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Full Schedule

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Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, March 3, 2026
  • Logistics
  • 3:30pm - 7:00pm PST
    Registration
  • Wednesday, March 4, 2026
  • 6:30am - 7:30pm PST
    Registration
  • 7:00am - 8:00am PST
    Grab and Go Breakfast
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Labyrinth
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Lactation Lounge
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Quiet Space
  • Annual Assembly Preconference Sessions
  • 8:00am - 12:00pm PST
    Morning Sessions
  • 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Full Day Sessions
  • 1:00pm - 5:00pm PST
    Afternoon Sessions
  • State of the Science Symposium (P01)
  • 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
    P01 State of the Science Symposium
  • Wednesday Exhibit Hall
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm PST
    Faculty Attended Poster Session #1
  • 5:30pm - 6:30pm PST
    Mariachi Band
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm PST
    PaintFest
  • 7:00pm - 7:30pm PST
    Mariachi Band
  • Receptions
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    New Member and First Time Attendee Reception
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm PST
    Opening Reception with Exhibits
  • Thursday, March 5, 2026
  • Logistics
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Lactation Lounge
  • 6:30am - 7:00pm PST
    Registration
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Labyrinth
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Quiet Space
  • ISPEC Breakfast
  • 6:45am - 7:45am PST
    Integrating Spirituality into Clinical Practice: Breakfast with The GW Institute for Spiritualty and Health (GWish)
  • Bridge Room
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Early Career/Professionals in Training Orientation
  • Thursday Community Meetings
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    AAHPM Academic Palliative Medicine Council Meeting
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    AAHPM Hospice Medicine Council Meeting
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    AAHPM Pediatrics Council Meeting
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    HPNA Pediatric SIG
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    HPNA Research and Emerging Scholars SIG
  • Thursday Keynote
  • 8:00am - 8:30am PST
    Introductions & AAHPM Awards
  • 8:30am - 9:30am PST
    Clear on Purpose
  • Break
  • 9:30am - 10:30am PST
    Break with Exhibits and Poster
  • Thursday Exhibit Hall
  • 10:00am - 10:30am PST
    Autonomy at the Bedside: Integrating Medical Aid in Dying into Hospice and Palliative Care Practice
  • Bogetz Lecture
  • 10:30am - 12:00pm PST
    Bogetz Lecture: Frontline Mental Health Care for Anxiety: Optimizing the Interprofessional Team across the Continuum
  • Thursday Learning Flight 1
  • 10:30am - 10:45am PST
    Ethical Challenges in Forgoing Nutrition and Hydration in Infants with Severe Neonatal Encephalopathy
  • 10:30am - 10:45am PST
    Timing and Documentation of LVAD Deactivation Conversations in Destination Therapy
  • 10:30am - 10:50am PST
    Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial of Advance Care Planning for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Bridging Gaps in Care: A Framework for Building a Community-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Program
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Connecting with Compassion: National Strategies for Telepalliative Care
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Five Lessons from Malpractice Cases in Hospice and Palliative Care
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Rethinking Antimicrobials in End-of-Life Care: Navigating Evidence, Ethics, and Practices
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    What About Us? Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    When Will My Depression Get Better?: Current Status of Rapid-onset Antidepressants in Hospice and Palliative Care.
  • 10:45am - 11:00am PST
    Charlie’s Way Toolkit: Perspectives from Bereaved Parents and Staff on Postmortem Care
  • 10:45am - 11:00am PST
    Facilitating Autonomy and Understanding: Engaging Adults with Autism in Serious Illness Decision-Making
  • 10:50am - 11:10am PST
    Long-Term Outcomes of Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment and their Care Partners
  • 11:00am - 11:15am PST
    Sleep No More: A Case of Severe Insomnia Due to Injury to the Reticular Activating System From Glioblastoma Multiforme
  • 11:00am - 11:15am PST
    What Families Wish They Had Known: Research on Immediate End-of-Life Care Needs in Cancer Patients
  • 11:10am - 11:30am PST
    Improving Hospice Dementia Care: Reducing Antipsychotic Use Through Implementation of a Dementia Care Program
  • 11:15am - 11:30am PST
    Considerations for Care of Patients in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) Custody
  • 11:15am - 11:30am PST
    Making Serious Illness Conversations Happen: Understanding Implementation Through Teamwork
  • Bridge Room
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Voices for Equity: Tackling Health Equity Challenges Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration
  • Thursday Exhibit Hall
  • 11:30am - 12:30pm PST
    Safeguarding Wealth: Lawsuit Prevention and Tax Strategies
  • 11:30am - 1:00pm PST
    Break with Exhibits and Posters
  • Lunch Break
  • 11:30am - 1:00pm PST
    Lunch on your own
  • International Scholars Presentation
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST
    International Scholars Presentation
  • Thursday Community Meetings
  • 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST
    Ethics SIG Meeting
  • 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST
    Program Leader SIG Meeting
  • 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST
    Psychosocial & Mental Health SIG Meeting
  • 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST
    Rural SIG Meeting
  • 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST
    Telehealth & Technology Forum
  • Film Viewing
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
    The Soft Surrender, Film Viewing
  • Deep Dive
  • 1:00pm - 3:30pm PST
    Deep Dive into the Evolving Policy Environment
  • Thursday Learning Flight 2
  • 1:00pm - 1:20pm PST
    Trends in Hospice Use among Older Adults with Dementia and Cancer by Race and Ethnicity, 2011–2021
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    A Decade of Palliative Care-Focused Virtual Clinical Skills Training
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Calm your Nerves: Clinical Tips from Neuropalliative Experts to Ease your Neurophobia
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Listening Across Cultures: A Framework for Cross Cultural Serious Illness Communication
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Reinvigorating Hospice Care through Standards, Data, Branding, and Quality-based Competition
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Thriving in Transition: Empowering Mid-Career Clinicians in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
    HAPC Voices
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
    Pediatric State of the Science
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
    Serious Illness at the Margins: Providing Palliative Care to People with Serious Mental Illnesses
  • 1:20pm - 1:40pm PST
    Usability Testing of a Hospice Live Discharge Protocol (LDP)
  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    Effective Strategies for Operationalizing Goals of Care Documentation: Lessons, Advice, and Key Messages
  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    Lean on Me: Rehabilitation and Durable Medical Equipment in Serious Neurologic Illness
  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    Star Witness: Physician Roles in Audits and Appeals
  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    Supporting the Research Pipeline: The First Year of the AAHPM Serious Illness Research Consultancy Center
  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    Tools for Trust Building: Developing a Serious Illness Conversation Primer
  • 1:40pm - 2:00pm PST
    Symptom Burden and Hospice Use of Nursing Home Residents Before Death
  • Break
  • 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
    Break with Exhibits and Posters
  • Thursday Exhibit Hall
  • 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
    Reimagining Palliative Care Impact: The Operational Mechanics Behind Patient & Caregiver Empowerment, Trust, and Measurable Results
  • Film Viewing
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm PST
    The Soft Surrender, Film Viewing
  • Thursday Learning Flight 3
  • 2:30pm - 2:45pm PST
    Essential Components of Emergency Care Plans for Medically Complex Pediatric Patients
  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Bridging the Hesitation Gap: A Motivational Interviewing Approach to Earlier Goals of Care Conversations
  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Caring With Confidence: A Guided Approach to End-of-Life Care
  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Delirium 2.0: What’s New and What Works for Palliative Care and Hospice Patients?
  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Home Run: How Lessons Learned Using Dexmedetomidine in the Inpatient Hospice Unit Allowed for its Use in Home Hospice
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm PST
    Beyond the Basics: Practical Skills for LGBTQIA+ Affirming Palliative and End-of-Life Care
  • 2:45pm - 3:00pm PST
    Coincidentia Oppositorum Bridging Obstetric Anesthesia and Palliative Care
  • 3:00pm - 3:15pm PST
    Views of Mental Health Professionals on Palliative Care
  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    AI Guys Version 2.0
  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    Beyond the Prescription: Supporting Families During and After Medical Aid In Dying
  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    Breaking the Cycle: Complex Persistent Opioid Dependence and Buprenorphine in Chronic Sickle Cell Pain
  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    Music’s Superpower: Incorporating Live Therapeutic Music into Your Hospice Care
  • 3:15pm - 3:30pm PST
    Emergency Department–Embedded Palliative Care Consultations: A Feasibility Pilot Study
  • RAPiD Poster Sessions
  • 2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
    Communication, Shared Decision-Making, and Education
  • 2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
    Equity, Access, and Community Engagement
  • 2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
    Healthcare Utilization, Palliative Care Service Delivery, and Symptom Burden
  • Thursday Exhibit Hall
  • 4:00pm - 7:00pm PST
    Job Fair in Exhibit Hall
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm PST
    Faculty Attended Poster Session
  • Thursday Homerooms
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    DEI Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    EC/PIT Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Education Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Hospice Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Innovations Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Leadership/PD Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Peds Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Symptoms Homeroom
  • Thursday Community Meetings
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Accessibility, Disability & Inclusion Forum
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    East and South Asian Professionals, Patients, and Families in HPM Forum
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Latino PPF Forum
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    LGTBQ+ SIG Meeting
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Richard Payne Black PPF Forum
  • Fireside Chat with Yuki Nuguchi and Arif Kamal
  • 5:30pm - 6:00pm PST
    Fireside Chat with Yuki Nuguchi and Arif Kamal
  • Receptions
  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm PST
    DEI Reception
  • Friday, March 6, 2026
  • Logistics
  • 6:30am - 5:00pm PST
    Registration
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Labyrinth
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Lactation Lounge
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm PST
    Quiet Space
  • Cambia Leadership Breakfast
  • 6:45am - 7:45am PST
    Cambia Leadership Breakfast: Navigating Change, Fostering Innovation: Leadership Excellence in Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Friday Community Meetings
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Cancer & Cancer Treatments SIG Meeting
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Research SIG Meeting
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Safe Use of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Forum
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Self-Care Forum
  • Friday Keynote
  • 8:00am - 8:30am PST
    Introductions & HPNA Awards
  • 8:30am - 9:30am PST
    Palliative Care for Persons With Late-stage Alzheimer's and Related Dementias and Their Caregivers
  • Break
  • 9:30am - 10:30am PST
    Break with Exhibits and Posters
  • Friday Learning Flight 1
  • 10:30am - 10:45am PST
    Global Barriers to Pediatric Palliative Care: A Systematic Review

    Presenting Author: Kimberlee Grier, PhD, BSN, CHPN, CHPPN – Columbia University School of Nursing

    Author (not presenting): Victoria Winogora, Mphil, MSN, AGACNP-BC, – Columbia University

    Author (not presenting): Christine E. DeForge, PhD, RN, CCRN – Columbia University School of Nursing

  • 10:30am - 10:50am PST
    Specialist palliative care vs usual care in cystic fibrosis: results of the InSPIRe:CF multisite trial

    Presenting Author: Dio Kavalieratos, PhD, FAAHPM – Emory University

    Author (not presenting): Jane Lowers, PhD, MPA – Emory University

    Author (not presenting): Kwonho Jeong, MS – University of Pittsburgh

    Author (not presenting): Tianxiu Wang, PhD – University of Pittsburgh

    Author (not presenting): Robert M. Arnold, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

    Author (not presenting): Marie A. Bakitas, DNSc, RN – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Author (not presenting): Laura C. Hanson, MD – UNC Chapel Hill

    Author (not presenting): Elisabeth P. Dellon, MD, MPH – UNC School of Medicine

  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Budgeting for the Soul: The Cost Conscious Case for Adding Spiritual Care to the Palliative IDT

    Presenting Author: Danielle F. DiGennaro, MSN, ARNP, ACHPN – UW Health

    Presenting Author: Bryce Woyak, MDiv, BCC – Bristol Hospice

  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Bup or bust! Expanding safe and effective use of buprenorphine in the adolescent population

    Presenting Author: Mallory Fossa, MS, CPNP-PC, CHPPN – Yale New Haven Health

    Author (not presenting): Shannon E. Michel Wynn, MD – University of Connecticut School of Medicine/Connecticut Children's

    Presenting Author: Justin Kullgren, PharmD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Sachin Kale, MD – Ohio State University

    Author (not presenting): Taylor Aglio, MD, MEd – Connecticut Children's Medical Center

  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Cannabis in the Clinic: How to Implement an Embedded Medical Cannabis Program in an Academic Palliative Care Practice

    Presenting Author: Kimberly A. Curseen, MD FAAHPM – Emory School of Medicine

    Presenting Author: Sonja Sanders, MBA – Emory Healthcare

    Presenting Author: Tonya Hershman, PharmD, BCPS – Emory Healthcare

    Author (not presenting): Stephanie Choate, LCSW, ACHP-SW – Emory Healthcare

    Author (not presenting): Ali John J. Zarrabi, MD – Emory University

    Author (not presenting): Chike Leigh, MD

  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    End of Life Symptom Management: Emergencies in Palliative Medicine—A Novel Simulation-Based Education Program

    Presenting Author: Mei-Ean Yeow, BMBCh, FAAHPM, FACP – Mayo Clinic, Rochester

    Author (not presenting): Laura Rhee, DO, MHA – Mayo Clinic

    Presenting Author: Emily Olson, APRN, CNP, MSN – Mayo Clinic

    Presenting Author: Wiste Rachel, APRN, CNP, MSN – Mayo Clinic

    Presenting Author: Usha Asirvatham, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHSE – Mayo Clinic

  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    From Prompt to Practice: Real-World Applications of Generative AI in Specialty Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Karl B. Bezak, MD HMDC – UPMC, University of Pittsburgh

    Author (not presenting): William E. Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN, FAAN, FPCN – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Presenting Author: Nicolas Burry, DNP – Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Author (not presenting): Pragat Patel – University of Pennsylvania

    Presenting Author: Jacob J. Strand, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Presenting Author: Craig D. Blinderman, MD, MA – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Speed Dating with the Pharmacy Ladies: Pearls from the Wild Side of Palliative Pharmacotherapy

    Presenting Author: Kathryn A. Walker, PharmD, BCPS, FAAHPM – Medstar Health; U of MD School of Pharmacy

    Author (not presenting): Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD PhD FAAHPM – University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

    Presenting Author: Alexandra L. McPherson, PharmD, MPH – MWHC

  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    When Hospice Referrals Are Placed to Improve Hospital Mortality Metrics

    Presenting Author: Gina Piscitello, MD MS – University of Pittsburgh

    Presenting Author: Ryan Baldeo, MPAS, MSPC, PA-C, FAAHPM – Stanford Health Care

    Presenting Author: Gregg Alan Robbins-Welty, MD, MS, HEC-C – Emory University

    Presenting Author: Emily J. Martin, MD, M.S., FAAHPM – UCLA Health

    Presenting Author: Joseph Shega, MD – VITAS Healthcare

    Presenting Author: Michael Huber, MD MS HEC-C – University of Miami

  • 10:45am - 11:00am PST
    Quality of End-of-Life Care for Children Dying of Cancer: A Retrospective EHR Review

    Presenting Author: Jamie Holdsambeck, MPA – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Presenting Author: Ritikraj Arya, BA – University of Alabama at Birmingham Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship

    Author (not presenting): Isaac Martinez, BA – UAB Heersink School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Jori Bogetz, MD – Seattle Children's Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Rachel Thienprayoon, MD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Elsa M. Ayala, BS – Seattle Children’s Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Jhansi Chandra Ellakula, MS, Pharm D – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Emily E. Johnston, MD, MS – Children's of Alabama/ University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • 10:50am - 11:10am PST
    Extending Specialty Palliative Care’s Reach: The Use of Comfort Care Order Sets

    Presenting Author: Steven Z. Pantilat, MD – UCSF

    Presenting Author: Laura A. Schoenherr, MD – UCSF

    Author (not presenting): David L. O'Riordan, PhD – UCSF

    Author (not presenting): Joanna Sharpless, MD – UCSF

    Author (not presenting): Yuika Goto, MD – UCSF

    Author (not presenting): Tawnya Napoli, MS, RN, AGNP-BC – Center for Nursing Excellence & Innovation, UCSF

    Author (not presenting): Kristen Vossler, MD – UCSF Department of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Cynthia Fenton, MD – Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation, UCSF

  • 11:00am - 11:15am PST
    Characterizing Communication Strategies to Open the Door to Difficult Conversations in Pediatric Serious Illness

    Presenting Author: Stephanie Gehle, MD – St Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Sarah Laudon, MD – Indiana University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Brittany Cowfer, MD – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Erica C. Kaye, MD, MPH, FAAHPM – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

  • 11:10am - 11:30am PST
    A pragmatic model for cultural adaptation of serious illness communication skills training

    Presenting Author: Tumusime Musafiri, MPH – Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima

    Author (not presenting): Pacifique Uwamahoro, MPH, RN – Francois Xavier Bagnoud

    Author (not presenting): Eulade Rugengamanzi, MD, MMed – Butaro Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Diane A. Ndoli, MD, MMed – Rwanda Military Teaching Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Rebecca L. Sudore, MD – University of California, San Francisco

    Author (not presenting): Wendy G. Anderson, MD, MS – Alameda Health System

    Author (not presenting): Justin J. Sanders, MD, MSc – McGill University

    Author (not presenting): Rebecca J. DeBoer, MD, MA – University of California, San Francisco

  • 11:15am - 11:30am PST
    Potential of Team-Based Approaches to Improve Goals of Care Conversations in Primary Care Settings

    Presenting Author: Jessica Ma, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Jennifer Palmer, MS, PhD – VA CHOIR

    Author (not presenting): Amy Linsky, MD, MSc – VA Boston

    Author (not presenting): Megan B. McCullough, MA, PhD – VA CHOIR

    Author (not presenting): Renda Wiener, MD, MPH – Boston University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Samantha Ryan, MPH – VA CHOIR

    Author (not presenting): Michael Still, MS – VA CHOIR

  • Bridge Room
  • 10:30am - 11:30am PST
    Starting Your Career in Hospice & Palliative Medicine
  • Friday Faculty Attended Poster Session
  • 11:30am - 1:00pm PST
    Faculty Attended Poster Session
  • Lunch Break
  • 11:30am - 1:00pm PST
    Lunch on your own
  • Organizational Meetings
  • 11:45am - 12:45pm PST
    AAHPM Business Meeting
  • 11:45am - 12:45pm PST
    HPNA Networking Meeting
  • Exhibit Hall Events
  • 12:45pm - 1:00pm PST
    Passport Drawing
  • 1:30pm - 5:00pm PST
    Poster Pick Up
  • Deep Dive
  • 1:00pm - 3:30pm PST
    Deep Dive into Opioid Conversion Calculations and Breakthrough Pain: Innovation Informing the Art and Science
  • Friday Learning Flight 2
  • 1:00pm - 1:15pm PST
    Unlocking Relief: Dextromethorphan-Quinidine as a Palliative Intervention for Jaw Clonus in ALS

    Presenting Author: Santosh Yatam Ganesh, MD, MPH, FACP – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Author (not presenting): Mary Acelle Garcia, MD – Baylor College of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): James P. Orengo, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

    Presenting Author: Leanne K. Jackson, MD – Baylor College of Medicine

  • 1:00pm - 1:20pm PST
    Inpatient Palliative Care Reduces 30- and 90-Day Readmissions in Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Nationwide Analysis

    Presenting Author: Kibwey Roderick Andwele Peterkin, MBBS – Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale University

    Author (not presenting): Carina-Leigh Lezama, MD – Peterborough City Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Shani McLean, MD, MPH – Interfaith Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Abiolah Telesford, MD – Sutter Roseville Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Elaine Oliveira, MD – Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale University

    Author (not presenting): Andrew Zbyrko, MD – Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale University

    Author (not presenting): Omar Oudit, DO – One Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Chantelle Harry, MD – North Mississippi Medical Center

  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Consensus Guidelines: Respiratory Changes in Home Hospice

    Presenting Author: Debra Parker Oliver, PhD, MSW – Washington University, St Louis

    Presenting Author: Patrick White, MD,PhD, HMDC,FACP, FAAHPM – Washington University St Louis

  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Home is Where the Heart Is: Experiences of an AHA-accredited Hospice Program

    Presenting Author: Carrie Hempel-Sanderoff, DO HMDC, DO, HMDC – Gilchrist Hospice Care

    Presenting Author: Shawn Brast, MSN, RN, CHPN – Gilchrist Hospice Care

  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Integrating Pharmacogenomics into Pediatric Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Adam Sterman, MD – Children's Minnesota

    Presenting Author: Courtney Paetznick, PharmD – Children's Minnesota

  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Introducing Clarity into Moral Distress Discernment: A 5-step Intergrated Approach for Palliative Care Leaders

    Presenting Author: Chris Onderdonk, MSW, LCSW, AHPSW-C – UC San Diego Health Doris A. Howell Palliative Teams

    Presenting Author: Gary Buckholz, MD, HMDC, FAAHPM – The Center for Compassionate Communication, UC San Diego

  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Smart Tools, Compassionate Care: Navigating AI in Hospice and Palliative Training

    Presenting Author: Molly Svendsen, n/a – Mayo Clinic

  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
    Suzetrigine: What We Know and What We Don't

    Presenting Author: Michael C. Matthews, MD – Rush University Medical Center

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
    Understanding the Landscape of Palliative Care Integration in the Care of People Affected by Sickle Cell Disease

    Presenting Author: Griffin S. Collins, MD, MAS – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Presenting Author: Eberechi Nwogu-Onyempka, MD, MHS, FAAHPM, FACP – Washington University

    Presenting Author: Rhonda Smith-Wright, PhD, MHSA, RN – Emory University

    Presenting Author: Shyranda A. Jones, LCSW – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Presenting Author: Toluwalase Ajayi, MD FAAPHM FAAP – UCSD/RCHSD

    Author (not presenting): Meghan Meadows, PhD, MPH – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Erica C. Kaye, MD, MPH, FAAHPM – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

  • 1:15pm - 1:30pm PST
    Intermittent Lidocaine Infusion for Refractory Neuropathic Cancer Pain

    Presenting Author: Carley Borrelli – VIA Health Partners

    Author (not presenting): Jeffrey E. Lynds, B.S. Pharmacy – 'Via Health Partners' (providers of hospice & palliative medicine)

    Author (not presenting): Donna Parnell, Registered Nurse – Via Health Partners

    Presenting Author: Elena E. Eckert, LCSW, LMSW, APHSW-C – VIA Health Partners

  • 1:20pm - 1:40pm PST
    Double Burden, Double Delay: Multimorbidity and Missed Opportunities for Timely Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Kendall R. McDill, MD – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health

    Author (not presenting): Hongmei Yang, PhD – Advocate Health

    Author (not presenting): Joanna Asselin, DNP – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

    Author (not presenting): Theresa Berg, BS – Advocate Health

    Author (not presenting): Erica Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, NEA-BC, FPCN – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Katie Painter, MMS, PA-C – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Alexander Zirulnik, MD, MPH – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Jennifer Gabbard, MD – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

  • 1:30pm - 1:45pm PST
    Buprenorphine for Refractory HIV-Associated Peripheral Neuropathy

    Presenting Author: Brian Bartlett – Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

    Presenting Author: Kerry A. Sheehan, MD – Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Rebecca Goett, MD FAAHPM FACEP – Jersey Shore University Medical Center

  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    "Can't You Just Make Him Sleep?" The Trials and Tribulations of Pediatric Palliative Sedation

    Presenting Author: Jaime Jump, DO – Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

    Presenting Author: Jennifer M. Hwang, MD, MHS, MSEd – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    AI in the Gray Zone: Ethics of End-of-Life Resource Allocation in Language Models

    Presenting Author: Javier Zaglul, MD – FAU

    Presenting Author: Alfonso Manotas, MD – Trustbridge

    Author (not presenting): Darian Peters, n/a – FAU

    Author (not presenting): Amit Sagar – FAU

    Author (not presenting): Marni K. Gleiber, MD – FAU Schmidt College of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Michele Retrouvey, MD – FAU College of Medicine

    Presenting Author: George Luck, MD FAAHPM – FAU

  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    DORA The Explorer: Exploring Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonists for Insomnia in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    Presenting Author: Tyler Luonuansuu, MD – Mayo Clinic- Arizona

    Presenting Author: Leslie R. Siegel, Pharm.D., R.Ph. – Mayo Clinic

  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    Reducing Rural Palliative Care Gap: Partnering with Community Members with Cancer & Caregivers to Build the Program

    Presenting Author: Sandhya Mudumbi, MD – Tennessee Oncology

    Presenting Author: Carol Noon, MS Palliative Care – Tennessee Oncology

    Presenting Author: Nataly Bailey, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN – TN Oncology

    Presenting Author: Jenny Thacker, CPT, CES – Putnam County Family YMCA

    Presenting Author: Sara Erger, AGPCNP, AOCNP – Tennessee Oncology

    Author (not presenting): Melody A. Fryling, LCSW, GC-C – TN ONC

    Presenting Author: Ronit A. Elk, PhD, FAAHPM – University of Alabama, Birmingham

  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    Rising Like a Phoenix: Leadership Tips for Restoring Inpatient & Outpatient Palliative Care Teams' Morale & Purpose

    Presenting Author: Maria L. Sturchler, MD, EdD, HMDC – Lower Cape Fear LifeCare & Novant Health, Coastal NC Region

    Presenting Author: Heather Boykin, DNP, ANP-BC – Transitions LifeCare

    Presenting Author: Shawnyha Thomas, MBA – Lower Cape Fear LifeCare - Wilmington

    Presenting Author: Colleen Youngblood, RN – Lower Cape Fear LifeCare - Wilmington

  • 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
    When Self Harm Becomes Terminal : The Ethics Of Decision-Making In Self Induced Terminal Illness

    Presenting Author: Alisha Kshetry, MD – Jackson Memorial Hospital

    Presenting Author: Mariana Khawand-Azoulai, MD – Jackson Health System/University of Miami Health System

    Author (not presenting): Amanda Alladin, MD, HEC-C – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Srivarun Sai Tummarakota, BA – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  • 1:40pm - 2:00pm PST
    Problems with Sensitivity, Accuracy and Bias of the Z51.5 Code as an Indicator of Specialist Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: J Brian Cassel, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University

    Author (not presenting): May Hua, MD, MS – Columbia University

    Author (not presenting): Jon Cloughesy, BS – University of Southern California

    Author (not presenting): Nathan W. Carroll, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University

    Author (not presenting): Peter May, PhD – King's College London

    Author (not presenting): Brian Bayes, MS, MBMI – Palliative and Advance Illness Research (PAIR) Center, University of Pennsylvania

    Author (not presenting): Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

    Author (not presenting): Kate Courtright, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania

  • 1:45pm - 2:00pm PST
    Refractory Agitation in Advanced Huntington’s Disease: Palliative Management at End of Life

    Author (not presenting): Samantha Sircar, DO – Broward Health

    Presenting Author: Nieves Sanchez, MD – Broward Health

    Presenting Author: Orly Hadar, MD – Vitas Healthcare

    Author (not presenting): Preeya Desh, MD – VITAS

    Author (not presenting): Jalisa Carvalho, MD – VITAS

    Author (not presenting): John Zaravinos, MD – VITAS

  • Bridge Room
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
    Insights from Emerging Leaders in Palliative Nursing Research
  • Break
  • 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
    Break
  • Friday Learning Flight 3
  • 2:30pm - 2:45pm PST
    Development and Implementation of a Palliative Care Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents

    Presenting Author: Yasmina Hachem, n/a – Mount Auburn Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Julie W. Childers, MD – University of Pittsburgh

  • 2:30pm - 2:50pm PST
    Associations Between Social Risk Factors and Advanced Childhood Cancer Care Quality and Experience

    Presenting Author: Kelly Butler, BA – Yale School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Meghan E. Lindsay, MPH – Yale School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Sona N. Kocinsky, BS – Harvard Medical School

    Author (not presenting): Prasanna J. Ananth, MD, MPH – Yale School of Medicine

  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Bridging the Gap: Expanding General Inpatient Transitions to the Pediatric Population

    Presenting Author: Christi A. Stewart, MD, FAAFP, FAAHPM, HMDC – Carilion Clinic

    Presenting Author: Laura B. Priest-Buckner, NP-C – Carilion Clinic Hospice

  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Buprenorphine for the Management of Cancer Related Pain and Facilitation of Survivorship Transition

    Presenting Author: Heather J. Jackson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Karen A. Hande, PhD, DNP, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, ANEF – Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

    Presenting Author: Taylor W. Butler, n/a – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Bethany Raffalovich, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Chew on This: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit for Swallowing Support at the End of Life

    Presenting Author: Sanora Yonan, M.S., CCC-SLP – City of Hope

    Presenting Author: Taylor Wilde, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-S – City of Hope National Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Eric D. Mecusker, DO – City of Hope

  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    From Pathophys to Prognosis: Teaching Oncology Concepts to Elevate Interdisciplinary Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Sinthana Uma Ramsey, DO, MS – UPMC - Division of General Internal Medicine - Section of Palliative Care & Medical Ethics

    Author (not presenting): Vasilii Bushunow, MD – UPMC

    Author (not presenting): Roby Thomas, MD – UPMC - Division of Hematology Oncology

    Author (not presenting): Scott Rothenberger, Ph.D. – UPMC - Division of General Internal Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Carla Spagnoletti, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Robert M. Arnold, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

    Author (not presenting): Jane Schell, MD – University of Pittsburgh & UPMC

  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    From Pilot to Practice: Scaling a Supportive Oncology Innovation Across a Cancer Center

    Presenting Author: Kate M. Lally, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: Carrie Wu, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: VANESSA BATTISTA, DNP, MBA, CPNP-PC, CHPPN, FPCN, FAAN – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: Michelle Jacobo, PhD – DFCI

    Presenting Author: Courtney Bitz, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C, ACHP-SW – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: Saima Awan, MBA – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: Caroline Cubbison, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
    Reflection & Resilience’: A Structured Team-Based Intervention to Address Compassion Fatigue and Burnout

    Presenting Author: Gabriel Chain, MBBS BSc – Nemours Children's Health

    Author (not presenting): Marylou Draper, BCC – Nemours Children's Health

    Author (not presenting): Amelia Hayes, CCLS, MPH – Nemours Children's Health

    Author (not presenting): Ricki Carroll, MD, MBE – Nemours Children's Health

    Author (not presenting): Juliana O'Brien, MSN, FNP-BC – Nemours Children's Health

    Author (not presenting): Carly Levy, MD – Nemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

    Author (not presenting): Elissa G. Miller, MD – Nemours Children's Health

    Author (not presenting): Mindy Dickerman, MD – Nemours Children's Health

  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm PST
    Bridging Gaps in End-of-Life Care: A Statewide EMS Hospice Protocol for Pennsylvania

    Presenting Author: Heather N. Valente, MSPAS, PA-C – UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Author (not presenting): Christian Martin-Gill, MD, MPH – UPMC

    Author (not presenting): Richard Wadas, MD, FACEP, FAEMS – UPMC

  • Bridge Room
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm PST
    Washington Update: Federal Policy Developments Shaping Hospice & Palliative Care in 2026
  • Friday Learning Flight 3
  • 2:45pm - 3:00pm PST
    Medical Education Considerations regarding Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD)

    Presenting Author: Sheila Chienyenwa Okere, MD – Emory University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Dana Lustbader, MD – Northwell Health

  • 2:50pm - 3:10pm PST
    “Well, how many times can I ask for it?” Parent perspectives of social needs support during childhood cancer care

    Presenting Author: Sarah Wright, BA – UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Selena Murcia Mendez, BA – UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Anna C. Revette, PhD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Author (not presenting): Chelsea E. Heneghan, DNP, MBA – Boston Children's Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Nicholas Purol, MSW, LICSW – Boston Children's Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH – Mass General Brigham, Mass General Brigham for Children, Harvard Medical School

    Author (not presenting): Kira Bona, MD, MPH – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Author (not presenting): Puja J. Umaretiya, MD, MS – UT Southwestern Medical Center

  • 3:00pm - 3:15pm PST
    Bridging the Gap: Understanding Barriers in Transitions from Inpatient to Outpatient Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Daniella Ortiz, n/a – UNC

    Author (not presenting): Clarissa Durand-Rougely, MD – The University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    Buprenorphine as First-Line Opioid for Pain in Palliative Care: When, How, and For Whom?

    Presenting Author: Amy Allen Case, MD, FAAHPM – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Presenting Author: Mellar Davis, MD – Atrium Health Wake Forest Carolinas Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Ali John J. Zarrabi, MD – Emory University

    Presenting Author: Marcin Chwistek, MD, FAAHPM – Fox Chase Cancer Center

  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    From ICU to IPU: Bridging the Gap in End-of-Life Care

    Presenting Author: Kenzie Daniels-Fasano, MD, HMDC – University of North Carolina - ChapelHill

    Author (not presenting): Jared Lowe, MD HMDC – University of North Carolina - ChapelHill

    Author (not presenting): Christine Nevins-Herbert, MD – HopeHealth/Brown University

    Author (not presenting): Justin A. Millan, RN, CHPN – HopeHealth

    Presenting Author: Jensy Stafford, MD – Brown/HopeHealth

  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    Impact of an Interprofessional Trauma-Informed Palliative Care Workshop

    Presenting Author: L. Emily Cotter, MD, MPH – University of New Mexico School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): William E. Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN, FAAN, FPCN – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Presenting Author: Heather Bemis, PhD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Author (not presenting): Jeanna A. Ford, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FCNS – University of New Mexico Hospital

    Presenting Author: Leah Tenenbaum, BCC-PCHAC – Yale New Haven Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Jessica Madrigal-Bauguss, PhD – NMVAHCS

    Author (not presenting): Esme E. Finlay, MD – University of New Mexico School of Medicine/Albuquerque VAMC

    Presenting Author: Vyjeyanthi Periyakoil, MD – Stanford University

  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    Navigating Changes in Clinical Practice: Lessons from Supporting Buprenorphine Prescribing

    Presenting Author: Grant M. Smith, MD – Stanford School of Medicine

    Presenting Author: Kyle Quirk, PharmD, BCPMP – Henry Ford Hospital

    Presenting Author: David R. Henkin, MD – Henry Ford Health

    Presenting Author: Emily P. Linderman, BCC – Stanford Health Care

    Presenting Author: Laura Cantino, MD – Kaiser Permanente Northern California, East Bay

    Presenting Author: Stephanie Zankman, DO – Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Redwood City

    Presenting Author: Janet J. Ho, MD MPH FAAHPM FASAM – UCSF

    Presenting Author: Sandy Trieu, MD HMDC – Stanford School of Medicine

  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    PPC Catalyst Program: Model for Sustained Culture Change Across Specialties

    Presenting Author: Hannah Whitehead, RN, MSN, GNP-BC – Kaiser Permanente

    Presenting Author: Scott Schmidt, MD – Kaiser Permanente

    Presenting Author: Mukund Ramkumar, MD – Kaiser Permanente

    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Reinking, MBA – Kaiser Permanente

    Presenting Author: Ruma Kumar, MD – Kaiser Permanente

  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
    Precision in Pediatric Palliative Care: Looking Ahead to the Next Twenty-Five Years

    Presenting Author: Amy S. Porter, MD, PhD – Mass General Brigham for Children, Harvard Medical School

    Presenting Author: Sarah McCarthy, PhD, MPH, ABPP – Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

    Presenting Author: Chelsea E. Heneghan, DNP, MBA – Boston Children's Hospital

    Presenting Author: Veronica Dussel, MD, MPH – Mass General Brigham Hospital for Children

    Presenting Author: Jennifer M. Snaman, MD, MS – Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

    Presenting Author: Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH – Mass General Brigham, Mass General Brigham for Children, Harvard Medical School

  • 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
    Prognostic Communication and End-of-Life Preparation in Pediatric Oncology: a Mixed-Methods Study

    Author (not presenting): Na Ouyang, PhD, RN – Yale University

    Author (not presenting): Tish Knobf, PhD, RN, FAAN – Yale University

    Author (not presenting): Prasanna J. Ananth, MD, MPH – Yale School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Justin N. Baker, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM – Stanford School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Michael Backman, MSN, RN – Yale University

    Author (not presenting): Shelli L. Feder, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAHA, FAAN – Yale School of Nursing

    Presenting Author: Jennifer M. Snaman, MD, MS – Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

  • 3:15pm - 3:30pm PST
    Reflective Experiences on Integration of Palliative Care in the MICU at A Safety Net Hospital

    Presenting Author: Tochi J. Nwaneri Nwosu, MD – UC Davis Health

    Author (not presenting): Wendy G. Anderson, MD, MS – Alameda Health System

    Author (not presenting): Heather A. Harris, MD – Department of Medicine, Alameda Health System

  • Friday Homerooms
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    DEI Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    EC/PIT Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Education Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Hospice Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Innovations Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Leadership/PD Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Peds Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Scientific Research Homeroom
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm PST
    Symptoms Homeroom
  • Friday Community Meetings
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Early Investigators Forum
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Education SIG Meeting
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Global SIG Meeting
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Neuropalliative SIG Meeting
  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm PST
    Substance Use Disorder and Diversion SIG Meeting
  • Saturday, March 7, 2026
  • Logistics
  • 7:00am - 12:00pm PST
    Lactation Lounge
  • 7:00am - 12:00pm PST
    Quiet Space
  • 7:00am - 12:00pm PST
    Registration
  • Saturday Community Meetings
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Humanities & Spirituality Meeting
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Primary Care SIG Meeting
  • 7:00am - 7:45am PST
    Veterans SIG Meeting
  • Saturday Best in Science Plenary
  • 8:00am - 9:30am PST
    Best In Science
  • Deep Dive
  • 10:00am - 12:15pm PST
    Deep Dive into Navigating Suicidality in Serious Illness Care: From Practical Tools to Therapeutic Presence 
  • Saturday Learning Flight 1
  • 10:00am - 10:15am PST
    Rolling It Out: Operationalizing Inpatient Use of Medical Cannabis for Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer

    Presenting Author: Wendy Tong, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Author (not presenting): Christopher Richardson, MD – Department of Emergency Medicine and Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Lauren Kelly, MD, MPH, MS – Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital

    Author (not presenting): LaStacia Miles, MSN, RN – Mount Sinai Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Peter S. Paxos, MS, R.Ph. – Mount Sinai Hospital

    Author (not presenting): John Mato, MSN, RN, CHPN – Mount Sinai Hospital

  • 10:00am - 10:20am PST
    “We Are Not Alone”: Virtual Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Caregivers of Advanced Cancer Patients

    Presenting Author: Natalie S. McAndrew, PhD, R.N., CCRN – Mayo Clinic

    Presenting Author: Mashele Huschka, D.N.P., APRN, C.N.P., ACHPN – Mayo Clinic

    Author (not presenting): Sherry S. Chesak, RN, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    Author (not presenting): Erin Taylor, LICSW – Mayo Clinic

    Author (not presenting): Joan M. Griffin, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    Author (not presenting): Cindy Tofthagen, PhD, APRN, AOCNP, FAANP, FAAN – Mayo Clinic

    Author (not presenting): Allison Applebaum, PhD, FAPOS – Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Presenting Author: Deirdre R. Pachman, MD – Mayo Clinic

  • 10:00am - 10:25am PST
    A LiverPal Perspective: Palliative Care Pearls for the Care of Hospitalized Patients with Advanced Liver Disease

    Presenting Author: Nancy Mason, CNP – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Sara Kenimer, AGPCNP-BC – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Kirsten G. Engel, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Michelle Diop, MD, ScM – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Karen A. O'Brien, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH – Boston Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Areej A. El-Jawahri, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

    Presenting Author: Nneka Ufere, MD, MSCE – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 10:00am - 11:00am PST
    Caring with Complexity: Developing and Implementing a Pilot Substance Use Disorder Workflow in Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Nicole E. Dussault, MD, MS – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Author (not presenting): Jessica E. Ma, MD, MHSc – Duke University

    Author (not presenting): Noel Ivey, MD – Duke University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Talia Bernal, MD – Duke University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Dana Clifton, MD – Duke University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Christopher A. Jones, MD, MBA, CPC – Duke University School of Medicine

    Author (not presenting): Wil L. Santivasi, MD – Duke University School of Medicine

  • 10:00am - 11:00am PST
    Cooking in the Kitchen Together: Hospice and palliative care partnership to build a hospital-based GIP program

    Presenting Author: Richard E. Leiter, MD, MA – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: Jacob Ramos, MD – HopeHealth

    Author (not presenting): Lynne O'Mara, MBA, MPAS, PA-C – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Presenting Author: Kate M. Lally, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: Diana Franchitto, MBA, FACHE – HopeHealth

    Presenting Author: Tina Correia, RN, BSN – Hope Health Hospice & Palliative Care

    Author (not presenting): Elizabeth M. Rickerson, MD – Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Presenting Author: Edward W. Martin, MD, MPH, FAAHPM CHMD – Hopehealth

  • 10:00am - 11:00am PST
    Custom Caring for Your Community: Models of Community-Based Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care

    Presenting Author: Kayla Overstreet, CPNP – Carolina Caring

    Presenting Author: Steven Smith, MD – McMaster Children's Hospital

    Presenting Author: Laura Knaur, MSW, LISW-S, Cert. Death Doula – Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Lisa Lam, CPNP-PC – Dell Children's Hospital

    Presenting Author: Laura Cummins, CPNP – Dell Children's Hospital

  • 10:00am - 11:00am PST
    Having A Seat At The Table Isn’t Enough: Inclusive Facilitation Skills for Palliative Care Spaces

    Presenting Author: Lindsay A. Dow, MD MS – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Kilbourne Boyle, MSPC, RN, CHPN – University of Vermont Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Jennifer DiBiase, DSW, LCSW-R, APHSW-C – NYU Langone Health

    Presenting Author: Priya Raja, MD MPH – Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital

    Presenting Author: Jamyl N. Walker, DNP, MSN, AGNP-C, ACHPN – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Stephen Berns, MD – University of Vermont Health Network and Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

  • 10:00am - 11:00am PST
    New Drugs and Drug News of 2025

    Presenting Author: Alexandra L. McPherson, PharmD, MPH – MWHC

    Author (not presenting): Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD PhD FAAHPM – University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

  • 10:00am - 11:00am PST
    Thrive and Revive: Psychological Strategies for Sustaining Wellbeing in Hospice and Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Shari A. Langer, PsyD – Inova Peterson Life with Cancer/Inova L.J. Murphy Children's Hospital

    Presenting Author: Linda Radbill, PhD – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University

    Presenting Author: Michelle A. Fortier, PhD – University of California Irvine

    Presenting Author: Heather Bemis, PhD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Presenting Author: Erin Kelling, PsyD – University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado

  • 10:15am - 10:30am PST
    Managing Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Hospice: A Case-Based Review of Barriers and Solutions

    Presenting Author: Sawyer Kieffer, MD – UCSD/Scripps Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

    Author (not presenting): Michelle A. Quan, MD – UCSD/Scripps Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

    Author (not presenting): Holly Yang, MSHPED MD HMDC MACP FAAHPM – Scripps Health

  • 10:20am - 10:40am PST
    6-Month Cancer Family Caregiver Results from the ENABLE Cornerstone Randomized Clinical Trial

    Presenting Author: J. Nicholas N. Odom, PhD, RN – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Author (not presenting): Andres Azuero, PhD, MBA – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Presenting Author: Richard Taylor, PhD, DNP, CRNP – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Author (not presenting): Jennifer Y. Pierce, MD, MPH – University of South Alabama

    Author (not presenting): Gabrielle Rocque, MD, MSPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Author (not presenting): Rachel D. Wells, PhD, RN, CNL, CHPN, FPCN – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Author (not presenting): Shena Gazaway, PhD, RN – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Author (not presenting): Marie A. Bakitas, DNSc, RN – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • 10:30am - 10:45am PST
    Reframing the Fight: Veteran Identity and Combat Metaphors in End-of-Life Cancer Care

    Presenting Author: Samantha Kumarasena, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Lara M. Skarf, MD – VA Boston HCS

    Author (not presenting): Jeff Kowaleski, MD – VA Boston HCS

  • 10:30am - 10:55am PST
    A Learning Exchange: Community-Engaged Education about Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning

    Presenting Author: Edward Penate, DMin, BCC – Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    Presenting Author: Bridget Sumser, LCSW – University of California San Francisco

    Presenting Author: Sarah Nouri, MD, MPH – UCSF

    Presenting Author: Loren Pogir, MPA – San Francisco Palliative Care Workgroup

    Presenting Author: Katelyn Dow Stepanyan, MD – UCLA

    Presenting Author: Grant M. Smith, MD – Stanford School of Medicine

  • 10:40am - 11:00am PST
    Palliative Care Intervention to Improve End-of-Life Care Communication in AML and MDS

    Presenting Author: Alison R. Kavanaugh, MSN, ACNP-BC, ACHPN – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Heather A. Patel, MSN, APRN, ACHPN – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Joseph A. Greer, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH – Boston Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Thomas W. LeBlanc, MD, MA, MHS – Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Cancer Institute

    Author (not presenting): Jennifer Temel, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Areej A. El-Jawahri, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

  • 10:45am - 11:00am PST
    Crisis Averted: Early Palliative Involvement in Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

    Presenting Author: Kylie Shockley, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): James J. Brehany, IV, MD – Ohio state university wexner medical center

    Author (not presenting): Maximillian H. Stevenson, PharmD, MA, BCPS – The Ohio State University

    Author (not presenting): Roberta C. G. Azbell, MD

  • Saturday Learning Flight 2
  • 11:15am - 11:30am PST
    US-UK Differences in Clinical Norms Surrounding Life-Sustaining Treatments for Persons Living with Dementia

    Presenting Author: Jason N. Batten, MD, MA – Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

    Author (not presenting): Julia K. Axelrod, BA – Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

    Author (not presenting): Sofia Weiss Goitiandia, BA, MSc, MA – University of College, London

    Author (not presenting): Teva D. Brender, MD – Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

    Author (not presenting): Katherine Walker, MD, MSc – Harvard Medical School

    Author (not presenting): Thomas Curtis, MBChB, MSc – St. Christopher's Hospice

    Author (not presenting): Elizabeth W. Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH – Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

  • 11:15am - 11:35am PST
    AI-Enabled Analysis of Functional Status Documentation Patterns and Decline Trajectories in Lung Cancer

    Presenting Author: Alaa Albashayreh, PhD, MSHI, RN – University of Iowa College of Nursing

    Author (not presenting): Yuya Hagiwara, MD – University of Iowa College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

    Author (not presenting): William Zeitler, MD, MPH – University of Iowa College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

    Author (not presenting): Stephanie Gilbertson-White, PhD, RN, FAAN – University of Iowa College of Nursing

  • 11:15am - 11:40am PST
    Caring for Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled Patients in the ICU

    Presenting Author: Colleen Vega, DNP, CNS, ACHPN – Stanford Health Care

    Presenting Author: Felicia Hui, MD – Stanford School of Medicine

    Presenting Author: Kelsey Hansen, MSW – Stanford Health Care

  • 11:15am - 11:40am PST
    Defining Outpatient Curricular Content for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Trainees: A National Survey

    Presenting Author: Harry J. Han, MD – Section of Palliative Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Angelika Golebiowska, MD – Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

    Presenting Author: Emily N. Hansen, DO – Division of Palliative Medicine, University of Kansas Health System

    Author (not presenting): Michelle Park, MD – Wellstar Health System

    Author (not presenting): Jonathan C. Yeh, MD – Section of Palliative Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Presenting Author: Victoria I. Sweetnam, MD – Division of Palliative Medicine, , Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine,

    Author (not presenting): Christian T. Sinclair, MD – Division of Palliative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center,

    Author (not presenting): Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH – UConn Health

  • 11:15am - 11:40am PST
    Educating Black and African American Populations About Serious Illness Care Options - It's An Act of Love

    Presenting Author: Dwan Kelsey, MSN, RN, ANP-C – Transitions LifeCare

    Author (not presenting): Betsy Barton, MPH, CT – Transitions LifeCare

    Author (not presenting): Jacqueline Sinicrope, MS, CT – Transitions LifeCare

  • 11:15am - 11:40am PST
    If You've Seen One Palliative Care Program: The Why and How of Developing Standards

    Presenting Author: Allison Silvers, MBA – Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

    Presenting Author: Ira R. Byock, MD, FAAHPM – Clinical Transformation Specialists PLLC

    Presenting Author: Stacie Sinclair, MPP – Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

  • 11:15am - 11:40am PST
    Unseen, Unrelenting, and Uncertain: Medically Complex Children’s Caregiver-identified Palliative Care Targets

    Presenting Author: Amy S. Porter, MD, PhD – Mass General Brigham for Children, Harvard Medical School

    Presenting Author: Mary Barber Bussiere, MSW, LICSW – Mass General Brigham for Children

    Presenting Author: Lauren Xenakis, MSN, CPNP-PC/AC – Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Boston Children's Hospital

    Presenting Author: Justin A. Yu, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh

    Presenting Author: Jennifer M. Snaman, MD, MS – Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

  • 11:15am - 11:40am PST
    Worsening Racial Disparity for Hospice, but not for Palliative Care: Explanation and Call to Action

    Presenting Author: J Brian Cassel, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University

    Presenting Author: Brittany M. Chambers, MPH, MCHES – Center to Advance Palliative Care

    Author (not presenting): Kathleen M. Kerr, BA – Transforming Care Partners

    Author (not presenting): Amy Scheu, MSH, CHPCA – Advocate Health

    Author (not presenting): Jessica Allen, DO – Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

    Author (not presenting): Rachel George, PhD – Advocate Health

    Author (not presenting): Bassam Dahman, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Public Health

  • 11:30am - 11:45am PST
    Bridging Health Literacy Gaps: Developing a Standardized Protocol for Defining Common Palliative Care Terms

    Presenting Author: Ruizhi Zhang, BA – University of Minnesota Medical School

    Author (not presenting): Eriko Onishi, MD, MCR, PhD – Oregon Health and Science University

    Author (not presenting): Allan Gao, MD – NYP Weil Cornell Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Kimberlee S. Fong, DO – Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Cleveland Clinic

    Author (not presenting): Matthew Kwong, MD HMDC – Asian Network Pacific Home Care and Hospice

    Author (not presenting): Joanna Chen, MD, MPH – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Author (not presenting): Cynthia X. Pan, MD – NewYork-Presbyterian Queens

    Author (not presenting): Arshia Madni, MD FAAP FAAHPM – University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center/ LeBonheur Children's

  • 11:35am - 11:55am PST
    Identifying Depression in Palliative Care Patients' Messages Using Large Language Models

    Presenting Author: Selen Bozkurt, PhD – Emory University

    Author (not presenting): Sheida Habibi, Ms – Emory University

    Author (not presenting): Carina Oltmann, LCSW, MSSW – University of Miami

    Author (not presenting): Ravi Pathak, MD – Emory University

    Author (not presenting): Dio Kavalieratos, PhD, FAAHPM – Emory University

  • 11:45am - 12:00pm PST
    Analysis of Ambient AI Transcription in Outpatient Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Andrew C. Torres, DO – Kaiser Permanente - Fontana Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Jason Ngo, MD – Kaiser Permanente - Fontana Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Chirag H. Gandhi, DO – Kaiser Permanente - Fontana Medical Center

  • 11:45am - 12:10pm PST
    A Decade of Interactive Educational Exchange: Impacting Interprofessional Palliative Care Education

    Presenting Author: Elise C. Carey, MD, FAAHPM, FACP – Mayo Clinic

    Presenting Author: Laura J. Morrison, MD, FAAHPM, FACP – Yale Palliative Care Program

    Presenting Author: Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, MA, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-CE, FNAP, FAOSW – Collaborative Caring

    Author (not presenting): Pamela N. Fordham, PhD, FNP – University of Alabama Birmingham

    Author (not presenting): Julie Bruno, MSW – American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

  • 11:45am - 12:10pm PST
    Difficult Conversations? Addressing sexuality and intimate relationships in AYAs with serious illness

    Presenting Author: Thomas McNalley, MD, MA, FAAHPM – UC San Francisco, By the Bay Health, George Mark Children's House

    Presenting Author: Colleen Cullinan, PhD – University of California San Francisco

  • 11:45am - 12:10pm PST
    Expanding Palliative Care Capacity Through an Intentional Transdisciplinary Model

    Presenting Author: Robert E. Leavitt, EMBA, MDiv, MAT, BCC – Providence Medical Group

    Presenting Author: Adrienne L. Goldberg, PhD, LICSW – Washington Rural Palliative Care Initiative Contractor

    Presenting Author: Gregg VandeKieft, MD, MA – Providence Swedish

  • 11:45am - 12:10pm PST
    Got-To-Be M2B: A New Standard of Care in Improving Opioid Access for Minority Patients with Cancer

    Presenting Author: Katherine Mark, MD – Mt Sinai School of Medicine

    Presenting Author: Joanna Chen, MD, MPH – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Presenting Author: Dylan K S Suyama, MD – New York Presbyterian

    Presenting Author: Jose Luis Alcaraz Alvarez, MD – Hackensack Meridian

    Author (not presenting): Janet An, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN – Mount Sinai West

    Author (not presenting): Sara Kroll, AGACNP-BC – Mount Sinai West

    Author (not presenting): Stephanie Lehrman, LCSW, APHSW-C – Mount Sinai West

    Author (not presenting): Margaret Colbert, LMSW – Mount Sinai Health System

  • 11:45am - 12:10pm PST
    Trauma-Informed Presence: A Neurobiological and Relational Reframe for Palliative Care

    Presenting Author: Chris Onderdonk, MSW, LCSW, AHPSW-C – UC San Diego Health Doris A. Howell Palliative Teams

  • 11:45am - 12:10pm PST
    Young Voices for Hospice: A Youth Advisory Board to Promote Hospice Awareness and Education

    Presenting Author: Angel E. Sanchez Artiles, MD, HMDC – Catholic Hospice/ HCA FL Aventura Hospital

    Presenting Author: Tracy Romanello, DO FACOFP FAAHPM HMDC – Catholic Hospice and Palliative Care Services

    Author (not presenting): Anabel Alonso, MD – HCA Fl Aventura Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Sanaz Kashan, MD – Catholic Hospice / HCA Fl Aventura Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Savier Aleman Rama, MD – HCA Fl Aventura Hospital

  • 11:55am - 12:15pm PST
    Comparing prognostic performance and reasoning between physicians and large language models

    Presenting Author: Megan Gjertsen, MD – Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Author (not presenting): WonJin Yoon, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Med.

    Author (not presenting): Majid Afshar, MD, MS – Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Author (not presenting): Emma Croxford – Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Author (not presenting): John R. Caskey, PhD – Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Author (not presenting): Yanjun Gao, PhD – Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz

    Author (not presenting): Timothy A. Miller, PhD – Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital

    Author (not presenting): Jacqueline M. Kruser, MD – Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • 12:00pm - 12:15pm PST
    Power of Legacy: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Legacy-Building Program

    Presenting Author: Ellyn Gunya – University of Kansas Health System

    Presenting Author: Loren Steinfeldt, RN, MSPC – The University of Kansas Health System

    Presenting Author: Kate Shoemaker, LMSW, APHSW-C – University of Kansas Health System

    Presenting Author: Stacey Aumock, LSCSW, LCSW – The University of Kansas Health System

    Author (not presenting): Joanna Veazey Brooks, PhD, MBE – Divisions of Population Health and Palliative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center

    Author (not presenting): Christian T. Sinclair, MD – Division of Palliative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center,