Harvey Chochinov is an international leader, role-model, and scholar within the field of palliative care. His pioneering research has played a large role in the definition of core-competencies and standards of care for practitioners around the world attending to the needs of the dying and their loved ones. His many empirical papers, book chapters and his textbook in psycho-oncology and palliative care have helped to establish the importance of psycho-social considerations in comprehensive end-of-life-care. Dr. Chochinov has been a keynote speaker for every major palliative care/psycho-onclogy organization worldwide.