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Steering Committee
Co-Chairs: Christina M. Puchalski, MD and Msgr. Robert Vitillo, MSW
Leaders’ Council
Richard Bauer, MM, LCSW
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Windhoek, Namibia
Peter Blomquist
Principal, Blomquist International, Seattle, WA
Noreen Chan, MD
Senior Consultant, Palliative Medicine, Department of Haematology-Oncology; National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
Manuel M. Dayrit, MD
Dean, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Pasig City, Philippines
Liliana De Lima, MHA
Executive Director, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care; President, Latin American Palliative Care Association, Houston, TX
Chaplain Bruce D. Feldstein, MD
Director, The Jewish Chaplaincy at Stanford University Medical Center; Spiritual Care Service, Stanford Hospital & Clinics; Adjunct Clinical Professor, Center for Education and Research in Family and Community Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Xavier Gomez-Batiste, MD, PhD
Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programs; Catalan Institute of Oncology Barcelona / Chair of Palliative Care. University of Vic., Barcelona, Spain
George Handzo, MDiv, BCC
Director of Health Services Research and Quality, HealthCare Chaplaincy, New York, NY
Carolyn Jacobs, MSW, PhD
Dean and Elizabeth Marting Treuhaft Professor, Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA
Najmeh Jafari, MD
Community and Preventive Medicine Specialist; Post-doctorate Scientist, George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish), The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Ikali Karvinen, PhD
Principal Lecturer, Project Director, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences; Health Care Researcher, University of Eastern Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Father Piotr Krakowiak, PhD
Professor of Pastoral Theology and Social Work, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń; National Chaplain of Hospice Movement in Poland, Toruń, Poland
Carlo Leget, PhD
Professor in Ethics of Care and Spiritual Counseling, University of Humanistic Studies; Professor in Ethical and Spiritual Questions in Palliative Care with Association for Highcare Hospices, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Katherine S. McOwen, MS Ed
Director of Educational Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
Dr. Shane Sinclair, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cancer Care Research Professorship; Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary; Clinician Scientist—Person Centred Care, Alberta Health Services, Cancer Care, Tom Baker Cancer Centre; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Virginia A. Stallings, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Reverend Professor John Swinton, PhD, RN
Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care, Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies, School of Divinity with Religious Studies and Philosophy, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Sister Patricia Talone, RSM, PhD
Vice President, Mission Services, Catholic Health Association of the United States, St. Louis, MO
Deane L. Wolcott, MD
Director, Oncology Supportive Care Services, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Co-Conveners
Christina Puchalski, MD, MS, FACP
Director, George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health; Professor, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Rev. Msgr. Robert Vitillo, MSW
Caritas Internationalis, Head of Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva and Special Advisor on Health and HIV, Geneva, Switzerland
Global Network Affiliates
American Psychosocial oncology society
European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy