Advanced Pain & Palliative Care Workshop

EPEC - Pediatrics

Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care

Rome - November 03-06, 2025

EPEC (Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care) – Pediatrics: Funded from 2010-2017 by a US$ 1.6 million grant of the US National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute, EPEC-Pediatrics has now developed into the most comprehensive pediatric palliative care (PPC) curriculum world-wide. The interactive contents of the curriculum are designed to address the needs of children with cancer and other serious illness, their families, and their pediatric clinicians. Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf (Principal Investigator), Dr. Joanne Wolfe, Stacy Remke, LiCSW, Dr. Joshua Hauser, and Dr. Justin Baker lead this initiative and collaborate with a team of 35 national and international leaders in the field of pediatric pain medicine and palliative care.

Senior Faculty

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD, FAAP
Elisa and Marc Stad Professor in Pediatric Pain Medicine, Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. Chief of the Division of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, USA

Alexis Morvant, MD
Kriewall Haehl Endowed Directorship of the Pediatric Palliative Care Program at Stanford University Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Diana McIntosh, MD
Consultant in Paediatric Oncology with a specialist interest in Paediatric Palliative Medicine, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow. Palliative Care Lead for the National Managed Service Network for Children and Young People with Cancer, UK

Joe El Khoury, MD, MPH
Family Medicine Specialist, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialist, Centre Hospitalier Public d’Hauteville, France – Balsam. The Lebanese Center for Palliative Care, Beirut, Lebanon

Jonathan Downie, MD
Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine, Paediatric Supportive and Palliative Care team, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, Scotland. Chair of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Specialist Advisory Committee in Paediatric Palliative Medicine, UK

Kateřina Trková, MD, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Kristen “KC” Campbell, CPNP, ACHPN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Lucie Hrdličková, MD, Ph.D.
Pediatric Supportive Care Team, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Stacy S. Remke, LICSW, APHSW-C
Palliative Care Consultant. Clinical Teaching Specialist, Retired. School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

Junior Faculty

Deborah Gubler, MD, MSc
Paediatric Palliative Care Consultant, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Co-Lead for the National Paediatric Palliative Care Network, Switzerland

 

Federico Pellegatta, RN, BScN
Pediatric Hospice “Casa Sollievo Bimbi” and Pediatric Palliative Care Service, VIDAS ODV, Milan. Adjunct Professor of Palliative Care and Pediatric Palliative Care, Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Pediatric Nursing Programs, University of Milan, Italy

Francesca Burlo, MD
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Gražina Kokešová Kleinová, Ph.D.
Clinical child psychologist and family therapist
Paediatric Supportive Care Team in Motol University Hospital and Home Hospice “Cesta domů”, Prague, Czech Republic

Marco Bolognani, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Palliative Care Service, APSS Trento, Italy

Ragnhild A. Fretland, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Specialist in Children’s´ and Adolescents’ Psychology. Pediatric Palliative Care team. Oslo University Hospital, Norway

 

Silvia Repovská, MD
Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

 

Ulrike Schloderer, MD
Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Palliative Care Team, Caritas Munich-Freising, Germany