1. Russell Portenoy is Chairman of the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care and the Gerald J Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, USA. He is the Chief Medical Officer of MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care and Professor of Neurology and Anesthesiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA. He is past-president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and past-president of the American Pain Society. He previously...
2. Ebtesam Ahmed is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice at St John’s University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions in New York. In addition, she is among the Clinical Pharmacy Faculty at the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care-Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. Her responsibilities include participating on medical rounds in palliative care and hospice; provide clinical instruction for pharmacy students, writing and implementing...