2015 NSMHPCN REGIONAL CONFERENCE SPEAKER BIOS —DAY 1: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 DENISE MARSHALL, B.Sc., MD, CCFP, FCFP Palliative Care Provincial Lead, Cancer Care Ontario; Chair, Ontario LHIN Collaborative Palliative Care Clinical Council; Palliative Care Consultant Physician, Niagara West Palliative Care Team and McNally House Hospice; Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Dept of Family Medicine, McMaster University Dr Marshall has been affiliated with McMaster University, and Hamilton Health Sciences as a professor of Palliative Care since 1989. She has held several positions at McMaster including inaugural Director of the Division of Palliative Care, and Assistant Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences. She is founder of both the Niagara West Palliative Care Team and McNally House Hospice, in Grimsby, where much of her clinical work has been located for the past 17 years. After returning from sabbatical in 2014, where she explored Palliative Care as Public Health, she has assumed a new integrated role as both Provincial Lead for Palliative Care for Cancer Care Ontario, and Chair of the new LHIN led, Provincial Palliative Care Clinical Council. DEBBIE HARROLD MD, CCFP Dr. Harrold is a family physician providing consultative palliative care in the Huntsville area. For the past 9 years, she has been involved with the Algonquin Family Health Team as lead physician for the Palliative Care Team, Hope Huntsville. With the development of Algonquin Grace Residential Hospice, Dr. Harrold has become the Medical Director for Hospice and continues to provide local leadership for hospice palliative care through her past-president role on the Board of Directors. Dr. Harrold, through her role as CCO Regional Palliative Care Lead, is a strong advocate for a “good death” and excellence in end of life care. She believes that residents of the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN can have access to timely, quality palliative care through the integration of services provided by the many dedicated caregivers, health care professionals, hospice organizations and volunteers throughout the region. LEAH BERGSTROME B.A., DSW Aboriginal Patient Navigator , Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Program Leah Bergstrome is the Aboriginal Patient Navigator with the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Program at RVH. As a proud member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, Leah brings a lifetime of rich experience to her role. She has worked for over 20 years providing counseling and advocacy services to a diverse range of individuals involved with health and public service agencies. She is also a faculty member with The School of Aboriginal Studies at Georgian College. Within the role of Aboriginal Patient Navigator, Leah provides all levels of support and advocacy for First Nation, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) cancer patients and their families across North Simcoe Muskoka. She works to facilitate and coordinate access to cancer services, addressing cultural/spiritual needs throughout the Individuals cancer journey expanding culturally relevant palliative and supportive care services more broadly to the FNMI community. 2015 NSMHPCN REGIONAL CONFERENCE SPEAKER BIOS —DAY 1: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 AMY PRITZKER BA/BSW Amy is the Client Care Coordinator for both the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network and Hospice Orillia. She has provided ongoing support to individuals who have an life-limiting illness, and to their loved ones, since 2010. She has worked in the field of social work since 1999, with agencies involved with addressing child welfare, domestic violence and homelessness. Amy’s formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Social Work from McMaster University, and graduate work at Tyndale Seminary (Toronto) and Carey Centre for Spiritual Formation (Vancouver). Informally, her greatest learning has come from the individuals and families that she has journeyed with. She considers working in hospice palliative care an absolute privilege, helping people to both live well, and to die well. HUGH COMERFORD Hugh is an internationally renowned Trainer, developer, and Master Practitioner and in the field of NeuroLinguistic Programming. He is also a founding member of the International association, NLPRAI. Hugh’s signature NLP technique was recently published in a Psychology Today blog. Hugh has designed and delivered thousands of hours of facilitation and training for public and corporate clients helping his clients understand what’s really going on in communication. Hugh is also a Certified Innovation Facilitator using NLP, working with dozens of multinational organizations helping them solve problems, create new products and understand their clients and staff. Hugh brings a capacity for seeing and explaining any situation from informed multiple perspectives. While comfortable in all aspects of innovation, Hugh excels in bringing his deep curiosity and understanding of human behavior to every project. Hugh also produces, shoots and edits Ethnographic videos and brings them to life by analyzing the language and behavior patterns of the consumers to illuminate their deeper unarticulated needs, to help corporations have a deeper dive into the customers’ unconscious minds. Hugh lives in Oakville with his family.
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