CAPC Course Authors

The transdisciplinary authors of CAPC’s online continuing education courses, including both clinical training and program design topics, translate evidence-based best practices into the CAPC curriculum.

Anthony Back, MD

Co-founder, VitalTalk
Co-director, University of Washington Center for Excellence in Palliative Care

Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN

Consultant
Center to Advance Palliative Care

Andrew E. Esch, MD, MBA

Director, Palliative Care Program Development

Tom Gualtieri-Reed, MBA

Partner
Spragens & Gualtieri-Reed

Lynn Hallarman, MD

Palliative Care Educational Consultant
Associate Professor of Medicine
Stony Brook University

Philip Higgins, PhD, LICSW

President
Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.

Katy Hyman, MDiv, BCC

Director of Adult Palliative Care, Pediatric Palliative Care and Perinatal Connections MemorialCare…

Allison Kestenbaum, BCC-PCHAC, ACPE

Supervisor of Spiritual Care Services and Clinical Pastoral Education, UC San Diego Health
Cambia So…

Lynn Hill Spragens, MBA