Sarah H. Kagan PhD, RN

Sarah H. Kagan is the Lucy Walker Honorary Term Professor of Gerontological Nursing at Penn and Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Joan Karnell Supportive Care Program for the Abramson Cancer Center at the Pennsylvania Hospital. She is currently holds several international appointments in Nursing and in Public Health including: Visiting Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Dublin; Honorary Professor at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh; Adjunct Professor at the American University of Armenia; and Honorary Professor in Public Health and in Nursing at the University of Hong Kong. All of these appointments, like her primary appointments at the University of Pennsylvania entail analysis and synthesis of considerations for aged populations, health and well-being in later life, and improving clinical practice in health and social care to the benefit of older people and their families. Professor Kagan is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Older People Nursing http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1748-3743. She serves on the Editorial Boards of other three journals – Cancer Nursing, Geriatric Nursing, and Research in Gerontological Nursing. Professor Kagan’s education and training includes a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science from the University of Chicago, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Rush University, and a Master’s Degree in Gerontological Nursing and a PhD from the University of California San Francisco. Since arriving at the University of Pennsylvania over two decades ago, Professor Kagan has focused her scholarship in undergraduate nursing education, care of older people, and qualitative research.  She currently directs the University of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin Scholars in Nursing Program and two clinically-based undergraduate international exchange programs in nursing – one in the United Kingdom and one in Australia. In addition, Professor Kagan teaches short-term study abroad for the University of Pennsylvania in partnership with the University of Hong Kong. Professor Kagan maintains an active program of clinical scholarship and practice in gero-oncology, which serves as a wellspring for her clinical pedagogy and anchors her understanding of the clinician-patient relationship as well as provision nursing care. Commentators acknowledge Professor Kagan’s nationally and internationally as innovative, sophisticated, and clinically relevant. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Academy of Nursing. Among the awards she has received for her practice, research, and teaching are the Sigma Theta Tau International Founders Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. Professor Kagan received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Oxford Brookes University in June 2013.

Andrew Hertler, MD
Chief Medical Officer
New Century Health

Andrew Hertler, MD, FACP, is Chief Medical Officer for New Century Health in Brea, CA. With over 25 years of experience, he is a nationally recognized leader in medical oncology clinical and quality practice management. Dr Hertler previously acted as Administrative Medical Director for Physician Practices at Maine General Medical Center and Medical Director of the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta, ME. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine from University of Michigan affiliated hospitals and fellowship in Medical Oncology/Hematology from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Dr Hertler has authored several peer-reviewed articles that have been published in journals such as Bone Marrow Transplantation, Journal of Clinical Oncology, International Journal of Cancer, and Cancer Drug Delivery. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Clinical Practice, Quality of Care, and Payment Reform Committees as well as serves on the Board of Directors for the Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society.    

Lauren G. Michalakes, MD
Director
Palliative Care Program
Coastal Healthcare Alliance
Pen Bay Medical Center
Waldo County General Hospital

Dr. Michalakes is Director of the Palliative Care Program for the Coastal Healthcare Alliance, where she oversees the delivery and development of clinical services across the two hospital systems of the Coastal Healthcare Alliance. She received her medical degree from The State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, and her internship and residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine.

He provides oversight of the Palliative Medicine Program of Concord Hospital, Payson Cancer Center, Concord Hospital Medical Group, the Concord Regional VNA Hospice and Palliative Care Programs. Dr. Rust is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and is board certified in Hospice, Palliative Medicine, and Geriatrics.

Matthew M. Wilson, MD

Joan B. Ingram, MPH

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