Susan B. Gerbino

Susan Gerbino is a Clinical Professor Emerita at NYU Silver and is the Founder of the School’s Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which encompasses a range of initiatives designed to develop and mentor PELC social work leaders at all stages of their careers in the areas of clinical practice, education, research, publication, and administration. Dr. Gerbino taught in the MSW program as well as in the Zelda Foster Studies Program, served on the DSW Program Committee and has been a DSW capstone committee chair. 

Dr. Gerbino received the Career Achievement Award (2014) from the Project on Death in America and the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network, the Distinguished Teaching Award (2014) from NYU Silver, and the Quality of Life Award (2015) from the American Cancer Society and the Association of Oncology Social Work. 

She earned her PhD from NYU Silver, her MSW from Fordham University, and her BA from St Francis College.

Creating a Safe Learning Space for New Palliative and End of Life Care Social Workers. Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network, General Assembly, March 11-12, 2013, New Orleans, LA.

Relational Learning for Palliative/End of Life Care; Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Nov 9-12, 2012, Washington, DC (Browning, Berzoff)

Addressing Social Work in Palliative and End of Life Care: Findings from the First Five Years of an Innovative Training and Mentorship Program, 19th International Congress on Palliative Care, Oct 9-12, 2012, Montreal, Canada (Gardner)

Navigating in Swampy Lowlands: Relational Learning for Palliative/End of Life Care, Association of Oncology Social Work, Twenty Eighth Annual Conference, May 30-June 1, 2012; Boston, MA (Browning)

Mentoring the Next 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 Leaders in PELC: The Zelda Foster Studies Program, Changing Health: 6th Annual International Conference on Social Work in Health & Mental Health, June 28–July 2, 2010, Dublin, Ireland; Award: “Education Issues and Training” (Gardner; Chachkes)

Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Dr. Gerbino is the Director of NYU Silver's Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (PELC), which encompasses a range of initiatives designed to develop and mentor PELC social work leaders at all stages of their careers in the areas of clinical practice, education, research, publication, and administration.

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