Events

Upcoming Events

January 12, 2022

Keynote Speaker, Transplant by the Bay Conference, Tampa General Hospital. “The Role of Palliative Medicine in the World of Organ Transplantation”

Friday, March 4, 2022, 8:00 AM & Saturday, March 5, 2022, 1:00 PM

Collective Soul Symposium 
The Steve Thorney Award and Lecture in Spiritual Care
Delivered by Dr. Puri, award recipient
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Register here

April, 2022

Grand Rounds, National Healthcare Decisions Day, University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.
Grand Rounds & Community Event/Book Signing

April 14, 12-1 PM (Grand Rounds)

Keynote Address & Grand Rounds
University of Arkansas Medical Center

Registration forthcoming.

June 10, 2022
San Diego, CA

San Diego Coalition for Compassionate Care

Registration forthcoming

October 18, 2022

Plenary Speaker, International Congress on Palliative Care
Palais des Congres, Montreal, Canada. Title of Talk TBA.

Register here

Past Events

April 15, 2021 | 6-7 PM
San Francisco, CA

“That Good Night”Book Club Discussion
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
(open only to staff at the medical center)

April 16, 2021 | 12-1 PM PST
San Francisco, CA

Grand Rounds Speaker for National Healthcare Decisions Day
Kaiser Permanente

April 21, 2021, 6-7 PM PST
Santa Barbara, CA

Hospice of Santa Barbara, Illuminate Speakers Series
“Language As Medicine: Finding the Right Words for the Right Conversations”
Free and open to the public

Register

April 28, 2021 | 6-7 PM CST/4-5 PM PST
Tulsa, OK

Virtual Keynote Address
Hospice of Green Country

Register

May 6, 2021 | 5-630 PM PST
Irvine, CA

Speaker, UCI Center for Medical Humanities
“Writing, the Pandemic, and Palliative Care: A Reading and Conversation with Dr. Sunita Puri” (Zoom)

Register

May 10, 2021 | 9-10 AM CST/7-8 AM PST
Minnesota

Virtual Keynote Speaker
Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Care

Register early to win a copy of THAT GOOD NIGHT!

May 18, 2021 | 8-9 AM
Portland, Oregon

“Reclaiming Language to Reclaim Medicine.” (Not open to the public)
Goldman-Berland Lectureship in Palliative Medicine
Providence Health System
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

June 22, 2021: Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference, Keynote Speaker in Conversation with Dr. Rachel Clarke. “The Power of Imagination – Death and Dying.” Arts and Health Southwest, London, UK.

October 13, 2021 | 10:45 AM
Tampa, Florida

Keynote Address
Transplant by the Bay Conference
Tampa General Hospital

October 3, 2021

Keynote Speaker, Sunway Oncology and Palliative Care Symposium, Organized by the Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network. “Compassion and Language in Palliative Care”

October 19, 2021

Grand Rounds Speaker, Kaiser Permanente – Santa Clara Medical Center. “Good Communication is Compassion: The Importance of Language in Goals of Care Discussions.”

October 27, 2021

Ewing Halsell Distinguished Lectureship in the Arts and Humanities, University of Texas, San Antonio Medical Center & Center for Bioethics and Humanities.  “That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour,” Distinguished Lecture & Book Signing

Evening Event

Book Club for Meaning in Medicine Physician Wellness Group, Kaiser Santa Clara

October 31, 2021

Speaker, InFinito Festival, Brazil., In Conversation With Tom Almeida. ‘Speaking from the Heart: How to Find the Right Words for the Tough Conversations’