SUSAN B. GERBINO, PhD, LCSW
Silver School of Social Work, New York University 1 Washington Square North, Room 412
New York, New York 10003 (212) 998-5917 (914) 323-6201 [email protected] EDUCATION
1994 Silver School of Social Work, New York University, NY, NY Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work
1977 Fordham University, NY, NY
Master of Social Work (Concentration: Clinical Practice) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Silver School of Social Work, New York University, NY, NY 2007-present Clinical Associate Professor
2003-2007 Clinical Assistant Professor
1987-2003 Adjunct Instructor and Faculty Advisor ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Silver School of Social Work, New York University, NY, NY
2008-present Coordinator, Zelda Foster Focused Learning Opportunity in Palliative and End of Life Care (PELC)
2006-present Director, Zelda Foster Studies Program in PELC 2004-present Director, Post-Masters Certificate Program in PELC
2004-present Co-Director, Dual Degree Program, Child Development & Social Work
1994-present Coordinator, Westchester Branch Campus AWARDS AND HONORS
2010 “Education Issues and Training Award” for presentation: Mentoring the Next Generation of Social Work Leaders in PELC: The Zelda Foster Studies Program, Changing Health: 6th Annual International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland (Gardner; Chachkes)
2010 Fellow, Social Work
New York Academy of Medicine
2009 Distinguished Practitioner, Social Work Academy National Academies of Practice
2005 Social Worker of the Year
National Association of Social Workers, NY State Chapter 2003 Merit Service Award
GRANTS
Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End of Life Care, 291 Foundation, 2013-16, $225,000.00
Zelda Foster MSW Fellowship in Palliative and End of Life Care, The Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation, 2013-14, $25,000.00
Zelda Foster MSW Fellowship in Palliative and End of Life Care, 291 Foundation, 9/2012- 5/2013, $50,000.
Zelda Foster MSW Fellowship in Palliative and End of Life Care, Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, 9/2012-9/2015, $56,800.
Training Grant, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 7/2012-6/2013, $23,457.
Zelda Foster MSW Fellowship in Palliative and End of Life Care, Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, 1/2012, $25,000.
Zelda Foster Leadership Fellowship in Palliative and End of Life Care, Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, 9/2011, $25,000.
Zelda Foster MSW Fellows Program, Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, additional scholarship, 9/2011, $18,400.
Training Grant, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 7/2011-6/2012, $23,457.
Zelda Foster Conference, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, 12/10/2010, $25,000.
Zelda Foster Conference, Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, 12/10/2010, $25,000. Zelda Foster MSW Fellows Program, Jewish Foundation for Education of Women,
9/2010-9/2014, $116,500.
Principal Investigator, Fellowship in Palliative and End of Life Care, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, 9/2010-8/2013, $100,000.
Principal Investigator, Leadership in Palliative and End of Life Care, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, 9/2010-8/2013, $100,000.
Training Grant, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 7/2010-6/2011, $19,096.
Training Grant in Palliative and End of Life Care, Veterans Administration, Northeast VISN, 1/2010, $19,854.00.
Training Grant in Palliative and End of Life Care, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 07/2009-6/2010, $17,876.00. Training Grant in Palliative and End of Life Care, Jewish Healing and Hospice
Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 7/2008-6/2009, $19,118.
Training Grant in Palliative and End of Life Care, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 7/2007-6/2008, $19,118.
Training Grant in Palliative and End of Life Care, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 7/2006-6/2007, $17,000.
Director, Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End of Life Care, Fund established by the Foster family in July 2006, continuous fund-raising, Current amount: $78,000 not including Samuels and JFEW grants.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Jeane Anastas), Program Evaluation, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 1/2005-1/2006, $98,000.
Training Grant in Palliative and End of Life Care, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 1/2005-1/2006, $30,000.
Training Grant in Palliative and End of Life Care, Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance, UJA Federation of New York, 7/2004-8/2004, $12,000.
PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters:
Gerbino, S. and Raymer, M. (2011). Holding On and Letting Go: The Red Thread of Adult Bereavement. In T. Altilio and S. Otis-Green (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of
Palliative Social Work, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Browning, D. and Gerbino, S. (2011). Navigating in Swampy Lowlands: A Relational Approach to Practice-Based Learning in Palliative Care. In T. Altilio and S. Otis-Green (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Gerbino, S. and Henderson, S. (2004). End-of-Life Bioethics in Clinical Social Work Practice. In J. Berzoff and P. Silverman (Eds.), Living with dying: A
comprehensive handbook for practitioners in end-of-life care. New York:
Columbia University Press. Refereed Journals:
Berzoff, J., Lucas, G., DeLuca, D., Browning, D., Gerbino, S., Foster, Z. and Chachkes, E. (2006). Clinical Social Work Education in Palliative and End of Life Care: Relational Approaches for Advanced Practitioners. Journal of Social Work in
End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 2(2), 45-63.
Reese, D., Raymer, M., Orloff, S., Gerbino, S., Valade, R., Dawson, S., Butler, C., & Wise-Wright, M., & Huber, R. (2006). The Social Work
Assessment Tool (SWAT). Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative
Care, 2(2), 65-95.
PRESENTATIONS Refereed:
Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network, General Assembly, March 11-12, 2013, New Orleans, LA.
• Creating a Safe Learning Space for New Palliative and End of Life Care Social Workers
Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Nov 9-12, 2012, Washington, DC (Browning; Berzoff)
• Relational Learning for Palliative/End of Life Care
19th International Congress on Palliative Care, Oct 9-12, Montreal, Canada (Gardner; Chachkes)
• Addressing Social Work in Palliative and End of Life Care: Findings from the First Five Years of an Innovative Training and Mentorship Program
Association of Oncology Social Work, Twenty Eighth Annual Conference, May 30- June 1, Boston, MA (Browning)
• Navigating in Swampy Lowlands: Relational Learning for Palliative/End of Life Care
Association of Oncology Social Work, Twenty Seventh Annual Conference, May 4-6, 2011, St. Louis, MO (Koeber; Goldberger)
• Mentoring the New Generation of Social Work Leaders in PELC American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Annual Assembly, February 16-21, 2011, Vancouver, Canada (Gardner)
• Mentoring the Next Generation of Social Work Leaders in PELC Changing Health: 6th Annual International Conference on Social Work in Health & Mental Health, June 28–July 2, 2010, Dublin, Ireland (Gardner; Chachkes)
• Mentoring the Next Generation of Leaders in PELC:The Zelda Foster Studies Program
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Annual Assembly, March 3-6, 2010. Boston, MA (Gardner)
• The Zelda Foster Studies Program in PELC
Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, October 30-November 2, 2008, Philadelphia, PA (Rosenfeld)
• Integrating Spirituality into Social Work Practice: An Innovative University/Agency Collaboration
International Psycho-Oncology Society, Eighth World Congress, October 18-21, 2006, Venice, Italy (Poster; Chachkes)
• Promoting Effective Practice and Leadership in PELC Association of Oncology Social Work, Twenty-Second Annual Conference, May 3-6, 2006, Minneapolis, MN (Daratsos)
• The Schwartz Rounds as a Tool to Unite the Team & Advance Practice Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, February 16-19, 2006, Chicago, (Poster; Grodney)
• MSW Students' Experiences with Self-Disclosure Invited (recent):
East Side Council on the Aging, May 10, 2012, NYC: • Complicated Bereavement
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at NYU, NYC, April 10, 2012: • The Gender and Sexual Politics of End of Life Care
DOROT, NYC, March 8, 2012:
Coping with Chronic Cancer Conference, Memorial Sloan Kettering and NYU Zelda Foster Studies Program, NYC, March 29, 2012:
• Keynote: Bringing Palliative and End of Life Care into the Conversation Tribeca Downtown Associates, NYC, March 22, 2012:
• Counseling People at End of Life
Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, Bereavement Conference, Jan 13, 2011, NYC (Alessi) • Workshop: Sudden Death of an Adult Child
The First Annual Helen Rehr Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, November 18, 2010 • Sharing the Moral Burden in Palliative and End of Life Care
Westchester Collaborative for Palliative and End of Life Care, Annual Conference, November 13, 2009
• Counseling Young Adults in the Space between Living and Dying Mount Sinai Hospital, Social Work Grand Rounds, May 2009
• Working with Hope at End of Life
Westchester End of Life Coalition Conference, April 2009
• Social Work’s Role in End of Life Decision-Making Clinical Social Work Society Annual Health Conference, March 2009
• Complicated Mourning in Adults
Plaza Jewish Funeral Chapel, Annual Bereavement Conference, 2008
• Keynote Address: Adult Mourning: Holding on and Letting Go New York Hospital, Social Work Grand Rounds, 2008
• Complicated Mourning in Adults PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
School:
Faculty Search Committee, 2011-2013
Member, Admissions Committee, 2011- present
Member, Case Management Fellowship Committee, 2011-12 Member, Executive Committee, 2010-12
Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, 2009-present
• Member, Development Subcommittee, 2010-present Member, DLLPD Advisory Committee, 2009-2011
Member, Faculty Practice Committee – 2010-present
Member, Curriculum Committee, 2009-2011, co-chair (10-11)
Member, Selection Committee, NYU Silver Alumni & Student Award, 2009 and 2011 Read 100 Admission Files each year
Conduct Information Sessions, Westchester Branch Campus Attend Graduate Fairs and Recruitment Events
Fund –raising/donor meetings for PELC efforts at the School Profession:
NASW-Westchester Division; Chair, Mentorship Committee • Co-founded program in 1998 - present
• Lead a monthly mentorship group for new social workers BSW Program Advisory Boards
• Member, College of New Rochelle, 2004-present • Member, Concordia College, 2004-present
Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care
• Member, Editorial Board, 2006-2010; 2013-present NHPCO (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)
• Member, Social Work Steering Committee, 2004-2010
• Member, Social Work Assessment Task Force which developed the Social Work Assessment Tool (SWAT) used nationally by hospice social workers , 2000-2005
• Chair, SW Standards for Hospice Care, charged with rewriting the national standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care, 2005-2009
Community:
Jewish Home and Hospital, Bronx, New York:
• Member, Ethics Committee, 2010-present UJA Federation of New York:
• Member, Spiritual Care Commission, 2004-present
• Steering Committee Member, Hospice and Healing Alliance, 2011-present Gilda’s Club-Westchester
• Provide monthly social work supervision (volunteer), 2004-present Westchester Jewish Community Services, 2008-present
• Member, Educational Institute Advisory Board Westchester End of Life Collaborative
• Member, 2010-present Plaza Jewish Funeral Chapel
• Member, Bereavement Conference Committee, 2008-2011 Westchester End of Life Coalition
• Board Member, 2005-2010 • Social Work Chair, 2005-2010 Health Advocacy Program, Sarah Lawrence College
• Member, Advisory Committee, 2009-2010 POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
2008 College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY, NY
Program in Narrative Medicine, Beginning & Advanced Training
1997 Montefiore Hospital/AECOM/Columbia University, NY, NY Certificate Program in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities
