Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine 2024

1. Geriatrics, Palliative Care, and the Future of Healthcare – R. Sean Morrison, MD, FAAHPM

2. Pediatric Palliative Care – Jennifer Salant, MD

3. Substance Use Disorder Care for Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine – Lauren Kelly, MD, MPH

4. Beyond Alzheimer’s Dementia – Georges Naasan, MD

5. Care of Older Adults through Specialized Managed Care Models – Cheryl Phillips, MD

6. Hospice – There’s Always Something We Can Do – David A. Chmielewski, MD

7. Integrative Medicine in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine – Raymond Y. Teets, MD

8. Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders – Diagnosis and Treatment – Winona Tse, MD

9. Stepping Safely – A Guide to Geriatric Fall Evaluation for Healthy Aging – Mikail Kamal, DO

10. Geriatrics and Palliative Care in the Nursing Home – Stephanie Le, MD

11. Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness – Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF and Robert Crupi, MD

12. Foot Diseases & Disorders – Bryan C. Markinson, DPM

13. Capacity Assessment – Judith Neugroschl, MD

14. Approach to Decision Making for Patients Who Lack Capacity – Terry Altilio, LCSW, APHSW-C and Ayla Pelleg, MD

15. Geriatric Nephrology & Renal Palliative Care – Maya K. Rao, MD

16. Perioperative Management – Kelly Cummings, MD

17. Integrative Therapies for Patient and Self Care – JD Elder, MA, LMT and Deborah Matza, RN, MPH, RYT

18. Inpatient & Outpatient Billing & Documentation – Emily Chai, MD and Audrey K. Chun, MD

19. Surgical Emergencies – Linda P. Zhang, MD, FACS

20. Chemotherapy Related Toxicity and Oncologic Complications – Cardinale B. Smith, MD, PhD

21. Clinician Well-being in Palliative Care and Geriatrics – Christie N. Mulholland, MD

22. Buprenorphine for Pain – Caitlyn Kuwata, MD

23. Palliative Care Emergencies – Cardinale B. Smith, MD, PhD

24. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) & Prostate Cancer – Rollin K. Say, MD, MBA

25. Anemia – Ryan Holstead, MD

26. Grief, Bereavement & Psychosocial Issues in COVID Times: For Patients, Families and Clinicians – Jane Knowles, MPH, LCSW and Ankita Mehta, MD

27. Advanced Pain Management – PCA & Methadone Use – Mollie A. Biewald, MD and Eugene Choi, MD

28. Family Meetings – Carl Philippe Rousseau, MD

29. Stroke – Sara K. Rostanski, MD

30. AC Indications and Contraindications – Andrew Dunn, MD

31. All You Need is Love – Human Connection as the Basis for Health – Diane E. Meier, MD

32. Principles of Geriatric Rehabilitation – Carley Trentman, MD

33. Pain Management 101 – Anup S. Bharani, MD

34. Health Care Payment in the United States – Allison Silvers, MBA

35. Symptom Management I – Constipation, SOB, Nausea and Anorexia – Laura Belland, MD

36. End-of-life Symptom – Olusegun Apoeso, MBBS

37. Musculoskeletal Medicine – Deborah Pacik, MD, MPH

38. Geriatric Care of Older Adults with HIV – Angela Condo, MD

39. Geriatric Emergencies – Ula Y. Hwang, MD, MPH and Martine Sanon, MD

40. Office-Based Dementia Screening – Beyond the MMSE – Veronica Rivera, MD

41. Management of Heart Failure – Johanna Paola Contreras, MD

42. Palliative Care in ALS – Elizabeth Lindenberger, MD

43. Sleep Disorders – Vaishnavi Kundel, MD, MScR

44. Low Back Pain – Soo Kim, MD

45. Anxiety in Palliative Care Populations – Priya Krishnasamy, MD

46. Diagnosis and Evaluation of Peripheral Vascular Disease – Daniel K. Han, MD, FACS, RPVI

47. The Era of Telemedicine for the Ambulatory Setting – Julia L. Frydman, MD and Veronica Rivera, MD

48. Hazards of Hospitalization – Martine Sanon, MD

49. Oral Care – A Forgotten Care of Older Adults – Miriam R. Robbins, DDS, MS, DABSCD

50. CAD Management – Cardiac and Perioperative Risk Assessment – Newsha Ghodsi, MD

51. Constipation and Fecal Incontinence – Brijen Shah, MD

52. Thyroid Disease in the Elderly Person – Maria Skamagas, MD

53. Urinary Incontinence – Eileen H. Callahan, MD and Christine Chang, MD, AGSF

54. Older Drivers, Tough Conversations – Phil Solomon, MD

55. Chronic Wound Care – Only Skin Deep – Harvey N. Himel, MD

56. Serious Illness Communication – Jay Horton, MD

57. Update in Diagnosis – Treatment and Management of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia – Mary Sano, PhD

58. Prevention in Older Adults – Nisha A. Rughwani, MD

59. Advance Care Planning – Trends and Clinical Practice – Harriet Mather, MD, MSc

60. Maximizing Access to Palliative Care Among Patients with Heart Failure – Laura Gelfman, MD, MPH and Karen Hiensch, ANP-BC

61. Medical Decision Making – Hannah L. Lipman, MD, MS, HEC-C

62. Medication Management – Sharon See, PharmD and Shahla Baharlou, MD

63. Geriatric and Palliative Care Approach for the LGBTQ Community – Noelle Marie Javier, MD

64. Models of Care at Home – Hospitalization at Home & Palliative Care at Home – Janeen Marshall, MD

65. Ortho Co-Management – Yuji Yamada, MD

66. Physiological Changes in Aging – Omar Amir, MD, MS

67. Patient Priorities Care – Achieving What Matters in Age Friendly Health Systems – Claire E. Davenport, MD, MS

68. COPD & Asthma – Patrick M. Chae, MD

69. Atrial Fibrillation Management – S. Andrew McCullough, MD

70. Basic Opioids 101 – Laurel Hansen, MD

71. Renal Palliative Care – Defining the Role of Kidney Supportive Care – Emily Lu, MD

72. Overview of Gynecological Malignancies – Clinical Presentation and Treatment Options – Vishal Gupta, MD

73. Symptom Management II – Hiccups, Pruritus, Xerostomia, Fatigue, and Bowel Obstruction – Kinga B. Kiszko, DO

74. Identifying and Treating Osteoporosis – Lena Fan, MD

75. Hearing Loss and Health in Older Adults – Maura K. Cosetti, MD

76. Discontinuing Life Sustaining Treatments – Withdrawal of Non-Beneficial Treatments While Maintaining Care – Jennifer Fung, MD

77. Home Care – Emily Samuels, MD and Sonica Bhatia, MD

78. Geriatric Dermatology – Caroline Halverstam, MD

79. Improving Transitions of Care – Debora Afezolli, MD

80. Annual Wellness Visit – Becca Masutani, MD and Fiorella M. Perez, MD

81. Frailty – Fred Ko, MD, MSCR

82. Interventional Pain Management – Maintaining our Patients’ Quality of Life – Stelian I. Serban, MD

83. Clinical Quality in the Nursing Home – Jeffrey I. Farber, MD, MBA, FACP and Ruth M. Spinner, MD

84. Late Life Depression – Gary J. Kennedy, MD

85. Cardiovascular Disease – Part 1 – Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC

86. Cardiovascular Disease – Part 2 – Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC

87. Delirium – Are You Confused – Joyce F. Fogel, MD, FACP, AGSF

88. De-Prescribing in the Context of Multiple Chronic Conditions – Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH

89. Prognostication of Chronic Disease – Winston Wey, MD

90. Bringing It All Back Home – The Geriatric and Palliative Care Approach – Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH

91. Palliative Radiation Therapy – Kavita V. Dharmarajan, MD, MSc

92. Hematologic Malignancies in the Elderly – Case Studies – Adriana K. Malone, MD

93. Hypertension in Older Adults – Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC

94. Use of Adjuvants for Pain Management – Vanessa M. Rodriguez, MD

95. Refractory and End-of-Life Depression – Gary J. Kennedy, MD

96. High Risk Ambulatory Geriatrics – The ALIGN Program – Stephanie W. Chow, MD, MPH

97. Geriatrics 5Ms – From Concept to Practice – Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD, MS

98. Systemic and Localized Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Elderly – Leslie D. Kerr, MD

99. Infectious Disease – Pneumonia, UTI’s and C-Dif – Michael P. Mullen, MD

100. Management of Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia – Melinda S. Lantz, MD

101. Managing Aortic Stenosis, Mitral Regurgitation & Antibiotic Prophylaxis – Tara Naib, MD, MPH

102. Addressing Total Pain – The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams – Rabbi Max Zev Reynolds, BCC, MA and Joshua Lasseigne, RN, BSN, CHPN

103. Geriatric Assessment Tools – Vanessa M. Rodriguez, MD

104. Medical Cannabis – It’s High Time We Review the Evidence – Joanna Chen, MD, MPH and Nathan E. Goldstein, MD

105. Oncology – Breast, Lung & Colon Cancers – Felice LePar, MD, MPH

106. Digital Technology for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older Adults – Allen D. Andrade, MD, DM (Lon), MRCP (UK)

107. Hepatology for Geriatrics and Palliative Care Clinicians – James F. Crismale, MD and Christopher D. Woodrell, MD

108. Feeding & Swallowing Disorders – Benjamin C. Tweel, MD

109. Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss – Omar Amir, MD, MS

110. Diabetes Overview – Emilia Pauline Liao, MD