OHSU

Regional Palliative Care Conference

2004

Location Date Conference Site Chair Title
Bend June 23, 2004 The Riverhouse Hotel   Leading Change in Central Oregon
Medford July 28, 2004 Rogue Valley Manor Stephen Brummer, MD Leading Change in Southern Oregon
Salem September 24, 2004 Salem Hospital Barry Heath, D Min Leading change in the Mid-Willamette Valley
Eugene December 10, 2004 Valley River Inn Joan Upshaw, RN Leading Change in the Southern Willamette Valley

2005

Location
Date
Conference Site
Chair
Title
Eugene May 18, 2005 Avmere Rehabiliation Susan Tolle, MD POLST in the Greater Eugene Area
Bend September 9, 2005 St Charles Medical Center Erik Fromme, MD Palliative Care: Strengthening Your Program
Medford September 30, 2005 Smullen Center Stephen Brummer, MD Advancing Palliative Care in Southern Oregon
Salem November 4, 2005 Wedel Memorial Conference Center at Salem Hospital Barry Heath, D Min Advancing Steps in Palliative Care: Mid-Willamette Valley Moving Forward
LaGrande November 10-11, 2005 Grande Ronde Hospital Keith Graham, MD Principals of Communications and Ethics
Eugene December 9, 2005 Lane County Community College Denise Waugh, MD End of Life Transitions: Politics to Patient Care

2006

Location
Date
Conference Site
Chair
Title
Eugene September 22, 2006 Hilton Eugene Conference Center Jennifer Soyke, MD The Spectrum of Palliative Care: More than Merely End of Life
Eugene September 22, 2006 Hilton Eugene Conference Center Laura Matthews, RN Palliative Care Essentials: for Nurse & Social Worker Case Managers
Ontario September 25-26, 2006 Holy Rosary Medical Center Barbara Glidewell, MBS Goals of Care in Advanced Illness
Medford October 20, 2006 Rogue Valley Manor Stephen Brummer, MD Palliative Care in 2006: Focus on Pain & Symptom Management
Salem November 17, 2060 Red Lion Convention Center Barry Heath, D Min Excellence in Pain and Symptom Management: Beyond the Basics

2007

Location Date Conference Site Chair Title
Coos Bay July 27, 2007 Southwestern Oregon Community College Dallas Carter, MD Practical Palliative Care: Symptom management in Serious Illness
Klamath Falls September 21, 2007 Mabel Liskey Henzel Pavilion Justin Clutter, MD Managing Pain, Symptoms and Suffering: Palliative Care in Southern Oregon
Salem October 18-19, 2007 Salem Conference Center Erik Fromme, MD Palliative Care Leadership Retreat

2008

Location
Date
Conference Site
Chair
Title
Albany May 9,
2008		 Phoenix Inn Takiko May, MD Palliative Care: Working
Together to Define New Goals
Astoria September
19, 2008		 Holiday Inn Express Kevin Baxter, DO Practical Palliative Care:
Managing Pain
Symptoms & Suffering
Tuality September
26, 2008		 Tuality Hospital Erik Fromme, MD Pain and Palliative Care
Lebanon October
31, 2008		 Lebanon Community Hospital Bruce Matthews, MD Managing Pain: Solutions for Symptoms & Suffering

2009

Location       Date              Conference Site          Chair                                  Title
 
Silverton February
13, 2009		 Silverton Hospital Mayda Ramos, MD Palliative Care:
Working Together
Corvallis February
20, 2009		 Salbasgeon Sharon Lissman, MD Palliative Care: The Art
of Caring and Medicine