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Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting June 2024

June 27 @ 3:00 pm 5:00 pm HST

Great news: Dr. Jared Rubenstein, a pediatric palliative care doctor and medical educator, will be our guest speaker at the Kōkua Mau meeting in June. 

Thur June 27
9 -10:30 am note the earlier time for our speaker in Texas

Dr. Rubenstein is a wonderfully engaging speaker who is using innovative approaches to helping people communicate about challenging topics in healthcare. He is passionate about teaching all healthcare workers how to incorporate palliative care into their work, and increasing public education about palliative care. He was also recently named by AAHPM as an Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care.  

Dr. Rubenstein uses a series of animated videos and social media to start conversations about challenging topics in health care, including palliative care, racism, mental health, and gender equity. To date, his videos have been viewed more than 200,000 times, and are used internationally for education and advocacy.

His first video, Palliative Care: We’re the fire department not the fire, has been seen over 59,000 times  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbNi_-wYXJE

Last Thursday of the month from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

  • Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.
  • Meetings are open to all.
  • Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter