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A Community Symposium

End-of-Life Decision Making:
Options and Answers



Thursday, April 26, 2012
  1 to 5 pm
Registration from 12:15 - 1 pm
Inn on the Lake
770 S. Main St., Canandaigua

 

This community symposium will address issues regarding advance directives, palliative care and the MOLST Form (Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) with featured speakers Rob Horowitz, MD, Patricia Bomba, MD, FACP and Jane Greenlaw, RN, JD.
Specialists will be on site to assist with completing Living Wills.
Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is CLOSED.

Please call (585) 396-6780 for
more information.
$10 per person/$15 per couple (scholarships available).



Agenda:
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12:15 to 1 pm
Registration and exhibits

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1  to 1:15 pm
Introduction and End-of-Life Statistics
Carlos R. Ortiz, MD
Sr. VP Medical Services at Thompson Health
Medical Director at Thompson Hospital
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1:15 to 2 pm

Making End-of-Life Decisions for Ourselves and for Others: Legal & Ethical Guidelines

Jane Greenlaw, RN, JD

    Associate Professor, Center for Medical Humanities,
University of Rochester School of Medicine

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2 to 2:45 pm

Break and Exhibits
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2:45 to 3:30 pm

What Would Happen If You Couldn't Make Medical Decisions?
Patricia A. Bomba, MD, FACP
V.P. and Medical Director, Geriatrics, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

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  3:30 to 4 pm
Break

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  4 to 5 pm
Palliative Care: Who, What, When, Where and Why
Robert Horowitz, MD
Physician-Consultant, Palliative Care Program,
University of Rochester Medical Center