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List of Experts: * Topics include (but not limited to): Dealing with death and dying, social support, financial concerns and insurance coverage, bereavement, grief/loss, aging, elder care and research. |
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Terry Altilio, ACSW Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Beth Israel Health Care System 350 East 17th Street Baird 12 New York, NY 10003 212-844-1467 Fax: 212-844-1503
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James Keresztury, ACSW, MBA Director, Appalachian Cancer Research Consortium Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center P.O. Box 9350 Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-6350 304-293-0481 Fax: 304-599-1552
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Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold, MSW, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1087 336-716-4657 Fax: 336-716-9642
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Betty Kramer, Ph.D Associate Professor School of Social Work University of Wisconsin-Madison 1350 University Avenue Madison, WI 53711 608-263-3830 Fax: 608-263-3836
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Mercedes Bern-Klug, MSW, MA Associate Director Center on Aging University of Kansas Medical Center 3901 Rainbow: Mail Stop 1005 Kansas City, KS 66160 913-588-1208 Fax: 913-588-1201 |
Rita Ledesma, PhD, LCSW Associate Professor Department of Social Work California State University 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA 90032 323-343-4677 Fax: 323-343-4225 |
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Joan Berzoff, MSW, EdD Professor, Co-Director, Doctoral Program Smith College School for Social Work Lilly Hall Northampton, MA 01063 413-585-7954 Fax: 413-585-7994 |
Bonnie Letinich, LICSW Palliative Care Consultant Pediatric Palliative Care Service Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center 4800 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 206-987-4090 Pager: 206-469-5062 Bonie.letinich@seattlechildrens.org
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Susan Blacker, MSW, LCSW-C Professional Practice Leader St. Michael’s Hospital 30 Bond Street (Room 4M-006 Shuter Wing) Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8 416-864-6060 ext.6794 Fax: 416-864-5250 |
Jane Lindberg, LCSW Director of Psychosocial Services Hinds Hospice 1616 W. Shaw, Suite B-6 Fresno, CA 93711 559-226-5683 Fax: 559-226-1028 |
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David Browning, MSW Senior Research Associate Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458-1060 617-618-2822 Fax: 617-969-1569 |
John F. Linder, LCSW Specialist and Clinical Social Worker UC Davis Cancer Center 4501 X Street, Suite 3017 F Sacramento, CA 95817 916-734-8619 Fax: 916-734-7946
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Karen Bullock, PhD Assistant Professor School of Social Work University of Connecticut 1798 Asylum Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 860-570-9139
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Susan A. Murty, PhD Associate Professor School of Social Work 308 North Hall University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 319-335-3628 Fax: 319-335-1711 |
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Elizabeth Chaitin, MSSW, MA, DHCE Director of Medical Ethics and Palliative Care Services UPMC Shadyside Hospital 5230 Centre Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15232 412-623-6171 Fax: 412-623-6426
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Bruce A. Paradis, PhD Professor Graduate School of Social Work Salem State College 325 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 978-542-6606 Fax: 978-542-6936 |
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David Cherin, PhD Assistant Professor School of Social work University of Washington 4101 15th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98105-6299 206-221-7872 Fax: 206-543-1228
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Mary Raymer, MSW, ASCW Immediate Past Social Work Chair National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 6652 Deepwater Point Road Williamsburg, MI 49690 231-938-9610 Fax: 231-938-9818 |
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Grace Christ, PhD, MSW SWLDA Director Columbia University 622 West 113th Street New York, New York, 10025 212-854-5264 |
Margo Okazawa-Rey, MSSS, Ed.D. Visiting Professor Women’s Studies Department Mills College 5000 MacArthur Boulevard Oakland, CA 94673 510-430-2233 Fax: 510-430-3314 |
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Nancy Cincotta, MSW Dept. of Social Work Services Mt. Sinai Medical Center 1 Gustave Levy Plaza, Box 1252 New York, NY 10128 212-241-7168 Fax: 212-860-3304 |
Norma del Rio, MSW Institute for Multicultural Research and Social Work Practice San Francisco State University 1521 Rivera Street San Francisco, CA 94116 415-452-2114 Fax: 415-566-4434 |
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Yvette Colón, MSW, ACSW, BCD American Pain Foundation 201 N. Charles Street, Suite 710, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-4111 410-783-7292, ext. 223 Fax: 410-385-1832 |
Vicki M. Runnion, MSSW College of Social Work University of South Carolina 901 Sumter Street Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-7093 Fax: 803-777-4136 |
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Nancy Contro, LCSW Coordinator of Education and Research Department of Palliative Care Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital 725 Welch Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 650-497-8304 Fax: 650-949-5578 |
W. June Simmons, MSW President & CEO Partners in Care Foundation 101 South First Street, Suite 407 Burbank, CA 91502 818-526-1780, ext. 101 Fax: 818- 526-1788
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Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D. University of Alabama School of Social Work Little Hall, Box 870314 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0314 205-348-3924 Fax: 205-348-9419 |
Mary Sormanti, MSW, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Social Work Columbia University 622 West 113th Street New York, NY 10025 212-854-5525 Fax: 212-854-9041 |
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Barbara Dane, PhD Director/ Associate Professor Post Graduate Program in Advanced Clinical Social Work Ehrenkranz School of School of Social Work New York, NY 10003 212-998-5945 Fax: 212-995-4173 |
Gary L. Stein, MSW, JD Executive Director New Jersey Health Decisions 13 Rockland Terrace 1st Floor Rear Verona, NJ 07044 973-857-5552 Fax: 973-857-8083
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Judith Dobrof, DSW Cancer Support Team 875 Mamaroneck Ave. Mamaroneck, NY 10543 917-777-2777 Fax: 212-410-5918
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Amanda Sutton, CSW Program Coordinator of Bereavement Services Senior Clinical Social Worker Cancer Care, Inc. 275 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10001 212-712-8400 ext.6138 Fax: 212-719-0263 |
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Sheila R. Enders, MSW Community Health Program Manager Department of Internal Medicine UC Davis Medical Center 4150 V Street, Room 3100 Sacramento, CA 95817 916-734-3302 Fax: 916-734-3370 |
Aloen Townsend, PhD Associate Professor Mandel School of Applied Social Services Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-7164 216-368-0373 Fax: 216-368-2850 |
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Iris Cohen Fineberg, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.C.S.W. UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research 911 Broxton Plaza Box 951736 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736 Voice mail: (310) 794-0728 E-mail: iriscf@ucla.edu |
Katherine Walsh-Burke, PhD, MSW Associate Professor Association of Oncology Social Work Springfield College School of Social Work 263 Alden Street Springfield, MA 01109 413-748-3066 Fax: 413-256-3419 |
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Richard B. Francoeur, PhD Assistant Professor School of Social Work Columbia University 622 West 113th Street New York, NY 10025 212-854-8600 Fax: 212-854-2975 |
Sherri Weisenfluh, LCSW Associate Vice President for Counseling Hospice of the Bluegrass 2312 Alexandria Drive Lexington, KY 40504-3277 606-276-5344 Fax: 606-223-0491 |
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Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, LCSW, ACSW Program Coordinator Supportive Care & Palliative Medicine Department City of Hope National Medical Center 1500 E. Duarte Road Duarte, CA 91010-3000 626-359-8111 ext. 62783 Fax: 626-256-8798 |
Terry Wolfer, PhD Assistant Professor College of Social Work University of South Carolina 901 Sumter Street Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-7093 Fax; 803-777-4136 |
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Barbara L. Jones, MSW, CSW Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Albany Medical Center, MC24 47 New Scotland Ave Albany, NY 12208 518-626-6127 Fax: 518-626-6128
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