Palliative Care
Read our Palliative Care Report and Recommendations
(Adopted November 2019)
Patients with symptomatic serious illness often have unmet needs. This workgroup will define minimum standards for team-based palliative care and pathways for integrating palliative care into active treatment. The workgroup met from January to November 2019.
Previous Meeting Materials
Workgroup Members
| Member | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| John Robinson, MD, SM (Chair) | Chief Medical Officer | First Choice Health |
| Lydia Bartholomew, MD | Senior Medical Director, Pacific Northwest | Aetna |
| George Birchfield, MD | Inpatient Hospice | EvergreenHealth |
| Raleigh Bowden, MD | Director | Okanogan Palliative Care Team |
| Mary Catlin, MPH | Senior Director | Honoring Choices, Washington State Hospital Association |
| Randy Curtis, MD, MPH | Director, Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence | University of Washington Medicine |
| Leslie Emerick | Director of Public Policy | Washington State Hospice and Palliative Care Organization |
| Ross M Hays, MD | Director, Palliative Care Program | Seattle Children’s |
| Greg Malone, MA, Mdiv, BCC | Mgr Palliative Care Services, & Spiritual Care Provider | Swedish Medical Center |
| Kerry Schaefer, MS | Strategic Planner for Employee Health | King County |
| Bruce Smith, MD | Medical Director of Providence Hospice of Seattle | Providence Health and Services |
| Richard Stuart, DSW | Psychologist | Swedish Medical Center – Edmonds Campus |
| Stephen Thielke, MD | Geriatric Psychiatry | University of Washington |
| Cynthia Tomik, LICSW | Manager, Palliative Care | EvergreenHealth |
| Gregg Vandekieft, MD, MA | Medical Director for Palliative Care | Providence St. Peter Hospital |
| Hope Wechkin, MD | Medical Director, Hospice and Palliative Care | EvergreenHealth |