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Volume 8
Pediatrics & Therapeutics
ISSN: 2161-0665
Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology 2018
March 21-22, 2018
16
th
Annual World Congress on
3
rd
Annual World Congress on
March 21-22, 2018 | New York, USA
PEDIATRICS
PEDIATRIC NUTRITION,
GASTROENTEROLOGY & CHILD DEVELOPMENT
&
Furthering the integration of palliative care in the community
Natasha Piracha, James Oleske
and
Onajovwe Fofah
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA
C
ircle of Life Children’s Center, Inc., (COLCC) is a non-profit 501c foundation founded in 2004, providing comprehensive
pediatric palliative and end of life care for families at University Hospital, Newark and throughout NJ. Pediatric age patients
frequently do not receive adequate pain and/or symptommanagement nor do their families receive supportive services, both of
which compromise quality of life. Current models of care for seriously ill children are neither sufficiently funded nor physically
available to adequately address the needs of the many infants, children and adolescents with life-threatening conditions and
their families. At University Hospital, COLCC has been actively involved in the care of more than 200 families and fifty
infants annually, who experience premature death or are born with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions, many of
whom have limited resources. By partnering with New Community Corporation, one of the largest community developments
not-for-profit corporations in the US, we are able to continue with our mission: providing integrative services and programs
to the underserved community of Newark. This includes inpatient and home-based pediatric palliative and end of life care,
professional consultation and education services, family support services, bereavement counseling, community and family
education, and volunteer programs. The unique advantage of this partnership allows a full-bodied approach to pain and
palliative care, where physicians are able to provide the medical care needed, while community organizations can provide the
emotional and social support lacking in physician focused models of palliative care.
Biography
Natasha Piracha has graduated with her Bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and then subsequently with her MD from Rutgers New
Jersey Medical School (NJMS). She is currently the Chief Resident for the combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program at Rutgers NJMS. She
has focused her recent efforts on furthering the efforts of pediatric palliative and end of life care with Dr James Oleske, Professor of Pediatrics and Founder of Circle
of Life Children’s Center, Inc and with Dr Onajovwe Fofah, Assistant Professor and the Director of Neonatology at Rutgers NJMS.
pirachnz@njms.rutgers.eduNatasha Piracha et al., Pediatr Ther 2018, Volume: 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0665-C1-049