Associate Professor Mark Boughey, Director of Palliative Medicine & Deputy Director of the Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria. I have over 33 years of experience in palliative care, with leadership positions within State, National, and International programs.  I continue to strive for palliative care excellence and its universal integration in health care, where people feel valued and understood, needs are recognized, and appropriately responded to.