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Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, we will not have a formal Virtual Didactics next Wednesday. I want to hold the meeting, however, to help brainstorm about the future of this series. I am energized by the enthusiasm of everyone who I met in Montreal (my dear, virtual friends for many years). We have filled…

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 as…

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 workshop…

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 an…

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 home…

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. She…

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 to…

Happy December! We have two more lectures scheduled for this year and are working on filling the lecture spots for the first half of 2023! Sign up to give a lecture here if you’re interested. I enjoyed hearing from Dr. Corrine Layne-Stuart on Cancer Rehabilitation! Dr. Layne-Stuart is an Assistant Professor in the department of Anesthesiology at…

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 Care…

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, designs…