2021 Speakers

Antonio Abad, MPH

Interpreter, Arkansas Childrens Hospital

Greg Adams, LCSW, ACSW, FT

Program Coordinator for the Center for Good Mourning and Staff Bereavement Support, Arkansas Children's Hospital

Toyin Ajayi, MD, MPhil

Co-Founder and President, Cityblock Health

Anna Allen

Executive Director and Co-Founder, Say Ah!

Tara Anglim, LCSW-R, ACHP-SW

Senior Director of Patient and Family Centered Care, Peconic Bay Medical Center-Northwell Health

Narisa Apichatibutra, MD

Emerson Anesthesia Associates, P.C., Emerson Hospital

Daniel N. Arteaga, MD, MBA

Resident Physician, Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Rana Lee Adawi Awdish, MD

Staff Physician and Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Henry Ford Hospital

Medical Director of Care Experience, Henry Ford Health System

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Amanda Bailey, MA, LMHC

Psychotherapist/Program Developer, AdventHealth Research Institute

Gaurdia Banister, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, FAAN

Massachusetts General Hospital

Executive Director, The Institute for Patient Care

The Connell Jones Endowed Chair in Nursing

Agnes Barden, DNP, RN, CPXP

Vice President, Patient and Customer Experience, Northwell Health

Melissa Barnes, MSN, RN, BMTCN, OCN

Nurse Manager, Inpatient Hematology/Oncology, Atrium Health – Carolinas Medical Center

Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM, MACP

Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Continuing Medical Education, University of New Mexico

Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Chief Executive Officer, AONL

Chief Nursing Officer, SVP Workforce, AHA

Karen Bell

Founder, Gift of Giving - Kindness Matters - A Community Driven Initiative

COVID Front Line Care Team; HICS Coordinator, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Nicole D. Benincasa-Ragonese, MS, LMHC

Senior Director of Patient Experience and Patient and Family Centered Care, North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health

Carol A. Bernstein, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Wellbeing, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Montefiore Medical Center /Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Paul D. Biddinger, MD, FACEP

Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Mass General Brigham

Ann L. Prestipino, MPH Endowed Chair in Emergency Preparedness

Director, Center for Disaster Medicine and Vice Chairman for Emergency Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Barry Boyce

Founding Editor, Mindful Magazine & mindful.org

Kim Brake, MSN, RN

Nurse Manager, Inpatient Medical/Thoracic – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Instructor of Nursing, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Cati Brown-Johnson, PhD

Research Scientist, Evaluation Sciences Unit, Stanford School of Medicine

Rev. Sharon Burniston, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC, CT

Palliative Care Chaplain, Overlook Medical Center

Lara Burnside

Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer, JPS Health Network

Lois A. Carey, PhD, LCSW

Professor Emerita, Molloy College, Department of Social Work

Aleta Carroll, LMHC, MBA

Project Manager, Quality and Patient Experience, Mass General Brigham

Cordelia W. Carter MD

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Director, Women's Sports Health Center

NYU Langone Health

Catherine Chen, MD

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Melanie Cheng, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Associate Chief Academic Officer for GME

Pediatric Hospitalist, NYC H+H/Kings County

Caitlin Clark, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Boston Medical Center

Program Manager, Project RESPECT

Devon Climer, MA, CCC-SLP

Speech Pathologist and Communication Specialist, Communications Connected LLC

Rabbi Fredda Cohen, MA, JD, BCC

Director, Department of Pastoral Care & Education, White Plains Hospital

Amy Compton-Phillips, MD

President Chief Clinical Officer, Providence

Neha S. Dangayach MD, MSCR

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Founder and Director, Neuroemergencies Management and Transfers (NEMAT), Mount Sinai Health System

Seanna-Kaye Denham, PhD

Chief Experience Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Dhaval Desai, MD

Director of Hospital Medicine and Distinguished Physician, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine

Tammy Diamond-Wells, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Vice President of Clinical/Diagnostic Services and Emergency Department, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Sherry Echano, AGPCNP-BC

VA Hospice & Palliative Care Fellow, VA-Greater Los Angeles Health System, Hospice and Palliative Care Division

Jodi-Ann Edwards, MD

General Surgery Resident Physician & Research Fellow, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Tricia C. Elliott, MD, FAAFP

Senior Vice President, Academic and Research Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Designated Institutional Official, JPS Health Network

Professor, Family Medicine, TCU/UNT Health Science Center School of Medicine

Affiliate Professor, Family Medicine, UNT Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Adjunct Professor, Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine

Elisa Enriquez Hesles

MD-PhD Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia

Ken Epstein, PHD, LCSW

PREP For Change Consulting

Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry

Jeffrey Farroni, PhD, JD

Associate Professor, Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities

Director of the Institutional Ethics Program, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP

Chief Innovation Officer, One Medical

Nicole Figueroa, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC

Nurse Leader for Well-Being and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan

Lee Ann Franklin, MDiv, MBA, BCC

Executive Director of Spiritual Care and Ethics, JPS Health Network

Valerie Gagliano

Caregiver Liaison, The Thomas Glasser Caregivers Center, Overlook Medical Center

Francis Joseph Gallego, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Stanford Health Care – Outpatient Gyn Oncology, Outpatient Sarcoma

Courtney Gambrell, MA, MSW

Spiritual Care and Wellness Teams Member, Boulder Community Health

Darrien Garay

Special Gifts Officer, Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation

Sarah Gatti, LICSW

Oncology Social Worker, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Longtime Improviser

Christopher Germer, PhD

Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Sven Gierlinger

Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer, Northwell Health

Karissa M Giovannini, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Project RESPECT, Boston Medical Center

Michael Goldberg, MD

Scholar in Residence, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Rev. Krista Gregory, M.Div, BCC

Founder, The Center for Resiliency at Dell Children's Medical Center

Michael R. Grunwald, MD, FACP

Chief, Leukemia Division, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health

Susan Hagedorn, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN

Documentary Filmmaker and Nurse Activist

Julie Haizlip, MD, MAPP

Clinical Professor of Nursing and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia

Cheryl Hamilton

Co-Founder and Director, Tell&Act

Janet Handy, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

Assistant Vice President for Inpatient Oncology, Atrium Health – Carolinas Medical Center

Mallory Harrison, M.ED., CLS, CEIM

Pediatric Intervention Team, Emerson Hospital

Susan B. Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN

Senior Adviser for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Director, Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action

Mary Beth Heffernan, MFA

Professor of Art, Art and Art History Department, Occidental College

Lindsay Henderson, PsyD

Director of Psychological Services, Amwell

Brandon Hervey, MSW

VA Hospice & Palliative Care Fellow, VA-Greater Los Angeles Health System, Hospice and Palliative Care Division

Laura Himmelstein, LCSW, CHTP

Coordinator, Caregiver Support Program & Healing Touch Program, White Plains Hospital

Mara M. Hoffert, PhD

Director of Medical Education: Instructional Design and Learning Resources, Henry Ford Health System

Pamela Honsberger, MD

Elected Member of the Board | SCPMG Board of Directors

Physician Development and Support

Family Physician, Dept of OB/GYN, SCPMG- Orange County

M. Victoria Hopley, MS, CCLS

Senior Leader, Pediatric Intervention Team, Emerson Hospital

Favorite Iradukunda, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing

Elka Jacobson-Dickman, MD

Associate Dean for Clinical Medicine, Associate Professor of Clinical Practices, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Health Science Center

Suleika Jaouad

Emmy Award-winning journalist, TED speaker and author of bestselling memoir, "Between Two Kingdoms"

Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD

2021-2022 UCSF Presidential Chair, University of California San Francisco

Lisa Karasik, RN

Patient Safety Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Jessica Kassay-McAllister, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Effector Cell NP, Cellular Therapy Program, University of Virginia Health System

DNP Student, School of Nursing, University of Virginia

Shaista Kazmi

President & Founder, Apna Ghar LLC

Eunmi Kim, PhD

Co-Founder and Research Associate Professor, The Center for Contemplative Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Sangseong Kim

Undergraduate Student, Department of Mathematical Sciences KAIST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

Katy Klutznick, MA, MDiv

Chaplain, Boulder Community Health

Anne Krane, M.Ed, M.Div

Early Childhood Educator

Main Stage Performer at Boston-based Improv Theaters

Improv Instructor

Jenny Kwak, LCSW, OSW-C

Radiation Oncology Behavioral Health Clinician, Stanford Health Care

Bailey Langford, RN, CCRN

Critical Care Nurse, Emerson Hospital

Traveling ICU Nurse, New York City

Cynthia LaRocca, DNP, RN, NPD-BC

Director of Clinical Professional Development, Plainview and Syosset Hospitals

Rebecca Latch, MD

Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Pediatrics & Physician Leader of Schwartz Rounds, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Liz Lawrence, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief Wellness Officer and Assistant Dean for Professional Well-being, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Raeann G LeBlanc, PhD, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CHPN

Seedworks Endowed Associate Clinical Professor in Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Donna Leno Gordon, RN, MS, Executive MPA, Integrative Nurse Coach – Board Certified

Integrative Nurse Coach, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Matt Lewis, PhD

Strategic Consultant, Primary Care Progress

Allison C. Lilly, LICSW, CEAP

Director, Mass General Brigham Employee Assistance Program

Phoebe Long Franco, PhD

Research Scientist, The Center for Resiliency at Dell Children's Medical Center

Matthew J. Loscalzo, LCSW, APOS Fellow

Liliane Elkins Professor in Supportive Care Programs and Professor, Department of Population Sciences

Administrative Director, Sheri & Les Biller Patient and Family Resource Center, City of Hope

Executive Director, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope

Beth A. Lown, MD

Chief Medical Officer, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Bethany Lussier, MD, FCCP

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Department of Neurosurgery, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, Division of Neurocritical Care

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Keyur Maharaj

Freshman, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)

Jenna Mandel-Ricci

Vice President, Professional and Regulatory Affairs, Greater New York Hospital Association

Karen Marcdante, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Education, Medical College of Wisconsin

Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education

Nancy McCool, LICSW, ACHP-W, APHSW-C

Lead Social Worker, Palliative Care, UMass Memorial Medical Center

Derek McCracken, MS, MA

Narrative Medicine Educator, Say Ah!

Lecturer in Narrative Medicine Pedagogy, Columbia University

Geoffrey McCrossan, MD

Hospice and Palliative Care Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Irene D. McGhee MD, FRCP Anesthesiology

Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Neeti Mishra Jha

Internist Primary Care Physician, Marino Center for Integrative Health, Mt. Auburn Hospital

Jordanna Monteiro, MPH

Data Analyst, Behavioral Health Programs, Mass General Brigham

Connie L. Montgomery, retired OTR/L

Author and Keynote Speaker

National Patient and Family Advisor

Co-Chair, Medical University of South Carolina Diversity and Inclusion Patient and Family Advisory Task Force

Phaedra Moore, BA

Peer Recovery Coach, Project RESPECT, Boston Medical Center

Theresa A. Morris RN, MS, CPPS

Senior QA Coordinator, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Laurie Morrison, MD,CM, MSB, HEC-C

Clinical Bioethicist, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

Joyce Morrissette, BSN, RN

Founder, Nurse Flourish

Anastasia Mortimore, EdS

Instructional Designer, Henry Ford Health System

Glenda Mutinda, PhD, MFT

Director of Interprofessional Well-Being, JPS Health Network

Lina Najib Kawar, PhD, RN, CNS

Nurse Scientist, Regional Nursing Research Program, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Patient Care Services

Kristin Neff, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Samhita Nelamangala, MD, MBA

Resident Physician, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University

Rebecca Onie

Co-Founder, The Health Initiative

Ngozi "N/A" Oparah, MFA, BS

Director of Community Programs, StoryCenter

Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University

Marta Paglioni, MA

Dramatherapist (HCPC, BADth), Yeovil District Hospital NHS Trust

Postgraduate Researcher Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University

Brian Park, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, OHSU

Director, RELATE Lab

Joyce Phillips, MD, FAAP

Professor Emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology, University of New Mexico

Ingrid Pinzon, MD, FACP

Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine, Emory University

Medical Director Care Coordination and CDI, Emory Johns Creek Hospital

Lili Powell, PhD, MA

Associate Professor, Darden School of Business

Kluge-Schakat Professor, School of Nursing

Director, Compassionate Care Initiative, University of Virginia

Catherine C. Powers MSN, RN, ACNS-BC

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Washington University and Barnes Jewish Heart & Vascular Center

Gary Price, MD, MBA

President, The Physicians Foundation

Alexie Puran, MD, MS, FAAP, CPXP

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, NYC Health + Hospitals/ Harlem

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY)

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Julie Randels Perry, DMin, BCC

Staff Chaplain, University of Virginia Cancer Center

Padmaja Reddy, MD

Department of Internal Medicine, Palliative Medicine Section, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Tyra M. Reid, MD

Retired Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician

Former Assistant Professor, UAMS College of Medicine

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Rehabilitative Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas

Kathryn B. Reid, PhD, RN, FNP-C, CNL

Coordinator, Research and EBP, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital

Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Nursing

Jennifer Reidy, MD, MS, FAAHPM

Chief of the Division of Palliative Care, UMass Memorial Health Care

Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Jennifer Richards, LCAT

Creative Arts Therapist/Drama Therapist, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Windia Rodriguez, CARC

Recovery Coach Program Manager, Substance Use Disorders Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital

Claudia Rodriguez, MD

Medical Director of Outpatient Addiction Services, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Chair, Brigham Comprehensive Opioid Response and Education Committee (BCORE)

Laura Romeo Sobel, MS, CCLS

Manager, Volunteer Services, White Plains Hospital

Kelley Saia, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston Medical Center

Medical Director, Project RESPECT

Amanda Sawyer, PhD

Research Scientist, AdventHealth Research Institute

Yoko Sen

Sound Artist / Founder, Sen Sound

Chaeyeong Seo, BS

Graduate Student, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

Shahla Siddiqui, MD, D.ABA, MSc, FCCM

Dept of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Intensive Care

Attending, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Opal Sinclair-Chung, RN, BSN, MS, MSNE

Chief Nursing Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Diahann Singh, RN

Director of Nursing, Kings County Hospital

Shawna Mitchell Sisler, MS, MA, MAPP, RN, NP, PhD(c)

Evaluation Lead for RLI, University of Utah

Advanced Wellness Practitioner and Research Associate, University of Utah School of Medicine

Charanya Sivaramakrishnan, MD

Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

Teresa Y. Smith, MD, MSEd, FACEP

Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Affiliations

Designated Institutional Official

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Monica Smith, BSN

Quality Coordinator, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Dell Children's Ascension

Karen Smith, MD, FAAFP

Physician, Family Medicine

Sarah Smithson, MD, MPH

Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Shelly Snow, MDiv, MEd, APBCC

Director of Spiritual and Pastoral Care, Southern Maine Health Care

Oluwatomisin Sontan, MS

Narrative Competency Lead, Say Ah!

Jillisa Steckart, MEd, PsyD

Health Science Specialist/Project Scientist, VA-Greater Los Angeles Health System, Hospice and Palliative Care Division

Andrea Stiever, BSN, RN

Critical Care Nurse, PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center

Kelcey Stratton, PhD

Program Manager for Resilience and Well-Being Services, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan

Carlos Tanuz

Pathology Assistant, Emerson Hospital

Marian Teehan, MSW, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Overlook Medical Center

Anna Tomlinson, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Palliative Medicine, Parkland Hospital

Quincyann Tsai, MSN, RN

Regional Nursing Research and EBP Practice Specialist, Southern California Patient Care Services, Kaiser Permanente

Kyle Turner, PharmD, BCACP

Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah College of Pharmacy

Clinical Pharmacist, Westridge Health Center

Vice Chair of Clinical Practice, Dept. of Pharmacotherapy

Co-Director, U of U Relational Leadership Initiative

Patricia Watson, PhD

Psychologist, National Center for PTSD

Jennifer Weiss, MD

Regional Surgical Services Team Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Assistant Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles Medical Center

Kevin Wilbur, BSN, RN

Clinical Staff RN, Emergency Department, Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles

Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM

Rural Emergency Medicine Physician, University of British Columbia, Canada

Anna Willis Collier

Co-Founder and Director, Tell&Act

Alexandra Wilson, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas in Austin