A warm and gifted teacher with a distinctive background as an accomplished mind-body researcher, clinician, and meditation practitioner and teacher.
Susan is former instructor at Harvard Medical School, and Research Center Director at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
She is the Tussi and John Kluge Professor of Contemplative End-of-Life Care at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Nursing with secondary appointment in the Department of Religious Studies UVA School of Arts and Sciences, President of the Society for Integrative Oncology, and author of the book, Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious and Life-Limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion, and Connectedness (New Harbinger Publications, 2011). Susan is especially inspired by international work, and has participated in nomads clinics/medical pilgrimage in rural Nepal and taught medical workers and conducted research in India.