Myra Christopher

About Myra Christopher

I have a long history in working in palliative care and chronic pain. I have directed a…

Experience

1. Consultant and Author

   Brand Management Agency

   Jun 2018 — Present · Kansas City, MO, US

   CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics from 19••••11 and Foley Chair in Pain and Palliative Care. Served as National Program Officer for $11.25m the RWJF, directed the PAINS Project. Helped draft the Patient Self-Determination Act, advised Bill Moyers on On Our Own Terms. Worked with CMMS to present 1st conference on palliative care in LTC, collaborated with National Assoc. of Attorneys General to establish palliative care as a consumer protection issue and with RAND Institute to create a Congressional report on advance care planning. Speaks and writes about both pain and palliative care. Served on the IOM Committee that published Relieving Pain in America, the NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee and Oversight Committee for the National Pain Strategy. Reviewer on the National Academies report, Dying in America and consulted with many other organizations, including the Joint Commission, CDC, CMMS, and AARP. A founder of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Illness in Washington, DC. Served on many boards and advisory groups: Coalition for Physician Accountability, American Assoc. of Critical Care Nursing Certification Board, Duke Univ. Institute for Care at the End of Life, Fed. of State Medical Boards, American Bar Assoc. COLA, and American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.Received awards from the American Academy of Pain, American Academy of Integrative Pain Management, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Wm. Jewell College, GE Healthcare, National Assoc. of Attorneys General President. Was named Outstanding Alumni from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri-KC, Honorary Alumnus Kansas University School of Nursing, and Nonprofit Professional of the Year, and an Honorary Doctorate from National Univ. Health Sciences in Chicago. Inducted into the Starr Women’s Hall of Fame at UMKC and holds Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Bioethics + Humanities.

Skills

• Health Policy
• Non-Profits
• Medical Ethics
• Non-Profit Administration
• Healthcare
• Public Speaking
• Program Development
• Chronic Pain
• Policy
• Pain Management
• Policy Analysis
• Bioethics
• Strategic Planning