of Nursing and Cancer Care
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care, Psychosocial

Tsai-Wei Huang

  • Contact: tsaiwei@tmu.edu.tw
  • Location: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Profession & Credentials: Professor, RN, PhD
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Chinese
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology, Fatigue, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Evidence-based Health Care, Meta-analysis

David Hui

  • Contact: dhui@mdanderson.org
  • Location: Houston, Texas, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative Care, Medical Oncology
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care

Abhishek Kandwal

  • Contact: way2drabhi@gmail.com
  • Location: Dehradun, India
  • Profession & Credentials: MDS(Periodontology), PhD(Oncological sciences)
  • Current Position: Professor & head dental surgery
  • Language(s) Spoken: Hindi, English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care

 

Debanjan Kundu

  • Contact: docdebanjan@outlook.com
  • Location: Kolkata, India
  • Profession & Credentials: MBBS (WBUHS, India), M.D. in Radiation Oncology (WBUHS, India), Certified in Palliative Care (CCEPC), M.I.P.H.A.
  • Current Position: Senior Resident in Radiation Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: Bengali, English, Hindi
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Hematological Toxicities, Mucositis, Neurological Complications, Oncodermatology, Palliative Care, Research into Public Health Aspects of Cancer and its Treatment

Barry Laird

  • Contact: barry.laird@ed.ac.uk
  • Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Profession & Credentials: Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Professor of Palliative and Supportive Care
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Exercise Oncology, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care

Regina Mackey

  • Contact: Regina.m.mackey@gmail.com
  • Location: Rochester, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Current Position: Physician at Mayo Clinic
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Mucositis, Palliative Care

 

Nivethitha Nagarajan

  • Contact: drnivethithanagarajan@gmail.com
  • Location: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Oral Medicine Specialist / MDS (Oral Medicine and Radiology)
  • Current Position: Resident – Oral Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Tamil
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Oral Medicine, Oral Radiology

Ian Olver

  • Contact: inolver@gmail.com
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical Oncologist
  • Current Position: Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Palliative Care, Psychosocial

Nosa Osazuwa-Peters

  • Contact: nosa.peters@duke.edu
  • Location: Durham, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: Dentist, Transdisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiologist and Population Health Scientist
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Digital Health, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Head and Neck Cancer  

Adrian Pogacian

  • Contact: adipogacian@gmail.com
  • Location: Targu Mures, Romania
  • Profession & Credentials: Clinical Psychologist, Psycho-oncologist
  • Current Position: Founder and Psycho-oncologist INCKA Psycho-oncology Center www.incka.org
  • Language(s) Spoken: Romanian, English, French
  • All Areas of Expertise: Cancer Pain, Oncodermatology, Palliative Care, Pediatrics, Psychosocial, Coping with Cancer, Communication in Cancer Care

Sahana Rajasekhara

  • Contact: sahana.rajasekhara@moffitt.org
  • Location: Tampa, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: MD, Palliative Care Physician, Geriatrician
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Kannada
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care, Serious Illness Communication Training – Facilitator

Stella Rithara

  • Contact: mwaris48@gmail.com
  • Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative care nurse
  • Current Position: Palliative care tutor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Home-based Palliative Care

Madhup Rastogi

  • Contact: drmadhup1@gmail.com
  • Location: Lucknow, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Radiation and Clinical Oncologist
  • Current Position: Professor & Head of the Department
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Geriatrics, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care

Akhila Reddy

  • Contact: asreddy@mdanderson.org
  • Location: Houston, Texas, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Physician, MD
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Palliative Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, and Telugu
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care

Carla Ida Ripamonti

  • Contact: carla.ripamonti@unibs.it
  • Location: Brescia, Italy
  • Profession & Credentials: Oncologist, Pharmacologist, Palliative Care Physician
  • Current Position: Prof. Palliative Medicine University of Brescia
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care

Manisha Singh

  • Contact: singhmanisha0806@yahoo.com
  • Location: Muscat, Oman
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative Medicine Consultant, MBBS, MD Anesthesiology, Fellowship in Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine
  • Current Position: Consultant Pain and Palliative Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Arabic (not fluent)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Fatigue, Geriatrics, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Acute Care in Palliative Medicine

Pallavi Singh

  • Contact: drpallavisingh01@gmail.com
  • Location: Varanasi, India
  • Profession & Credentials: MD palliative medicine
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi
  • All Areas of Expertise: Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care, Communication Skills

Aynharan Sinnarajah

  • Contact: asinnarajah@lh.ca
  • Location: Oshawa, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative Physician. MD, MPH.
  • Current Position: Associate Professor; Division Head, Palliative Care
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Tamil (moderate)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Digital Health, Palliative Care, Quality Improvement, Implementation Projects

Rama Sivaram

  • Contact: Ramasivaram@gmail.com
  • Location: Pune, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Health Educator and Counsellor
  • Current Position: Consultant KEM Hospital Res Centre , Pune and Faculty Sanjeevani Life beyond Cancer
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and working knowledge of Marathi and Gujarati.
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship

Raghu Thota

  • Contact: ragstho24@gmail.com
  • Location: Mumbai, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Professor in Palliative Medicine & Consultant
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Digital Health, Mucositis, Palliative Care

Patsy Yates

  • Contact: p.yates@qut.edu.au
  • Location: Kelvin Grove, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: PhD, RN
  • Current Position: Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship

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