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			| October 29, 2025 8-9am
 
 | Effective Communication - When we're stressed, emotional, burned out, or otherwise not at our best 
 Elise Carey, MD, FAAHPM, FACP
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			| October 22, 2025 
 | Re-examining the Holy Grail: How Should Goal-Concordant Care Be Measured? 
 Isaac Chua, MD, MPH
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			| October 15, 2025 
 | An Interactive Discussion of How Ageism Affects Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine 
 Ashton Applewhite
 | Cancelled | 
 	
		
			| October 08, 2025 
 | Teach Like a Champion: Knowledge Building in Medical Educator Spaces 
 Sadie Mccleary, MA; Hannah Solomon, MA
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			| October 01, 2025 
 | Older Adults with Cancer 
 Tammy Hshieh, MD MPH
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			| September 24, 2025 
 | The Hidden Work of Noticing and Responding to Suffering 
 Elizabeth Broden Arciprete, PhD RN CCRN CHPPN
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			| September 17, 2025 
 | How Medicare Advantage is Shaping Serious Illness Care 
 Claire K. Ankuda, MD MPH MSc
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			| June 18, 2025 
 | Beyond the MMSE: Integrating Modern Cognitive Screening   into Geriatric Practice 
 Serge Samaha, MD
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			| June 09, 2025 
 | Prognostic Uncertainty: How Ambiguity Compounds Inequity and Narrative 
 Niki Vora, MD, MSc
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			| June 04, 2025 
 | "Mind the Gap": The role of perceived suffering in Pediatric Critical Care and End-of-Life Decision-Making 
 Karolina Grekov, MD
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			| MAY 28, 2025 
 | Who is helping us? The transition from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to home 
 Rachel Deming, MD
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			| MAY 21, 2025 
 | It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Palliative Care for Trauma Patients 
 Sofia Wronski, CNP
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			| MAY 14, 2025 
 | Verse and Vitals: Exploring the Potential Role for Poetry in Modern Medical Practice 
 Brandon Turner, MD, MSc
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			| MAY 07, 2025 
 | Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults 
 Andrew Murphy, MBBCh
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			| April 30, 2025 
 | No EVENT | No Event | 
 
		
			| April 23, 2025 
 | Am I Tripping Out? An Overview of Psychedelics for Pain Management 
 Abby Thomas, PharmD
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			| April 16, 2025 
 | The Hospice Quality Conundrum: An Incentive Structure in Tension with Delivery of High-Quality End of Life Care 
 Margaret "Meg" Krasne, MD, MP
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			| April 09, 2025 
 | What's in a Name? Palliative or Supportive Care 
 Lindsey Ulin, MD
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			| April 02, 2025 
 | Increasing Equitable Access to Palliative Care for All 
 Pablo da Silva, MD, MPH
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			| March 26, 2025 
 | On Treating the Patient: When and How to Think About Amyloidosis 
 Blossom Tewelde, MD
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			| March 19, 2025 
 | Countertransference in Palliative Care: A Parent-Provider's Perspective 
 Brittany Gummere, MSW, LCSW
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			| March 12, 2025 
 | Designing (and Redesigning) Serious Illness Conversation Tools to Facilitate Engagement for All 
 Carine Davila, MD, MPH, Erik Fromme, MD, MA, and Joanna Paladino, MD
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			| March 05, 2025 
 | Heat Vulnerability in Older Adults: Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity to Extreme Heat 
 Melanie Haines, MD
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			| February 26, 2025 
 | Innovating for Equity: Technology's Role in Transforming Pediatric Palliative Care
 
 Toluwalase Ajayi, MD FAAP
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			| February 19, 2025 
 | Palliative Care for Parkinson's Disease: Building Evidence and Changing Culture to Foster A Higher Standard of Care
 
 Benzi Kluger, MD, MS
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			| February 12, 2025 
 | Caring for Patients with Disabilities in the Palliative Care Setting 
 Dorothy Tolchin, MD, EdM
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			| January 29, 2025 
 | "eyeball test": Measuring Frailty from Big Data to the Clinic 
 Ariela Orkaby, MD, MPH
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			| January 22, 2025 
 | Kidney Supportive Care: Innovative programs to improve patient-centered care 
 Emily Lu, MD
 Lisa Maurer, LCSW, ACSW
 Jane Schell, MD, MHS
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			| January 15, 2025 
 | Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation in Serious Illness 
 Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS
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			| January 08, 2025 
 | Unpacking Uncertainty: Narrative and Identity in Complex Decisions 
 Kate Nelson, MD PhD
 | No Recording | 
		
			| December 18, 2024 
 | Supporting Innovation in Identification of Palliative Needs: Implementing the HOMR Tool
 
 James Downar, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC,
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		| December 11, 2024 
 | Becoming Conflict Resilient: The What, Why, & How for Managing Difficult Conversations At Work and Home
 
 Bob Bordone, JD, and Joel Salinas, MD
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		| December 04, 2024 
 | Ratio and Writing in Medical Educator Spaces 
 Sadie McCleary, MA & Hannah Solomon, MA
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		| November 27, 2024 
 | NO LIVE . NO EVENT - Happy Thanksgiving! | No Event | 
		
			| November 20, 2024 
 | Event Updates: MGH Palliative Grand Rounds: Canceled 
 | No Event | 
		
			| November 13, 2024 
 | Amplyfying Voices in Care: Understanding Nurses' Roles as Psychosocial Interventionists and the Psychosocial Needs of African American Parents in Pediatric Oncology 
 Ijeoma Julie Eche-Ugwu, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, AOCNP, CPHON, BMTCN
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			| November 06, 2024 
 | NO LIVE . NO EVENT | . | 
		
			| October 30, 2024 
 | Words Matter: Cross Cultural Negotiations in Clinical Ethics 
 Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM
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			| October 23, 2024 
 | Hoping for a Miracle and Medical Decision-Making: Miracle Literacy Training for Clinicians
 
 Sarah Byrne-Martelli, DMin BCC-PCHAC, and Edward PeÑate DMin BCC
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			| October 16, 2024 
 | Novel Models of Delivering Early Integrated Palliative Care: Findings from the STEP-PC and REACH-PC Trials 
 Jennifer Temel, MD & Joseph Greer, PhD
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			| October 09, 2024 
 | Outpatient Palliative Care Education and Training: A Call to Action 
 Harry Han, MD
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			| October 02, 2024 
 | Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy: Integrating Palliative Care 
 P. Connor Johnson, MD
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			| September 25, 2024 
 | A View from the Budside: A Clinical Approach to Medical Marijuana in Geriatrics 
 Ryan Zaklin, MD, MA
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			| September 18, 2024 
 | Prolonged Grief Disorder: A primer for the palliative care team 
 Christopher Magoon, MD
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			| September 11, 2024 
 | Accusations of Abandonment: A structural, trauma-informed, psychodynamic approach 
 Shareef Sam Tanyos, MD
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			| June 26, 2024 
 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Serious Illness Care 
 Manuel Fanarjian, MD
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			| June 12, 2024 
 | Tell Me About Your Parent, Tell Me About Your Child: What pediatric and adult palliative care clinicians can learn from each other, and how to teach these lessons during palliative care fellowship 
 Miranda Ravicz, MD
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			| June 05, 2024 
 | Tip of the Iceberg. Carrying the Narrative of Advance Care Decisions in Children with Medical Complexity Across Care Settings 
 Christine Cahaney, MD & Ruth Myles, NP
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			| May 29, 2024 
 | The Civilian's Guide to Palliative Care for Military Veterans 
 Madison Bakken, DNP, FNP-C
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			| May 22, 2024 
 | The Bigger Picture: The Story of Surgical Intervention in Pediatric & Young Adult Serious Illness
 
 Danielle Ellis, MD, MA
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			| May 15, 2024 
 | Revolutionizing Recovery: A Fresh Approach to Caring for Patients with Substance Use Disorder
 
 Addison Sember, PharmD
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			| May 08, 2024 
 | Trauma-Informed Care for Older Adult Populations 
 Monique Hedmann, MD, MPH
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			| April 24, 2024 
 | Shackled at the End of Life: Palliative Care in the Context of a Growing Incarcerated Geriatric Population 
 Dorreen Danesh, MD
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			| April 17, 2024 
 | "Dígame más": Serious Illness Communication with Latino Patients and their Families
 
 Ramon Rodriguez, MD
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			| April 10, 2024 
 | Palliative Care through an African Lens: incorporating Culture and Clergy in EOL Care
 
 Maureen Villars, DNP
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			| April 03, 2024 
 | Active Allyship 
 Rosa Terrance, CNP
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			| March 27, 2024 
 | Palliative Care in Glioblastoma 
 Presenter: John Rhee, MD, MPH
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		| March 13, 2024
 
 
 | Death by a Thousand Cuts: Opportunities for Palliative Care in Chronic Critical Illness
 
 Katherine Walker, MD, MSc
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			| March 06, 2024
 
 
 | Review of Heart Failure Management in Older Adults 
 Hussein Almadhoun, MD
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			| February 28, 2024
 
 
 | Strengthening Palliative Care Partnerships with SLP (Part 2): Supporting Participation of Communication Vulnerable Individuals
 in Serious Illness Conversations
 
 Audrey Cohen, MS, CCC-SLP
 Sarah Gendreau, MS, CCC-SLP
 Elizabeth Lindenberger, MD
 Stephanie Scibilia, MS, CCC-SLP
 Rachel Towbin, MS, CCC-SLP
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			| February 21, 2024
 
 
 | End-of-life Decision Making for Black/African American Older Adults Living with Dementia and the Lived Experiences of their Family Caregivers 
 Karen O. Moss, PhD, RN, CNL
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			| February 14, 2024
 
 
 | Work Sustainability 
 Amanda Moment, LICSW
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			| February 07, 2024
 
 
 | Bridging the Gap: Palliative Care for Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease 
 Sharl Azar, MD, Stephanie Kiser, MD, MPH and Michelle Diop, MD
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			| January 31, 2024
 
 
 | Palliative Care for People with Dementia 
 Peter Rabins, MD, MPH
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				| January 24, 2024
 
 
 | Chronic Pain in Aging and Serious Illness: Clinical Practice Pearls 
 Lisa LaRowe, PhD & Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP
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			| January 17, 2024
 
 
 | What we learn from listening 
 Anna Gosline
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			| January 10, 2023
 
 
 | HIV and Aging: Caught in the In Between 
 Matthew Russell, MD and Virginia Triant, MD, MPH
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			| December 20, 2023
 
 
 | Medical Assistance in Dying- What palliative care, geriatric and hospice providers in Massachusetts should know
 
 John Halporn, MD
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				| December 06, 2023
 
 
 | Honoring Wishes on an Unclear Path: Aging and Palliative Care in the ICU 
 Corey Fehnel, MD
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				| November 29, 2023
 
 | "What about a nerve block?" Interventions for Cancer-Related Pain 
 David Hao, MD
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				| November 15, 2023
 
 | Finding Your Voice, Raising Your Voice: Reflective Writing in Medical Practice
 
 Sunita Puri, MD
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				| November 08, 2023
 
 
 | Improving Care for Children with Severe Neurological Impairments and Their Families
 
 Jori Bogetz, MD
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				| November 01, 2023
 
 
 | Family Experiences in the ICU: Decision Making and Family Distress 
 Alexia Torke, MD, MS
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				| October 25, 2023
 
 
 | Hospice Care in America: Opportunities and Challenges 
 Patrick White, MD, PhD
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				| October 18, 2023
 
 
 | Results from the PediQUEST Response to Pediatric Oncology Suffering Experience (Response) RCT
 
 Veronica Dussel, MD
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				| October 11, 2023
 
 
 | From Care Provider to Caregiver to Care Provider: Navigating the Dual Roles After My Child's Cancer Diagnosis
 
 Sarah McCarthy, PhD, MPH
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				| October 04, 2023
 
 
 | PalliatED: A New Wave of Palliative Integration into the ED 
 Carter Neugarten, MD
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						| September 27, 2023
 
 
 | Microaggressions and its Macroimpact: Surviving Difficult Spaces 
 Kimberly Angelia Curseen, MD, FAAHPM
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			| September 20, 2023
 
 
 | Balancing Compassion and Concern: A Palliative Harm Reduction Clinic for Patients with Substance Use Disorders and Cancer-Related Pain 
 Sachin Kale, MD
 
 Setting Sail for Success:Anchoring Teaching to Learning Objectives
 
 Ashima Lal, MD
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			| September 13, 2023 
 | The Safari Concept: Methodological Strategies for Effective Family Engagements within the African End-of-Life Cultural Framework 
 Susan Block, MD & Christian Ntizimira, MD, MMSc
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			| June 28, 2023 
 | Pediatric Palliative Care in a Post-Roe Era: A Call to Advocacy and Action 
 Amy Porter, MD, PhD & Sarah Halix, MD
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			| June 21, 2023 
 | Beneath the Surface: Managing Refractory Pain in the Setting of Calciphylaxis 
 Michelle Diop, MD
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			| June 14, 2023 
 | "What do we say to them?": Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Clinical Distress in Pediatric Palliative Care 
 Thomas Haire, DNP & Jennifer Donovan, MSW, LCSW
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			| June 7, 2023 
 | Palliative Care in the ED: Is This Really an Emergency? 
 Jamyl N. Walker, DNP, MSN, AGNP-C
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			| May 31, 2023 
 | Insomnia in the Adult Palliative Care Population 
 James Jackson, MD
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			| May 24, 2023 
 | "Somebody hug the interpreter": Enhancing palliative care partnership with medical interpreters in the care of families of children with serious illness 
 Allison Wise, MD
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			| May 17, 2023 
 | Buprenorphine for Pain Management 
 Allyson Beechy, PharmD
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