The core faculty consists of teaching staff of the Institute and St Christopher's Hospice and associated palliative care teams. Visiting lecturers include high profile experts in palliative care and other relevant disciplines and are drawn from across the United Kingdom.

Core faculty

• Professor Irene Higginson, Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, King's College London
• Dr Jonathan Koffman, Course Co-ordinator, Senior Lecturer, King's College London
• Professor Barbara Monroe, Chief Executive, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Nigel Sykes,Medical Director, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Victor Pace, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice
• David Oliviere, Director of Education, St Christopher's Hospice
• Maggie Bisset, Nurse Consultant, Camden and Islington Palliative Care Team
• Denise Brady, Librarian, St Christopher's Hospice
• Revd Peter Speck, Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London
• Vicky Robinson, Nurse Consultant, Palliative Care Team, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust

 

Research methods and statistics in palliative care

(core module)

• Dr Claudia Bausewein, Cicely Saunders International Research Training Fellow, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Denise Brady, Librarian, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Derek Cooper, ISS, King's College London
• Dr Barb Daveson, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College LondonDr Sue Hall, Dunhill Lecturer in Palliative Care, King's College London
• Dr Catherine Evans, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College LondonDr Richard Harding, Lecturer in Palliative Care, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Professor Irene Higginson, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Jonathan Koffman, Senior Lecturer and MSc Co-ordinator, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Paul McCrone, Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
• Dr Fliss Murtagh, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Ms Lucy Selman, Research Associate, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Ms Vicky Simms, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London

 
 
Biology and Management of Symptoms in Advanced Disease

(core module)

• Maggie Bisset, Nurse Consultant, Camden and Islington Palliative Care Team
• Dr Rachel Burman, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, King's College Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation
• Dr Sarah Cox, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Macmillan Support Team, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
• Dr Carol Davis, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Countess Mountbatten House, Moorgreen Hospital
• Dr Louise Gibbs, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Patricia Grocott, Senior Research Fellow, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London
• Dr Emma Hall, Consultant, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Joan Hester, Consultant in Pain Management, Pain Unit, King's College Hospital
• Professor Irene Higginson, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Professor Steve Jackson, Healthcare of the Elderly Unit, King's College Hospital
• Dr Farida Malik, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Fliss Murtagh, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Victor Pace, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice
• Sally Stannard, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Nigel Sykes, Medical Director, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Adrian Tookman, Medical Director, Marie Curie Hospice
• Dr Katie Urch, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Camden & Islington NHS Trust

Service Organisation and Policy in Palliative Care  

(core module)
 

• Olivia Dix, Head of Palliative Care Initiative, Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
• Jonathan Ellis,  Help the Hospices
• Keith Ford, King's College Hospital
• Barbara Gomes, PhD Research Training Fellow, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation
• Dr Sue Hall, Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Richard Harding, Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Kate Heaps, Director of Service Development, Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
• Professor Irene Higginson, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Avril Jackson, Hospice Information Service
• Dr Jonathan Koffman, Senior Lecturer and MSc Co-ordinator, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Professor Henrik Moller, Thames Cancer Registry, King's College London
• David Oliviere, Director of Education, St Christopher's Hospice
• Vicky Robinson, Nurse Consultant, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust
• Cathy Shipman, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Palliative Care & Policy, King's College London
• Revd Peter Speck, Chaplain and Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London
• Emily Sams, National Council for Palliative Care
• Dr Adrian Tookman, Medical Director, Marie Curie Hospice

Psychosocial, Cultural, Ethical and Spiritual Issues  

(core module)

• Dr Rachel Burman, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, King's College Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Jim Constable, Funeral Director
• Dr Katherine Cox, Social Worker, St John's Hospice
• Dr Yasmin Gunaratnam, Lecturer, Goldsmith's College, University of London
• Dr Carolyn Johnston, Department of Medical Ethics, King's College London
• Philippa Jones, Psychologist, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Jonathan Koffman, Lecturer and MSc Co-ordinator, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Farida Malik, SpR Research Training Fellow, Department of Palliative Care, King's College London
• Professor Barbara Monroe, Chief Executive, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Fliss Murtagh, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• David Oliviere, Director of Education & Training, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Wendy Prentice, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London
• Revd Peter Speck, Chaplain and Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London
• Dr Nigel Sykes, Medical Director, St Christopher's Hospice

Advanced Pain and Symptom Control

(optional)

• Maggie Bisset, Nurse Consultant, Camden and Islington Palliative Care Team
• Dr Sarah Cox, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Macmillan Support Team, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
• Dr Polly Edmonds, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Jacqueline Filshie, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Marsden Hospital
• Dr Rob George, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Meadow House Hospice
• Dr Paul Hart, Consultant Neurologist, St George's Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Joan Hester, Consultant in Pain Management, King's College Hospital NHS Trust
• Julia Johnson, Speech and Language Therapist, King's College Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Sunny Kaul, SpR in Chest Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Trust
• Jonathan Koffman, Senior Lecturer & MSc Co-ordinator, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Fliss Murtagh, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College Hospital
• Dr Victor Pace, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Gareth Sanger, Neurology Research Department, SmithKline Beecham
• Dr Paddy Stone, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital
• Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Department of Psychiatry and Disability, St George's Hospital Medical School
• Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes, Herbert Dunhill Chair of Rehabilitation, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Katie Urch, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust
• Dr John Zeppetella, Medical Director, St Claire's Hospice

Service Development and Management

(optional)

• Dr Stephen Barclay, General Practitioner, Macmillan Clinical Fellow and Honorary Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine, University of Cambridge, Honorary Senior Lecturer (Research), King's College London
• Barbara Gomes, PhD Research Training Fellow, King's College London
• Dr Emma Hall, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Richard Harding, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Professor Irene Higginson, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Jonathan Koffman, Senior Lecturer & MSc Co-ordinator, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Joanne Macdonald, Head of Management Accounts, King's College Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Fliss Murtagh, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Peter Tebbit, Palliative Care Development Adviser
• Dr Jennifer Todd, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Trinity Hospice
• Vicky Robinson, Nurse Consultant, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Trust
• Revd Peter Speck, Chaplain and Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London

 
Advanced Psychosocial and Spiritual Care

(optional)
 

• Lesley Adshead, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Rachel Burman, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London
• Andrea Dechamps, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Rob George, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Meadow House Hospice
• Dr Yasmin Gunaratnam, Open University, Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity (PRIAE)
• Dr Sue Hall, Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation
• Dr Richard Harding, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Nigel Hartley, Director of the Creative Living Resource Centre, St. Christopher's Hospice
• Deborah Holman, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Renee McCulloch, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
• Professor Matthew Hotopf, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
• Dr Jonathan Koffman, Senior Lecturer & MSc Co-ordinator, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation
• Dr Fliss Murtagh, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Wendy Prentice, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• David Oliviere, Director of Education, St Christopher's Hospice
• Dr Jane Ribbens-McCarthy, Open University
• Revd Peter Speck, Chaplain, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London

Applying Epidemiology in Palliative Care

(optional)

• Professor Irene Higginson, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Dr Massimo Costantini, Visiting Professor, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London
• Vicky Simms, Research Associate,Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King's College London

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