Pediatric Neuropalliative Medicine: Personhood, Perspective, and the Importance of Prognostic Awareness
Led By
Lauren Treat, MD
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:
Identify elements of serious illness family narrative specific to pediatric neurological disease
Distinguish core competencies of pediatric neuropalliative medicine
Demonstrate skills that must be cultivated to ensure high quality child neurology practice in our technological era
About the presenter:
Lauren Treat, MD Child Neurologist / Pediatric Neuropalliative Children’s Hospital Colorado Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Lauren Treat, MD, is a general child neurologist and pediatric neuropalliative medicine doctor at Children’s Hospital Colorado and is a faculty member at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Treat’s clinical, educational, and research mission is to promote the personhood of individuals with neurological disease and foster more meaningful dialogue between families and clinicians. Dr. Treat has helped develop models of clinical neuropalliative medicine in the pediatric setting and teaches extensively about communication skills that are needed to keep up with our advancing technology and practices, especially within the field of neurological disease. She was the recipient of the 2025 Gold Humanism Award from the Child Neurology Society. Dr. Treat is an advocate for the human side of medicine, emphasizing person-first care and the psychological, logistical, and existential components of serious illness.
