Category Archives: Grand Rounds

Looking forward to the next Virtual Grand Rounds on early interdisciplinary palliative care for people who inject drugs. Is injection drug use a life limiting illness? What’s a crude mortality rate? How can I best deploy my palliative care team to meet the needs of these complicated patients? Learn all of this and more fromContinue reading “Early Palliative Care for People Who Inject Drugs”

Looking forward to the next Virtual Grand Rounds with palliative superstar Dr. Kathryn Mannix. Kathryn Mannix has spent her medical career as a palliative physician, working with people who have incurable, advanced illnesses for thirty years. Having qualified as a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist in 1993, she started the UK’s (possibly the world’s) first CBT clinic exclusively forContinue reading “Kathryn Mannix”

Looking forward the next Virtual Grand Rounds with Dr. Charles Gessert about the Final Exit Network. Charles Gessert, MD, MPH served as a Senior Research Scientist in the Essentia Institute of Rural Health in Duluth, MN from 2000 until his retirement in 2013.    Click on his picture to join the lecture on February 7th atContinue reading “Final Exit Network”

Looking forward to our first Virtual Grand Rounds of 2024 on prognostication by Dr. Melissa Gaines, an ever important topic. Dr Gaines is serving as the Director of Hospice and Palliative Care and a medical director for the General Inpatient Hospice program for the CoxHealth system.  She is a former Associate Professor with the Internal Medicine Department atContinue reading “Prognosis is Poor”

We were truly excited for a Perinatal Palliative Care lecture from Dr. Jacinda Hays. Dr. Hays is board certified in both Pediatrics and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. After her training, Dr. Hays joined the pediatric palliative care team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in April 2020. She serves as the Associate Program Director for the Pediatric HospiceContinue reading “Perinatal Palliative Care”

Always thrilled to welcome Dr. Jessica McFarlin to present another Grand Rounds. This time, she’ll discuss Brain Death. I’m excited to hear her Neuropal perspective on this complicated issue! Dr. McFarlin is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Kentucky.  She is the Chief of the University of Kentucky Division of Palliative and Supportive Care in the Department of Internal Medicine.   SheContinue reading “Brain Death!”

Always thrilled to welcome Dr. Sonia Malhotra to present another Grand Rounds. This time, she’ll discuss “The Macro Impact of Microaggressions.” She is the JEDI champion for the Virtual Grand Rounds and I’m fortunate to call her a friend and mentor, a friendtor. Don’t miss this lecture! Dr. Sonia Malhotra is an Adult and PediatricContinue reading “Microaggressions”

We are so incredibly fortunate to have an amazing group of folks discuss Psychotherapy Insights and Techniques for Everyday Palliative Care Practice on Thursday, October 19th at 12:00 EST. This group spans two coasts and is passionate about advancing mental health training for palliative care providers, echoing the call we received from Susan Block atContinue reading “Psychotherapy for everyday Palliative Care”

Looking forward to hearing from Dr. James Ray about Pharmacopalliation in Serious Illness on Wednesday, October 4th at 12:00 EST. While we want to provide whole-person and goal-concordant care, the medical system emphasizes medications for symptom management. I am thrilled to hear some advice for how to navigate the landscape of medications that may beContinue reading “Pharmacopalliation”