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Thursday, Feb 6th
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM MT
Contributions of Hospice and Palliative Care in CMMI Medicare Alternative Payment Models
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Allison Silvers, MBA (she/her/hers) – Center to Advance Palliative Care
Author (not presenting): Alina Kung, MD MS (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author Presenting: Joy C. Liu, MD MPH – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Submitter: Allison Silvers, MBA (she/her/hers) – Center to Advance Palliative Care
Scientific ResearchQuality Improvement/Evidence-Based Project
Thursday, Feb 6th
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM MT
Loss for Words: Individualized Comfort Scale in Patient with Cancer-related Brain Injury
Location: 403-404
Presenting Author: Reagan Menz, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelpha
Presenting Author: Caroline Christianson, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
Author (not presenting): Meaghan McGrath, MSHA – NYU Langone Health (Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care)
Author (not presenting): Julia McBee, CPNP – Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone
Author (not presenting): Christine Zawistowski, MD – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Daniel Eison, MD – NYU Langone Health and NYC Health and Hospitals
Author (not presenting): Zeena Audi-Saba, MD – NYU Langone Health and NYC Health and Hospitals
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectSymptoms Assessment and ManagementEarly CareerPharmacology Accredited
Thursday, Feb 6th
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM MT
Improving Nursing Provision of Care on High Acuity Units and Fostering Wellbeing
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Donna C. Durant, CRNP-FNP (she/her/hers) – UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Submitter: Donna C. Durant, CRNP-FNP (she/her/hers) – UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Project
Thursday, Feb 6th
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM MT
Chaplaintalk: Communications Curriculum for Chaplains to Navigate Serious Illness Conversations with Patients
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Edward Penate, DMin BCC (he/him/his) – Northwestern Medicine
Author Presenting: Katy Hyman, MDiv BCC (she/her/hers) – MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Women's and Children's Hospital
Author Presenting: John Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
Author Presenting: Gordon J. Wood, MD MSCI FAAHPM (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Mark Bradley, DMin BCC – Northwestern Medicine
Submitter: Edward Penate, DMin BCC (he/him/his) – Northwestern Medicine
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Project
Thursday, Feb 6th
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM MT
Miracle Literacy Training (MLT) for Non-chaplain Clinicians
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Edward Penate, DMin BCC (he/him/his) – Northwestern Medicine
Author Presenting: Joshua Hauser, MD FAAHPM – Northwestern Medicine
Author (not presenting): Dana G. Holiona, LCSW MSW – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Submitter: Edward Penate, DMin BCC (he/him/his) – Northwestern Medicine
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectEarly Career
Thursday, Feb 6th
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM MT
Effective Data Approaches to Advance Health Equity for Black Patients
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Brittany M. Chambers, MPH MCHES (she/her/hers) – Center to Advance Palliative Care
Author Presenting: Karen Bullock, PhD LICSW APHSW-C – Boston College
Submitter: Brittany M. Chambers, MPH MCHES (she/her/hers) – Center to Advance Palliative Care
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectDEI
Thursday, Feb 6th
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM MT
An Advanced Practice Provider-led Telehealth Intervention for Oncology Patients at End-of-life
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Tara S. Lauria, ANP ACHPN (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author Presenting: Kelley Qualters, AGNP-BC ACHPN – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author Presenting: Neena Kapoor-Hintzen, MSN NP-C (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author Presenting: William E. Rosa, PhD MBE APRN FPCN (he/him/his) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author Presenting: Andrew Epstein, MD FAAHPM – MSKCC
Author (not presenting): Marcia R. Levine, MSNRNNE-BC – MSKCC
Author (not presenting): Douglas Koo, MD MPH – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author (not presenting): Barbara Egan, MD SFHM FACP (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author (not presenting): Stephanie J. Puccia, MSW LMSW ACM-SW – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author (not presenting): Ashley Gandham, MS – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author Presenting: Judy E. Nelson, MD JD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Submitter: Tara S. Lauria, ANP ACHPN (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Project
Friday, Feb 7th
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM MT
Epic-Fail: ICD Education Through a Patient Portal in Highly Diverse, Safety-net Population
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Jingwen Zhang, MD – University of Texas Southwestern
Author (not presenting): Melanie S. Sulistio, MD FACC FAHA (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern
Author (not presenting): Kristin Alvarez, PharmD – Parkland Health
Author (not presenting): Sarah Godfrey, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
Author (not presenting): Nakul Patel, BS – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Author Presenting: Carla Khalaf McStay, MD MS (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern
Submitter: Carla Khalaf McStay, MD MS (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectEarly CareerDEI
Friday, Feb 7th
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM MT
Clinician Experiences Using the Best Case/worst Case- ICU Communication Tool
Location: 501-502
Presenting Author: Melanie Fritz, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin Health & Hospitals
Author (not presenting): Alexandra H. Hernandez, MD MCR – University of Washington, Department of Surgery
Author (not presenting): Amy Zelenski, PhD – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Author (not presenting): Jenna Nitkowski, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Author (not presenting): Kristine Kwekkeboom, PhD RN FAAN – University of Wisconsin - Madison
Author (not presenting): Margaret L. Schwarze, MD MPP FACS – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectEarly CareerPharmacology Accredited
Friday, Feb 7th
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM MT
Development and Execution of the First Pediatric Palliative Fellowship in Latin America
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Silvia Elena Rivas, MD MS – Unidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica, Guatemala
Author Presenting: Jaime R. Guarda, First International Pediatric Palliative Care Fellow Guatemala (UNOP Universidad Francisco Marroquin)/USA(St Jude University of Utah) (he/him/his) – Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Chile
Author (not presenting): Kathryn Gradick, MD MHS – University of Utah Health
Author (not presenting): Ximena García-Quintero, MD MSc – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Author (not presenting): Leeanna Fox-Irwin, MAED – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Author (not presenting): Shirley Montufar, BS – St. Jude
Author (not presenting): Federico Antillón, MD PhD – Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica
Author (not presenting): Daniel Moreira, MD MEd – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Author (not presenting): Claudia Delgado-Corcoran, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Utah-Department of Pediatrics
Author (not presenting): Courtney Perkins, MHA – University Of Utah Health
Author (not presenting): Julia Evans, MOT MBA – University of Utah
Author (not presenting): Michael J. McNeil, MD MPH – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Submitter: Kathryn Gradick, MD MHS – University of Utah Health
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectDEI
Saturday, Feb 8th
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM MT
A New Opioid Crisis: Pain Medication Shortages for Patients with Serious Illness
Location: Mile High Ballroom
Author Presenting: Debora Afezolli, MD (she/her/hers) – Mount Sinai Hospital
Author Presenting: Eve Easton, RN MSc BSc (Hons) OCN CHPN (she/her/hers) – Mount Sinai Hospital
Author Presenting: Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD MS – St. John's University/ Mount Sinai Medical Center
Submitter: Debora Afezolli, MD (she/her/hers) – Mount Sinai Hospital
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectPharmacology Accredited
Saturday, Feb 8th
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM MT
Deprescribing of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Palliative Care Patients Discharged to Hospice
Location: 501-502
Presenting Author: Allison Kruger, MD MPH – Stony Brook Medicine
Author (not presenting): Laura Goodman, LCSW APHSW-C – Stony Brook University Hospital
Author (not presenting): Tara McLaughlin-Whyte, RN BSN CHPN (she/her/hers) – Stony Brook Medicine
Author (not presenting): Grace N. La Torre, DO MS FACP (she/her/hers) – Stony Brook Medicine
Early CareerQuality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectPharmacology Accredited
Saturday, Feb 8th
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM MT
Developing a Comfort Care Service: A Palliative Care and Hospital Medicine Partnership
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Neha Kayastha, MD (she/her/hers) – Duke Palliative Care
Author Presenting: Eric Pollak, MD (he/him/his) – Duke Hospital Medicine
Author (not presenting): Roberta Turner, MD (she/her/hers) – Duke Palliative Care
Author (not presenting): Yvonne Acker, RN BSN CPHQ – Duke University
Author (not presenting): David Fisher, MD MPH HDMC – Duke Home Care and Hospice
Author (not presenting): Noppon Setji, MD SFHM (he/him/his) – Duke Hospital Medicine
Author (not presenting): David J. Casarett, MD MA FAAHPM (he/him/his) – Duke Health
Submitter: Neha Kayastha, MD (she/her/hers) – Duke Palliative Care
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Project
Saturday, Feb 8th
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM MT
Measuring a Patient Reported Outcome: A Pediatric Palliative Care Nationwide QI Collaborative
Location: Mile High Ballroom
Author Presenting: Ashley K. Autrey, MD FAAP (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital New Orleans
Author (not presenting): Rachel Thienprayoon, MD MS (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Author (not presenting): Emma Jones, MD (she/her/hers) – Care Dimensions Hospice
Submitter: Ashley K. Autrey, MD FAAP (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital New Orleans
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Project
Saturday, Feb 8th
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM MT
Improving Early Initiation of Palliative Care and Hospice in the Emergency Department
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Rachel Bubly, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health/ Bellevue Hospital
Author (not presenting): Cassidy Dahn, MD – New York University Langone Medical Center
Author (not presenting): Laura Weber, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
Author (not presenting): Nina Ricci, DO – NYU Langone Health
Author (not presenting): Adriana Quinones-Camacho, MD – NYU Langone Health
Author (not presenting): Danielle Bayer, MS – NYU Langone Health
Submitter: Rachel Bubly, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health/ Bellevue Hospital
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Project
Saturday, Feb 8th
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM MT
Pain Safety Board: Lessons Learned from a Novel Palliative Care Clinic Initiative
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Dmitry Kozhevnikov, DO (he/him/his) – Yale Palliative Care Program
Author Presenting: Trinh Bui, PharmD – Yale New Haven Hospital
Submitter: Dmitry Kozhevnikov, DO (he/him/his) – Yale Palliative Care Program
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectPharmacology Accredited
Saturday, Feb 8th
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM MT
Standardization of Opioid Safety Practices for Ambulatory Palliative Care Clinics
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Juanita D. Georges, LVN (she/her/hers) – University Health System
Author Presenting: Erin Sidle, MS (she/her/hers) – University Health
Author (not presenting): Jennifer Hood, APRN – University Health
Author (not presenting): Elizabeth Rodriguez, LVN – University Health
Author (not presenting): Marisol Rodriguez, LCSW – University Health
Author (not presenting): Crystal Quevedo, LMSW – University Health
Author (not presenting): Sheyla Castellanos, MA – University Health
Author (not presenting): Adrianna Renteria, MA – University Health
Author (not presenting): Stefany Viveros – University Health
Author (not presenting): Jason Morrow, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health
Author (not presenting): Nicolina Martinez, MD – UT Health
Author (not presenting): Jared Poland, MD – UT Health
Author (not presenting): Jennifer LaCoss, MD – UT Health
Author Presenting: Sherri Cervantez, MD (she/her/hers) – UT Health
Submitter: Juanita D. Georges, LVN (she/her/hers) – University Health System
Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based ProjectPharmacology Accredited