Symposium speaker series – Dr. Esther Lee and Brenda Lenahan
About the event
On November 21, 2023, Esther Lee, pediatrician, and Brenda Lenahan, co-director and founder of the BC Complex Kids Society, gave a presentation titled “Children with Medical Complexity: Growing in number and in support needs” at the first session in the Province’s Children and Youth with Support Needs Symposium Speaker Series.
The presentation had the stated objective of making caregivers and health professionals better informed so they can give feedback to agencies making improvements for Children with Medical Complexity, like the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
The symposium speaker series is part of the Province’s broad engagement process to inform a new, effective system of children and youth with support needs (CYSN) services.
Presentation
Presentation materials
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Summary of discussion with participants at the event
Biography
About Dr. Esther Lee:
Esther Lee enjoys browsing through every aisle at Costco. She is a pediatrician and medical lead for the Complex Care program at BC Children’s Hospital and a palliative medicine specialist for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Her interests include advocacy for improved support of families with children with health complexity, improved communication in serious illness and in crisis, health improvement science, and humanity in medicine.
About Brenda Lenahan:
Brenda is mom to a medically complex son who has inspired her involvement in advocacy & research. She co-founded the grassroots group BC Complex Kids, in an effort to bring forward a collective family voice for systemic change and access to equitable support for kids with health complexity. She has an optimistic heart and hopeful vision of an equitable future for her son and all persons with disabilities.
