College of Palliative Care

Council Members

Chair
Jean S Kutner, MD MSPH FAAHPM
Univ of Colorado Health Science Ctr
Denver, CO
jean.kutner@uchsc.edu

Members
Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD MSW MA
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
mercedes-bern-klug@uiowa.edu

Susan D Block, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
sblock@partners.org

Betty Ferrell, PhD RN FAAN
City of Hope National Med Ctr
Duarte, CA
bferrell@coh.org

Betty J Kramer, PhD MSSW
School of Social Work
Madison, WI
ejkramer@wisc.edu

Susan B LeGrand, MD FACP
The Horvitz Center and Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
legrans@ccf.org

Deborah Witt Sherman, PhD APRN ANP PCM
New York University
Goshen, NY
das1@nyu.edu

James A Tulsky, MD
VA Medical Center
Center for Palliative Care
Durham, NC
jtulsky@duke.edu

Ex Officio
Steve Smith, CAE
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Glenview, IL
ssmith@connect2amc.com

Judy Lentz, RN NHA
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Pittsburg, PA
judyl@hpna.org

J. Cameron Muir, MD FAAHPM
Capital Hospice
Fairfax, VA
cmuir@capitalhospice.org

Porter Storey, MD FACP FAAHPM
Boulder, CO
porterstorey@palliativemd.com