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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
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM MT
Medicare Advantage Contributes to Racial Disparities in Home Health Use near End-of-life
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Tessa Jones, PhD LMSW – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Carmen Vargas-Torres, MA Economics – Icahn School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): R. Sean Morrison, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Claire K. Ankuda, MD MPH MSc (she/her/hers) – Mount Sinai
Submitter: Tessa Jones, PhD LMSW – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Scientific ResearchDEI
Thursday, Feb 6th
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM MT
Financial and Clinical Impact of Investor-backed Hospice Acquisitions
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Alexander Soltoff, BS (he/him/his) – Emory University
Author (not presenting): Dunc Williams, MHA PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
Author (not presenting): Robert Braun, PhD – Weill Cornell Medicine
Submitter: Alexander Soltoff, BS (he/him/his) – Emory University
Scientific Research
Thursday, Feb 6th
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM MT
Increasing Serious Illness Conversation Documentation in Hospitalized Patients: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Jessica E. Ma, MD MHSc (she/her/hers) – Duke University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Kayla W. Kilpatrick, PhD – Duke University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Clemontina Davenport, PhD MSTAT MS – Duke University
Author (not presenting): Jonathan Walter, MD – Duke University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Yvonne Acker, RN BSN CPHQ – Duke University
Author (not presenting): Noppon Setji, MD SFHM (he/him/his) – Duke Hospital Medicine
Author (not presenting): Maren Olsen, PhD – Duke School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Mihir N. Patel – Duke University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Michael Gao, BS – Duke University
Author (not presenting): Matthew R. Gardner – Duke University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Mark Sendak, MD MPP – Duke University
Author (not presenting): Suresh Balu, MS MBA – Duke University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): David J. Casarett, MD MA FAAHPM (he/him/his) – Duke Health
Submitter: Jessica E. Ma, MD MHSc (she/her/hers) – Duke University School of Medicine
Scientific ResearchEarly Career
Thursday, Feb 6th
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM MT
Racial Disparities in Specialist Palliative Care Among People with Advanced Heart Failure
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Yan Zhan, PhD (c) MBA RN (she/her/hers) – Yale University
Author (not presenting): Ling Han, MD PhD MS – Yale University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Erica A. Abel, PhD (she/her/hers) – VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Author (not presenting): Daniel Kinder, MPH – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Author (not presenting): Eric DeRycke, MPH – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Author (not presenting): Shelli L. Feder, PhD APRN ACHPN FPCN FAHA FAAN (she/her/hers) – Yale University School of Nursing
Submitter: Yan Zhan, PhD (c) MBA RN (she/her/hers) – Yale University
Scientific ResearchDEI
Thursday, Feb 6th
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM MT
Retrospective Analysis of Early versus Late Palliative Care Consultations in Decompensated Cirrhosis
Location: 501-502
Presenting Author: Alexandria Hoy, MD (she/her/hers) – Next Gen Scholar
Author (not presenting): Vinod Jeyaretnam, DO – AU/UGA Internal Medicine
Author (not presenting): Carla Erb, DO – AU/UGA
Author (not presenting): Nathan G. Haverstick, DO – AU/UGA Medical Partnership
Author (not presenting): Andrew Clermont, MD (he/him/his) – AU/UGA Medical Partnership
Next Gen ScholarScientific ResearchDEIPharmacology Accredited
Thursday, Feb 6th
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM MT
Methylphenidate-type Psychostimulants for Cancer-related Fatigue: Updated Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials
Location: 501-502
Presenting Author: Bruno A. Costa, MD (he/him/his) – The Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Marcella Sousa Barreto, MD (she/her/hers) – Elmhurst Hospital Center
Author (not presenting): Fionnuala Crowley, MBBCh (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Richard S. Sheppard, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Gregory Wolownik, DNP – The Mount Sinai Hospital
Author (not presenting): Anup Bharani, MD (he/him/his) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Beth Popp, MD FAAHPM (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Olusegun Apoeso, MBBS – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Author (not presenting): Tammie E. Quest, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
Next Gen ScholarScientific ResearchEarly CareerDEIPharmacology Accredited
Thursday, Feb 6th
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM MT
Symptom Burden in Virtual vs. In-person Outpatient Palliative Care: A Multisite Analysis
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Sarah Nouri, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Unviersity of California, San Franscisco
Author (not presenting): Steven Pantilat, MD (he/him/his) – Unviersity of California, San Franscisco
Author (not presenting): Christine S. Ritchie, MD MSPH (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Author (not presenting): Courtney Lyles, PhD – University of California, Davis
Author (not presenting): Ying Shi, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
Author (not presenting): David L. O'Riordan, PhD (he/him/his) – Unviersity of California, San Franscisco
Author (not presenting): John Boscardin, PhD – Unviersity of California, San Franscisco
Author (not presenting): Rebecca Sudore, MD – Unviersity of California, San Franscisco
Submitter: Sarah Nouri, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Unviersity of California, San Franscisco
Scientific ResearchEarly CareerPharmacology Accredited
Thursday, Feb 6th
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM MT
Scientific Research Homeroom
Location: 403-404
Speaker: Keisha White-Makinde, MD MPH
Speaker: Tracy Fasolino, PhD RN FNP-BC ACHP FPCNN (she/her/hers) – Clemson University & Bon Secours St. Francis
Scientific Research
Friday, Feb 7th
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM MT
Developing an Advance Care Planning Resource for Transgender and Gender-diverse Adults
Location: 501-502
Presenting Author: Lauren Catlett, MSN RN CNL (they/them/theirs) – University of Virginia School of Nursing
Scientific ResearchEarly CareerDEI
Friday, Feb 7th
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM MT
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence-based Screening for End-of-life and Palliative Care
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Ahmed Alasmar (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
Author (not presenting): Mika Hamer, PhD MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland School of Public Health
Author (not presenting): Kathryn Huber, MD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente
Author (not presenting): Matthew DeCamp, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
Submitter: Ahmed Alasmar (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
Scientific Research
Friday, Feb 7th
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM MT
EHR-facilitated Symptom Control Intervention Impacts Palliative Care Consultation for Advanced Cancer Patients
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Deirdre R. Pachman, MD – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Veronica Grzegorczyk – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Kathryn J. Ruddy, MD – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Joan M. Griffin, PhD – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Jacob J. Strand, MD – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Jennifer Ridgeway, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Linda Chlan, PhD R.N. – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Cindy Tofthagen, PhD RN – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Kostantinos Leventakos, MD PhD – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Jessica D. Austin, PhD – Mayo Clinic
Author (not presenting): Ashley Wilder Smith, PhD MPH – National Cancer Institute
Author (not presenting): Sandra A. Mitchell, PhD CRNP FAAN – Healthcare Delivery Research Program , National Cancer Institute
Author (not presenting): Jeph Herrin, PhD – Yale University School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Andrea L. Cheville, MD – Mayo Clinic
Submitter: Deirdre R. Pachman, MD – Mayo Clinic
Scientific ResearchPharmacology Accredited
Friday, Feb 7th
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM MT
Hospice Informal Caregivers Respite: Nature-based Virtual Reality
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Arienne Patano, BSN RN CHPN (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
Author (not presenting): Rebecca Lehto, PhD RN FAPOS FAAN (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
Author (not presenting): Gwen Wyatt, PhD RN FAPOS FAAN – Michigan State University
Submitter: Arienne Patano, BSN RN CHPN (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
Scientific Research
Friday, Feb 7th
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM MT
Pediatric Palliative Care Utilization Among U.S. Children Following Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Suzanne Gouda, MD – Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Author (not presenting): Jennifer M. Snaman, MD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital
Author (not presenting): Abby R. Rosenberg, MD MS MA – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital
Submitter: Suzanne Gouda, MD – Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Scientific Research
Friday, Feb 7th
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM MT
Interview Results from Telehealth Hospice-transition Intervention for Children/young Adults with Cancer
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Katharine E. Brock, MD MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University; Aflac Center and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Author (not presenting): Shaheen Rana, MA – Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute
Author (not presenting): Nicholas P. DeGroote, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Author (not presenting): Ebonee N. Harris, MPH – Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Author (not presenting): Anna Lange, RN MSN CPNP – Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Author (not presenting): Joanne Wolfe, MD MPH – Harvard Medical School, MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Author (not presenting): Karen Wasilewski-Masker, MD MSc – Emory University; Aflac Center and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Author (not presenting): James L. Klosky, PhD ABPP – Emory University, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Author (not presenting): Dio Kavalieratos, PhD – Emory Unviersity
Submitter: Katharine E. Brock, MD MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University; Aflac Center and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Scientific Research
Friday, Feb 7th
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM MT
Infusion of Sound: Personalized Receptive Music-based Interventions During Infusion Sessions
Location: 403-404
Presenting Author: Claire Lin, BS – The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Presenting Author: Diana Wang, BA – The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Author (not presenting): Ishaani S. Khatri, BS – Brown University
Author (not presenting): Dana Guyer, MD – Brown University Medical School
Author (not presenting): Fred Schiffman, MC MACP – The Miriam Hospital / Brown University
Scientific ResearchEarly CareerPharmacology Accredited
Friday, Feb 7th
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM MT
Discovering What Matters for Urban FQHC Patients: Can the Letter Project Help?
Location: 501-502
Presenting Author: Rahee Nerurkar, MD – Montefiore Medical Center
Author (not presenting): Deborah Swiderski, MD (she/her/hers) – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Vyjeyanthi Periyakoil, MD – Stanford University
Next Gen ScholarScientific ResearchEarly CareerDEI
Friday, Feb 7th
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM MT
Relationship Between Clinician Empathy and Perceived Racial Discrimination in Simulated Encounters
Location: 501-502
Presenting Author: Nicoy Downie, MD – Tulane University
Author (not presenting): Keonna Hyacinth, BS – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Rachel Aideyan, BS (she/they) – CUNY School of Medicine
Author (not presenting): Elizabeth Chuang, MD MPH – Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics
Next Gen ScholarScientific ResearchEarly CareerDEI
Friday, Feb 7th
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM MT
Scientific Research Homeroom
Location: 403-404
Speaker: Karleen F. Giannitrapani, PhD MA MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System / Stanford University School of Medicine
Speaker: Tracy Fasolino, PhD RN FNP-BC ACHP FPCNN (she/her/hers) – Clemson University & Bon Secours St. Francis
Scientific Research
Saturday, Feb 8th
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM MT
Should They Stay or Should They Go? Antimicrobials at the End-of-life
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Shila Pandey, DNP AGPCNP-BC ACHPN – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author (not presenting): Renee Wisniewski, AGPCNP-BC ACHPN OCN (she/her/hers) – MSKCC
Author (not presenting): Tiffanny Newman, PhD – MSKCC
Author (not presenting): Susan Seo, MD – MSKCC
Author (not presenting): Krishna Shah, PharmD MS BCIDP – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author (not presenting): Samantha Francis, MD (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Author (not presenting): William E. Rosa, PhD MBE APRN FPCN (he/him/his) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Submitter: Shila Pandey, DNP AGPCNP-BC ACHPN – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Scientific ResearchPharmacology Accredited
Saturday, Feb 8th
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM MT
When Patients Leave Hospice Alive: Quality and Continuity of Transitions off Hospice
Location: 403-403
Author Presenting: Cara L. Wallace, PhD LMSW APHSW-C (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University
Author Presenting: Stephanie P. Wladkowski, PhD LMSW APHSW-C (she/her/hers) – Bowling Green State University
Author (not presenting): Verna L. Ferguson, PhD RN FPCN FAAN – Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
Author (not presenting): Ruaa Al Juboori, PhD – University of Mississippi
Author (not presenting): Kathryn Coccia, MM MT-BC (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University, School of Social Work
Author (not presenting): Antonia V. Bennett, PhD PPCNP-BC CPNP-AC – University of North Carolina
Author (not presenting): Leslie J. Hinyard, PhD MSW (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University
Submitter: Cara L. Wallace, PhD LMSW APHSW-C (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University
Scientific Research
Saturday, Feb 8th
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM MT
Early Palliative Care for Metastatic Cancer and Suicide Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries
Location: 403-404
Author Presenting: Molly Nowels, MA MS PhD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
Author (not presenting): Paul Duberstein, PhD – Rutgers School of Public Health
Submitter: Molly Nowels, MA MS PhD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
Scientific Research