Keynote speakers for 2024 Palliative Care Summit announced
We are delighted to announce that Professor Sue Kurrle AO, Curran Professor in Health Care of Older People, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, and Professor Hsien Seow PhD, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care and Health System Innovation, and Professor in the Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, will be out keynote speakers at the 2024 Palliative Care Summit on 21 November 2024.
Accomplished in their fields, Sue and Hsien, will be joined by other experts for a full program of presentations and workshops at this year’s event – Navigating the crossroads: Building the intersection between palliative care and neurodegenerative disease. Full program details will be available soon. Please check our website and social media in the coming weeks.
Professor Sue Kurrle’s visit has been supported by Parkinson’s Western Australia and Professor Seow’s visit has been supported by MNDAWA. A big thank you to both those organisations.
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