6:30 am–7 pm 

Registration

8 am–5 pm 

Hospice Medical Director Update and Exam Prep (P01)
Crossno, Faulkner, Martin, Quijada

VitalTalk: Intensive Small Group Training - Addressing Goals of Care  (P02)
Arnold, Back, Tulsky, Claxton, Fettig, Hurd

8 am–5:30 pm

Palliative Nursing Leadership Intensive (P03)
Dahlin

ACHPN Certification Review: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (P04)

8 - 11:45 am

HPM Fellowship Directors Program: Managing the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Expert Strategies for the Assessment and Remediation of Palliative Care Fellows (P05)
deLima Thomas, Edgar, Herman, Co, Arnholz

AAHPM Leadership Forum: Ignite - Utilizing StrengthsFinder Leadership Strategies to Increase the Performance of You and Your Team in Palliative Care and Hospice Settings (P06)
Rowe

Providing Palliative Care to Patients and Families with Mental Health and Substance Use Issues (P07)
Stein, Leff, Pincus, Remke, Newby

ABCs of MOC and Board Exam Prep (P08)
Blais, Pomerantz, Paniagua, Mazzurco, Skavinski, Johnson

Tsunami Preparedness: Developing Dementia Capable Palliative and Hospice Care Skills (P09)
McLean, Gallagher

Right Sizing Medication Regiments in Serious Illness: Doing the Prescribing and Deprescribing Dance (P10)
McPherson, Walker, Pruskowski, Talebreza

Building a Palliative Care Clinic: Lessons from Real Life (P11)
Finlay, Buss, Newport, Gurfolino, Owens, Newhouse, Jones, Kilpatrick, Ingram

The Opioid Crisis and Palliative Care: Tools and Strategies to Help Turn the Tide (P12)
Lockman, Patel, Broglio, Kullgren, Calton

8:30 am - Noon

A Morning at the Museum: Using Art to Find Meaning and Enhance Teaching (P13)
Morrison, Wood

1:15 - 5 pm

Jump Starting Culture Change - Engaging Students, Trainees, and Clinicians in a Transdisciplinary Approach (P14)
Ajayi, Gardner, Moore, Reidy, Wirenga

AAHPM Leadership Forum: Ignite - Utilizing DISC Behavioral Styles to Increase Leadership and Team Effectiveness in Palliative Care and Hospice Settings (P15)
Bouchard

Managing Pain in the Face of Substance Misuse: Practical Approaches and Tools in the Palliative Care and Hospice Settings (P16)
Scullion, Kematick, Gorman, Brandoff, Selvaggi, Matthews, Lucas, Moment

Overcoming Barriers to Better Billing: Maximizing Revenue to Sustain and Grow Your Palliative Care Program (P17)
Rodgers, Jones, von Gunten, Acevedo

Caging the Beast: Wrestling with Difficult Pain Syndromes in Serious Illness (P18)
McPherson, Davis, Sloan

Navigating Your Specialty Palliative APRN Career (P19)
Foxwell, Reville, Root, Tycon

We Built It...They All Came...Now How to Keep from Drowning? Pediatric Palliative Care Program Development 202: Skills in Your Toolbox for Growth and Sustainability (P20)
Kang, Lotstein, Humphrey, Klick, Williams

Oncologist in My Pocket: What the Hospice and Palliative Clinician Needs to Know About Hematology/Oncology (P21)
Newport, Sivendran, LeBlanc, Kim, Jones

4:30–5:30 pm

AAHPM and HPNA New Member and First-Timer Reception

See our guide for First Time Attendees!

AAHPM Physicians-in-Training Reception

5:30-7:30 pm

Opening Reception with Exhibits and Posters

7:30-8:30 pm

Giving Back to Boston: Community-Buidling Project with Live Music

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6:30 am-5:30 pm

Registration

7-7:45 am

Continental Breakfast

7-8 am

A Trial of Early Palliative Care for Serious Illness: Results from the LifeCourse Lay Healthcare Worker Intervention (TH300)
Anderson, Bingham

Harnessing the Power of Telemedicine in Palliative Care from Childhood to Adulthood: The Why and How (TH301)
Ajayi, Doshi, Thienprayoon, Bower, Tate, Short

Fetal Positions - Empowering the Role of Palliative Care in Maternal-Fetal Treatment Centers (TH302)
Collura

Should I Unplug the Phones Again: Understanding the Government Hospice Audits and "Pre-tecting" Your Organization Through Robust Provider Documentation (TH303)
White, young, Jacobs, Jones

Counting Sheep: A Rational Approach to Managing Insomnia (TH305)
Pruskowski, Dalbey, Prommer, Weisbrod

Five Steps to Build an Effective Payer-Provider Partnership for Innovative Palliative Care Models (TH306)
Dave, Bharadwaj, Gualtieri-Reed, Lustbader, Smith

Neurology 101: Wrapping a Palliative Head Around Neurological Disease (TH307)
Medilk, McFarlin, Leff

Paper Sessions (TH308)

Improving End of Life Quality Through the Implementation and Testing of a Ketamine Protocol for Reduction of Depression and Pain (TH308A)
Shea

Examining the Prevalence of Cancer Related Distress Among a Group of Urban-Dwelling Veterans (TH308B)
Martin

A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Substance Misuse-Associated Discharges in an Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic: Establishment of the Interdisciplinary High-Alert Risk Team
(HART) (TH308C)
Portman

Reasons for Cancellation and No-Show in an Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic (TH308D)
Marcewicz

8:15-10 am

Plenary Session (101)
Good Enough Now: How Doing the Best We Can with What We Have is Better Than Nothing
Jessica Pettitt, MEd CSP

10-10:45 am

Exhibits and Posters in Exhibit Hall

10:45-11:45 am

Advance Care Planning: Moving from Words to Action (TH310)
Rochon

In Pursuit of Excellence: Post-Licensure Interprofessional Education in Palliative Care (TH311)
Donesky, Bailey, Doorenbos, Fink, Hurd, Kitko

California's End-of-Life Option Act: What Can We Learn from One Year of Legalization? (TH312)
Koenig, Petrillo, Cain, Cohn, Thomas

If We Knew Then What We Know Now: Lessons Learned from Payer-Provider Partnerships for Community-Based Palliative Care (TH313)
Meyers, Rabow, Kerr

Secrets of Getting Your Interdisciplinary Journal Article Published (TH314)
Casarett, Ferrell

From the Preverbal Infant to the Nonverbal Adult: Increasing Your Delirium Recognition and Treatment Skill Set in Challenging Pediatric and Adult Patients (TH315)
Jacobowski, Buxton, Casas

Taking Psychedelics Seriously (TH316)
Byock, Grob

Walking the Line Between Hope and Hype: Palliative Care in the Era of New and Expensive Neuromuscular Therapies for Children and Adults (TH317)
Noritz, Feudtner

Joining Forces with the Emergency Department: Successful Programs, Initiatives, and Emerging Practices (TH318)
Goett, Lamba, Wang, Aberger, Schultz

A Year in Review: Six Hot Topics in Surgical Palliative Care (TH319)
Kopecky, Eskola

Paper Sessions (TH320-321)

The “Promoting Resilience in Stress Management” (PRISM) Interventionfor Adolescents and Young Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (TH320A)
Rosenberg

Changes Over Time in Good-Parent Beliefs Among Parents of Children with Serious Illness: 2-Year Cohort Study (TH320B)
Hill

Family Satisfaction with Symptom Management Practices and Child Comfort During Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (TH320C)
Ullrich

Providing Pediatric Palliative Care in Non-Urban Areas of Illinois: Challenges Identified and
Recommendations for Process Improvement (TH320D)
Downing

Assessing the Palliative Care Needs of Elderly Patients Seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria (TH321A)
Omoyeni

Assessing Racial Disparity in Palliative Care Consultation and the Impact of Consultation on Hospice: A Multi-Hospital Analysis (TH321B)
O’Mahony

Evaluating Disparities in Hospice Utilization for Cancer Patients Living in the Deep South (TH321C)
Turkman

An Assessment of Palliative Care Educational Needs and the Development of Advanced Practice Nursing in Israel (TH321D)
Collett

Case Session (TH322)

Anticipatory Grief in the Sister of a Boy with a Brain Tumor (TH322A)
Shearer

Pediatric Home Visit Death: His Story, Our Lessons (TH322B)
Baenziger

Palliative Extubation of the Awake and Interactive Patient Electing to be Liberated from the Ventilator: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Helping Providers Cope (TH322C)
Zaurova

Defining Due Diligence: How to Locate Long-Lost Family, and Why It Matters (TH322D)
Schneider

11:45 am-12:45 pm

AAHPM Community Meetings
Bereavement Developing Community
Black Professionals/Patients/Families in HPM Forum
East and South Asian Patients/Families/Professionals in HPM Forum
Informatics Developing Community
Kidney Forum
Latino Professionals/Patients/Families in HPM Forum 
Neuropalliative Developing Community
Physician Assisted Death Forum
Rehabilitation Forum

HPNA Community Meetings
Certification SIG
Public Policy/State Ambassador SIG

11:45 am-1:15 pm

Exhibits and Posters

All attendees - Lunch on your own

Noon-1:15 pm

HPCC Certification Recognition Luncheon

1:30-2:30 pm

The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries - Part One (TH330)
Kabir, Coelho, Sripornsawan

Conversations That Matter: A Deeper Dive Through Head, Heart, and Action (TH331)
Pettitt

Not On Our Turf - You Have to Get the Patient Out of Here Before He Dies! Fidning a Place for the Good Death (TH332)
Meier, Talebreza, Prommer

Cultivating Opportunities for Reflection: Teaching the Art of Debriefing (TH333)
Govindan, Keefer, Malas, Murphy, Saul, Riotte, Hollenkamp, Firn

Hospice Collaboration and Integration Within Large Healthcare Systems (TH334)
Lagnese, Arnold, Weinberg, Ivanko

Developing Goals of Care for Your Organization: Strategic Planning for the Palliative Care Professional (TH335)
Kamal, Dahlin

Drug Abuse and Diversion in Pediatric Palliative Care - What You Should Know, What You Can Do, and What You Can Learn from Our Multisite Experience (TH336)
Miller, Humphrey, Thienprayoon

Not Just Cutting It - A Successful Interprofessional Cooperation Between Palliative Care, Pain, and Neurosurgery in the Treatment of Intractable Cancer Pain (TH337)
Tellem, Strauss, Hochberg, Sobol

Winning Hearts and Minds: The Challenges and Successes of Outpatient Palliative Care for Patients with Heart Failure (TH338)
Klinedinst, Tycon

Where Palliative Care and Nephrology Meet - Complex Decisions in the Older CKD Patient (TH339)
Lupu, Moss, Schell, Schueller, Cheung

Paper Sessions (TH340-341)

Associations of Parental Demographic and Child Clinical Characteristics with Parental Perceptions of Communication with Children with Advanced Cancer (TH340B)
Bennett

Communicating Prognosis in Life-Limiting Illnesses: Development and Pilot Testing of Communication Guides for Pediatric Providers and Parents in Cystic Fibrosis (TH340C)
Jameison

Pediatric Palliative Oncology Patients: Demographics, Treatment, and End of-Life Experiences of a Vulnerable and Understudied Population (TH340D)
Blazin

Impact of Specialist Palliative Care on Readmissions: A “Competing Risks” Analysis to Take Mortality into
Account (TH341A)
Cassel

Engaging Oncologists Toward Integrating a Shared Mental Model (SMM) for Palliative Oncology Within a Large Academic Oncology Practice (TH341B)
Walling

Advanced Care Planning and End-of-Life Discussions Amongst Resident Physicians in the Primary Care Setting (TH341C)
Tando

Case Session (TH342)

Mindful Journeys: An Innovative Approach to Helping Parents Facing or Dealing with Loss of a Child (TH342A)
Steinhorn

Non-Beneficial CPR in Pediatrics - When to Compress? (TH342B)
Johnson

Fostering Trust with a Homeless Young Man Experiencing Advanced Cancer (TH342C)
Rosa

The Heart and the Storm: A Challenging Case of Treating Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Teenager with Brain Injury and Hypertrophic (TH342D)
Cohn

3-4 pm

Public Policy Forum: Fighting for Your Patients and Your Profession: Grassroots Advocacy in an Era of High-Stakes Healthcare Transformation (TH350)
Edmonds, Ramthun, Fresina, Tatum

State of the Science in Pediatric Palliative Care (TH351)
Ragsdale, Hwang, Humphrey, Miller, Thaxton, Webster, Parente

Diversity and Inclusion Forum: Why Do You Want to Know and Why Should I Trust You?: Implicit Messaging in Cross-Cultural (Mis)Understandings (TH352)
Singer, Periyakoil, Elk

Book Club Discussion (TH353)
Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life by Jessica Zitter

2018 Nessa Coyle Palliative Nursing Leadership Lecture: The Road Less Traveled: Navigating a Career in Palliative Nursing (TH354)
Ersek

4:30-5:30 pm

Swimming Upstream Successfully: The Nuts and Bolts of Community-Based Palliative Care Programs Operated by Hospices (TH361)
Twohig, West, Hooper, Ritzau

iDeath: Goals of Care for Our Social Media Image (TH362)
Buxton, Rohrer

Going from Casual Dating to a Long-Term Commitment: Adding a Pharmacist to Your Team (TH363)
Lockman, Broderick, Geiger-Hayes, Uritsky, von Gunten

New Drugs and Drug News: The 411 and Implications for Palliative Care (TH364)
McPherson

Finding Words That Matter: Rekindling Our Purpose in Health Care Through Poem-Making (TH365)
Keyssar, Rabow

Whose Decision Is It Anyway: What to Do When Adolescents and Parents Don't Agree on a Medical Plan (TH366)
Brook, Radbill

Measuring What Matters Forum
Circling the Dragon - Taming Health IT Systems to Measure What Matters (TH367)
Kamal, Rotella, Ast, Matzo, Lindley

Transplantation Ethics and the Role of Palliative Medicine (TH369)
Toevs, Taylor, Beets, Gross, Manfredi

Paper Sessions (TH370-371)

Association Between Predialysis Functional Status and Risk of Death at One Year After Dialysis Initiation Among Older Adults (TH370A)
Wachterman

Opportunities to Improve Patient Engagement in Dialysis Decisions for Older Adults with Life-Limiting Kidney Disease (TH370B)
Zimmermann

The Patient’s Lost Voice: Goals of Care Conversations During the Terminal Hospitalization (TH370C)
Izumi

Communication with Family Increases Likelihood of Having a Living Will
(TH370D)
Francis

Associations Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Adults with CF (TH371A)
Obregon

Perceptions and Experiences of Patients and Informal Caregivers in Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Exploratory Study (TH371B)
Fusi-Schmidhauser

Spare Ronnie from Drowning: Reducing Heart Failure Symptoms in Hospice Patients Utilizing a New Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Algorithm (TH371C)
Newton

Associations Between Symptom Burden and Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis (TH371D)
Trandel

Case Session (TH372)

It Takes a Village: Incorporating Intravenous Ketamine into a Comprehensive Wound Care Plan (TH372A)
Suliman

The Use of Pharmacogenomics to Determine a Pain Management Plan in the Case of Extreme Opioid Tolerance (TH372B)
Weaver

Opioid-Induced Chorea: an Atypical Presentation of Opioid Neurotoxicity (TH372C)
Martin

Narcan or Narcan't? (TH372D)
Hunt

5-7 pm

Exhibits, Job Fair, and Posters in Exhibit Hall

5:45-7:15 pm

AAHPM SIG Meetings
Early Career Professionals SIG
Ethics SIG
Osteopathic SIG
Outpatient Palliative Care SIG
Pediatrics SIG
Physician Assistants SIG
Psychosocial and Mental Health SIG
Safety Net SIG
Senior Clinicians SIG
Veterans SIG

HPNA SIG Meetings
Acute Care SIG
Community Based SIG
Diversity SIG
Education SIG
Emergency Department SIG
Heart Failure SIG
ICU SIG

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7 am-5 pm

Registration

7-8 am

Update on New NIH Clinical Trial Policies, Application Requirements and Resources (FR400)
Miller

National Consensus Project (NCP) Community-Based Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care (FR401)
Sullivan, Ferrell, Twaddle, Melnick

#PallTech: Leveraging Digital Resources in Hospice and Palliative Care (FR402)
Daubman, Rosenberg, Zhang, Morris, Yeh

Up-to-the-Minute Billing, Coding, and Compliance Updates for 2018 and Beyond (FR403)
Jones, Acevedo, Kamal

If I Block His Dopamine and Stimulate His Serotonin, Will He Feel Better? Palliative Psychopharmacology (FR404)
Jordan, Irwin, Pruskowski, Hirst, Prommer, Webb

Hitting the Sweet Spot: Practical Tips for Navigating the Opioid Crisis in Outpatient Palliative Care (FR405)
Patel, Lockman, Broglio, Calton, Kullgren

Introduction to a Novel Social Media-Based Meaning Intervention for Caregivers of Children and Adolescents Receiving Palliative Care (FR406)
Levy, Grant, Byrwa, Depner, Tenzek

'This May Be Recorded for Quality Assurance': Approaches to Practice Fidelity in Telehealth Palliative Care (FR407)
Yamarik, Dionne-Odom, Marr

Hot Topics Over Hot Coffee (FR408)
Cote, Talebreza, Voskanian, White

It Takes a Village: Building A Culture of Mentoringship (FR409)
Lamba, Wolfe, Sudore, Buckholz, Radwany

8:15-10 am

Plenary (102)
Solace: The Art of Asking the Beautiful Question
David Whyte, poet, author, speaker

10:45-11:45 am

PC-FACS: Year in Review (FR410)
Davis, Arnold

Staying Inside the Lines While Thinking Outside the Box: Challenges in Providing Pediatric End-of-Life Care on General Inpatient Units at Quaternary Children's Hospitals (FR411)
Johnson, Trowbridge, Thorvilson, McLay, Dombrowski

Is NPO the Only Option? An Innovative Research-Based Framework for Oral Intake Recommendations in the Seriously Ill (FR412)
Misra, Ashford, Leyhew

When Daddy is Dying: Facilitating Family-Centered Adult Goals of Care Discussions (FR413)
Stowers, Charlton, Vandermeer

Insuring Alignment of Our Practices and Personal Health Behaviors: An Employee Incentive Plan to Encourage Advance Care Planning (FR414)
Byock, Gonzales

Neither Gone nor Here: Coping with Personality Change and Loss of Identity in Neurologic Disease (FR415)
Daly, Kramer, Mendlik, Pomerleau, Ariemma

What's Lost in Translation: A Structured Series of Dialogues Exploring Challenges Experienced by Medical Interpreters Providing End-of-Life Care and Offering Strategies to Overcome Them (FR416)
Abrahm, Solis, Ma, Goldhirsch

Substance Use Disorders 101 for the Palliative Care Specialist (FR417)
Davis, Prommer, Irwin, Hirst

Being in Two Places at Once: Utilizing Clinical Video Telemedicine Technology to Provide Remove Hospice/Palliative Care Services (FR418)
Franklin, Vuococo, Blakley, Bray-Hall, Bushor

Paper Sessions (FR419-420) 

Assessing Health Literacy in Outpatient Palliative Care: A Pilot Study Comparing Two Health Literacy Measures (FR419A)
McCarty

Goals of Care Conversations in Advanced Cancer: Patient Perceptions Versus Reality (FR419B)
Smith

Improving the Validity of MOLST (MA Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Documentation for Patients Discharged from Solid Oncology and Palliative Care Teams with Physician Assistants (FR419C)
Yeh

What Works Best for Whom?: Exploring the Efficacy of Two Psychosocial Interventions in Palliative Care (FR419D)
Steinhauser

Integration of Advance Care Planning into Primary Care: Use of an Electronic Health Record to Prompt Advance Directive Completion (FR420A)
McGraw

Outpatient Advance Care Planning (ACP) in an Accountable Care Organization: Impact on Documentation, Utilization, and Costs (FR420B)
Bond

Advance Care Planning Documentation Practices and Accessibility in the Electronic Health Record: Implications for Patient Safety (FR420C)
Walker

The Associations Between Parental Status, Treatment Preferences, and Advance Care Planning Among Adults with Metastatic Cancer (FR420D)
Park

Case Sessions (FR421-422)

The Role of an Outpatient Kidney Palliative Care Program: A Patient's Story (FR421A)
Scherer, Ray-Mazumder

Skills2Care™/Palliative Care for the Alzheimer's and Dementia Communities (FR421B)
Meyer

Challenges and Lessons Learned in Supporting a Patient's Choice to Voluntarily Stop Eating and Drinking (VSED) (FR421C)
Frellsen

Synsepalum Dulcificum: Help for Patients with Alterations in Taste from Chemotherapy (FR421D)
Carr

My Husband is a Stranger and My Home is not My Home: Capgras Syndrome and Reduplicative Paramnesia in a Young Breast Cancer Patient (FR422A)
Early

Co-Modal Art Therapy: Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Create a Personalized Tool for the Emotional Assessment Toolbox (FR422B)
Berlin, Smith

Hospice as a "Holding Environment": Recognizing the Therapeutic Benefit of Hospice for Patients with Trauma Histories (FR422C)
Datta-Barua

Interpreting Difficult Conversations: When the "Invisible Team Member" Needs to be Seen (FR422D)
Mulholland

11:45 am-1:30 pm

Lunch on your own
Exhibits and Poster in Exhibit Hall

12:15-1:15 pm

AAHPM Business Meeting

HPNA Membership Meeting

12:25-1:15pm

Showcase Theater: What Telemedicine Can Do for YOUR Program - hosted by Delta Care Rx.

1:30-2:30 pm

The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries - Part Two (FR430)
Rana, Bustamente Tuchez, Ugwu

Half a Shade Braver: Making a Friend of the Unknown (FR431)
Whyte

Palliative Care: Bringing it Home (FR432)
Guinn, Gilbert-Savi, Dickens

Evolving from Individual Wellness to Departmental Well-Being: How to Achieve Resilience and Longevity in Palliative Medicine (FR433)
Manfredi, Wong, Ramsey-Lucas, Bull, Cho

Pediatric Palliative Care: on the Road to... (FR434)
Thorvilson, Squires, Hwang, Ragsdale

Sojourn's Scholars Present in the Expert's Studio: Communication Strategies (FR435)
Campbell, Brody, Lindenberger, Hurd, Kamal

View from the Other Side: What Can We Learn from Palliative Care Professionals Who Became Patients? (FR436)
Keyssar, Fields, Berman, Starks

Parenting with Life-Limiting Illness: Strategies to Support Families with Dependent Children (FR437)
Park, Moore, Hailey, Muriel

Am I Really Good At This? Exploring and Managing the Imposter Phenomenon in Palliative Care (FR438)
A. Lawton, C. Lawton, Stevens, Dietz, Weis

Behavioral and Psychotic Symptoms of Dementia vs. Delirium in Hospice: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management in the Long-Term Care Setting: Part 1 (FR439)
Yamarik, Meier, Tija, Messinger-Rapport

Paper Sessions (FR440-441)

How the Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO Model Affects Hospice Utilization (FR440A)
Driessen

Can Administrative Claims Be Used to Identify People with Functional Limitation? An Exploration of Candidate Predictors in a Sample of Medicare (FR440B)
Mather

Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Health Care Utilization in Geriatric Patients with Cancer: Findings from the Patient Care Connect (FR440C)
Huang

Rates of Medicare Utilization During Gaps in Hospice Election (FR440D)
Christian

Is Fentanyl Patch End-Of-Dose Failure Associated with Body Mass Index? (FR441A)
Meadows

The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Patient-Reported Symptoms and Quality of Life: A Report from The PEDIQUEST Study (FR441B)
Ilowite

Disconnecting Pain: Neurosurgical Interventions for the Treatment of Intractable Cancer Pain (FR441C)
Strauss

Universal Precautions for Opioid Prescribing in Ambulatory Palliative Care (FR441D)
Broglio

Case Sessions (FR442)

Perinatal Palliative Care for Families with Fetal Critical Congenital Heart Disease: How to Develop and Implement a Family-Centered and Multi-Disciplinary Birth Care Plan (FR442A)
Pathak

A Bridge to Family Healing: The Case of an Infant with Critical Congenital Heart Disease and Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia (FR442B)
Barone

When the ICU is Home: Indefinite Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Pediatric Patients (FR442C)
Cleveland

"We Didn't Come All This Way for You": The Challenges of Providing Palliative Care for Children Who Travel to America Seeking a Cure (FR442D)
Hahn

3-4 pm

The "R" Word (Retirement): Planning for Career Transitions and Life After Hospice and Palliative Care (FR450)
Teitelbum

"I Don't Qualify for a Liver Transplant - Now What?" What is the Role of Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease (FR451)
Mudumbi, Hoppmann, Bakitas

Incorporating Bereaved Parents as Facilitators and Educators in Teching Principles of Palliatibe and End-of-Life Care (FR452)
Snaman, Kaye, Levine, Clark, Wilcox, Cunningham, Baker

Documentation Design: Palliative Care Notes in the EHR Era (FR453)
Sinclair, Krutka

Speed Dating: Now for Kids! (FR454)
Jones, McPherson, Morgan

Seizure Bootcamp: Everything You Ever Needed to Know to Manage Seizures in End-Stage Disease (FR455)
Lugassy, Kramer, Ahmed, Phillips, Fleming-Damon

When Helping Hurts: Iatrogenic Effects on the Patient-Caregiver Dyad (FR456)
Jones, Christie, Skarf

Is There Accountable Care for Community-Based Programs for the Seriously Ill? (FR457)
Teno, Kelley, Morrison, Sanders

Don't Limit Me: Discussing Serious News with Intellectually Disabled Adults (FR458)
Vega, Hui, Harman, Mildred, Schroeder

Not Quite There Yet: Striving to Create a Diverse and Inclusive Palliative Care Workforce (FR459)
Deamant, Liao, Harris, Soriano, Marr, Brown, Ferguson

Immunotherapy 101 (FR460)
Prommer, Kamal, Buss, Hui

Paper Session (FR461)

Palliative Care from Cancer Diagnosis for All: Memorial Sloan Kettering’s “One-Two-Three” Program (FR461A)
Epstein, Desai, Nelson

Using a Best Practices Advisory (BPA) Alert Tool to Identify and Enhance Outpatient Palliative Care (OPC) Referrals for Stage 4 Cancer Patients
(FR461B)
Swidler

Understanding “Access” and “Excess”: A Secondary Data Analysis to Describe Prescription Opioid Medication Use and Potential Harms for Patients with Cancer (FR461C)
Lebaron

Life Program: Pilot of a Palliative Psychology Group Intervention (FR461D)
Ramos

Case Session (FR462)

 Neuroaxial Analgesia as a Key Treatment to Achieve Staying Home for Cancer Patient with Pain from Malignant Psoas Syndrome (FR462A)
Yamaguchi

A Mind Numbling Tale of Two Tails: A Re-Emergence of Lidocaine Infusions for Refractory Neuropathic Pain Syndromes and Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia (FR462B)
Houck

Sublingual Buprenorphine for Oral Mucositis Related to Cancer Therapy (FR462C)
Anwar

Tincture of Time: Consideration of a time-limited Trial - It's not always about death and dying! (FR462D)
Yeow

4:30-5:30 pm

Cancer Immunotherapy: The Changing Landscape for Palliative Care and Hospice (FR471)
Billing, Waldfogel, Buss, Nesbit

Your Prayers Are Answered: A Simulation-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum (FR472)
Vergo, Wood, MacMartin, Whang

Partnering with Payers to Meet the Needs of Pediatric Palliative Care Patients (FR473)
Cunningham, Williamson, Baker, Pennington, Young, Bolick, Norton

Behavioral and Psychotic Symptoms of Dementia vs. Delirium in Hospice: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management in the Long-Term Care Setting: Part 2 (FR474)
Yamarik, Meier, Tjia, Messinger-Rapport

Speed Dating with the Pharmacy Ladies: PharmaOnly.com (FR475)
Walker, McPherson

Tears in the Cloud: Facing Serious Illness and Grief in the Digital Age (FR476)
VandeKieft, Hess, Sinclair

Coding and Billing Jeopardy - Play with the Experts (FR477)
Dahlin, Guinn, Monroe

Integrating Palliative Care for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: Lessons Learned and Strategies to Ease Integration (FR478)
El-Jawahri, Rhodes, LeBlanc, Telles, Temel, Jackson

Scrappy and Resourceful: Multisetting Palliative Care in Rural America (FR479)
Stein, Fratkin, Novak, Reefer, Selvaggi

Anticipating Death in Children and Adults with Childhood Onset Severe Central Nervous System Impairment: A Case Series Review (FR480)
Hauer, Clark, Jarek

Paper Session (FR481)

A Retrospective Review of the Management of Malignant Bowel Obstruction at a Large, Tertiary Cancer Care Center (FR481A)
Calabrese

Factors Predicting Platelet Transfusions at the End of Life in Cancer Inpatients (FR481B)
Meadows

Illness Understanding, Prognostic Awareness, and End of Life Care After Drainage Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy for Malignant Bowel Obstruction in Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancer (FR481C)
Goldberg

Palliative Care Interventions in End-Stage Liver Disease: A Rapid Review of Literature (FR481D)
Mudumbi

4:30-6 pm

An Interactive Educational Exchange (FR482)
Hurd, Zehm, Mendoza, Sunga, Mazanec

5:45-7:15 pm

AAHPM SIG Meetings
Education SIG
Fellowship Directors SIG
Global Health SIG
ICU SIG
Integrative Medicine SIG
Pharmacotherapy SIG
Program Chiefs SIG
Rural SIG

HPNA SIG Meetings
APN SIG
Bioethics SIG

AAHPM & HPNA Joint LGBTQ SIGs

AAHPM & HPNA Joint Research SIGs

6-7pm

Service of Remembrance and Celebration

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6:30-8 am

Continental Breakfast

7 am-5 pm

Registration

7-8 am

Cambia Leadership Lecture Breakfast

8:15-10 am

Plenary Session (103)
The "New" State of the Science: Update in Hospice and Palliative Care: Improving the conversation for patients with serious illness: upstream and downstream, younger and older. Moving into the great beyond: bringing palliative care into cardiology malignant hematology and surgery.
Heather L. Coats, PhD APRN-BC
Laura P. Gelfman, MD MPH

10-10:30 am

Refreshment Break

10:30-11:30 am

'And Yet It Was a Blessing': Psychodynamic Insights for Well-Being While Coping with Serious Illness (SA500)
Jackson, Emanuel, Cramer, Sonnenfeld

Defining the Disease in DT-LVAD: A Comprehensive Approach to a Complex Continuum of Care (SA501)
Wordingham, Woodburn, Hollenbach, Williamson

2018 - Targeting the Pusher: Beyond Going Beyond Senna and Colace for the Management of Constipation in Hospice (SA502)
Fertal, Meier, McPherson, Prommer

Alternative Patment for Palliative Care: Getting from Here to There (SA503)
Silvers, Rodgers, Fields, Meier

Opening the Black Box: How Interventional Radiology Can Help Our Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care(SA504)
Jones, Weinstein

Trauma-Informed Palliative Care: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Assessing and Treating Patients and Families with Trauma- and Stress-Related Symptoms (SA505)
Huang, Dionne-Odom, Bickel, Lelkes, Kvale, MacPhee

Making the Case for the C Suite: Using Leadership Insights and Strategic Resources to Put Your Pediatric Palliative Care Program in PRime Time (SA506)
Kirch, Wolfe, Block

The "SAFEST" Way to Navigate Substance Abuse - A Talking Map for Difficult Situations (SA507)
Childers, Pruskowski, Patel

Paper Session (SA508) 

An Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool to Assist Hospital Physicians with Prognosis: Development and Mixed Methods Evaluation (SA508A)
Morris

Capturing Dignity (SA508B)
Mendelson

Quality Improvement Yields Quality of Life: A Palliative Care Tissue Donation Collaborative (SA508C)
Blackstone

Introduction of Triggers for Palliative Care Consultation Improve Utilization and Satisfaction Within a Level IV NICU (SA508D)
Nguyen

 Case Session (SA509)

When Emotional Expression is Blunted: Navigating Goals of Care Discussions in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders (SA509A)
Murali

Happy 18th Birthday - Navigating Emerging Decisional Competence in an Intellectually Disabled Young Adult (SA509B)
Musheno

Care Planning Challenges and Recommendations for Patients with Communication Impairment (SA509C)
Foster

When Cancer is Not the Biggest Source of Suffering: Palliative Care for the Transgender Male with a Gynecologic Malignancy (SA509D)
Hafeez

11:30 am-1:15 pm

Lunch on your own

AAHPM Community Meetings
Cancer SIG
Emergency Medicine SIG
Geriatrics/Long-Term Care SIG
Heart Failure SIG
Humanities and Spirituality SIG
Substance Abuse and Diversion SIG
Surgical and Perioperative Care SIG

HPNA SIG Meetings
Integrative Care SIG
International SIG
LPN/LVN SIG
LTC/Geriatrics SIG
Pediatrics SIG
Public Relations SIG

Noon-1:15 pm

Town Hall Session (SA510)
Critical Conversations: Challenges to Clinician Well-Being and Resilience in Hospice and Palliative Care
A town hall session by AAHPM, HPNA, and NHPCO

1:30-2:30 pm

The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries - Part Three (SA511)
Khalid, Bahar, Dimitrijevic

What I Really Need Right Now Is To Hear from Other Parents with a Child Like Mine (SA512)
Lord, Duncan, Joselow, O'Mailey

"What Do You Mean You Are Going to Stop the Statin?!" Communication Techniques for Deprescribing (SA513)
Pruskowski, McPherson

"I Have a Terrible Sore Throat, I'm Itching, and I Haven't Slept in Days": Pharmacopalliation of Mucositis, Pruritus, and Insomnia in Hospice and Palliative Care Patients (SA514)
Ray, Pies, Clark

Ketamine and Depression: Is It Ready for Primetime? (SA515)
Prommer, Irwin, Hirst

A Guide for Palliative Medicine Clinicians Taking Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients Using a Whole Person Care Approach (SA516)
O'Mahony, Jones, Mellman, Scott, Elk, Hinrichs, Maingi, Kolieboi

Air Out There: Options for Noninvasive Respiratory Supports and Safe Transitions from ICU to Hospice (SA517)
Goodman, Chen, Scott

Paper Session (SA518) 

Rural African Americans Pastors’ Perspectives on EoL Care for Their Congregants: Phase 1 of a 3-Phase Pilot Study (SA518A)
Elk

Factors that Impact Family Perception of Preference-Concordant Care at the End of Life (SA518B)
Haines

Transition to Comfort-Focused Care: A Metasynthesis of Patient, Family, and Provider Perspectives (SA518C)
Meeker

Parenting with Cystic Fibrosis: Balancing Roles as Parent and Patient with a Life-Limiting Illness (SA518D)
Hailey

 Case Session (SA519)

Tell-Tale Heart: Special Considerations for Total Artificial Heart (SA519A)
Harmandayan

Rest for the Restless: Intermittent Respite Sedation in a Case of Progressive Chorea (SA519B)
Gray

Bending the End Trajectory: The Illusion and Disillusion of Euthanasia in Hospice (SA519C)
Newton

Islamophobia in Medicine: How Cultural Insensitivities Can Lead to Complicated EOL Care (SA519D)
Liantonio

2:45-3:45 pm

Ready, Set, Go: Preparing for Interprofessional Education in Palliative Care (SA520)
Head, Pfeifer, Schapmire

Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking: Ethical Analysis and Clinical Approach (SA521)
Marks, Chargot

I'm Confused! Should I Be Using Drugs to Treat Delirium or Not? (SA522)
Hui, Prommer, McPherson, Davis

Watch Your Mouth: Expanding Awareness of Clinical Language to Promote Quality Care and Culture Change (SA523)
Kelemen, Altilio, Groninger, Leff

Who Will Speak for Me? The Growing Trend of the Unbefriended Elderly Population and its Effect on End-of-Life Care (SA524)
Vickey, Darr

Global Palliative Care: Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care in Global Palliative Care (SA525)
Puchalski, Ferrell, Pettus, Flohr

Moving Forward Together: Enhancing the Oncologist-Palliative Care Clinician Relationship for Comanagement Care Models (SA526)
Epstein, Campbell, Fahy-Chandon, Cammy, Jones, Chow, Finlay

Paper Session (SA527) 

The Experience of Healing for Family Caregivers Following the Death of a Loved One in the Intensive Care Unit (SA527A)
Desanto-Madeya

The Impact of Reiki Versus Massage on Symptoms for Hospitalized Patients: A Single Rural Academic Center Prospective Cohort Study (SA527B)
Vergo

Independent Hospice Home Visits by Hospice Fellows: Meeting Educational Milestones by Fostering Self-Reflection (SA527C)
Samala

Characteristics of Persons with Severe Dementia in Home Versus Residential Care Settings (SA527D)
Harrison

3:45 pm

Adjourn