Center for Ethics in Health Care

Center for Ethics in Health Care

All-City Palliative Care Lecture Series

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The All-City Palliative Care Lecture Series is a longstanding monthly gathering of leaders in palliative medicine. Each month, from October to May, speakers lead the lecture and conversation on a topic related to palliative medicine. The goal of the lecture series is to convene healthcare professionals across disciplines and organizations and to empower each other's programs. The series is a safe environment for sharing - whether it be ideas, innovations, policies, or challenges, we want collaboratively improve care for patients nearing the end-of-life.

All-City is a joint venture by:

  • Adventist Medical Center
  • Oregon Hospice and Palliative Care Association
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Legacy Health
  • PeaceHealth Vancouver
  • Portland VA Medical Center
  • Providence Health & Services
  • OHSU Palliative Care Service
  • OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care
  • Tuality Healthcare

Save the Date for the following 2020-2021 All-City Lectures 

  • Friday, October 30 from 12:00-1:00PM - Promoting Resilience in Patients with Serious Illness and Their Families by Abby Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA - You can find the recording of this presentation HERE
  • Friday, November 13 from 12:00-1:00PM - New Horizons: Educational Innovations in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by Laura Dingfield, MD, MSEd - You can find the recording of this presentation HERE
  • Friday, December 18 from 12:00-1:00PM - Panels, Gutters, and Palliative Care: Seeing Stories Through Comics by Nathan Gray, MD - You can find the recording of this presentation HERE and can view Dr. Gray's handouts, Graphic Medicine Menu and Cartoon Frame by clicking the hyperlinks
  • Friday, January 15 from 12:00-1:00PM - A Clinical Perspective on the Integration of Palliative Care for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies by Jason Webb, MD, FAPA FAAHPM - You can find the recording of this presentation HERE
  • Friday, February 5 from 12:00-1:00PM  - Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease by Nneka Ufere, MD - You can find the recording of this presentation HERE
  • Friday, March 5 from 12:00-1:00PM  - Palliative Care in a Global Pandemic: Reflections, Lessons, Next Steps by Briana Ketterer, MD, MS and panel of interdisciplinary members from the OHSU Inpatient Palliative Care Service. You can find the recording of this presentation HERE
  • Friday, April 9 from 12:00-1:00PM - Palliative Care in Safety Net Settings by Will Kennedy, DO, Medical Director at CareOregon. You can find the recording of this presentation HERE.
  • Friday, May 7 from 12:00-1:00PM - Please join us for the All-City Palliative Care Lecture Series presentation, Palliative Radiotherapy as a Distinct Discipline: Redefining the Radiation Oncologist’s Role in Supportive Care by Eric M. Chang, MD. You can find the recording of the presentation HERE.