PDIA - SWLDA Presentation
Cohorts I & II    
Date Location Topic Sponsoring Organization
TERRY ALTILIO
May-01 Cleveland, Ohio Panel Presentation on the support of PDIA for Social Work and End of Life care. Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference
Presentation on Assessment and Prevention in Pain and Palliative Care
Mar-01 Bronx, NY Keynote Speaker -  "Social Work Leadership in Palliative Care" Social Work Appreciation Breakfast, Aging in America, Morningside House
Mar-01 St. Louis, Mo. Participant - JCAHO Pain Strategies Roundtable: Interpretation and Practical Implementation  
Mar-01 Orlando, Fla. Presenter - "Social Work Role in Pain and Palliative Care", 2nd Joint Clinical Conference and Exposition on Hospice and Palliative Care
Mar-01 Orlando, Fla. Co-Presenter - "It's All in the Family; Advanced Practice Skills for Social Workers", Pre Conference Workshop, 2nd Joint Clinical Conference and Exposition on Hospice and Palliative Care
Mar-01 Mamaroneck, NY. Presenter -  "Social Work Role in Pain and Palliative Care" Sarah R Neumann Nursing Home
Feb-01 Albuquerque, NM. Presenter - "Social Work Intervention in Pain and Palliative Care; an Intensive Workshop" National Association of Social Workers
Dec-00 New Rochelle, NY.  Co-Presenter - "JCAHO 2001: The Social Worker's Role in Pain Management Health Care Social Workers' Association,
Intervention"
Nov-00 Baltimore, MD. Presenter - "Pain and Symptom Management: A Multidimensional Perspective" Social Work and End of Life Care Symposium: Clinical Practice in Palliative Care
Nov-00 Cooperstown, NY. Presenter - "Multidimensional Perspectives in Pain and Palliative Care" Foundations for Long Term Care's Directors of Social Work Conference,
Oct-00 New York, NY. Co-Presenter * "Psychosocial Crises" First International Geriatric Palliative Care Congress
Oct-00 New York, NY Co-Presenter * "Coping with Fatigue" Karpas Health Information Center, Beth Israel Medical Center,
Aug-00 Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Presenter * "Pain Management: Assessment and Intervention for Social Workers" Florida Society of Oncology Social Workers * Annual Conference,
Jun-00 Tampa Bay, Florida Presenter - "Psychological Aspects of Pain Management" Bone Pain Due to Cancer: Advances in Treatment
Jun-00 Saratoga Springs, NY Presenter - "Cultural Diversity in End of Life" New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Spring Training Institute
JOAN BERZOFF
Mar-01 Dallas, TX Barbara Dane and Joan Berzoff presented at the Council on Social Work Education conference  
SUSAN BLACKER
May-01 Cleveland, Ohio Panel Presentation on the support of PDIA for Social Work and End of Life care. Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference
Presentation on Assessment and Prevention in Pain and Palliative Care
May-01 Cleveland, Ohio Social Work Leadership in End of Life Care (workshop co-presenter) Association of Oncology Social Work
Mar-01 Atlanta, GA (Panelist) "Role of The Health Care Team in End-of-Life Care" American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine
Annual Session
Mar-01 Baltimore, MD “End-of-Life Care: Social Work's Critical Role" (Speaker) National Association of Social Workers - Maryland Chapter
Social Work Month Conference
Mar-01 Orlando, FL Pre-Conference Institute: "It's All in the Family: Advanced Social Work.   Practice in Palliative Care" (Co-Presenter)    National Hospice and Palliative Care/American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Nurses Assoc.2nd Joint Clinical Conference and Exposition on Hospice and Palliative Care
Dec-00 Washington, DC Panel Presentation:  "Staffing a Palliative Care Program: Recruiting an Interdisciplinary Team Center to Advance Palliative Care, Fall Forum 2000
Nov-00 Baltimore, MD "End-of-Life Care: Where Are We Heading?" (Presenter) Social Work & End-of-Life Care Symposium - The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
Jun-00 Baltimore, MD "Looking Forward: Coping with the Challenges of Chronic Illness" Building Bridges - 3rd Annual Transplant Conference; Johns Hopkins Hospital
Apr-00 Vancouver, BC Paper - "Hospice and Palliative Care: Shared Traditions, Evolving Futures" Association of Oncology Social Workers International Annual Conference;
Poster - "Creative Approaches to Making the Connection with Patients and
Families"
Invited Panel Moderator – “Compassion Fatigue"
Feb-00 College Park, MD "Grief and Loss - Caring for Patients and Families at the End- of-Life" (Guest Lecturer) Managing Grief and Loss Course - Gerontology Undergraduate Degree Program
University of Maryland
  Baltimore, MD “Family Conferencing in Palliative Care" The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center's Continuing Education Program in
Psychosocial Cancer Care; Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
IRIS COHEN
Sep-00 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Panel Presentation on care of patients and families near the end of life Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Jul-00 Mount Ida College, Newton, Massachusetts Presentations on Interdisciplinary Teams given at Seminar in Advanced Hospice and Palliative Care Practice National Center for Death Education
Apr-00 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Bone Marrow Transplant and End-of-Life Care (workshop co-presenter) Association of Oncology Social Work
May-01 Cleveland, Ohio Social Work Leadership in End of Life Care (workshop co-presenter) Association of Oncology Social Work
JAMES KERESZTURY
May-01 Cleveland, Ohio “Panel on Project on Death in America Social Work end-of-life care Projects” Association of Oncology Social Work Annual Conference
Jun-01 Canaan Valley, West Virginia “National and Statewide perspectives on end-of-life care” 2001 West Virginia Summer Institute on Aging
“Social Workers Roles in Advance care Planning”
“Networking Session for the West Virginia End-of-Life Social Work Network”
Jun-01 Austin, Texas “Social Work Leadership for Coalitions to Improve Rural Service delivery for end-of-life care: the West Virginia Model” Institute on Human Services in Rural Areas
May-01 Bluefield, West Virginia Family Conversations: Advance Care Planning for Seniors AARP State Chapter Conference
Apr-01 Charleston, West Virginia “Networking for End-of-Life Social Workers In West Virginia” National Association of Social Workers’ Conference
 “Children’s grief-Max and Nellies’ Journey With Grief”
Jan-01 Newport Beach, California “Employer and School End-of-Life Initiatives” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Rallying Points Conference
Aug-00 Charleston, West Virginia “Understanding the New West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act “ Governor’s Summit on Aging
Apr-00 Charleston, West Virginia “Leadership Innovations in the End-of-Life Care” National Association of Social Workers’ Conference
“Developing a West Virginia Network for Social Workers in End-of-Life Care”
Apr-00 Canaan Valley, West Virginia “The Link: Leadership in End-of-Life Care and Healthy People 2010” State Health Education Council
May-00 Morgantown, West Virginia “Advanced Care Planning” West Virginia University Program for Integrative Medicine
 “Enhancing Palliative Care for West Virginians”
Sep-00 Morgantown, West Virginia “Creating Leaders in the End-of-Life Movement in West Virginia” West Virginia Rural Health Conference
Feb-00 Fairmont, West Virginia “Palliative Care in West Virginia” Mountain State Geriatric Education Center                    
Medicaid Resources, Hospice and Palliative Care
JOHN LINDER
Mar-01 Grass Valley/Nevada City, California "Your Healing Presence" Regional workshop for caregivers and professional practitioners Sierra Nevada Cancer Center, Hospice of the Foothills and The Sierra Nevada Wellness Center
Mar-01 Modesto, California "Shelter from the Storm” Skills development for end-of-life practitioners Community Hospice
Oct-00 UC Davis Medical Center Psychosocial Issues in End-of-Life Care.  Advanced skill-building for health professionals Roxanne Pharmaceuticals Palliative Scholars Program & the West Coast Center For Palliative Education
Oct-00 UC Davis Medical Center Psychosocial Issues in End-of-Life Care.  Advanced skill-building for health professionals Roxanne Pharmaceuticals Palliative Scholars Program & the West Coast Center For Palliative Education
Sep-00 Dimmick Community Room, Arden/Dimmick Library, Sacramento Community Forum: On Our Own Terms (Moyers) Sacramento Healthcare Decisions (SHD), Sacramento Public Library Foundation
JUNE SIMMONS
Nov-00 Gerontological Society of America - Washington DC Preliminary Findings from an Innovative Model to Improve Care at the End of Life" Kaiser Permanente & Partners in Care
Mar-00 American Society on Aging New Orleans LA "Bridging the Way: an Innovative Model of End of Life Care" Kaiser Permanente & Partners in Care
Jun-00 Social Work Leaders in Health Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Model in a Managed Care Organization Partners in Care
MARY SORMANTI
May-01 Cleveland, Ohio Social Work Leadership in End-of-Life Care Association of Oncology Social Work
GARY STEIN
Feb-01 Woodbridge, NJ End-of-Life Care and People with Disabilities Guardianship Association of New Jersey
Apr-01 New Brunswick, NJ Advance Care Planning for People with HIV Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
Apr-01 West Orange, NJ Legal Issues in End-of-Life Care for Long-Term Care Facilities New Jersey Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly
May-01 Wyckoff, NJ Legal Issues in End-of-Life Care for Long-Term Care Facilities New Jersey Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly
May-01 Kansas City, NJ Professional Education on End-of-Life Care Midwest Bioethics Center/Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Jun-01 Phoenix, AZ Attitudes on End-of-Life Care and Health Care Decision-Making in the Lesbian and Gay Community American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (13th Annual Assembly)
SUSAN TAYLOR-BROWN
May-01 Washington, DC Promoting Coping Skills and Enhancing Assets of HIV Affected and Infected Adolescents Abandoned Infants Act Grantees Annual Conference
May-01 Rochester, NY Supporting Families of Children with Special Health needs/Behavioral Issues.  Care for Medically fragile Children:  A Training Day on are for Medically Fragile Children The Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities of the University of Rochester Medical Center and Nazareth College
Apr-01 Victor, NY What the Kids Want You (as Teacher, Professional and/or Caregiver) to know About Living in a Family Affected by HIV CHILD Conference: Children Conference: Children Helped in Illness, Loss or Death, Inc.,
Mar-01 Rochester, NY Delivering Culturally Competent Care to Developmentally Disabled Children & Adolescents. The Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical School.
Mar-00 Washington, DC After AIDS:  Issues for Second caregivers of HIV affected children and adolescents. Child Welfare League of America Annual Program Meeting.
Mar-00 Rochester, NY Community Responses to HIV Affected Children and Adolescents Helen Guthrie Memorial Lecture, Nazareth College
Feb-00 Rochester, NY Program Development for HIV Infected/Affected Adolescents Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Class University of Rochester, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Oct-99 Philadelphia, PA Reconciliation or balkanization?  HIV/AIDS in the Year 2000:  What Every Social Worker Needs to Know Boston College, School of Social Work Conference
KATHERINE WALSH-BURKE
Mar-01 Dallas, TX Teaching Advocacy Online Council on Social Work Education Annual Program
May-01 Cleveland, Ohio Panel Presentation on the support of PDIA for Social Work and End of Life care. Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference
Presentation on the PDIA sponsored EOL online courses.
Apr-01 Calgary, Alberta Rituals of Remembrance: Aids to grieving for parents and professional caregivers Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers