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CURRICULUM VITAEDAVID WENDELL MOLLER, PH. D.OFFICEDepartment of BioethicsDybedal Center for Research #251Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences1750 Independence AvenueKansas City, Missouri 64106PH: 816-654-7232E-mail: dmoller@kcumb.eduACADEMIC BACKGROUNDPh. D., Sociomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Mailman Schoolof Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1983M. Phil., Sociomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and MailmanSchool of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1982M. A., Sociology, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, 1977B. A., Sociology, Siena College, Loudonville, New York, 1975PROFESSIONAL HISTORYPresent Kansas City University Chair,ofDepartment of BioethicsMedicine and Biosciences Professor,College of BiosciencesProfessor,College of MedicineJanuary 2007 – Saint Luke’s Hospital Director,February 2008 of Kansas City Human Values in MedicineSaint Luke’s Hospital ofKansas CityMember: ExecutiveLeadership Council

Saint Luke’s Hospital ofKansas Cityand Member: HealthLeadership GroupSaint Luke’s Hospitalof Kansas CityOTHER ACTIVITIES Director, Narrative-Medicine Initiative Director, Home HospiceEducation Program Co-director, End-of-LifeInitiativeJanuary 2004 -2007 University of Missouri- Director,Kansas City School of Sirridge OfficeMedicineof Medical HumanitiesFall 1997 – Dec 2003 Indiana University Associate Professor,Indianapolis, Indiana SociologyChair, Medical Humanitiesand Health StudiesAdjunct Professor,Department of Medicine,Indiana UniversityMember Palliative Care Team,Wishard Health ServicesCore Faculty Member MedicalEthics, School of MedicineMember, Graduate FacultyFall 1990 - Fall 1997 Indiana University Associate ProfessorIndianapolis, Indiana Chair, Health StudiesFall 1987 - Summer 1990 Indiana University Member, Graduate FacultyIndianapolis, Indiana Chair, SociologyChair, Health StudiesAssociate ProfessorMember, Graduate FacultyFall 1983 - Summer 1987 Indiana University Assistant ProfessorIndianapolis, IndianaFall 1982 - Summer 1983 Fort Hays State Univ. Assistant ProfessorHays, Kansas

Spring 1977 - Summer 1982 Trenton State College InstructorTrenton, New JerseyFall 1979 - Summer 1982 Thomas Edison College Staff ConsultantTrenton, New JerseySpring 1977 Mercer County College Adjunct InstructorTrenton, New JerseySpring 1976 Cathedral College Visiting LecturerDouglastown, New YorkSpring 1976 Fordham University LecturerBronx, New York VisitingSummer 1975 St. Thomas Aquinas C. Visiting LecturerSparkill, New YorkCOURSES TAUGHTDeath and Dying: Social and Ethical FactorsExploring the Foundations of BioethicsCulture, Diversity, and BioethicsEthics for PhysiciansBioethics in Action: The OSCE ProjectExploring the Foundations of BioethicsSociology of Death and DyingSocietal Factors in Health and IllnessSocial Organization of Health Care SystemsHonors Seminar in Medical SociologyMedical Ethics in Societal ContextHistorical Evolution of DeathSocial GerontologyCompassionate Understanding and Care of the DyingIntroduction to Clinical Medicine: The Doctor-Patient RelationshipElective in Medical Ethics (4 th Year)MS3 Death and Dying (Ambulatory Block)PY1, 2 Death and Dying (Ambulatory Block)MS3 Ethics WorkshopMorning Reports: Death and DyingSocial Meanings of Illness, Suffering, and HealingPatient, Physician and Society

Living, Loving and DyingClassical Social TheorySociology of the FamilyIntroduction to SociologySocial DevianceEthnic and Minority RelationsSocial ProblemsSociology Thought of Camus, Huxley, Orwell and FrommCOURSES DESIGNEDSociology of Death and DyingSocietal Factors in Health and IllnessSocial Meanings of Illness, Suffering, and HealingSociety, Technology and Medical EthicsHonors Seminar in Medical SociologyCompassionate Care and Understanding of the Dying: The Home BasedCurriculum for Students and ResidentsLiving, Loving, and DyingBioethics in Action: The OSCE ProjectPUBLICATIONS:Books:David Wendell Moller. Healing in the Trenches: Notes on Care of Urban Poor Near theEnd of Life. New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming 2014David Wendell Moller. Dancing With Broken Bones: Race, Class, and Spirit-filled Dyingin the Inner City. New York: Oxford University Press. Paper 2012David Wendell Moller 2004. Dancing With Broken Bones: A Portrait of Death andDying Among Inner City Poor. New York: Oxford University Press. PaperDavid Wendell Moller. 2004. Dancing With Broken Bones: A Portrait of Death and DyingAmong Inner City Poor. New York: Oxford University Press. Cloth.David Wendell Moller. 2000. Life's End: Technocratic Dying in an Age of SpiritualYearning. New York: Baywood Press.David Wendell Moller. 1997. Confronting Death: Values, Institutions, and Human

Mortality New York: Oxford University Press. PaperbackDavid Wendell Moller. 1996. Confronting Death: Values, Institutions, and HumanMortality New York: Oxford University Press. Cloth.David Wendell Moller. 1997. On Death Without Dignity. 4 th Printing. Cloth.David Wendell Moller. 1995. On Death Without Dignity. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Paperback.David Wendell Moller. 1993. On Death Without Dignity. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Paperback.David Wendell Moller. 1991. On Death Without Dignity. Paper Edition.David Wendell Moller. 1990. On Death Without Dignity: The Human Impact ofTechnological Dying. New York: Baywood Press.Articles:David Wendell Moller. “Portraits of the Invisible: Faces of Urban Dying Poor.” InternalMedicine Journal. Volume 40, Supplement 1. 2010. P. 141-142.David Wendell Moller. “Dancing With Broken Bones: Race, Class, and Spirit-filled DyingWithin Urban Poverty.” Internal Medicine Journal. Volume 40. Supplement 1. 2010.p.38-39.David Wendell Moller, 2010 “Dancing With Broken Bones: Class, Race, and Spirit-FilledDying in the Inner City” ADEC Forum, January 2010David Wendell Moller, 2005 “None Left Behind: Urban Poverty, Social Experience, andRethinking Palliative Care.” Journal of Palliative Medicine, Volume 8, No.1.David Wendell Moller, Greg Gramelspacher, and Mary Cicarelli. 2002. “Caring for UrbanDying Poor: A Home Based Educational Curriculum for Residents and Students.”Journal of Palliative Medicine 5:583-584David Wendell Moller, Greg Gramelspacher, and Mary Cicarelli. 2002. “In Their World:A Portrait of Inner City Dying Poor.” Journal of Palliative Care Medicine 5: 585David Wendell Moller. 2002 “The Evil and Stigma of Dying.” Encyclopedia of Death.MacMillan Publishing Co.David Wendell Moller. 1998. "Societal Attitudes Toward Death." Encyclopedia of AppliedEthics. San Francisco: Academic Press. 2 nd Printing. Pp 731-742

David Wendell Moller. 1997. "Societal Attitudes Toward Death." Encyclopedia of AppliedEthics. San Francisco; Academic Press, 1997, Pp 731-742David Wendell Moller. 1992. "On the Value of Suffering in the Shadow of Death"Loss, Grief and Care: A Journal of Professional Practice. Vol. 7. No.2.David Wendell Moller. 1986. "On the Value of Suffering in the Shadow of Death"Loss, Grief and Care: A Journal of Professional Practice. Vol. 1: 127-136.David Wendell Moller. 1990. "On the Value of Suffering in the Shadow of Death."Reprinted in A.H. Kutscher, Suffering. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas Press.David Wendell Moller. 1989. "Social Aspects of Sexual Loss." Advances in Thanatology.(Special Issue: Women and Loss).David Wendell Moller. 1985. "Death and Fellowship" Continuing Care for Dying Patient,Family and Staff edited by Robert DeBellis. Pp. 10-19 New York: Praeger Press.David Wendell Moller. 1984. "Social Relation of Sex and Death." Sexual Aspects ofThanatology edited by Margot Tallmer. Pp. 32-35.Springfield: Charles C. ThomasPress.David Wendell Moller. 1983. "Humanistic Care of the Dying." Hospice U.S.A. edited byAustin Kutscher. Pp. 77-87. New York: Columbia University Press.Medical Humanities Magazine:David Wendell Moller and Robert A. Schwab, co-editors. TOUCH: Healing in the Arts.UMKC Press, January 2007.Presentations:NationalConferenceInternationalConferenceInternationalAnnual Conference: Bioethics, Spirituality, and Humanism inMedicine—Kansas City“Mindful Presence and Spirit-filled of the Dying”June 2013Annual Conference: International Palliative Care and Public Health—Shannon, Ireland““Dancing with Broken Bones: Race, Poverty, and Spirit-filled Dyingin the Inner City”April 2013Annual Conference: International Palliative Care and Public Health—

ConferenceNationalConferenceNationalConferenceInternationalConferenceInternationalConferenceState ConferenceInvited TalkInternationalConference OralPresentationShannon, Ireland“Invisible Faces: Portraits of the Urban Dying Poor”April 2013Annual Conference: Bioethics, Spirituality, and Humanism inin Medicine—Kansas City“Dancing with Broken Bones: Portraits of Dying Poor in theInner City.”June 2012Annual Conference: Bioethics, Spirituality, and Humanism inMedicine—Kansas City“The Art of Medicine and the Compassion of Healing”June 2012Annual Meeting: Multinational Association for Supportive Care forCancer-- New York City“Caring for the Most Vulnerable Near the End of Life”June 2012Annual Meeting: Multinational Association for Supportive Care forCancer—New York City“Invisible Faces: Portraits of Urban Poor Near End of Life”June 2012“Developing Palliative Care Programs in the Safety-Net System”California Association of Public HospitalsJanuary 2012AAHPM & HPNA Annual ConferenceVancouver, Canada “Dancing With Broken Bones:Race, Class, and Spirit-filled DyingWithin Urban Poverty” February 2011InternationalConference PosterPresentationInvited TalkPalliative CareAAHPM & HPNA Annual ConferenceVancouver, Canada “Portraits of theInvisible: Faces of the Urban Dying Poor”February 2011A.T. Still College of Osteopathic MedicineKirksville, Missouri “Dancing With Broken Bones:A Presentation on Mindful Listening, Patients asTeachers, and Lessons from theDying Urban Poor” January 15, 2011Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Ground RoundsLocal PosterPresentationInternationalConference OralPresentationInternationalConference PosterPresentationInvitedPresentationNationalConference OralPresentationNationalConference PosterPresentationNew York, NY “Dancing With Broken Bones:Race, Class, and Spirit-filled DyingWithin Urban Poverty” October 2010KCUMB Research SymposiumKansas City, “Portraits of the Invisible:Faces of the Urban Dying Poor”March 2010World Congress of InternalMedicine, Melbourne, Australia“Dancing With Broken Bones:Race, Class, and Spirit-filled DyingWithin Urban Poverty” March 2010World Congress of InternalMedicine,Melbourne, Australia“Portraits of the Invisible:Faces of Urban Dying Poor”March 2010KCUMB Winter CME SeminarKansas City, “Dancing With Broken Bones:Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filledDying in the Inner City” December 2009Faces of a Healthy Future:National Conference to EndHealth Disparities “Dancing With Broken Bones: Faith,Resilience, and Spirit-filled DyingAmong Inner-City Poor” November 2009Faces of a Healthy Future:National Conference to EndHealth Disparities “Recapturing the Invisible: Facesof Urban Dying Poor” November 2009International KaleidoscopeConference Irish National Hospice AssociationClosing Keynote Dublin, Ireland “Dancing With Broken BonesAddress End-of-Life Care for the Underserved” May 2009International KaleidoscopeConference Irish National Hospice AssociationFull-DayDublin, Ireland “Life’s End: Historical, Social, and Ethical FactorsWorkshop in End-of-Life Experience and Care” May 2009

International KaleidoscopeConference Irish National Hospice AssociationConference Dublin, IrelandSummary “Palliative Care: Rhetoric and Reality”Panelist May 2009FeaturedKeynoteAddressInvitedPresentationInternationalConferenceOpeningKeynotePublic PlenaryAddressInvited KeynoteCommunityPresentationInvitedPresentationInvited KeynoteArchdiocese of DetroitRose Mass/Catholic Health Care ProvidersDetroit, Michigan “Noble Service: Dignity for Allat the End of Life” March 2009Texas Medical Center-UTHSCHHouston, Texas “Lessons of The Urban Poor: A Synthesis of Ethics,Humanities, and the Human Spirit” March 2009and the Human Spirit” March 2009Hospice and Palliative Care ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba“Dancing With Broken Bones: Cultural Competence and Care forthe Most Vulnerable Near the End of Life”September 2008Hospice and Palliative Care ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba“Life’s End: Caring, Compassion and Mindful Presencein the Relief of Suffering” September 2008Trinity Health SystemPontiac, Michigan“Dancing With Broken Bones: Faith, Courage, and ResilienceAmong Inner-City Poor Near the End of Life”April 2008Saint Joseph Mercy HospitalPontiac Michigan “A Balm in Gilead in Pontiac”April 2008Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan“Dancing With Broken Bones: Faith, Courage, and ResilienceAmong Inner-City Poor” April 2008Saint Joseph Mercy Medical CenterAnn Arbor, Michigan“Dancing With Broken Bones: Faith, Courage, and Resilience

Among Inner-City Poor” April 2008Invited KeynoteNationalConferenceInternationalConferencePalliative CareWeekRegionalConferenceHospice of Western Reserve/Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, Ohio “Dancing With Broken Bones: Faith, Courage,and Resilience Among Inner-City Poor” April 2008Recovering Our Traditions IIISupportive Care Coalition Pursuing Excellence in PalliativeCare Biennial Conference“Palliative Care for the Homeless and Inner-CityPoor—Opportunities and Challenges”San Antonio, Plenary Address February 20088 th Biennial Conference on Death and DyingUniversity of Bath, UK“Dancing With Broken Bones: Caring for the MostVulnerable Near the End of Life”September 2007Chicago College of Medicine“Virtuous Medicine and Care of the Dying”Keynote Address April 2007Hospice of Chattanooga Annual Conference“Dancing With Broken Bones: Portraits of Deathand Dying Among Inner-City Poor” HospiceKeynote Speaker November 2008RegionalHospice of Chattanooga Annual ConferenceConference Invited Speaker. “Spirit-filled Dying: The Ultimate Success of Hospice andPalliative Care” November 2006.NationalConferenceInternationalConferenceInternationalConference“Spirit-filled Dying Among Urban Poor. St. Luke’s HealthSystem. Annual Conference on Spiritually and Dying, KansasCity. October 2006. Keynote Address.“Life’s End: Spirit-filled vs. Technocratic Dying.” 13 thInternational Congress on Care of the Terminally IllMcGill University, September 2006. Invited conferencefaculty.“Dancing With Broken Bones: Portraits of Death and DyingAmong Inner-City Poor.” 13 th International Congress on Care ofTerminally-Ill. McGill University, September 2006. Invitedconference faculty.

Regional“Lessons from Katrina: Serving the Most Vulnerable Near theConference End of Life.” Louisiana Cancer Coalition. Louisiana StateKeynote Address University, July 2006National“A Special Obligation: Virtuous Doctoring and Care of the DyingConference Poor.” Intercultural Cancer Council 10 th Biennial Symposium onClosing Keynote Minorities and the Medically Underserved.Address Washington, DC. April 2006Invited TalkInvited TalkNational MeetingNational MeetingInternationalMeetingNational Meeting“Faith and Resilience Among Inner City-Poor at the End of Life.”Center for Spirituality and Medicine. Indiana State University.April 2006“Relationship-Centered Care of the Dying: An Innovative Home-Visit Program for Medical Students” Indiana University School ofMedicine at Indiana State University. April 2006“Spirit-filled Care of the Dying”. St. Luke’s Health Care System,First Annual Conference on Spiritually and Dying, Kansas City.October 2005National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization LeadershipConference “In Their World: Urban Poor Near the End of Life”Hollywood, FL. September 2005Successful Aging and Palliative Care “A Very Different World:Urban Poor Near the End of Life.” Wadham College, OxfordUniversity, August 2005National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization First NationalConference on Access to Care. “Dancing With Broken Bones:Portraits of Death and Dying Among Inner-City Poor.” St. Louis,August 2005Palliative Care Oklahoma University College of Health Sciences, April 2005WeekCaring Communities Presentation: “Bridging the Divide:Improving Care for the Seriously Ill in the Inner City”Keynote Address: “Dancing With Broken Bones: Portraits ofDeath And Dying Among Inner-City Poor”Grand Rounds: “Rekindling the Spirit: Lessons in VirtuousDoctoring from the Most Vulnerable”Kansas City“The Art of Caring for the Dying: Lessons for Practice and

Gynecological Learning.” December 2004SocietyNationalConferenceGrand RoundsCommunityPresentationGrand RoundsASBH Annual Conference “Portraits of Strength and SorrowAmong Inner-City Poor” Poster Presentation. PhiladelphiaOctober 2004St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City. “Relationship-CenteredLearning in Hospice Care” June 2004The Stowers Institute for the Life Sciences. “Art andHumanism in the Experience of Mortality” Kansas CityMay 2004Truman Medical Center, Kansas City. “Dancing With BrokenBones: Portraits of Death and Dying Among Inner-City Poor.”March 2004Midwest Bioethics “Care of Inner-City Poor Near the End of Life: The EthicalCenter Challenges.” Kansas City February 2004National MeetingCourse FacultyNational MeetingNational Meeting:Spirituality & Healing in Medicine – A MulticulturalApproach.“End of Life Care for the Poor” Harvard UniversityConference, Indianapolis March 2003Spirituality & Healing in Medicine – A Multicultural Approach.Harvard Medical School. Indianapolis March 2003American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine(AAHPM) Annual Meeting. “Improving Care for Inner-City Poor atthe End of Life: A Home Based Educational Curriculum” Orlando,FL. February, 2003American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine(AAHPM) “Imagining Their World: Dying Poor in the Inner City”Orlando, FL. February, 2003Statewide “Caring for Urban Dying Poor” Statewide Meeting of StephensPresentation Ministers. Indianapolis, IN December, 2002Statewide “A Community Based Ministry of Care for the Dying” StatewidePresentation Parish Nursing Conference. University of Indianapolis. July, 2002.Statewide “The Unique Advantages of Palliative Care” Presentation. IndianaPresentation Hospice and Palliative Care Association. April, 2002

National MeetingNational MeetingInvitedLectureKeynoteAddressSpirituality and End-of-Life Care: The GWISH. Harvard MedicalSchool Conference. “The Indianapolis Workshop on Care of theDying: Creating a Community Conversation” Kansas CitySeptember, 2002Spirituality and End-of-Life Care: The GWISH. Harvard MedicalSchool Conference. “Dancing With Broken Bones: Faith andSpiritual Practice in the Inner City at the End of Life.” Kansas CitySeptember, 2002Grand Rounds. Medical College of Wisconsin. Keynote.“Empathic Care for the Dying Poor.”Milwaukee October, 2002Community Cultural Rounds. Medical College of Wisconsin.“Dying Homeless: Lessons in Empathy From Under theBridge.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin October, 2002Local“Caring for the Dying: The Responsibilities of Faith Communities.”Presentation Archdiocese of Indianapolis Annual Conference. October, 2002LocalPresentationLocalPresentationLocalPresentationLocalPresentationLocalPresentationLocalPresentationRecapturing a Practice: Challenges for Inner City FaithCommunities in Caring for the Dying. Christ Missionary BaptistChurch. Indianapolis October, 2002Recapturing a Practice: Challenges for Inner City FaithCommunities in Caring for the Dying. Broadway United MethodistChurch. Indianapolis October, 2002Recapturing a Practice: Challenges for Inner City FaithCommunities in Caring for the Dying. Little Flower CatholicChurch. Indianapolis October, 2002Recapturing a Practice: The Role of Faith Communities in Caringfor the Dying. The Northside Town Meeting. Broadway UnitedMethodist Church. Indianapolis October, 2002Service to the Most Vulnerable: Faith Based Ministries to UrbanPoor at the End of Life. Christ Missionary Baptist Church. (Part of“Recapturing a Practice” Series.) Indianapolis October, 2002Recapturing a Practice: The Role of Faith Communities in Caringfor the Dying. Eastside Coalition. Little Flower Church.Indianapolis September, 2002

LocalOn My Shift Please. AASN- St. Francis Conference. “The Pain ofPresentation Dying” Featured Keynote Speaker. Indianapolis April, 2002.National MeetingKeynote AddressNational MeetingNational MeetingNational Meeting:National Meeting:LocalPresentationAnnual MeetingNational MeetingNational MeetingLocalPresentationEPERCRobert Wood Johnson Medical College of Wisconsin End-of-LifeEducation Conference. Featured, Plenary Address “Imagining TheirLives: A Home-Based Educational Curriculum As Catalyst forEmpathy” Madison, Wis. March 2002Robert Wood Johnson Medical College of Wisconsin End-of-LifeEducation Conference. Brief Plenary Report with Dr.Gramelspacher. “A Home-Based Educational Initiative for Studentsand Residents” Madison, Wis. March, 2002Robert Wood Johnson Medical College of Wisconsin End of LifeEducation Conference. “Faces of Learning.” Poster Session.Madison, Wis. March, 2002.The Harvard University Conference on Spirituality and Medicine.“Theocracy in Action: Spirituality and Coping at the End-of-LifeAmong the Inner-City Poor” Boston, December, 2001The Harvard University Conference on Spirituality and MedicinePoster Session. “Faces of Faith and Dignity: The Urban DyingPoor.” Boston, December, 2001..Faithfest 2001. State Fairgrounds. “Wishard Health ServicesMinistry of Care to the Dying Poor: The Palliative Effort,” Daylong “Poster.” Indianapolis October, 2001.Archdiocese of Indianapolis Annual Conference on Bereavement:“Caring for the Dying.” Invited speaker The Catholic Center,Indianapolis, October, 2001American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine AnnualMeeting. (AAHPM) “Caring for the Inner City Poor: A NewChallenge for Hospice and Palliative Care.” Phoenix, July, 2001.AAHPM Poster Session. “Across the Tracks: Faces of the DyingPoor.” Phoenix, July, 2001.Clergy and Funeral Directors. Director and Presenter. 5 Weeksessions for Clergy and Laity. (3 hours each; 1 day per week)Methodist Hospital April-May April MethodistHospital May-June Ruth Lilly Learning Center, Riley HospitalJune-July Ruth Lilly Learning Center, Riley Hospital, Indianapolis

March-April, 2001Annual Meeting:Annual Meeting:Annual Meeting:Annual Meeting:StatewidePresentationLocalPresentationLocalPresentationLocalPresentationProfessionalLectureNational MeetingAnnual MeetingProfessionalIndiana Healthcare Ethics Network. (IHEN) Annual Conference.Keynote address: “In Their World: Stories of the Dying Poor”Indianapolis, March, 2001.IHEN Annual Meeting. “Is Dying Well Plausible? Byock vs.Moller.” one hour prepared debate with Dr. Byock, includingaudience participation. Indianapolis, March, 2001.Indiana Academy of Oncology Social Workers. (IASW) “The Roleof Social Work in Caring for the Dying” St. Vincent’s, Indianapolis,March 2001.Indianapolis Catholic Archdiocese: Lenten Conference. “Caring ofthe Dying: Social responsibility and God’s Work” St. ThomasAquinas, Indianapolis, March 2001.Indiana Academy of Oncology Social Workers. (IASW).Keynote Speaker. “The Role of Social Work in Caring for theDying.” St.Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis March 2001.Indianapolis Catholic Archdiocese: Lenten Conference. KeynoteSpeaker. “Caring for the Dying: Social responsibility and God’sWork.” St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Indianapolis. March 2001.Indianapolis Baptist Ministers’ Association. Keynote Speaker.“Mobilizing Clergy and Laity in Care of the Dying.” February2001.Indianapolis Workshop on Care of the Dying. Director. Fourbreakfast meetings for Ecumenical Clergy AssociationIndianapolis Athletic Club. February, 2001.Indianapolis Baptist Ministers’ Association. “MobilizingClergy and Laity in Care of the Dying.” Indianapolis, February,2001.American Association of Medical Colleges, “Spirituality, Cultureand End-of-Life Care”, 3-hour workshop, Dallas, September, 2000.Estate Planners Association. “Empathy for the Dying: Implicationsfor the Professional.” Indianapolis October 1999.Congregation Day: Indianapolis Workshop in the Dying. “Care

Lecture and of Dying Patients: Challenges for the ‘Unprepared’ Clergy.” MayKeynote Address 1999.Annual MeetingIndiana Healthcare Ethics Network Case Analyst. Afternoonsession. Indianapolis March 1999Professional "How the Humanities Benefit Medicine." Dean's DayLecture School of Liberal Arts. Indianapolis October, 1998ProfessionalLectureProfessionalLectureProfessionalLectureProfessionalLectureNationalMeetingLocal MeetingLocal MeetingSymposiumSymposium"Death Without Dignity: Challenges for Medical Professionals inHumanizing the Care of the Terminally Ill" Indiana UniversitySchool of Medicine and Program in Medical Humanities. October,1997"Death in a High-Tech Era: Implications for Dignity and Comfortof Dying Persons." Community North Hospital,Indianapolis, July 18, 1996"Dying-with-Dignity: Implication for the Family Practitioner andGeneral Internist." Community Hospital East,Indianapolis, July 22, 1996"Death in a High-Tech Era: The Role of Non-PhysicianCaretakers." Community Hospital South,Indianapolis, July 25, 1996"Medical Diagnosis and the Emotional Stranger."by Regina Kenen and David Wendell Moller, AmericanSociological Association Annual Meeting New York City.August 16, 1996"Death in the Modem Social Context." Keynote Address. Death andDying Conference, Benedictine CenterIndianapolis March 1992"Mourning as Private Affair in the Modem Context." Keynoteaddress. Loss and Grief Conference, Benedictine CenterIndianapolis April 1992"Death With Dignity As a Measure of Death Control." ColumbiaUniversity, College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York CityApril 1992"Death With Dignity as a Form of Management: Implications for thePsychological Care of Terminal Patients." New York CityApril 1986.

Symposium:SymposiumPsychiatry and Thanatology Symposium, The Foundation ofThanatology, Columbia University New York City, November1985"Human Suffering and Technocratic Death." Thanatology andSuffering. College of Physicians and Surgeons, ColumbiaUniversity. New York City, November 1985NationalMeetingNationalMeetingRegionalMeetingRegionalMeeting:RegionalMeetingSymposiumSymposiumAnnual MeetingAnnual Meeting"In Support of Huxley and Orwell's Technological Pessimism: TheCase Against a Technology of Reproduction." Vision and Reality,The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio May 1984"What Humanity Has Lost: A Sociological Journey ThroughStoker, Wells and Orwell." Orwell's 1984: The Text and ItsTransformation. University of Minnesota St. Paul, April 1984"In Praise of Radical-Humanistic-Sociology."Southwest Social Science Association, Annual Meeting.Houston, March 1984."Social Power: A Definitional Discussion."Southwest Social Science Association, Annual Meeting.Houston, March 1984"Electronic-Video-Games: Domination."Southwest Social Science Association, Annual MeetingHouston March 1984.“Structurally Induced Ambiguities in Dying.". PostgraduateConference in Thanatology The Foundation of Thanatology,Columbia University. New York City March 1984"Societal Factors Underlying Sexual Loss in Women." Women andLoss. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.The Foundation of Thanatology. Keynote Address. New York CityJanuary 1983"The Electronic Video Game Parlor: A Palace of Social Anesthesia."Kansas Sociological Society Fort Hays State University. Ft. Hay,Kansas October, 1982"A Biased Discussion of the Technologization of Health." NewJersey Sociological Society Trenton State College. Trenton, NewJersey September, 1982

SymposiumSymposiumSymposiumSymposiumSymposiumSymposiumSymposiumSymposium"Structural Considerations in Compassionate Care for the Dying.".Social Work and Thanatology II: The Hospice, The Community andInterdisciplinary Colleagueship The Foundation of ThanatologyColumbia University, New York City March 1981"Social Control, Medicine and Deviance." Asclepius at Syracuse:Thomas Szasz, Libertarian Humanist The Institute for HumanisticStudies, State University of New York at Albany. April 17, 1980"The Social Relation of Sex and Dying." Sexual Aspects of Chronic,Critical and Terminal Illness The Foundation of Thanatology.Columbia University, New York City April 1980"Humanistic Care of the Dying: An Institutional Analysis."Continuing Care Service: An Alternative Program to the Hospice forPreterminal and Terminal Patients, Department of Medicine, TheFoundation of Thanatology Columbia University, New York CityMarch 1980"Death and the Need for Community." The Role of the CommunityHospital in Dealing with Life Threatening Disease and BereavementThe Foundation of Thanatology St. Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem,Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. January 11, 1980"Some Social Aspects of Living With and Dying of Cancer." CancerEducation Program. The Foundation of Thanatology. ColumbiaUniversity, New York City July 2, 1979"Sociology as Social Criticism." Residential Seminar for OlderAdults. Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey. June 14, 1979"Death in America: A Social Commentary." PostgraduateConference in Thanatology. The Foundation of Thanatology.Columbia University, New York City March 10, 1979Symposium "Battered Women: Can We Blame the Man?" September 27, 1978.SymposiumStatewideSymposiumViolence in the Family Conference Division of Youth and FamilyServices: State of New Jersey Felician College,Lodi, New Jersey. September 1978"Social Learning, Social Forces, and Wife Beating Violence in theFamily Conference” Division of Youth and Family Services: Stateof New Jersey Atlantic County College, Mays Landing, New Jersey,August, 1978

StatewideSymposiumSymposiumStatewideSymposium"Social and Structural Considerations of Wife Beating."Violence in the Family Conference. Division of Youth and FamilyServices: State of New Jersey Middlesex College,Middlesex, New Jersey. August, 1978"Some Social Aspects of Aging." Residential Seminar for OlderAdults. Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey. June 7, 1978"Rejecting the Victim-Blaming Explanation in Wife Beating."Statewide Conference on Battered Women Division of Women:State of New Jersey, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey.September 28, 1978Other Lectures (2001 – present)Noon conference. Primary Care Track Residents, UMKC School ofMedicine. Monthly 2004 – present.Noon conference. University/VA/Wishard. “A Modified Wit InitiativeAs Catalyst for Empathy.” March, 2002.Plenary Lecture to 1 st year Medical Class IUSM. "Caring for the Dyingas Virtuous Practice of Medicine" February, 2002Plenary Lecture to 4 th year Nursing Class IUSN (3hrs). "The Role ofNurses in Caring for the Dying." February 2001Plenary Lecture to Medical Humanities Course. IUSM”Ivan Ilych andModern Ways of Dying." February 2001Plenary Lecture to 4 th year Nursing Class (1 1/2 hrs) IUSN "The Role ofthe Nurse in Caring for Disadvantaged Populations at the End-of-Life."February, 2001Plenary Lecture to 1 st Year Medical Class. IUSM “Patient-CenteredCare of the Dying.” February, 2001.Lecture to Medical Humanities Course. IUPUI "Dying Poor: A Portrait of an InvisibleWorld." November 2001GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:Comprehensive Care for Urban Poor Near End of Life. (Truman Medical CenterCharitable Foundation) AETNA Foundation April 2005. $150,000.UMKC Faculty Teaching Award February, 2005.

UMKC Students in the City Faculty Fellow. 2004Member Gold Humanism Honor Society. Inducted, Chicago November 2004.Compassionate Care and Understanding of the Dying: St. Luke’s Health System. August2006. $36,000.Compassionate Understanding and Care of the Dying. St. Luke’s Foundation, August2004. $135,979.05.WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICA’S TEACHERS. Selected 2002. 2004. 2005, 2006.“Improving Care for Urban Dying Poor: Bridging Home and Community.” GregGramelspacher and David Moller, grant preparers. Wishard Foundation Grant Recipient.St. Margaret’s Guild. $93,000. November, 2002.“Improving End-of-Life Care for the Inner City Poor: An Educational Initiative forPatients, Families, and Providers.” $85,000.00. American College of Physicians-AmericanSociety Internal Medicine Foundation. (ACP_ASIM.) December, 2001“A Community in Conversation: The Indianapolis Interfaith Workshop on Care for theDying” $39,958.00. Clarian Health Values Fund. November, 2001.SLA Outstanding Resident Faculty Award, IUPUI, 2000Rethinking the Rituals of Dying, $24,000. Batesville Casket Company. 2001Rethinking the Rituals of Dying, $15,000. Resource Venture Fund. 2000SLA Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, 2000Uncovering the Faces of the Dying Poor: A Home Based Educational Program forStudents and Residents, Clarian Values Fund, $78,196. August 2000 –May 2001.Palliative Care Services for the Dying Poor. (Wishard Foundation grant recipient Drs.Gramelspacher and Moller grant preparers) $38,000. October 1999-October 2000.President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, Indiana University 1999SLA Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, 1999SLA Teaching Excellence Recognition Award 1998Research Venture AwardLiving with Dying: Investigation Into Meanings, Quality of Life, andSystems of Care, $64,000. (David Wendell Moller-P.I.,)

SLA Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, 1997Research Investment AwardProgram in Medical Humanities, $154,000. (David Moller, Bill SchneiderKim Quaid, Meg Gaffney, David Orentlicher, Jan Keffer, and GaryMitchell-Co-Investigators, 1997).Indiana UniversityHonors Summer Fellowship: Seminar in Medical Sociology, (1985).Indiana University"The Role of Stress Mitigations in Affecting Patient Responses to CancerTreatment" Summer Faculty Fellowship, (1984).Professional Service to Patients/Clients Member of WHS Palliative Care Team 2000 - 2003 Consultant St. Luke’s Hospice (2005 – 2009) St. Luke’s Ethics Committee Clarian Ethics CommitteeOTHER ACTIVITIESHealing Praises-produced an internally distributed newsletter highlighting thequalities of students, residents, and faculty who excel in display of humanisticattitudes and behaviors 2004, 2005, 2006.Created Medical Humanities Interest Group which supports film club, book-discussiongroup, dance troupe, and medicine and art tours. 2005Established Diastole Hour—A monthly gathering focusing on wellness and creativeexpression. We regularly invite faculty and students from theatre and the conservatoryto give performances. 2004.Created UMKC Chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society. Two of our studentsparticipated in a national meeting. Another received the honor of winning a PatchAdams Fellowship. 2004, 2005, 2006. UMKC Health Professions Campus Diversity Committee, 2005-2006.Scientific Advisory Board – Diabetics Gene Discovery Group. McGill University,2005.

Director, A Balm in Gilead in Kansas City. A UMKC-KC community collaborationaround needs of seriously ill, inner-city poor. 2004 – present. UMKC School of Medicine Curriculum Committee 2004 – 2006.Fund Raising—Medical Humanities Jazz Night 2004, 2005. Inaugural MedicalHumanities Golf Tournament (October 2005). HEALING HEARTS, November2006. Video Production: Nourishing the Soul of the Profession. April 2005.Director; Indianapolis Workshop on Care of the Dying. (A metropolitan-wideeducational initiative for congregations and community organizations.) 2002 – 2004.Reviewer; Journal of Palliative Medicine 2003 – present Member Indiana Task Force on End-of-Life 2000 - 2003 Member Medical Humanities Program Indiana University 1999 - 2003 Member Editorial Board; Loss, Grief and Care: A Journal of Professional Practice1989 - 1993 Member Editorial Board; Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 1987-90 Member Board of Directors; Mary Margaret Oncology Care and Research Center -Winona Memorial Foundation, 1986- 1990