Rev. Eric J. Hall, DTh, APBCC
Dr. Kathleen Foley, M.D.
Presenting: Advancing Spiritual Care through Palliative Care Globally: Opportunities and Challenges
Definition of palliative care is the one definition in health care that has spirituality in it.
Dr. Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN. FPCN, CHPN.
Presenting: NCP Clinical Practice Guidelines - Impact on Care for the Spirit
Todd Tuten - Senior Policy Advisor
A1: Troops 101: Understanding and Reintegrating Veterans into Your Communities
Dr. Gordon Ritchie, DMin, BCC - Chaplain, Wesleyan Church
A2: #BlackHealthMatters: A Pastoral Care Approach for African Americans Living With Chronic Illness
Danielle Buhuro, DMin, BCC, ACPE Certified Educator & UCC Ordained Clergy - Advocate Health Care
A3: Chaplains and EMR Assessments: How to Use the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care to Develop Effective Electronic Medical Record Spiritual Assessment Documentation and Data Collection
Alan Roof, MDiv - Chaplain, Shepherd Center and Benjamin Rose, APBCC - Chaplain, Shepherd Center
A4: Spiritual Care for People Living with Dementia using Multisensory Interventions
Richard Behers, DMin, BCC, CFHPC - Spiritual Care Program Manager, Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
A5: Perinatal Loss: New Perspectives - Psychological & Theological
Maria Teresa Bento Tomas, MA - Psychology in Religion Researcher, Union Theological Seminary
A6: The Words we Use: Bridging the Gap Between Medical and Spiritual Care with Confidence, Respect, and Compassion.
Priscilla Minkin, MA, MEd, APBCC, and Patsy Fortney, CC
Palliative Care Chaplains - Central Vermont Medical Center
Berlin, Vermont
B1: The Words we Use: Sustainable Caregiving: finding balance in the presence of serious illness
Rev. Judy Long, MA/MS - Palliative Care Chaplain, UCSF
B2: Superheroes to the Rescue! Science Fiction and Fantasy as Mythologies of Healing
Rev. Jonna Rachele Garvin, MDiv, MS, BCC - Manager, Chaplaincy Services, Novant Health UVA Health System and Ben Janzen, Dr Theol, PhD, APBCC - Chaplain, Bereavement Services Manager VITAS Healthcare
B3: Challenging Racial Inequity in Healthcare? Call a Chaplain
Jodi Barry, MDiv, BCC - Lead Chaplain, Woodwinds Hospital and Margaret George, MDiv, BCC - Staff Chaplain, Children’s MN Hospital
B4: Suicide Prevention in Veteran and Service Member Populations
Gretchen Hulse - Suicide Prevention in Veteran and Service Member Populations, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and Ryan Parker - Chaplain, Durham VA Medical Center
B5: Workplace Chaplaincy - Seafarer Missions
Rev. David Reid, MA AFNI - Shackleton Partners LLC
B6: Creating a Value Based Work Environment That Nourishes the Soul
Brian Jones, DHSc, MS, CHPCA - President/CEO, SHARE Foundation
Dr. J. Brian Cassel, Ph.D.
Presenting: Blending humanistic and economic outcomes to make the case for spiritual care
Cheryl Holmes, OAM
Presenting: The Spiritual Care Profession: Mandated or obsolete?
C1: Opportunities in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Enhancing Evidence-based Chaplaincy Care
Jason A. Nieuwsma, PhD - Associate Director, VA Mental Health & Chaplaincy and Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center
C2: Hope, Another Four Letter Word, Going From Miracle to Transcendent Resilience
Cindy Stafford, MSN, GNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN - Nurse Practitioner, Atrium Healthcare System and Teresa Cromedy, MDiv – Chaplain, Atrium Healthcare System
C3: SAFE-ing Black Patients Matters: How Chaplains Can Utilize The SAFER-R Model to Limit Code Grey and Public Safety Calls on African American Patients & Families
Jamie Hawley, MDiv - Chaplain & UCC Ordained Clergy, University of Chicago, University of Michigan and Danielle Buhuro, DMin, BCC, ACPE Certified Educator & UCC Ordained Clergy, Advocate Health Care
C4: Spirituality in Mental Illness: Drawing from the field of Psychology towards developing an evidence based practice
Michael Sibley, MDiv, BCC, LPC - Chaplain, Eastern State Hospital
C5: Burnout to Bliss: Key Practices to Cultivate Joyfulness for Self-Care
Dawn Kaiser, PHR, ME - Simpliciti Consulting and Joy Refueler - Simpliciti Consulting
C6: Chaplain Perceptions of Collaboration with Nurses: Exploring Evidence and Practice Implications
Elizabeth Taylor, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor, Loma Linda University
D1: Meaning Making in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Kelly Arora, PhD - Co-Director Master of Science in Palliative Care, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
D2: Happiness and Gratitude: How to Foster Happiness and Gratitude in Palliative Care Work
Kathleen Nugent, LCSW - Director of Regional Programs, CancerCare and Claire Grainger, LCSW, OSW-C - Clinical Supervisor, CancerCare
D3: Overcoming Barriers from a Spiritual Context in Advanced Care Planning in the African American Community
Lenny Marshall, PhD - Department Manager, Big Bend Hospice
D4: Measuring Outcomes in Community-Based Spiritual Care
Rev. Dr. Helen Wordsworth, RN, RM, RHV (tutor), RNT, MTh, DMin, QN, International Parish Nursing Specialist, The Westberg institute for Faith Community Nursing
D5: Interpersonal Forgiveness: From Hurting to Healing and Hope
Preston VanLoon, EdD, BCC - Director of Spiritual Care, Sanford Health
D6: Thoughtfully Navigating Pre-hospice Palliative Spiritual Care
Michael Fratkin, MD - Director, ResolutionCare and Carl Magruder, MA, MDiv, BCC - Director of Spiritual Care, ResolutionCare Mica Estrada, Associate Director, UC San Francisco
E1: Engaging the Religious Aspects of End of Life Care
Rebekah Wagner, MA, BCC, APBCC - Manager of Spiritual Services, Froedtert Hospital
E3: Finding Meaning Without God: Spiritual Care for the Nonbeliever
Joshua Berg, MBA - Humanist Society Chaplain, The Humanist Society
E4: Creating A Palliative Care Spiritual Care Community: Introducing the Religious Comfort Index (RCI)
Rev. Jack Giddens, DMin BCC, CTP - Chief Executive Officer, RCI Health Metrics, LLC
E5: Staying Fresh: The Art of Personal & Professional Revival
Rev. Jim Kraft, MTh - Director, Advance Care Planning & Collaborative Services, Chaplain, Henry Ford Macomb & West Bloomfield Hospitals
E6: ICU Palliative Care Bereavement Project
Melanie Swofford, MDiv, BCC - Clinical Staff Chaplain, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
The Rev. Karen Ballard, BCC
Former Director of Chaplaincy Services
Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli, BCC
Chaplain
Rev. Dr. Malcolm Marler, BCC
Sr. Director of Pastoral Care, UAB MEDICINE