Gary Fink was Senior Vice President of Counseling and Family Support at Montgomery Hospice in Rockville, MD, where he supported the counseling departments, directed the Spiritual Counseling staff, and led interfaith community outreach efforts. He served as a congregational rabbi for more than 25 years, retiring from the pulpit to establish a pastoral counseling practice…
Jenna Marcus is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern Medicine. She has a BS from Oakland University and an MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Leah McDonald is a current Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Hope Health and Brown University School of Medicine in Rhode Island. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at NYU/Bellevue and is interested in improving primary palliative care and hopsice skills provided in critical care settings and the emergency department.
Sheila Otten is in private practice in Louisville, KY, living out her passion providing education and support to children and families. She is also an instructor at the University of Louisville. Otten worked in community mental health supporting children and families in crisis and went on to serve as the primary social worker with the…
William Rosa is chief research fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center. He spent one year with the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda, East Africa (2015-2016), contributing to the curriculum content for the first Masters-prepared nursing cohort in the country and completed MSK’s interprofessional hospice and palliative…
Leslie Robinson is a therapist in private practice who spent 30+ years working in many diverse capacities within underserved and marginalized communities. She proudly served as a Department of Defense Reintegration Speaker nationwide during the drawdown from Afghanistan. In 2009, Leslie founded Trance4mation Games, the overall company for her Keep It Real Inclusion game, Warrior…
David Steinhorn is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School with residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric hepatology and critical care medicine. He completed post-doctoral training in 1997 in hospice and palliative medicine at Hospice Buffalo in New York and has been continuously board-certified in those specialties. Steinhorn served on the…
Ryan Weller is the National Program Manager for Palliative and Hospice Care for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Prior to this role, he was the team leader and clinical social worker for the Portland (Oregon) VA Medical Center’s Palliative Care Consult Team for 20 years. During 10 of those years, he was also the…
Molly Brooks is a board member of Hero’s Bridge. She is a registered nurse with over 23 years experience with specialty certifications in gerontology and hospice and palliative care. Throughout her professional and personal life, she has dedicated herself to caring for others, especially aging veterans.
Wendy Lichtenthal is an associate professor (pending rank) in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miami Miller School of Medicine. Her impactful research is centered around pioneering and assessing innovative psychosocial interventions tailored for cancer patients and their families. Her work particularly zeroes in on the challenging aspects of bereavement and cancer survivorship,…
Arion Lillard-Green was formerly a Spiritual Counselor with Goodwin House Palliative Care and Hospice in Falls Church, VA. She is an advocate for making health education and health literacy accessible to all people through inclusion, and is dedicated to making an impact on chronic illness within the African American community through outreach. Lillard-Green has served…
Doneila McIntosh is a 4th-year doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota in Family Social Science with an emphasis in Couple and Family Therapy (CFT). Currently, she is completing a doctoral internship at the African American Child Wellness Institute (AACWI) in Minneapolis. A systemic interventionist, McIntosh primarily works with couples and families. She specializes in…
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