Trauma-Informed Community Initiative of Western New York (TICIWNY) Grand Rounds Speaker Series #3 Thursday, September 4, 2014 8:30 – 10:00 am Buffalo Psychiatric Center Butler Rehabilitation Center Auditorium "Caring for the Chronically Ill" Deborah Medakovich, RN, MSN, ACHPN Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist VA Western New York Healthcare System Medical/Surgical Nurse since 1981 Master's degree in Nursing from Daemen College 2004, specializing in Palliative Care VAWNYHS Palliative Care Coordinator for the Buffalo and Batavia VA sites since 2005 Certified End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Trainer Northeast District Leader of the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association Faculty member of the University of Buffalo Palliative Medicine fellowship program Founding member of the Greater Niagara/Ontario local chapter of HPNA established in 2005 Veterans Health Administration, Office of Nursing Service Geriatrics and Extended Care Field Advisory Committee. She is actively involved in integrating palliative care into the ICU, Emergency Room, Oncology and the Outpatient settings at the VAWNYHS. RSVP ▪ information ▪ directions [email protected] Trauma-Informed Community Initiative of Western New York Administrative Home University of Buffalo School of Social Work Institute for Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care www.wnytrauma.org Care Management Coalition of Western New York, Inc. [email protected]
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