“The expertise and knowledge she brings on this sensitive subject is unparalleled.”
Nicolette Mireles, Institute of Personal Development
Bring a career speaker & author who gracefully combines personal story and practical, proven guidance to your audience
For more than 35 years, Jennifer O’Brien has spoken to audiences ranging in size from 5 to 1500. She has written and delivered highly scripted messages as short as 18 minutes and taught didactic programs as long as seven hours. In all cases, Jennifer is known as a highly approachable, likable, presenter with a knack for making difficult concepts easy to understand and facilitating wonderful exchanges among participants. Jennifer is as comfortable speaking at grand rounds in an academic medical center as she is participating in your neighborhood book club.
Some of the most successful programs she has done are keynotes, CEUs/CMEs for healthcare professionals, donor appreciation, and fundraising events.
“Jennifer’s grand rounds lecture was a perfect balance of research and personal experience. She artfully wove together many complicated layers of family caregiving to present a holistic perspective…. I highly and without any reservation recommend her to any and all organizations, as the expertise and knowledge she brings on this sensitive subject is unparalleled.”
Nicolette Mireles, Institute of Personal Development
Meet Jennifer A. O’Brien
As a healthcare CEO, widow of a palliative care physician, and family caregiver to her mother, husband, and then father, Jennifer has unique insights into caregiving, end of life, and grief.
As a healthcare leader, her goal is to help professionals: see the family caregiver as the physician extender they are, talk with patients and families about end of life, and enhance their our death and grief literacy.
Jennifer’s work has inspired people around the world while they are facing the hardest moments of their lives. Her mission is to support family caregivers, normalize end-of-life preparation, and help others be more compassionate and understanding of grief.
JENNIFER A. O’BRIEN HAS PRESENTED IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE TOP ORGANIZATIONS IN HEALTHCARE
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Some of Jennifer’s Past Presentations
20 End-of-Life Planning Details & Resources Every Social Worker Needs to Know
25 Ways Family Caregivers Can Be an Asset in Symptom Management
The Family Caregiver: An Untapped Resource to the Professional Caregivers
Family Caregivers & Symptom Management in Cancer Care
The Head & Heart of the Family Caregiver: A Colorful Case Study
Industry Leaders & Family Caregivers: What We Can Learn from Each Other
A Journey of Care & Loss through Art
Memories, Messages & Artistic Remixes
Precious Time: Naming the Last Phase of Life
Art In Healing
Until It Happens to You: The Hospice Doctor’s Widow Shares Insights to Benefit Healthcare Professionals
What Is Palliative Care?
Widow Wisdom
CHECK OUT SOME OF JENNIFER’S PREVIOUS EVENT SPONSORS BELOW
Wayne State University Medical School - Department of Medicine – Detroit, MI
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Ingalls Hospital - Harvey, Illinois
Society for Health Care Planning and Marketing
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Houston Society of Otolaryngology
Chicago Metropolitan Healthcare Council - Chicago, Illinois
Deaconess Hospital - Cincinnati, Ohio
Association of Otolaryngology Administrators
Louisiana State University Medical Center - Department of Otorhinolaryngology
American Academy of Dermatology
Northern Illinois Medical Center
Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical School - Department of Otolaryngology
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Washington University - Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Wayne State University Medical School - Department of Medicine – Detroit, MI American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Ingalls Hospital - Harvey, Illinois Society for Health Care Planning and Marketing American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Houston Society of Otolaryngology Chicago Metropolitan Healthcare Council - Chicago, Illinois Deaconess Hospital - Cincinnati, Ohio Association of Otolaryngology Administrators Louisiana State University Medical Center - Department of Otorhinolaryngology American Academy of Dermatology Northern Illinois Medical Center Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical School - Department of Otolaryngology Tenet Healthcare Corporation Washington University - Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Texas Medical Association
Midwest Podiatry Conference
The Evanston Hospital - Evanston, Illinois
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Connecticut Society of Otolaryngology
The Holzer Clinic - Galapoulis, Ohio
Rush University Medical Center
Providence Hospital - Medford, Oregon
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Methodist Hospital - Indianapolis, Indiana
PriMed
Northwest Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
American Association of Orthopaedic Executives
Prevea Health Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin
DePuy Spine
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Stryker Corporation
Tufts University Medical School - Department of Otolaryngology
Texas Medical Association Midwest Podiatry Conference The Evanston Hospital - Evanston, Illinois American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Connecticut Society of Otolaryngology The Holzer Clinic - Galapoulis, Ohio Rush University Medical Center Providence Hospital - Medford, Oregon American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Methodist Hospital - Indianapolis, Indiana PriMed Northwest Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery American Association of Orthopaedic Executives Prevea Health Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin DePuy Spine American Association of Neurological Surgeons Stryker Corporation Tufts University Medical School - Department of Otolaryngology
Joint Commission on Allergy and Immunology
St. John’s Mercy Medical Center - St. Louis, Missouri
Fitzgibbon Hospital – Marshall, Missouri
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
The House Ear Clinic - Los Angeles, California
American College of Phlebology
Greater New Orleans Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University of Chicago – Department of Surgery
American Marketing Association - Health Care Division
OrthoForum – Amelia Island
Summa Health Systems - Akron, Ohio
Northwestern Health Care Network - Chicago, Illinois
Metropolitan Health Care Council - Chicago, Illinois
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Truman Medical Center - Kansas City, Missouri
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences – Department of Family Medicine
Joint Commission on Allergy and Immunology St. John’s Mercy Medical Center - St. Louis, Missouri Fitzgibbon Hospital – Marshall, Missouri American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The House Ear Clinic - Los Angeles, California American College of Phlebology Greater New Orleans Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery University of Chicago – Department of Surgery American Marketing Association - Health Care Division OrthoForum – Amelia Island Summa Health Systems - Akron, Ohio Northwestern Health Care Network - Chicago, Illinois Metropolitan Health Care Council - Chicago, Illinois American Society for Surgery of the Hand Truman Medical Center - Kansas City, Missouri University of Arkansas Medical Sciences – Department of Family Medicine
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