Category Archives: Grand Rounds

In the spirit of continuing to include Palliative Care and Psychiatry in the Virtual Grand Rounds series, we’re so thrilled to have Dr. Kaleena Chilcote join to present her lecture entitled “Personality Disorders in the Medical Setting: Dealing with Challenging Behaviors”. Dr. Kaleena Chilcote is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of patients with cancer. She currently servesContinue reading “Personality Disorders”

Looking forward to hearing the lecture from Dr. Pippa Hawley on “The Bow Tie Model of 21st Century Palliative Care” on Wednesday, August 2nd at 12:00 EST. Dr. Hawley started as a general internist trained in he UK, New Zealand and Canada, and started the Pain & Symptom Management/Palliative Care program at BC Cancer’s Vancouver CentreContinue reading “The Bow Tie Model”

Looking forward to the second Virtual Grand Rounds of the academic year. This is an important lecture as Ketamine is gaining prevalence and something more folks are starting to encounter. Click on Dr. Neale’s picture to view a recording of the lecture. Dr. Neale is palliative medicine physician who practices in an embedded oncology clinic withinContinue reading “Ketamine: How Special Is It?”

Looking forward to hearing the lecture from Dr. Juan Correa entitled “Cultural Insights of Caring for Latino Patients and Palliative Care Development in Latin America.” I’m very excited to have Juan leading off this academic year. He has been an amazing advocate for palliative care and a dear (twitter) friend of mine. Check out his dailyContinue reading “Cultural Insights of Caring for Latino Patients and Palliative Care Development in Latin America”

Really enjoyed this lecture from Dr. Ingrid Berg on “The Relevance and Integration of the Health Humanities in Hospice and Palliative Care.” This will be our last lecture of the current academic year. Ingrid H. Berg, D.O., is a recovering COVID-era rural hospitalist. She is concurrently a Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellow at the UniversityContinue reading “Health Humanities in HAPC”

Excited to hear from Dr. Rebecca Gagne-Henderson again. I was able to meet Rebecca in Columbia, SC where she was our closing keynote lecture for the SC HAPC Conference just over a month ago. She’ll join the Virtual Grand Rounds to discuss the Physiology of Dehydration and Starvation.  Dr. Rebecca Gagne-Henderson is a nurse practitioner withContinue reading “Physiology of Dehydration and Starvation”

Excited to hear Dr. Michael Hayes discuss Dialectical Behavioral Therapy on Thursday, May 18th at 12:00 EST. Dr. Hayes earned his doctorate in psychology/human development from Marywood University, and he completed a post-doctoral clinical/research fellowship in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University – School of Medicine. Currently, he is an Assistant ProfessorContinue reading “Dialectical Behavioral Therapy”

Excited to hear Dr. Shireen Heidari, MD discuss storytelling in medicine. Dr. Heidari is a palliative care and family medicine physician. In addition to clinical responsibilities, she program director for the Stanford University Hospice and Palliative Fellowship. She also writes about the importance of human connection and stigma around healthcare workers seeking help for theirContinue reading “Storytelling in Medicine”

Drs. Adam Marks and Dr. Jane Chargot discuss Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking and some of the associated ethical principles. Dr Marks is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Program Director, and Faculty Ethicist at the University of Michigan. His clinical interests include symptom management at the end of life;Continue reading “Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking”

Very excited to welcome Dr. Jessica McFarlin to the virtual didactics next week to discuss Prognosis after Cardiac Arrest. She 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.   She is board certified in Neurology and Hospice and Palliative Medicine asContinue reading “Prognosis after Cardiac Arrest”