We have started to get a lot of questions about how best to study for the 2018 Hospice and Palliative Medicine Board Exam. Yes, that one that many of us took a little less than 10 years ago and now it’s coming due. Or the one that you need to take after completing your fellowship … Read moreResources to Prepare for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Board Exam
James A. Tulsky, MD FACP FAAHPM Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MA Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? I am deeply indebted to many amazing teachers from whom I’ve learned over the years, and if … Read moreAAHPM Visionary James A. Tulsky, MD FACP FAAHPM
Below are the editor’s picks for the most recent issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM). To access the articles, you must subscribe to JPSM or be a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Palliative Radiation Oncology Consult Service Reduces Total Costs During Hospitalization Sanders Chang, Peter May, Nathan E. Goldstein, Juan Wisnivesky, … Read moreHighlights of the May Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Joan M. Teno, MD MS Professor of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, WA Who has most influenced your work and what impact has she had? Two persons strongly shaped the last three decades of my research. Dame Cicely Saunders stated at the 30th anniversary of the founding of St. Christopher’s … Read moreAAHPM Visionary Joan M. Teno, MD MS
Thomas J. Smith, MD FACP FASCO FAAHPM Professor of Oncology; Harry J. Duffey Family Professor of Palliative Medicine; Director of Palliative Medicine, John Hopkins Medical Institute, MD Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? Dr. Galen Wampler, my first oncology attending. He insisted that oncologists should be like … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Thomas J. Smith, MD FACP FASCO FAAHPM
Christian T. Sinclair, MD FAAHPM Outpatient Palliative Oncology Lead, Division of Palliative Medicine, The University of Kansas Health System, KS Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? There have been a lot of key figures who have given me personal advice, and wonderful mentorship, but if I think … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Christian T. Sinclair, MD FAAHPM
Scott T. Shreve, DO National Director of Hospice and Palliative Care, The Department of Veteran Affairs; Clinical Associate Professor, Penn State College of Medicine, PA. Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? “Would you help us build a hospice program here at Lebanon?” “There’s no funding for the … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: Scott T. Shreve, DO
Below are the editor’s picks for the most recent issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM). To access the articles, you must subscribe to JPSM or be a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Communication Disparity Between the Bereaved and Others: What Hurts Them and What Is Unhelpful? A Nationwide Study of the … Read moreHighlights of the April Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Coalition Blog #4 – Welcome to the fourth Coalition blog post written in support of National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD, April 16th). The scenario generally plays out the same. A person becomes ill…too ill to make decisions for themselves…too ill to communicate with the attending medical staff. Nearby family rush to the hospital bedside. The … Read moreAdvance Care Planning: Reminder for YOU to Have the Conversation
M.R. Rajagopal, MD Director, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Science and Founder and Chairman, Pallium India, India Who has most influenced your work and what impact has he or she had? The one person who influenced me and my work most is Mahatma Gandhi. I came across his autobiography, “My experiments with truth” as a school … Read moreAAHPM Visionary: M.R. Rajagopal, MD