With MSW and PhD degrees from the reputed NIMHANS, Bengaluru, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Dr Lavina M Noronha is the director of the 15-bed hospice facility Ave Maria Palliative Care at Mangaluru with utmost professionalism and dedication.
Dr Noronha has vast experience teaching at foreign universities and several years of clinical practice in the fields of mental health, crisis respite, employee assistance, and hospice in the USA.
She also has several professional publications and presentations on a variety of topics to her credit and is the founder and president of CREST International Inc USA and a member of the Indian Association of Palliative Care. Dr Lavina’s dream project, Ave Maria palliative care has patients suffering from cancer, liver diseases, renal failures, and dementia, who need holistic comfort and care. The home is free and anyone is welcome, regardless of religion, class, and cast.
