Dr. Pippa Hawley
(Concurrent speaker)
Jose Pereira
(Concurrent speaker)
Speaker bios
Dr. Pippa Hawley
Dr. Hawley is a general internist by background and has practiced palliative medicine since 1997 in Vancouver, Canada. She has been active in palliative care research for over 20 years, including running investigator-initiated clinical trials in assessment and management of a variety of symptoms, particularly cancer pain and opioid-induced constipation. She is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia and teaches at all levels, including to patients and volunteers. She designed the “Bow Tie Model of 21st Century Palliative Care” as a tool to explain how modern palliative care is most effective when integrated alongside disease management, and therefore requires recognition that survivorship is a possibility. She is a co-author of Victory Lap: a no fear guide to living well with serious illness, for patients and their families.
Jose Pereira
Jose Pereira is director of research at the College of Family Physicians of Canada and professor of palliative care in the Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University. He is also professor in the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa and is co-founder (in 2001) and scientific officer of Pallium Canada. Jose continues a clinical practice as a palliative care physician consultant at the William Osler Hospital in Brampton, Ontario. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the African Palliative Care Association and is participating as a member of the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) group.
