About Us

Workgroups and EPEC Faculty

More than 150 community volunteers participated in launching the Community-Wide End-of-Life/Palliative Care Initiative and the development of original projects showcased on this Web site. The Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care (EPEC) faculty from across Upstate New York share our mission of providing high quality, person-centered, effective care at the end-of-life and play a critical role in collaborating on concrete projects and replicating our efforts in Upstate New York. Professionals and community volunteers from Western New York, Central New York, Utica Region, Southern Tier and the North Country participate in the development and implementation of these projects. With the Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Program, the reach extends now across New York State and beyond.

Committed individuals have participated in workgroups and as EPEC faculty:

Community Principles of Pain Management (CPPM) Specialty Advisory Groups:

• Specialty Advisory Group, 2010
• CPPM Specialty Advisory Group, 2004-2008 
• CPPM Specialty Advisory Group, 2002
• Pain Management Patient Education and Tools Creation Workgroup

Advance Care Planning / Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Groups:

• MOLST Statewide Implementation Team, 2010
• Monroe and Onondaga Counties MOLST Community Implementation Team, 2005-2010
• MOLST DVD and Web-based Tools Subcommittee, 2007  
• Community Conversations on Compassionate Care Creation Workgroup, 2001-2003 
• Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Creation Workgroup

Community Web site Group

• Community Web site Creation Workgroup

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEGs)

• PEGs Workgroup

Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care

• Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Faculty

If you have ever participated in a workgroup with us in the past and do not see your name, please contact us.