Experts & Educators
We are a hub for the country’s most distinguished hospice and grief experts, researchers, and professionals. HFA experts help to inform and educate on a wide range of timely and relevant topics essential to best practice.
Our HFA educators are well known and widely recognized as experts in their fields.
They’re researchers with decades of knowledge backed by evidenced-based studies.
They’re professionals who have honed their skills with years of patient and family care.
HFA has been privileged to include many notable experts in its professional education offerings over the past 30 years, including the late Earl. A Grollman; Nancy Hogan, RN, PhD; Karla Holloway, PhD; the late William M. Lamers, MD; the late Richard E. Payne, MD.
Below is a complete listing of our presenters and authors from 2020 onward. We are grateful for their willingness to share their expertise to advance hospice and bereavement care through HFA.
Using a case study approach, this course addresses frequent but difficult medical and ethical situations that every hospice professional encounters. Cases studies and best practice presentations include: providing hospice care to patients with mental health conditions; use and discontinuation of artificial nutrition and hydration in hospice, including communication with families and patients; and effective pain relief at the end of life using non-opioids, including use of non-opioids for patients with substance abuse disorder.
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Rachel Kodanaz is a heart-minded professional specializing in current and relevant approaches in support of individuals and workplaces following a loss or trauma. She is a best-selling author, seasoned keynote speaker, and a business consultant. She began her career serving in management of Fortune 500 companies, overcoming her own adversity following the sudden death of…
Anastasios Koukopoulos is a PhD candidate in the Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece. He is currently exploring the implications of AI in the mental health sector. With a keen interest in the evolving landscape of AI, he is also delving into the application of such technology in the context of prolonged grief disorder. His…
Allison Kuchar is the Vice President of Pediatric Services at Capital Caring Health. In this role, she oversees all children’s hospice, palliative care, and community bereavement programs. She is also responsible for facilitating ongoing complex care coordination and best practices for all pediatric patients, paving the way for how pediatric concurrent care is effectively implemented,…
Justin Kullgren is Specialty Practice Pharmacist in Palliative Medicine. As a Pain and Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center James Cancer Hospital, Justin works with the palliative interdisciplinary team on pain and symptom management, prevention and treatment of adverse drug events, medication dosing, and monitoring and disease state management….
Dale G. Larson (B.A, University of Chicago; Ph.D, U.C. Berkeley) is J. Thomas and Kathleen L. McCarthy Professor, and Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University. A clinician and researcher, he is a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow in three Divisions of the American Psychological Association, and a Fellow in the International Work Group on Death, Dying…
Marcia Lattanzi Licht is a psychotherapist and educator. An early voice for hospice care, she was co-founder of Boulder Hospice (now TRU Community Care), CO, where she did pioneering work in grief services and education. She is the principal author of The Hospice Choice and co-editor with Kenneth Doka of Coping with Public Tragedy. For…
Christopher Layne is associate professor of Psychology at Nova Southeastern University, where he directs a clinical psychology training clinic specializing in childhood traumatic stress and bereavement. He contributed to prolonged grief disorder in the DSM-5-TR and co-authored the manualized interventions Psychological First Aid, FOCUS for Military Families, Skills for Psychological Recovery, Trauma and Grief Component…
Sherman Lee is an associate professor of psychology at Christopher Newport University. Lee teaches undergraduate courses in the psychology of death, dying, and bereavement, and studies negative feelings states, with an emphasis on anxiety and grief. He also has a specialization in psychological measurement and has developed popular instruments such as the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale,…
Vickie Leff is a palliative care consultant and an adjunct instructor at the UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, and Yeshiva University. With over thirty-five years of clinical practice experience in oncology, palliative care, and hospice, Leff presents on topics such as moral distress and resilience to several national educational organizations and institutions. Recently…
Mary Beth Lepkowsky is an experienced trainer, facilitator, coach, and person-centered practitioner. For nearly 40 years she has supported social workers and other helping professionals to do their best work serving individuals and families. She is an Advance Care Planning Facilitator and owner of Helen Sanderson Associates USA, an international training and development consultancy.
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…
Whether you’re a patient, family member, or a friend trying to determine whether hospice is the right choice, HFA is here. We provide guidance before, during, and after the important decisions are made.
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