Dr. Harlos is a member of the Canadian Virtual Hospice Executive Team, setting strategic direction for www.virtualhospice.ca. He is the lead developer for clinical information on the site and oversees the health care team at Ask a Professional. Dr. Harlos is Medical Director for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Palliative Care Program and for St. Boniface Hospital Palliative Care Program. He is also co-chair of the Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children.

Dr. Harlos is continually raising expectations about what palliative care can achieve. Through his lectures, he shares his commitment to care with family medicine residents, oncology fellows, undergraduate medical students and undergraduate nursing students. Dr. Harlos is a past winner of the Eduardo Bruera Award recognizing excellence in the field of palliative medicine.

Education

• MD: University of British Columbia (1984) 
• Canadian College of Family Physicians Certification: University of Manitoba Family Medicine Residency (1986)
• Canadian College of Family Physicians Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (1990)
• Fellowship/Clinical Traineeship in Pediatric Palliative Care (2006)

Recent Awards

• Manitoba Medical Association, Dr. Jack Armstrong Humanitarian Award (2008)
• Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, Eduardo Bruera Award in Palliative Medicine (2007)
• Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Award of Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care (2006)
• Hospice and Palliative Care Manitoba Companion of the Hospice Award (2004)

Academic Affiliation

• Professor and Section Head, Palliative Medicine, University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine

Clinical Affiliations

• Medical Director, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Palliative Care Program
• Medical Director, Pediatric Symptom Management Service
• Medical Director, St. Boniface Hospital Palliative Care Program

Selected Publications

Book Chapters/Forewords


• The Terminal Phase (book chapter) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 4^th Edition, in progress.
• Foreword to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 5^th Edition; Mervyn Dean, Juan-Diego Harris, Claud Regnard and Jo Hockley Editors; Radcliffe Publishing, 2005.
• Pain Management in Palliative Care (primary author in textbook chapter)
  Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual, 2^nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Bone Pain (primary author in textbook chapter) Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual, Oxford University Press (Canadian Edition), 1998.

Recent Journal Articles


• McClement S, Chochinov HM, Hack T, Hassard T, Kristjanson LJ, Harlos M.
  Dignity therapy: family member perspectives. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2007 Oct;10(5):1076-82.
• Chochinov HM, Kristjanson LJ, Hack TF, Hassard T, McClement S, Harlos M.
  Burden to Others and the Terminally Ill. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2007 Nov;34(5):463-71. Epub 2007 Jul 5.
• Chochinov HM, Kristjanson LJ, Hack TF, Hassard T, McClement S, Harlos M.
  Personality, neuroticism, and coping towards the end of life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2006 Oct;32(4):332-41.
• Chochinov HM, Hack T, Hassard T, Kristjanson LJ, McClement S, Harlos M.
  Dignity in the terminally ill: revisited. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2006 Jun;9(3):666-72.
• Chochinov HM, Hack T, Hassard T, Kristjanson LJ, McClement S, Harlos M.
  Dignity therapy: a novel psychotherapeutic intervention for patients near the end of life. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2005 Aug 20;23(24):5520-5.