Schedule


1st Annual Hospice and Palliative Care Conference
Agenda

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Noon – 12:45 Registration/Exhibits
12:45 pm – 12:55 pm Welcome from Hospice/Palliative Care
A. Reed Thompson, MD
12:55 pm – 1:00 pm Welcome from GRECC/AGEC
Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Keynote: Palliative Care 2011
David E. Weissmann, MD
Palliative Care Education, LLC, Professor Emeritus, Medical College of Wisconsin Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care, Milwaukee, WI
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Developing a Palliative Care Program in the Private Sector
Steven L. Thomason, MD, MDiv
CMO, NWA Circle of Life Hospice, Board Certified Family Medicine and Hospice/Palliative Medicine, Springdale, AR
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm Culturally Competent Bereavement Care for Veterans
Diane Morgan, MSN, APRN, ACHPN
Coordinator, Palliative Care Program, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR 

Tresa Hooks, OSW-C, ACHP-SW
Oncology/Palliative Care, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR
4:30 pm Adjournment/Announcements
6:30 pm – 9 pm Arkansas Queen Cruise

 

Thursday, June 9, 2011
7:30 am – 8:25 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:25 am – 8:30 am Welcome from Hospice/Palliative Care
Sarah Harrington, MD
8:30 am – 9:30 am Keynote: Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care: Natural Partners, Not Enemies
Thomas Smith, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Palliative Care Research, Medical Director, Thomas Palliative Care Unit, VCU-Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA
9:30 am – 10:20 am Hospice and Long-term Care
Kimberly Curseen, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics,
Director of Geriatric Palliative Care Program, Reynolds Institute on Aging, UAMS;
Baptist Hospice Medical Director, Little Rock, AR
10:20 am – 10:40 am Break
10:40 am – 11:30 am Opioid Review
Michael Chandler, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Palliative Care and HIV Focus, CAVHS
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Buffet Lunch
River Front Steak House
12:30 pm – 3:20 pm Breakout Sessions
Silver City A Silver City B Arkansas Traveler
12:30 to 1:20 Pediatric
Palliative Care
Greg Adams, LSSW, ACSW, FT
Director, PalCare and Center for Good Mourning, ACH, Little Rock, AR
Managing Depression in Palliative Care
Michael Chandler, PharmD, BCPS 

Sarah Harrington, MD

Spirituality and End of Life
Diane Swaim, MDiv
Spiritual Care Manager, Arkansas Hospice
Chaplain, CAVHS, Little Rock, AR
1:30 to 2:20 Pediatric Palliative Care: What Adult Providers Need to Know
Carrie Brown, FAAP
Medical Director of Palliative Care, ACH, Little Rock, AR		 “Putting Your Oxygen Mask on First”
Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care in Palliative Care
Tresa Hooks, OSW-C, ACHP-SW 

Sarah Harrington, MD

 Palliative Care in Patients with Severe COPD
Marcia Erbland, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UAMS/CAVHS, Little Rock, AR
2:30 to 3:20 Ethical Issues with Advanced Directives
D. Micah Hester, PhD
Associate Director and Associate Professor of Medical Humanities;
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, COM UAMS, Clinical Ethicist, ACH,
Little Rock, AR		 Palliative Chemotherapy, Prognosis, Hope and a Disclosure
Thomas Smith, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Palliative Care Research, Medical Director, Thomas Palliative Care Unit, VCU-Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA		 Breaking Down
Palliative
Wound Care
D. Neal Wyatt, DO
CMO, Arkansas Hospice, Little Rock, AR
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm Final Thoughts
Sarah Harrington, MD

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