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Angelo Volandes

Physician on faculty at Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital. Author of "The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care."

Angelo Volandes (www.AngeloVolandes.com) is a physician, writer, and patients' rights advocate. He practices internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and is on faculty at Harvard Medical School. He is Co-Founder and President of Advance Care Planning Decisions (www.ACPDecisions.org), a non-profit foundation implementing systems and technologies to improve the quality of care delivered to patients in the health care system. He is the author of the new book "The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care," about how people can empower themselves to get the right medical care at the right time and on their terms.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, he was educated at Harvard, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania. He lectures widely around the country, and spends his time in Massachusetts with his wife Aretha Delight Davis, MD, JD and their two daughters.

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