National Director of Supportive Care, Research, and Ethics
Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care
6400 Shafer Court, Ste 700
Rosemont
ILUSA
60018
Email:
rhilliard@seasons.org
Biographical Sketch: Russell Hilliard, PhD, LCSW, LCAT,MT-BC is the Naitonal Director of Supportive Care at Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care based out of Chicago, IL and the Founder of the Centers for Music Therapy in End of Life Care. His research, advocacy, and consultation have resulted in the development of first-time music therapy programs in hospices throughout the nation, thereby creating many new music therapy positions. He is the author of the text, Hospice and Palliative Care Music Therapy: A Guide to Program Development and Clinical Care, and his research has been published in a wide variety of scholarly journals. He also wrote a chapter titled, Music and Grief Work with Children and Adolescents, in a book titled Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, edited by Cathy A. Malchiodi. Dr. Hilliard has provided keynote addresses for healthcare conferences and is a frequent presenter at professional conferences world wide.