Two Leaders in Pain Management and EOL Care Receive Awards

On October 24, Kathleen M. Foley, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and Perry Fine, MD, of the University of Utah School of Medicine, received the Josefina Magno Excellence in Education and Leadership Award for 2007 at the 9th Annual Josefina Magno Conference on Palliative Care. The award recognizes contributors to the science of pain and symptom management. The award and professional conference are named for the physician credited with pioneering the modern concept of hospice and palliative care in the United States in the 1970s. It is sponsored by Capital Hospice, which was founded by Dr. Josefina Magno as Hospice of Northern Virginia in 1977.

Dr. Foley spoke with the Hospice Foundation of America about her work at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and the changes that she has seen in pain management at the end of life.