Dr Lavina M Noronha, PhD, MSW, the director of Ave Maria Palliative Care, in Mangalore, is a living example of commitment at work in service of humanity. She received her M Phil from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, and her Doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Dr Noronha has vast experience teaching at foreign universities and several years of clinical practice in the fields of mental health, crisis respite, employee assistance, and hospice in the USA.
She also has several professional publications and presentations on a variety of topics to her credit and is the founder and president of CREST International Inc. USA and a member of the Indian Association of Palliative Care. Dr Lavina’s dream project, Ave Maria Palliative Care has patients suffering from cancer, liver diseases, renal failures, and dementia, who need holistic comfort and care. The home is free and anyone is welcome, regardless of religion, class, and caste.
Dr. Noronha has been efficiently managing the 15-bed hospice with the utmost professionalism, taking along an equally dedicated team of doctors, nurses, caregivers, and volunteers coupled with the goodwill of many which she has earned over the years of her toil. (Collected from the public domain)
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