Agenda

Saturday, March 9th, 2019

	8:00AM – 8:45AM: Registration & Breakfast
	8:45AM – 9:00AM Name & Degree: Helen Lavretsky, MD Appointment/Job Title: Semel Scholar in Integrative Mental Health Department: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior University: UCLA Topic Title: Introduction & Logistics Handouts: The Healing Power of Spirit: Overcoming Fear of Death and Dying
	9:00AM – 12:00PM PLENARY SESSION: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Patient-Centered Spirituality-Based End-of-Life Care
	9:00AM – 10:00AM Name & Degree: Christina Puchalski, MD, MS, FACP, FAAHPM Appointment/Job Title: Professor of Medicine and Health Science Department: Institute for Spirituality and Health / Supportive and Palliative Outpatient Clinic University: The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Topic Title: Spirituality and End of Life Care in Healthcare Settings Handouts: Compassionate Presence: Tending the Holy – Spiritual Care at the End of Life
	10:00AM – 11:00AM Name & Degree: Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM Appointment/Job Title: Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Active Emeritus Professor Department: Institute for Human Caring University: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Topic Title: Fostering Opportunities for Well-Being Through the End of Life Handouts: Developmental Landmarks and Taskwork for the End of Life The Ultimate Gift Four Keys to Living Well From Terminally Ill People At the End of Life, What Would Doctors Do? The Nature of Suffering and the Nature of Opportunity at the End of Life
	11:00AM – 12:00PM Name & Degree: Rev. George Handzo, BCC, CSSBB Appointment/Job Title: Director, Health Services Research & Quality Organization: HealthCare Chaplaincy Network Topic Title: Providing Culturally Appropriate Spiritual Care in the Context of the End of Life Care Handouts: Providing Culturally Appropriate Spiritual Care in the Context of the End of Life Care
	12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch
	1:00PM – 1:45PM Name & Degree: Donna Ames, MD Appointment/Job Title: Professor in Residence Department: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, and Department of Psychiatry Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center University: UCLA Topic Title: “Moral Injury” and Spirituality Among Veterans Handouts: Moral Injury and Spirituality in Veterans
	1:45PM – 2:30PM Name & Degree: Alejandro De Jesus, PhD, BCC, HPC Appointment/Job Title: Clinical Chaplain Department: Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: South Texas Veterans Health Care System Topic Title: The Unique Challenges of Chaplain Ministry in the End-Of-Life Care for Veterans Handouts: The Unique Challenges of Chaplain Ministry in the End-of-Life Care for Veterans
	2:30PM – 3:30PM Name & Degree: Gay Aileen Walker, RN, CHPPN Appointment/Job Title: Former Director and Clinical Supervisor; Certified Compassionate Bereavement Topic Title: Spirituality in Children and Families Facing Serious Illness Handouts: Spirituality in Children and Families Facing Serious Illness
	3:30PM – 5:00PM Name & Degree: Sara Eaglewoman Appointment/Job Title: Medicine Woman & Urban Shaman Topic Title: Experiential Workshop: The Role of Traditional Native American Healers in the End of Life Care

Sunday, March 10th, 2019

	8:00AM – 8:30AM Breakfast & Registration
	8:30AM – 9:30 AM Name & Degree: Helen Lavretsky, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Appointment/Job Title: Semel Scholar in Integrative Mental Health Department: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior University: UCLA Topic Title: Resilience and Aging- Is There a Good Death? Handouts: The Healing Power of Spirit: Overcoming Fear of Death and Dying
	9:30AM – 10:30AM Name & Degree: Anna I. Corwin, PhD in Anthropology Appointment/Job Title: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Department: Anthropology University: St Mary’s College of California Topic Title: Successful Aging or Meaningful Decline: Comparative Approaches to the End of Life Handouts: Successful Aging or Meaningful Decline: Comparative Approaches to the End of Life
	10:30AM – 11:30AM Name & Degree: Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN Appointment/Job Title: Professor; Director Department: Division of Nursing Research and Education Organization: City of Hope National Medical Center Topic Title: The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing Handouts: The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing
	11:30AM – 12:30PM Name & Degree: Charles Grob, MD Appointment/Job Title: Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Pediatrics Department: David Geffen School of Medicine University: UCLA Topic Title: Psilocybin Treatment for Anxiety at the End-Of-Life Handouts: Psilocybin at the End of Life
	12:30PM – 1:30PM Lunch
	1:30PM – 2:00PM Name & Degree: Ka-Kit Hui, MD Appointment/Job Title: Wallis Annenberg Professor in Integrative East-West Medicine; Professor, Founder and Director, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine Chair, Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine, UCLA Organization: UCLA Topic Title: The Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the End of Life and Integrative Oncology Care
	2:00PM – 3:30PM Name & Degree: Yuan Miao Appointment/Job Title: Founder, New Century Foundation; Himalayan Master Organization: New Century Foundation Topic Title: Experimental Workshop: Cultivating the Wisdom of Joy and Fearlessness Around the Inevitability of Death
	3:30PM – 4:30PM Name & Degree: Trisha Jauchler, MS, MA, RDT-BCT, CBF, CT, CDP Appointment/Job Title: Founder and Director of On Bright Wings, Registered Drama Therapist, Certified Thanatologist and Death Doula, Cerificated Bereavement Facilitator, Certified Dementia Practitioner Organization: On Bright Wings Services for Aging, End-of-Life, and Bereavement Topic Title: Experiential Workshop: Live Fully, Die Well
	4:30 – 5:00PM Name & Degree: Helen Lavretsky, M.D Professor of Psychiatry Appointment/Job Title: Semel Scholar in Integrative Mental Health Department: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior University: UCLA Topic Title: Closing Remarks & Acknowledgements