The 2023 Next-Level Perinatal Palliative Care LIVE Training Course will discuss evidence-based rationale, practical aspects and strategies for implementing and applying aspects of perinatal palliative care to provide safe and up-to-date obstetric care, support for families and achieve a state of comfort for newborns with life-limiting conditions. Moreover, the Course will include information about the successful experiences of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program in providing perinatal palliative care for over a decade at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).

This Virtual Training Course is designed for the entire perinatal team: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other allied health professionals practicing in the perinatal arena (obstetrics and neonatology) interested in implementing and/or improving the practice Perinatal Palliative Care, both nationally and internationally.

The 2022 Next-Level Perinatal Palliative Care Virtual Training Course will discuss evidence-based rationale, practical aspects and strategies for implementing and applying aspects of perinatal palliative care to provide safe and up-to-date obstetric care, support for families and achieve a state of comfort for newborns with life-limiting conditions. Moreover, the Course will include information about the successful experiences of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program in providing perinatal palliative care for over a decade at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).

This Virtual Training Course is designed for the entire perinatal team: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other allied health professionals practicing in the perinatal arena (obstetrics and neonatology) interested in implementing and/or improving the practice Perinatal Palliative Care, both nationally and internationally.

The 2021 Next-Level Perinatal Palliative Care Virtual Training Course will discuss evidence-based rationale, practical aspects and strategies for implementing and applying aspects of perinatal palliative care to provide safe and up-to-date obstetric care, support for families and achieve a state of comfort for newborns with life-limiting conditions. Moreover, the Course will include information about the successful experiences of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program in providing perinatal palliative care for over a decade at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).

This Virtual Training Course is designed for the entire perinatal team: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other allied health professionals practicing in the perinatal arena (obstetrics and neonatology) interested in implementing and/or improving the practice Perinatal Palliative Care, both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Elvira Parravicini, nurse Fran McCarthy and psychologist Rochelle Steinwurtzel present a workshop, “Congenital Heart Disease and Perinatal Palliative Care,” and are joined by Nicole Bokor and Raphael Kintzer, parents of Gabrielle, who generously share their family’s story.

“Congenital Heart Disease and Perinatal Palliative Care”

Dr. Elvira Parravicini is invited to give a lecture describing the development and specialized work of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program to palliative care professionals in Russia.

“Perinatal Palliative Care: The Experience of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program at CUIMC”

*** THE 2020 TRAINING WAS POSTPONED DUE TO THE ONGOING CoViD-19 PANDEMIC. ***

2019 Syllabus