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George Mark Children’s House Launches Pediatric Palliative Nurse Training Program

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California-based GMCH operates a pediatric palliative care center in the San Leandro area near San Francisco. Established in 2004, the nonprofit provider has since cared for more than 1,000 patients and families coping with complex and chronic medical conditions.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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He also serves as the AAHPM Delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, where he is the Chair of the AMA Pain and Palliative Medicine Specialty Section Council and a member of the AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force. Dr. Kollas provided testimony at a 2004 Congressional Hearing on OxyContin.

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