Category Archives: Grand Rounds

Very excited to welcome Dr. Kristina Newport to the virtual didactics. She is the chief of palliative care and an associate professor of medicine at Penn State. Additionally, she is founder of Oncologist in my Pocket, a training program for palliative care clinicians to provide upstream care to patients with cancer. This program began as a workshopContinue reading “Palliative Care in Oncology”

Enjoyed listening to Dr. Natasha Lee discuss Implicit Bias and Racism in Palliative Care. Dr. Lee attended medical school at University of Washington and completed residency in combined internal medicine-pediatrics at Tulane University, followed by fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at The Ohio State University in the Med-Peds track. She currently works as anContinue reading “Racism in Palliative Care”

I enjoyed listening to Dr. Alex Gamble discuss Suicidality in the Palliative Care patient. Dr. Gamble is board certified in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, and Hospice & Palliative Medicine, completing residency training at the University of Iowa and fellowship at the University of Kansas before going on to practice in rural and urban settings in his homeContinue reading “Suicidality in Palliative Care”

Really enjoyed talking to Dr. Leah Rosenberg about caring for the seriously ill Jewish patient. She is a general internist who received her medical degree with Distinction in Research from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Harvard Palliative Medicine Fellowship. SheContinue reading “Caring for Seriously Ill Jewish Patients”

Very excited to hear from Dr. Joseph McCollom again! He gave a lecture as part of the first semester of lectures at the inception of the virtual didactics. This time, he’s going to talk about palliative oncology. His passion is integrating compassionate care of supportive oncology to the competent innovation of disease directed oncology. Click on his picture above toContinue reading “Palliative Oncology”

I enjoyed hearing from Dr. Corrine Layne-Stuart on Cancer Rehabilitation! Dr. Layne-Stuart is an Assistant Professor in the department of Anesthesiology at WVU. She is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and works at the UHC Pain Clinic. Hope to see you all soon! Click on her picture to watch the lecture recording.

Looking forward to hearing from Dr. Jason Webb on Palliative Care for Hematologic Malignancies today at noon. Dr. Webb is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and the Section Chief of Palliative Care, Knight Cancer Institute. He directs the clinical, education, and research programs for the Section of Palliative CareContinue reading “Palliative Care for Heme Malignancies”

Dr. Calton is the Medical Director of Palliative Care for Mass General Brigham Population Health Management and directs the home-based palliative care program for the health system.   From her home-based palliative care experience, she became interested in telemedicine as a mechanism to extend the reach and sustainability of home-based programs.  Dr. Calton conducts research, designsContinue reading “Telemedicine in Palliative Care”

Really enjoyed this lecture entitled “Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Perspective from Interventional Pain Management.” Dr. Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pain medicine within the Department of Anesthesia at Penn State Health. Click on her picture above to watch the recording!

I enjoyed our lecture by Dr. Alessandra Colfi entitled “Complementary Modalities to Ease Patients’ Experience and Create Meaning in Palliative Care.” Dr. Colfi holds a BA/MA in Linguistics, a Master’s in Fine Art, and a Doctorate degree in Expressive Arts Therapy. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher RYT-200, Certified in Yoga for Cancer Recovery and AdvancedContinue reading “Complementary Therapies”