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Reflections & Projections - Marymount International Conference 2023

12–13 October 2023

09:00 - 17:00

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Marymount University Hospital & Hospice is hosting an International Conference entitled “Reflections & Projections…”on Palliative Care and Care of the Older Person from 12th & 13th October, 2023.

Target Audience

Members of the multidisciplinary team working in specialist palliative care or those interested in this area of healthcare, including Health and Social Care professionals in the acute and the community sectors, in Care of the Older Person and involved in the care of persons with advanced and progressive life limiting illnesses.

Accreditation Pending

  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) The Royal.
  • The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Outline:

The theme of the conference “Reflections and Projections” has been developed from the philosophical framework. As the global need for palliative care and care of the older person evolves within dynamic social systems, it is imperative to consider what lies ahead. By leveraging the experience and expertise of inter-professional practitioners and academics from around the world, this conference will link historical and contemporary knowledge to innovative thinking for the future. Cutting edge scientific evidence will be considered within its sociological history and context, to begin and to grow a conversation about the next challenges and opportunities for palliative care and care of the older person, because “nothing just happens”.

Details

Start: 12 October 2023
09:00
End: 13 October 2023
17:00
Marymount University Hospital and & Hospice

Pairc Ui Chaoimh, The Marina, Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland

The Marina
Cork CORK
Ireland

Speakers

We are delighted to host some of the most renowned speakers from across the globe and in Ireland from multidisciplinary background.  Our sessions will include experts from the HSE, UCC, HIQA and beyond, including Bernard Gloster, CEO of the HSE and Dr. Feargal Twomey, National Lead of Palliative Care.

Other prominent speakers include

Bernard Gloster

CEO
HSE
Bernard Gloster
  • Bernard Gloster

    Bernard Gloster took up the post of Chief Executive Officer of the HSE in March 2023. He has worked in health and social services for over 34 years, and rejoined the HSE from the state Child and Family Agency Tusla where he served as Chief Executive Officer from September 2019. Prior to that he held several senior management positions within the HSE including Chief Officer of HSE Mid West Community Healthcare, and he worked in and managed in both community and acute hospital operations. He is a social care worker by profession, holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University and an MSc in Management Practice from UCC.

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Prof. Jennifer Temel

Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Prof. Jennifer Temel
  • Prof. Jennifer Temel

    Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Clinical Director Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

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Dr. Joanne Droney

Consultant and Research lead in the Symptom Control and Palliative Care Team
Royal Marsden Hospital, London
Dr. Joanne Droney
  • Dr. Joanne Droney

    Dr Joanne Droney is a consultant and research lead in the Symptom Control and Palliative Care Team at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. She is the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network South London Palliative Care Specialty Research Lead. 

    She was awarded a PhD from Imperial College London in 2012 for her translational research on the pharmacogenetics of opioids for cancer pain. She is an associate editor for the Palliative Care Formulary.  

    Her current interests include developing models for the delivery of early palliative care, advance care planning, the use of outcome measures in service development and the use of routinely collected data in palliative care research. 

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Donnacha O'Ceallaigh

Project Lead
Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
Donnacha O'Ceallaigh
  • Donnacha O'Ceallaigh

    Donnacha is the Project Lead on the National End of Life Survey, Ireland’s first national survey of care provided at end of life. The survey is carried out by the National Care Experience Programme where Donnacha has worked since its inception in 2016, manging the programme’s information governance framework and compliance with data protection legislation.

    Donnacha has an MSc. in Equality Studies and is completing an additional MSc. in Healthcare Ethics and Law.

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Prof. Karen Ryan

UCD Clinical Professor and Consultant in Palliative Medicine
St. Francis Hospice and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Prof. Karen Ryan
  • Prof. Karen Ryan

    Prof. Karen Ryan was the inaugural Clinical Lead of the National Clinical Programme in Palliative Care from 2010-2018. She maintains active research interests, with a particular focus on health services research and the provision of palliative care for the ageing population and for people with intellectual disabilities. Keen to bridge the gap between research, policy and practice, Prof. Ryan acted as Chair of the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee from 2017-2021 and Chair of the Steering Group for the development of the National Adult Palliative Care Policy from 2022-2023. 

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Dr. Brian Creedon

Clinical Director
National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA)
Dr. Brian Creedon
  • Dr. Brian Creedon

    Dr Creedon has practiced as a consultant palliative medicine physician for 14 years in the south east of Ireland (University Hospital Waterford). Dr Creedon is a Senior Lecturer (RCSI & UCC) and previously was in a tenured role as Senior Fellow in Palliative Medicine (TCD & UCD). This fellowship focused on the development, with colleagues, of patient outcome measurement in palliative care. Dr Creedon believes that this approach will allow our health care system to evolve around the needs of patients (and their families). He continues to advocate for the use national clinical audit, clinical audit and quality improvement in healthcare to create an improvement culture for patients, families, students, trainees and staff. He has previously served in various leadership roles in healthcare including National Clinical Lead for Palliative Care, chair of the Irish Palliative Medicine Consultants Association and chairman of the board of directors of the Solas Cancer Support Centre.  

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Dr. Breffni Hannon

Palliative Care Physician
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Dr. Breffni Hannon
  • Dr. Breffni Hannon

    Dr. Breffni Hannon is a graduate of University College Cork. She completed training in general practice followed by specialty training in palliative medicine in Ireland before moving to Toronto, Canada.

    She now leads the palliative care program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. She is an associate professor and research lead in the Division of Palliative Medicine, and was recently appointed as the Rose Family Chair in Palliative Medicine at the University of Toronto.

    Her research interests include expanding access to palliative care for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers; and innovation in the monitoring and management of cancer-related symptoms.

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Prof. Eduardo Bruera

Professor of Medicine, MD
University of Texas, Anderson Cancer Centre
Prof. Eduardo Bruera
  • Prof. Eduardo Bruera

    Professor of Medicine, University of Texas; Medial Director, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, USA

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Simone Sheehan

Occupational Therapy Manager
Marymount Hospice
Simone Sheehan
  • Simone Sheehan

    I have been working as an Occupational Therapist since I qualified from University College Cork in 2007. I have had a broad range of experience in my career to date, working in both the acute and primary care sectors within Cork City and now as Occupational Therapy Manager in Marymount Hospital and Hospice.

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Dr. Julie Ling

Chief Executive Officer
European Association for Palliative Care
Dr. Julie Ling
  • Dr. Julie Ling

    Julie Ling has been CEO of the European Association for Palliative Care since January 2015. The EAPC is the leading palliative care organisation in Europe representing 57 member associations from thirty countries across Europe and with individual members from 52 countries globally. The EAPC is currently a partner in thirteen European Union funded research projects.

    Originally a nurse, Julie has worked in palliative care for thirty-five years in both adult and children’s palliative care. She has held a variety of posts in clinical care; management; research; policy and the voluntary sector. As a former Health Research Board Research Fellow, she successfully completed a PhD by research. Julie also has an MBA from Trinity College Dublin.

    Julie is also Chair of the World Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance, a global palliative care organisation that lobbies and advocates for the provision of palliative care as part of universal health coverage.

    Since July 2021 Julie has been a Consultant Technical Officer for the World Health Organization European region. In this role she pprovides technical support to member states on the development and strengthening of palliative care.

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Dr. Steve Marshall

Palliative Care Social Worker
King’s College London, UK
Dr. Steve Marshall
  • Dr. Steve Marshall

    Dr Steve Marshall is a social worker in the palliative care team at King’s College Hospital and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London.  

    Steve combines research and teaching with clinical practice and has a particular interest in supporting children and young people. Steve was co-PI and lead researcher on a recent Marie Curie funded project which involved interviewing 32 children and young people about their experience of living with a parent with a life-limiting illness. This research has provided the basis of evidence-based guidance for healthcare professionals working with patients with a life-limiting illness who have dependent children.  

    Steve is a Churchill Fellow and has recently returned from Norway and Sweden where he explored the concept of children as next-of-kin.

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Bart Daly

Consultant Geriatrician
Cork University Hospital
Bart Daly
  • Bart Daly

    Graduated from UCC in 2012. Consultant Geriatrician working in CUH and the South Lee ICPOP Clinical Lead.

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Dr. Mary Miller

Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust, UK
Dr. Mary Miller
  • Dr. Mary Miller

    Mary qualified from University College Cork in 1988. Mary trained and worked in palliative medicine in Ireland, Sweden and the UK and has been a consultant in palliative medicine in Oxford since 1998.  

    Mary has a strong interest in education; completing a Diploma in Learning and Teaching at Oxford University 2005, was Training Programme Director and Regional Specialty Advisor (2002 – 2008) and has led the Oxford Advanced Courses in Pain and Symptom Management since 2005. Since its inception 2017, Mary and the team at OxCERPC have focused on building an exciting portfolio of courses, building research readiness and reaching out to practitioners across the globe. Mary is an elected member of the Education Committee of the Association of Palliative Medicine and lead of the postgraduate education special interest forum.  

    Mary was appointed as Clinical Lead for NACEL In January 2023. This exciting role is providing a new learning curve. 

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Prof. Tony Foley

Professor of General Practice
University College Cork (UCC)
Prof. Tony Foley
  • Prof. Tony Foley

    Tony is Professor of General Practice in UCC and works as a GP in Kinsale. He is a GP Trainer and is Convener of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) clinical skills examination.

    His interests include dementia care and interprofessional education. He has led the development of a dementia e-learning programme and dementia care guidelines for the ICGP. His recent research and interdisciplinary collaborations have focused on the area of dementia palliative care.

    Tony has led funded dementia care research and service delivery projects supporting GPs and allied healthcare professionals in their delivery of integrated dementia care in the community. 

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Prof. Ciara Heavin

Professor
University College Cork (UCC)
Prof. Ciara Heavin
  • Prof. Ciara Heavin

    Ciara Heavin is Professor of Business Information Systems at Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Ireland. Her research focuses on opportunities for using information systems (IS) in the global healthcare ecosystem and in digital transformation.

    Ciara Heavin has directed funded research in the investigation, development, and implementation of innovative technology solutions in the health/healthcare domain. She has published articles in several top international IS journals and conference proceedings.

    Ciara has coauthored three books with Daniel J. Power: Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence, Data-Based Decision Making and Digital Transformation, and Becoming Agile. 

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Venue - Pairc Ui Chaoimh

The Páirc Uí Chaoimh Conference Centre, contained on level 2 of the striking new South Stand, provides a unique offering for all event types. With over 1800 sq. metres of flexible space and unparallelled views, the centre has hosted fantastic events already including  the largest ever Cork Chamber Business Breakfast (450 people) with An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, Irish Heart Foundation lunch and the Enable Ireland Christmas ball to name but a few. Host a board meeting overlooking the main pitch or enjoy your conference in our superb 550 seat Seandún Suite. We have a number of different suites to meet your needs.

 

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