The Collaborative for Palliative Care of Westchester and the New York State Southern Region ("Collaborative") is pleased to report that Diane E. Meier, MD, will be the keynoter at the Collaborative's annual conference to be held on April 8, 2011 in White Plains, N.Y. Dr. Meier is director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and director of the Lilian and Benjamin Hertzerg Palliative Care Institute, Professor of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine, and Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and one of the field's most prominent leaders.

The conference is expected to draw professionals from around the country to address important issues related to palliative and end-of life care.

If you wish to submit an abstract for the April 2011 program, please contact Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., MPH, Chair of the Collaborative, at mamorrissey@fordham.edu.

More information about the Collaborative and the April 2011 conference may be found on Facebook.