Mortality as Medicine VOICES SeriesMarch 26: Eric De Jonge, M.D.From Gravely Ill to Dying- What Do We Know?Have you noticed when a special trip or experience is about to end, each step along the way seems to be more precious? Imagine taking that consciousness into every day. Once we accept that our time on earth is finite, we are more likely to engage what is truly important now. This is the “medicine of mortality.”Please join us for the Wednesdays of Lent at 7:00 p.m. as we learn from a dynamic line-up of speakers—a poet, a minister, a doctor, and more—each telling their meaningful story and inviting us to find more meaning in ours.What do we understand about signs of imminent death and what remains mysterious?   The medical and emotional journey for people who transition from gravely ill to dying.   How does the experience differ when death occurs at home vs. in the hospital?Eric De Jonge, M.D. serves as Director of Geriatrics and the Medical House Call Program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.  His main goal is to create skilled and compassionate teams that help underserved elders and their families live with dignity at home.  He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated with honors from both Stanford University and the Yale School of Medicine.  He completed residency in primary care internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview and did fellowships in Health Policy at Georgetown and in Geriatrics at Johns Hopkins.  He is an Associate Professor at the Georgetown School of Medicine (full-time) and Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine (part-time).  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILSVOICES invites contemporary voices to challenge and inform us: artists and authors, visionaries and thought leaders, advocates of change courageous enough to hold the loveliness and sorrow of the world at once and find the wonder in both. ...read more read less