• "Suffering and Soul Pain" with Helen Black PhD
• "Activity Break" with Susan Budenstein MA
• "Clinical Management of Pain" with Rosemary Polomano RN, PhD

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• Nora Dowd Eisenhower, Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging; introduced by Willo Carey
• "Panel Discussion: Alternative Approaches to Pain Management" with Elizabeth Bradley, APRN, BC, CCNS, CCRN; Niki Dienstman, CMT; and Paul Nolan, MCAT, MT-BC, LCP. Chaired by Gail Inderweis RN BSN MBA.

• An Online Chat with Helen Black PhD on "Suffering and Soul Pain" moderated by Terri Maxwell, RN, PhDc.
• An Online Chat with Niki Dienstman, CMT on "Pet Therapy" moderated by Jonathan Finkelstein, CSTP

Presentations:
Moderator: Terri Maxwell, RN, PhDc, Director of Research, excelleRx

• Suffering and Soul Pain
  Helen Black PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health, College of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University and author of the new book, Soul pain: The meaning of suffering in later life.
  
• Clinical Management of Pain
  Rosemary Polomano RN, PhD, Associate Professor of Pain Practice at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and a Clinician Educator at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Polomano has extensive clinical experience in management of both acute and chronic pain and lectures throughout the country on these topics.
  
• Panel Discussion: Alternative Approaches to Pain Management
  Chair: Gail Inderweis RN BSN MBA, Founder and Executive Director of Keystone Hospice
  
  Panelists:
  Elizabeth Bradley, APRN, BC, CCNS, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist,Christiana Care Health System with a specialty is hypnosis and guided imagery

  Niki Dienstman, CMT, Supervisor of Complementary Therapies, Samaritan Hospice, and a certified massage therapist who supervises massage, music, art and pet therapies.

  Paul Nolan, MCAT, MT-BC, LCP Music Therapist and Director, Music Therapy Education, Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy Program, Drexel University.

Activity Breaks:

• Susan Budenstein MA, Principal, Healthy Living
• Laura Thomae MT-BC, Music and Movement Therapist, Keystone Hospice

Moderator:
Frank Sesno , Professor of Public Policy and Communication at George Mason University and Special Correspondent with CNN

Panelists include:

• Yvette Col, MSW, ACSW, BCD, American Pain Foundation
• Kenneth J. Doka, PhD , Mdiv, College of New Rochelle
• W. A. Drew Edmondson , Attorney General of Oklahoma
• Kathleen M. Foley, MD , Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Kelli Gershon, RN , University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• William M. Lamers, Jr., MD , Hospice Foundation of America
• Brad Stuart, MD , Sutter VNA and Hospice
• Douglas J. Weschules, PharmD, BCPS , excelleRx, Inc.