Event Title
Breakout Session 1 & Vignettes: ALS- Multidisciplinary care and ethical aspects of disclosing bad news and physician-assisted suicide
Start Date
28-3-2015 12:15 PM
End Date
28-3-2015 1:45 PM
Description
Zachary Simmons, MD is Professor of Neurology and Humanities at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He founded and directs the Neuromuscular Program & ALS Center at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, a center for ALS patient care and research serving a large area of central Pennsylvania, where he cares for over 200 patients with ALS and related disorders. Within Hershey Medical Center, he works in a multidisciplinary team in order to provide optimal care for his ALS patients. He also serves as Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has researched and written extensively on many aspects of ALS, particularly quality of life, psychological morbidity, cognitive and behavioral dysfunction. His CV includes nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications, more than 130 abstracts, and 12 book chapters. He is a member of the Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee of the American Academy of Neurology. He also serves as Senior Associate Editor of Muscle & Nerve, and is on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Breakout Session 1 & Vignettes: ALS- Multidisciplinary care and ethical aspects of disclosing bad news and physician-assisted suicide
Zachary Simmons, MD is Professor of Neurology and Humanities at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He founded and directs the Neuromuscular Program & ALS Center at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, a center for ALS patient care and research serving a large area of central Pennsylvania, where he cares for over 200 patients with ALS and related disorders. Within Hershey Medical Center, he works in a multidisciplinary team in order to provide optimal care for his ALS patients. He also serves as Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has researched and written extensively on many aspects of ALS, particularly quality of life, psychological morbidity, cognitive and behavioral dysfunction. His CV includes nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications, more than 130 abstracts, and 12 book chapters. He is a member of the Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee of the American Academy of Neurology. He also serves as Senior Associate Editor of Muscle & Nerve, and is on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.