Advisory Board
David Casarett, MD, MA
David Casarett’s clinical work focuses on the care of dying patients, and his scholarship addresses the ethical challenges of informed consent for research and clinical care in patients near the end of …
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAAHPM, is the Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine at the University of California San …
Amy Abernethy, MD
Dr. Abernethy directs the Center for Learning Healthcare (CLHC) in the Duke Clinical Research Institute. She also directs the Duke Cancer Care Research Program (DCCRP), a part of the CLHC that connects …
Kathleen Puntillo, RN, DNSc, FAAN
Professor of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco Dr. Kathleen Puntillo is Professor of Nursing and Co-Director of the Critical Care/Trauma graduate program at the University of California, San Francisco. She has …
Andrew Auerbach, MD
Andrew Auerbach is Professor of Medicine in Residence at UCSF and Director of Research Division of Hospital Medicine. Andy did his medical residency training at Yale New Haven Hospital and a fellowship …
Bruce Spurlock, MD
Bruce Spurlock, M.D. is the Executive Director of BEACON (Bay Area Patient Safety Collaborative). He helps organizations create results-oriented programs in a variety of domains. He also leads large, multi-participant quality collaboratives …
Brad Stuart, MD
Dr. Stuart is Senior Medical Director of Sutter VNA & Hospice, the largest provider of home-based health services in Northern California. He is the founder of Advanced Illness Management (AIM), an integrated …
Patricia Blaisdell
Ms. Blaisdell provides membership support and advocacy for hospital-based post-acute care services, including policy analysis and interpretation, legislative advocacy, and communication with regulatory bodies and third party payers. Ms. Blaisdell has over …
Christina M. Fernandez, DD, JD, BCC
Christina Fernandez joined Dignity Health in 1995. She brings a background in law, spiritual and palliative care, and mission integration to her current role as Senior Vice President Mission Integration and Spirituality. …
Mary Carol Todd, MSN, RN CMAC
Mary Carol has over 25 years of healthcare management experience. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Clinical Efficiency for Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), located in San Francisco, California. In this …
Daniel Johnson, MD, FAAHPM
Dr. Daniel Johnson is the National Clinical Lead for Palliative Care with Kaiser Permanente’s Care Management Institute. He is also Department Chief of Palliative Care at Kaiser Permanente-Colorado and is a practicing …
Karl Lorenz, M.D., M.S.H.S
Karl Lorenz, an affiliated adjunct staff member at the RAND Corporation, is a general practitioner and palliative consultant at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and an associate professor of medicine …
Peter Lindenauer, MD, MSc
Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc, FACP is a board-certified internist and the Director of Baystate’s Center for Quality of Care Research. He also serves as the Medical Director of Clinical Decision Support …
Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., M.A.,F.A.A.N., F.P.C.N.
Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, has been in oncology nursing for 28 years and has focused her clinical expertise and research in pain management, quality of life, and palliative care. Dr. Ferrell is …
Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH
Dr. Kutner is a tenured Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine (GIM), Geriatric Medicine, and Health Care Policy and Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. …