Allison Kestenbaum

Allison Kestenbaum, BCC-PCHAC, ACPE

Allison Kestenbaum is the Supervisor of Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at UC San Diego Health. She is a Board Certified Chaplain (NAJC and APC) with Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care. She is also a Certified Pastoral Educator (ACPE). Allison conducts research about palliative and spiritual care and education and is a founding faculty at SpiritualAIM.org. She has worked at UC San Francisco Health, Jewish Theological Seminary and UJA-Federation of New York. She was the first chaplain to receive a Sojourns Scholar Award for palliative care leaders. 

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Allison Kestenbaum
Phyllis Whitehead
Kris Halsey
Michelle Owens
Assessing and addressing spiritual and existential needs, and leveraging the role of the chaplain on the interdisciplinary team. Includes 52 resources.

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