Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN®, FPCN, FAAN is a palliative care clinician, educator, author, consultant, and leader. She received her Master in the Science of Nursing in Oncology Nursing and her Post- Master's Certificate in Adult Primary Care at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Ms. Dahlin is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and a Fellow of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. She was the 2011 NBCHPN - Certified ACHPN of the Year, a 2016 recipient of a Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholar Award and the 2020 HPNA Distinguished Nursing Practice Award. She was named a 2018 Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has served on various national committees and workgroups, authored peer reviewed articles, chapters, and curricula as well as presented nationally and internationally.
Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, FAAN, FPCN is Clinical Nurse Specialist, Assistant Professor, and Director for Palliative Care at the Medical University of South Carolina in
Charleston, SC, a Circle of Life awarded program. He developed and oversees an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals in providing exceptional palliative care. Mr. Coyne serves as a member of institution's Medical and Nursing faculty. Previously, he was clinical director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Palliative Care Service where he developed an inpatient unit and worked on state-wide initiatives to improve palliative care. Mr. Coyne served on the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. He is Co-PI for several grants to educate rural and community APRNs and health providers on primary palliative care. Mr. Coyne serves on the national and international faculty of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Curriculum (ELNEC). He has published over a hundred articles related to pain management, symptom control, and issues in end-stage disease as well as conducting research studies. Mr. Coyne has
received the Peaceful Death in American and Mayday Pain and Society Scholarships and has been awarded the Oncology Nursing Society's Excellence in Pain Management and a Schering Lectureship Recipient. He was named one of the 30 Visionaries in the field by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in 2013. Mr. Coyne has worked diligently to improve pain management and palliative care nationally and internationally.