Speaker
Dr. Deborah Sherman
Florida International University , USA
Biography :
Dr. Deborah Witt Sherman is a professor of nursing at Florida International University and is recognized as a national and international leader in Palliative Care and interprofessional collaboration in healthcare education and research. Funded by the Soros Foundation, Dr. Sherman began the first Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Program in the US, and Japan. She edits an award-winning Palliative Care textbook, serves as a consultant, grant reviewer, editorial board member, and associate editor of the Journal of Palliative Medicine, with authorship of over 90 publications, 43 book chapters, 5 books, and over 195 presentations. Dr. Sherman has an active program of research in palliative care and interprofessional collaboration, and is certified as an Adult and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner.
