Ron Hoffman Email & Phone Number

I founded Compassionate Care ALS and have served as Executive Director for the past 10 years. As such, I deal regularly in supporting people living with ALS including needs evaluation, instruction on ALS disease progression and end of life care. I facilitate and guide intimate discussions with ALS patients and their families who are nearing death or actively dying, the process of death and dying and the questions that arise, help them examine their choices, and create space for dialogue around their decisions. My background includes studying with Roshi Joan Halifax of the Upaya Institute in the Compassionate Care of the Dying Program for professionals, and training in the Practice of Living and Dying with Meredith Little and Dr. Scott Eberle of the School of Lost Borders. I collaborate with Julie Yau on the Cultivating Compassion Education Series including Awakening to Living and Dying and regularly lead in-services and trainings for hospice workers, health care professionals and students. I also sit on the boards of Hospice and Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts and Men’s Leadership Alliance of Boulder, Colorado. I regularly speak at events on ALS and end of life care across the country.

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  Virginia Commonwealth University

  Dramatic Art And Speech