Presenter Information

Revolution Hall, Portland

Jean Abbott, MD, MH, HEC-C
Faculty, Center for Bioethics and Humanities
Faculty, Palliative Care Masters Program
University of Colorado
Co-Chair, Ethics Consultation Service, American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying

Gaja Andzel, MD
Endocrinologist and aid-in-dying physician
Loma Linda, California

Mark Apfel, MD
Palliative care and aid-in-dying physician
Boonville, California

Deborah Armstrong, JD
Ex-member of the New Mexico Legislature
Co-author of Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act

Margaret Pabst Battin, PhD, MFA.
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine
Center for Health Ethics, Arts and Humanities, University of Utah

Brieze Bell, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Kara Bischoff, MD
Medical Director, Palliative Care Program
University of California, San Francisco

Pamela Brown, RN
Eden Hospice
Bozeman, Montana

Tracey Bush, MSW, LCSW
Regional Practice Leader, End of Life Option Act Program
Kaiser Permanente, Southern California

Lynette Cederquist, MD
Palliative Care
University of California San Diego Health

Thalia DeWolf, RN, CHPN
Director of Nursing Education
American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying

Tin Do, MD
Emergency Physician and Aid-in-Dying Physician
San Francisco, California

Chris Fruitrich
Volunteer
End of Life Washington
Volunteer Systems Advisor, American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying

Audra Hindes, MSEd, MHC
Vice President of Care Services
The ALS Association Golden West Chapter

Constance Holden, RN, MSN
Ethics Consultation Service
American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying
Boulder, Colorado

Andrew Holland, RN
Revisit Nurse, Hospice East Bay
Pleasant Hill, California

Joanna Hooper, MD
Family Practice
Taos Whole Health, New Mexico

Rebecca Hudson, Masters of Health Advocacy
Client Services Coordinator, End of Life Washington

Gabrielle Jimenez, LVN, CHPLN
Mission Hospice
Nurse, End-of-Life Doula, educator, author
San Mateo, California

Jeanne Kerwin, DMH, HEC-C
Consultant in Bioethics and Palliative Care
Former Member, New Jersey State Advisory Council on End-of-Life Care
Co-Chair, Ethics Consultation Service, American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying

Terri Laws, PhD
Assistant Professor, African American Studies, Race and Health
University of Michigan, Dearborn

Stephanie Marquet, MD
Hospice of the East Bay
Pleasant Hill, CA

Leilani Maxera, MPH, LCSW
Therapist & Death Worker
Kaipuokaualoku
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Kelly McCann, MD, PhD
Breast Medical Oncology
Breast Cancer Research Group
University of California Los Angeles

Deborah North, MD
Hospice of the Northwest
Skagit County, Washington

Carol Parrot, MD
Anesthesiologist. Aid-in-Dying Physician
End of Life Washington

Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, Ph.D., HEC-C
Health Law Professor and Bioethicist
Health Law Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota

Janie Rakow
End of Life Doula
Director of Doula Education, American Clinicians Academy on Medical aid in dying
Cofounder, FareWell Doula
New Jersey

Joe Reynolds
Bereaved spouse of medical-aid-in-dying participant

Joy Rodriguez
End of Life Doula
Burden Lifters of Honolulu
Hawai’i

Y. Joel Rosen, MD
Aid-in-Dying Physician
Santa Fe Mobile MD
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Katalin Roth, MD, JD
Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
GW Medical Faculty Associates
Wahington, DC

Peg Sandeen, PhD, MSW
CEO, Death with Dignity
Co-coordinator, 2023 National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying
Portland, Oregon

Lonny Shavelson, MD
Chair
American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying
Co-coordinator, 2023 National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying
Berkeley, California

Ani Sinclair, MEd
Volunteer
End of Life Choices Oregon
Educator, Team Leader

Ryan Spielvogel, MD
Core Faculty, Sutter Sacramento Family Medicine Program
Medical Director, Sutter End of Life Option Act Services
Sacramento, California

Elizabeth Stanton MSN/Ed, RN, CEN, CCRN (ret)
Co-founder, Compassionate Endings New Jersey
Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Lisa Stolarczyk, MD
High Desert Hospice
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Thomas B. Strouse, MD
Psychiatry and Palliative Care
Medical Director, Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
University of California Los Angeles

Sally Thomae, MSW
Aftercare Support Contractor, End of Life Washington
End-of-Life Doula and Coach

Jonathan Treem, MD
Lead Physician, Palliative Care Clinic
University of Colorado Hospital
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Clark Tyler
Bereaved spouse of medical aid in dying participant, Kauiʻi, Hawaiʻi

Gregg VandeKieft, MD
Palliative Care /Hospice
Providence St. Peter Hospital
Olympia, Washington

Christina Vaughan, MD
Neuropalliative Care
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Yvette Vieira, MMH, HEC-C
Manager, Palliative Care and Bioethics
Atlantic Health System
New Jersey

Hope Wechkin, MD FAAHPM HMDC
Medical Director – EvergreenHealth Hospice
Kirkland, Washington

Richard Width, RN
Hospice Nurse Case Manager
Morristown, New Jersey

Ellen Wiebe, MD
Clinical Professor
University of British Columbia

Amy Yoffe, LCSW
Access TLC Home Hospice
Moorpark, California

Presenter Information

Diana L. Barnard, MD, HMDC
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine,
Lead Palliative Care Physician
University of Vermont Health Network-Porter Medical Center

Battin, Margaret Pabst, M.F.A., Ph.D. 
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Program in Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of Utah

Bush, Tracey, MSW, LCSW
Regional Practice Leader, End of Life Option Act Program. Kaiser Permanente, Southern California

Cederquist, Lynette, M.D. 
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Director of Clinical Ethics Program, University of California, San Diego

Dennett, Leslie, LMFT
Hospice by the Bay, San Francisco

DeSimone, Laura, MS, RPH
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for DWD, Pain Management, ADDM
Kaiser Permanente, Clinical Pharmacy Services
Pain Management, West Interstate Clinic
Portland, OR 

DeWolf, Thalia, RN, CHPN.
Nursing Curriculum Director, National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying.
Clinical Coordinator, Bay Area End of Life Options, Berkeley, CA

Duncan, Lael, M.D. 
Executive Director, National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying
Medical Consultant LCD Advising
Consulting Medical Director and Senior Faculty for the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California

Elbaum, Alan, MS 
Medical Student, UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program. 
Co-author with LaVera Crawley: “Race and Physician-Assisted Death: Do Black Lives Matter?” (in press).

Fruitrich, Chris. 
Volunteer, End of Life Washington, Seattle

Grube, David MD
National Medical Director, Compassion and Choices

Harmon, Christy, Pharm. D., BCACP
Pharmacy Supervisor, University of Colorado Hospital. Aurora, CO

Head, Bobbie, MD, PhD
Oncologist, Marin Cancer Care, Greenbrae, CA.

Holland, Andrew, RN
Hospice East Bay. Pleasant Hill, CA

Kaplan, Lawrence, D.O. 
Director, Consultation-Liaison Service, UCSF and Psycho-Oncology Psychiatry Department, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. San Francisco, CA

Kleinman, Lowell, M.D.
Family Practice, Palliative Care Medical Director
John Muir Medical Group, Walnut Creek, California

Koehler, Laura, LCSW, ACHP-SW
Senior Clinical Director, Hospice by the Bay, San Francisco

Lau, Eddie, Pharm. D. 
Feel Good Compounders Pharmacy. Pacifica, CA 

Laws, Terri, PhD
Assistant Professor, African American Studies
University of Michigan, Dearborn 

Long, Jeremy, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Denver Health MAID

Macmillan, Patrick, MD, FACP
Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of California San Francisco (Fresno)

MacReery, Jillene
Client Support Director
End of Life Washington, Seattle

Mishra, Ruchika, Ph.D. 
Program Director, Bioethics
Program in Medicine and Human Values 
Sutter Health Bay Area, CA

Olson, Anne Marie, LCSW
Hospice by the Bay, Larkspur, CA

Pasternak, Gary, M.D., MPH 
Chief Medical Officer, Mission Hospice. San Mateo, California

Pope, Thaddeus Mason, JD, PhD 
Health Law Professor & Bioethicist 
Health Law Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota

Presberg, Burton, MD
Cancer Psychiatrist, Oakland, CA

Pulvers, Evan, MD
Founder of Aid-in-Dying Training
Contra Costa, CA, Family Medicine Residency

Quill, Timothy, M.D. MACP, FAAHPM 
Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, Medical Humanities, and Nursing 
Palliative Care Department of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, NY

Safra, Jessica, MD
Hospice by the Bay, San Francisco

Schwing, Deborah, LMFT
Hospice by the Bay, San Francisco

Seckel, Keith, ADN, RN, CHPN. 
Director of Nursing, Timberhill Place Assisted Living, Corvalis, OR 

Seminova, Elizabeth, MDiv, MSW.
Practice Director and Psychospiritual Guide for Integrated MD Care. San Diego, CA

Shavelson, Lonny, M.D. 
Board Chair, National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying
Founding Partner, Bay Area End of Life Options 

Spielvogel, Ryan, M.D. 
Family Medicine, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA

Tolchin, Sara, RN
Hospice by the Bay, Larkspur, CA

Walsh, Eric, M.D. 
Emeritus Professor, Hematology-Oncology and Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR

Wechkin, Hope, M.D. 
Medical Director, Evergreen Health Hospice. Kirkland, WA

Weiner, Molly, RN
Hospice by the Bay, Larkspur, CA

Wynia, Matthew, MD, MPH, FACP
Director, Center for Bioethics and Humanities 
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus 

Zatulovsky, Yelena, LCAT, LPMT, MA, MT-BC, CCLS, HPMT
Vice President of Patient Experience, Seasons Healthcare. Rosemont, IL