Saluting Dr. Diane Meier

For Immediate Release:
February 9, 2021

A Message from Edo Banach:
NHPCO Salutes Diane Meier for Her Contributions to the Field

On behalf of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, I want to recognize Diane Meier, MD, FACP, for her many meaningful contributions to the field of palliative care.

Twenty-two years ago, Dr. Meier recognized the essential need of increasing society’s understandings and access to high-quality palliative care and founded the Center to Advance Palliative Care. The contributions of CAPC have served as an important catalyst for greater access, and Dr. Meier’s professional and personal commitment to advancing palliative care is to be celebrated as she marks this transition in her career assuming a new role as Director Emerita and Strategic Medical Advisor in April.

We thank Dr. Meier for her commitment to advancing the field and her service as Past-President of the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care, as well as her support for the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care on the development and publication of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, now in its 4th edition.

Congratulations to Brynn Bowman, MPA, who will succeed Dr. Meier as the organization’s new Executive Director. I look forward to ongoing collaboration with CAPC and our other partners as we work together to care for everyone in need of palliative and hospice care during this public health emergency and beyond.

Edo Banach, JD
President and CEO
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Alexandria, Virginia

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