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Special Guests
Attendees of DIGNITY & CHOICES, Compassion & Choices' International Symposium on End-of-Life Advocacy, will benefit from informative plenary presentations from leading experts in end-of-life care and policy.
Keynote Opening Address featuring America’s favorite ballet dancer, Jacques d’Amboise – Tuesday, October 13 Jacques d’Amboise started dance at the age of seven because his mother wanted to keep him out of trouble and away from the gangs that were roaming the streets. At the age of fifteen Jacques dropped out of school to dance with the New York City Ballet. By the age of seventeen he was promoted to Principal dancer of the company.
While still a Principal at the New York City Ballet d’Amboise founded the National Dance Institute to prove that arts have a unique power to engage and motivate young people. He wanted to offer a way for children to take charge of their lives and not turn to street gangs that are so present around them. Jacques said “Dance is the most immediate and accessible of the arts because it involves your own body. When you learn to move your body on a note of music, it’s exciting. You have taken control of your body and, by learning to do that, you discover that you can take control of your life.”
In his personal iife, Jacques fell in love with, and married, a beautiful dancer named Carolyn George. As the opening plenary presenter at the Dignity & Choices Symposium, Jacques will share a personal story of taking control at life’s end as he recalls Carolyn’s courageous decision to choose a peaceful death.
Luncheon Keynote Address featuring Dr. Elmer E. Huerta, M.D., M.P.H. - Tuesday, October 13 Dr. Elmer E. Huerta is the Founder and Director of the Cancer Preventorium at the Washington Cancer Institute in the Washington Hospital Center, the only cancer prevention/screening service for Latinos in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. He is immediate past-president of the American Cancer Society. His popular one-minute radio segment “Cuidando su Salud” (Taking Care of Your Health) is syndicated to 120 stations in the U.S. and Latin America. It is the only daily radio show produced by a Hispanic physician in the U.S that promotes health and disease prevention. Dr. Huerta also hosts the daily radio talk show, “El Consultorio Comunitario” (The Community Clinic of the Air) that is broadcast from his office in the Cancer Institute. He serves as a medical commentator on Univision, Telemundo, CNN en Español and CNN Radio Noticias.Closing Keynote Address featuring New York Times columnist Jane Brody - Wednesday, October 14 In 1965 Jane Brody joined The New York Times as a full-time specialist in medicine and biology. In 1976 she became The Times’ Personal Health columnist. Her widely read and quoted column, which appears every Tuesday in The Times’ Science Times section and in scores of other newspapers around the country, earned her the title of “High Priestess of Health” from Time Magazine. She has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows throughout the country and has received numerous prestigious awards for journalistic excellence. Brody has written ten books including the best-sellers Jane Brody’s Nutrition Book and Jane Brody’s Good Food Book. Her newest work, Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer for Preparing for the End of Life was published this year.
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