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I’m looking forward to this lecture by my dear friend, Lina Toledo Franco, MD, FACP on Communication with “Difficult” Families. Dr. Franco is the inaugural Division Director of Palliative Care at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital,  Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Program Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine attending, MedicalContinue reading “Communication Strategies for ‘Difficult’ Families”

I’m very much looking forward to this lecture from Richie Redding on levity in healthcare. I saw Richie’s session at the NACH conference in New Orleans last year, and believe this is a talk that would benefit every team. This lecture will NOT BE RECORDED, so it’s one afternoon only.  Our presenter, Richie Redding, is aContinue reading “Levity in Healthcare”

We are looking forward to resuming the HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds series and hoping this semester is the best one yet! Check out the upcoming lectures for this semester here. I am excited to announce that we will also host another Virtual Didactics Happy Hour on Friday evening at the AAHPM Conference in San DiegoContinue reading “Past, Present, and Future of Hospice Care”

We are looking forward to resuming the HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds series and hoping this semester is the best one yet! Check out the upcoming lectures for this semester here. Our presenter, Dr. Rebekka DePew is a Hospice and Palliative Care attending at Emory University and Grady Hospital in Atlanta, GA. She trained in FamilyContinue reading “Serious Illness and Housing Instability”

We are looking forward to resuming the HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds series and hoping this semester is the best one yet! Check out the upcoming lectures for this semester here. I am excited to announce that we will also host another Virtual Didactics Happy Hour on Friday evening at the AAHPM Conference in San Diego. DetailsContinue reading “Medical Aid in Dying – 2026”

Our best lecture series continues on December 4th with a lecture on caring for LGBTQ Older Adults. I was fortunate to hear Dr. Moone give this presentation at the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Network (SWHPN) Conference in his home town of Minneapolis earlier this year and I am excited for you to hear itContinue reading “Caring for LGBTQ Older Adults”

Our best lecture series continues next Thursday with a lecture on suzetrigine and its role in palliative care. For those of you who attended MAPPIT yesterday, we heard a fascinating case presentation on this medication and a situation where it was quite helpful – as well as some pitfalls with the approval and financial aspects.Continue reading “Suzetrigine in Palliative Care”

Our best series of lectures yet continues with Dr. Brenda Schiltz discussing ethical challenges in pediatric palliative care. Brenda M. Schiltz, MD, MS, MA, FAAP is a pediatric intensivist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. She has also received a masters degree in Ethics and is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has a deepContinue reading “Ethics in Pediatric Palliative Care”

Our best series of lectures yet continues with Dr. Dani Chammas & Dr. Keri Brenner, and their lecture titled “Suicidality in Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Cultivating a Therapeutic Presence.” They are part of the Pallipsych Collaborative and delivered this excellent lecture on Psychotherapy Insights and Techniques for Everyday Palliative Care Practice for this audience two years ago. Dr.Continue reading “Suicidality in Hospice and Palliative Medicine”