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In conjunction with the IPHAM seminar series, the Buehler Center is delighted to host the 19th Annual James E. & Bonnie L. Eckenhoff lecture, “Spiritual Care: What Do Your Patients Want and What Difference Does it Make?”, presented by Tracy A. Balboni, MD, MPH. Dr. Balboni currently serves as an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, and acts as Director of the Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology Service at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center – a service dedicated to the palliative radiation therapy needs of cancer patients. Inspired to study the spiritual needs of dying patients because of her work as an oncologist, her research has received national attention.