NCG Key Initiatives

Cohorts & Participants

Cohorts & Participants

Activities Completed

  • 2019-2020
    The current cohort has expanded to include eight teams; four from oncology and four from palliative care backgrounds. The QI in-person workshop took place 14 th February, 2020 as the Pre-conference workshop IAPCON 2020 in Guwahati, Assam. The Graduation of the current cohort is due in June 2020.
  • The IAPCON 2020
    featured two Plenary sessions on Quality Improvement by Karl Lorenz, Jake Mickelson and Nandini Vallath.
    Participants of the 2019-2020 Cohort

Participants of the 2019-2020 Cohort

# Name of Participating Institution Team Mentor & Mentor Institution
1 Believer’s Church Medical College Hospital,
Tiruvalla, Kerala
Jyothi Jayan Warrier - Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kerala
Lulu Mathews - Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kerala
Meera Agar - University of Technology Sydney, Australia
2 Adyar Cancer Institute,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Vidya Vishwanath - Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Vishakhapatnam
Karl Lorenz - Stanford Healthcare
3 Malabar Cancer Centre,
Kerala
M. M. Sunilkumar - Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Kerala
Karen Anderson - Edith Cowan University, Australia
4 Alpha Palliative Care,
Kerala
Spandana Rayala - MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Hyderabad.
I. Terrymize - Institute of Palliative Medicine,Kerala
Michael (Mike) Rabow - University of California San Francisco
5 Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre,
Vishakhapatnam
Leela Digumarti - Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Vishakhapatnam
Odette Spruijt - Peter Mac Callum Cancer Centre, Australia
6 Kasturba Medical College,
Manipal, Karnataka
Nandini Vallath - Tata Trusts, Mumbai
Sydney Dy - Johns Hopkins University, USA
7 Amrita Institute of Medical
Science and Research Centre,
Kochi, Kerala
Gayatri Palat - MNJ Institute of
Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Hyderabad
Ravi Kannan - Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Assam
Jake Mickelsen - Stanford Healthcare
8 Tata Memorial Centre,
Mumbai
Sarbani Ghosh Laskar - Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai
Jayita Deodhar - Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai
Michelle De Natale - Stanford Healthcare