Palliative Medicine

The objectives for the section are to: 

• Promote the subspecialty of palliative medicine;
• Evaluate and develop strategies to better manage palliative care and end of life (EOL) issues in the ED; 
• Evaluate strategies to aid decision making in unstable patients in the ED with multi co-morbidities who are at the end of their life. This will include an evidenced based approach to best management of pain and non-pain symptoms;
• Investigate developing an Emergency Department based Palliative Medicine Program; and
• Provide advice to the College on palliative care and EOL issues.
  

Chair - Mark S. Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP
Secretary/Newsletter Editor - Kate Aberger, MD, FACEP
Councillor - Mark S. Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP

Board Liaison - William P. Jaquis, MD, FACEP
Staff Liaison - Marilyn Bromley, RN