Richard L. Heinrich, M.D.
CELC Director
Richard L. Heinrich, M.D. is currently the Hospice Medical Director for HealthPartners Hospice and Palliative Care Program as well as Chief of the Geriatric Psychiatry Consultation Service within the Geriatric Division of HealthPartners. HealthPartners is an integrated care delivery system in the Twin Cities. It has over 30 Clinics, and practices in several hospitals and 80+ nursing homes. Dr. Heinrich was previously Department Head of Group Health, where he implemented a large-scale organizational change project to integrate mental health, primary and specialty care. He is currently involved in two projects: one to change program culture to promote the craft of interdisciplinary team care within a hospice program, and a second to develop system wide, systematic advance care planning.
C.J. Peek, Ph.D.
CELC Associate
C.H Peek received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University Colorado where he studied with Dr. Peter G. Ossorio, founder of the discipline of Descriptive Psychology. C.J. is 2009-2010 President of the Society for Descriptive Psychology. He is an Associate Professor with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School, focusing on care system development, integration of behavioral and medical care, organizational effectiveness, and leadership development. He has facilitated multiple stakeholder dialogue in state and national meetings on the integration of behavioral and medical care, implementation of patient-centered medical home, and addressing behavioral risk factors in primary care. He writes, presents, and consults on integrated behavioral and medical care, patient-clinician communication, productive conversations and dialogue across disciplines or organizational areas—blending clinical, organizational, and leadership perspectives.
