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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.edu

Natasha Piracha et al., Pediatr Ther 2018, Volume: 8

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0665-C1-049