2022 Annual Assembly and Assembly Encore
Virtual Experience
The AAHPM and HPNA Annual Assembly was held as a fully virtual experience, and it is not over yet. The interactive event platform continues to provide top quality educational content and engaging options for connection and rejuvenation through on-demand content.
Registered attendees of the Annual Assembly and Assembly Encore have access to the virtual event platform through June 15, 2022. Please use the same login you used to register for the meeting.
If you have questions about logging in, please contact Member Services at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
NOTE: Plenary speaker on-demand sessions from Pamela Fuller and Adam Hill will only be accessible through March 31, 2022.
Assembly Encore is Here!
By registering for the Annual Assembly, registrants will receive continued access to the Annual Assembly event platform through June 15, 2022, as well as access to expanded on-demand content called Assembly Encore! That means continued access to sessions, papers, posters, and case studies to impact your practice and enhance the delivery of hospice and palliative care.
Registration is still available to receive access to Annual Assembly on-demand content and the official event platform.
Registration Info Schedule Plenary Speakers
The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, presented by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA), is an event that brings together your colleagues and peers to share research, clinical best practices, and practice-related guidance to advance the specialty and improve patient care. Use the new hashtag, #hapc22, in your tweets.
Calls for Proposals
All calls for abstract proposals have closed for the 2022 Annual Assembly. All faculty have been notified of their proposal status. If you have any questions about your proposal, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Annual Assembly Recordings
Share the Annual Assembly with your coworkers and reflect on the education you experienced onsite. Purchase the live audio recordings of the Annual Assembly from Fleetwood from past years. Learn more.
There will be no recording bundles available for purchase from the 2022 Annual Assembly.
Thank You!
Thank you to the countless volunteers for guiding the planning and programming of the Annual Assembly.
2022 Annual Assembly Program Planning Committee
- Mayra Sanchez, MD, FAAHPM - AAHPM Co-Chair
- Cheryl Ann Thaxton, DNP RN CPNP FNP-BC CHPPN ACHPN FPCN - HPNA Co-Chair
- Olumuyiwa Adeboye, MD FACP
- Richard (Morgan) Bain, MD FAAHPM
- Jennifer Blechman, MD HMDC FAAHPM
- Erica L. Frechman, MSN GNP CHPN ANP
- Carla Jolley, MN, ARNP, AOCN, ACHPN
- Janice Linton, DNP APRN ANP-BC CCRN ACHPN
- Susan McCammon, MD HMDC FAAHPM FACS
- Maria Natal, PhD MSN RN-BC CPHQ
- Priya Pinto, MD FAAHPM
- Kate Stackhouse, DNP RN FNP-C ACHPN
- Julie Tanner, BSN RN CHPN
- Michelle Webb, DNP RN BC-CHPCA
2022 Annual Assembly Scientific/Quality Improvement Subcommittee
- Stacy Fischer, MD - AAHPM Co-Chair
- Stephanie Gilbertson-White, PhD RN APRN - HPNA Co-Chair
- Ilan Bernstein, MD
- Kathleen Bickel, MD MPhil MS
- Harleah Buck, PhD RN FAAN FPCN
- Laura Gelfman, MD MPH FAAHPM
- Yuya Hagiwara, MD
- Mary Isaacson, PhD RN CHPN
- Debbie Lafond, DNP NP
- Lenora Smith, PhD RN
- Susan Wong, MD MS
- Patricia (Trish) Moyle Wright, PhD CHPN CRNP
2022 Annual Assembly Case Submission Subcommittee
- Grant Smith, MD - AAHPM Co-Chair
- Shelli Feder, PhD - HPNA Co-Chair
- Catherine Adams, MD PhD
- Joan Carpenter, PhD ACHPN
- Patricia (Tricia) Dziabis, BSN RN CHPN
- Amanda Hafeez, MD
- Felicia Hui, MD
- Kate McKillip, MD
- Victoria (Vycki) Nalls, PhD ACHPN GNP
- Kyle Neale, DO
- Rose Odom, MA BSN RN
- Donna L. Rugh, MSN PMGT-BC CHPN
2022 Annual Assembly Scholar Poster Work Group
- Sangeeta Lamba (Gita) - AAHPM Co-Chair
- Jiayun Xu, PhD RN - HPNA Co-Chair
- Jeannette Kates, PhD CRNP AGPCNP-BC GNP-BC
- Emily Martin, MD
- Kristi Saunders, MD DC MS HMDC
- Scharlotte Spencer, DNP ACHPN APRN FNPC
- Suzanne Sullivan, PhD MBA RN CHPN
2022 Annual Assembly Concurrent Abstract Reviewers
- Sonal Admane, MD MPH
- Julia L Agne, MD
- Sarah Allgood, RN PhD
- Robert M Arnold, MD FACP FAAHPM
- Rebecca A Aslakson, MD PHD FAAHPM FCCM
- Chandana Banerjee, MD MPA HMDC
- Michael G Barkowski, DO MA
- Mollie A Biewald, MD
- Kara E Bischoff, MD
- John Bodnar, RN BSN BS
- Marilyn Bookbinder, RN
- Jennifer Browning, MS APRN-CNP ACHPN QTTP
- Harleah G Buck, PHD RN FAAN FPCN
- Margaret L. Campbell, PhD RN FPCN
- Brittany M Chambers, MS
- Mina Chang, MD HMDC FAAHPM
- Helen L Chen, MD
- Joan Chrastek, DNP CHPN
- Antonio Gabriel, Corona MD
- Alexis Coulourides, Kogan PHD MS
- Kelly Cronin Komatz, MD
- Grace Cullen, DNP
- Amy L Davis, DO MS FACP FAAHPM
- McLean Ellis, MD
- Mary T Ersek, PhD RN FPCN
- Shelli L Feder, PHD FNP-C ACHPN
- Deborah Fisher, PHD PNP
- Jeanna A Ford, APRN DNP ACHPN ACNS FPCN
- Erica L Frechman, PhD(c) AGPCNP-BC ACHPN
- Abby Fuoto, ANP AOCNP
- Sean Gaffney, MD M.Ed
- Mary Gergis, PHD MSN BSN CHPN RN
- Karleen F Giannitrapani, PHD
- Joy R Goebel, PhD RN FPCN
- Eric R Goodlev, MD
- Linda M Gorman, CHPN FPCN MN RN
- Denis Hadjiliadis, MD
- Shireen N Heidari, MD
- Rebecca J Hixson, RN CHPN
- Abid Iraqi, MD
- Noelle Marie C Javier, MD
- Jeannette Kates, PHD RN CRNP
- Carolyn Kezar, MD
- Ashima Lal, MD
- Kate Lally, MD FAAHPM
- Amanda Lorenz, MD
- Jared Lowe, MD
- Susan E Lowey, PHD RN CHPN FPCN
- Mara M Lugassy, MD
- Arshia Madni, MD
- Rebecca A Martin, MD
- Dominick Mastroianni, MD
- Meredith M Maxwell, MD
- Masako Mayahara, PHD RN CHPN
- Sarah R McCarthy, PHD MPH
- Marlene E. McHugh, DNP ACHPN FPCN
- Susan McInnes, MD
- Martina R Meier, MD HMDC
- Elissa G Miller, MD
- Elaine R Morgan, MD
- Sandra L Muchka, MS RN ACHPN
- Komal P Murali, PhD RN ACNP-BC
- Alicia Murray, DNP MSN RN CHPN
- Shelly Orr, RN PHD
- Juan Pagan-Ferrer, MD
- Joyce D Palmieri, MS RN CHPN FPCN
- Gina Piscitello, MD
- Kyle Quirk, PharmD
- Megan E Rau, MD MPH
- Lynn F Reinke PhD, ANP-BC FAAN FPCN
- Mary Anne Reynolds, RN PhD
- Rafael D Romo, PHD RN PHN
- Maggie Root, MSN RN CHPPN CPNP
- Andrea T Ruskin, MD
- Renato V Samala, MD MHPE
- Deanne P Sayles, MN RN FPCN
- Myrick C Shinall, MD PHD MDIV
- Nainwant Singh, MD
- Jesse A Soodalter, MD
- Cynthia S Stafford MSN, GNP-BC
- Denise A Stahl MS MSN, FPCN
- Stephanie Stephens, DO
- Katie Stowers, DO
- John Stroh, MD
- Roger A Strong, PhD ACHPN FPCN
- Jabeen Taj, MD
- Christy Torkildson, PHD RN PHN FPCN
- Angelica Torres Morales, MD
- Teresa M Vente, DO MPH
- Jessica Vondrak, MD
- Mei-Ean Yeow, MD FAAHPM
- Michael Zablow, MD
2022 Annual Assembly Scientific and Quality Improvement Abstract Reviewers
- Sonal Admane, MD MPH
- Sarah Allgood, RN, PhD
- Prasanna Ananth, MD MPH
- Robert M Arnold, MD FACP FAAHPM
- Chandana Banerjee, MD MPA HMDC
- Katherine Bernier, Carney PhD RN
- Ilan Bernstein, MD
- Kathleen E Bickel, MD MPHIL MS FACP
- Jori F Bogetz, MD
- Jackelyn Y Boyden, PhD MPH RN
- Harleah G Buck, PhD RN FAAN FPCN
- Margaret L Campbell, PhD RN FPCN
- Heather Coats, PhD APRN-BC
- Valerie T Cotter, DrNP NP
- Claire J Creutzfeldt, MD
- Dulce M Cruz-Oliver, MD FAAHPM AGSF
- Grace Cullen, DNP
- Bethany Rose Daubman, MD
- Danielle D DeCourcey, MD MPH
- Nancy Dias, PhD
- DorAnne Donesky, PhD ACHPN ANP
- Katherine J Doyon, PhD M.ED RN CHPN
- Ronit Elk, PhD
- Mary T Ersek, PhD RN FPCN
- Tracy Fasolino, PhD APRN ACHPN
- Stacy M Fischer, MD
- Laura P Gelfman, MD MPH FAAHPM
- Stephanie Gilbertson-White, PhD RN APRN
- Joy R Goebel, PhD RN FPCN
- Jessica I Goldberg, PhD RN
- Yuya Hagiwara, MD MACM
- Judith E Hupcey, EdD CRNP
- Mary J Isaacson, PHD RN CHPN
- Seiko Izumi, PhD RN FPCN
- Kathie Kobler, PhD APRN
- David N Korones, MD FAAHPM
- Ashwin A Kotwal, MD
- Deborah A Lafond, DNP NP PNP CHPPN CPNP CPON FPCN FAAN
- John Liantonio, MD MBA HMDC
- Maureen E Lyon, PhD ABPP
- Laila A Mahmood, MD MPH
- Susan McLennon, PhD ANP-BC CHPN
- Kim Mooney-Doyle, PHD RN CPNP
- Megan L Morrison, PHD RN FNP-BC ACHPN
- Alvin H Moss, MD FACP FAAHPM
- Patricia Moyle Wright, PhD CRNP CNS CHPN CNE
- Alicia Murray, DNP MSN RN CHPN
- Kristen Overbaugh, PHD RN ACNS CHPN
- Melissa I Owen, PHD RN
- Amisha Parekh de Campos, RN MPH PHD CHPN
- Arpan A Patel, MD PhD
- Maggie Root, MSN RN CHPPN CPNP
- William E Rosa, PhD MBE NP FAAN
- Lenora Smith PhD, FNP-BC
- Roger A Strong, PhD ACHPN FPCN
- Donald R Sullivan, MD MA MCR
- Rachel Thienprayoon, MD MSCS FAAHPM FAAP
- Susan Wong, MD MS
- Christopher D Woodrell, MD MS
- Patricia Wright, PhD CHPN CRNP
- Rebecca J Wright, PhD
2022 Annual Assembly Case and Scholar Abstract Reviewers
- Kristen Abbott-Anderson, PhD RN
- Sonal Admane, MD MPH
- Robyn Anderson, MSN RN CNS CHPN
- Robert M Arnold, MD FACP FAAHPM
- Ryan Baldeo,MPAS, MSPC PA-C
- Sharon Bigger, PhD CHPN
- Chaka G Brittain, DNP
- Harleah G Buck, PhD RN FAAN FPCN
- Cathy Campbell, PhD RN
- Laura B Cantino, MD
- Claudia Z Chou, MD
- Grace Cullen, DNP
- Jennifer Derrick, MD
- Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo, PhD
- Katherine J Doyon, PhD MED RN CHPN
- Asher Edwards, DO
- Olga NA Ehrlich, PhD RN CHPN
- Halle B Ellison, MD
- Dawn Ferry, APRN CNP
- Natsu Fukui, MD
- Mary Gergis, PhD MSN BSN CHPN RN
- Erin M Haley, MD PHD
- Marika Haranis, MSN NP
- Pam Hinds, PhD
- Abid Iraqi, MD
- Mary J Isaacson, PHD RN CHPN
- Noelle Marie C Javier, MD
- Ahashta Johnson, MD
- Rebecca Jones, PA
- Delight Joslyn, RN MSN OCN CRNI CPHON
- Ramandeep Kaur, PhD
- Christine C Kimpel, BSN RN MA PhD(c)
- Nasreen Lalani,PhD, MScN RN
- Elizabeth S Long, RN
- Susan McInnes, MD
- Meggan Mikal, DNP APRN PCNS-BC CPNP-PC CHPPN
- Natalie F Mohammad, MSN APRN CNP
- Elaine R Morgan, MD
- Alicia Murray, DNP MSN RN CHPN
- Shila Pandey, MS BSN ACHPN APRN
- Michelle Park, MD
- James S Powers, MD
- Dawn Quada, RN
- Padmaja Reddy, MD
- D'Anna Saul, MD
- Deanne P Sayles, MN RN FPCN
- Julie M Schneider, MS RN APN-BC ACHPN
- Christine Schwartz-Peterson, MD
- Milagros D Silva, MD
- Dillon J Stein, DO
- Katie Stowers, DO
- Roger A Strong, PhD ACHPN FPCN
- Charles Strulovitch, MD FAAEM HDMC
- Radion Svynarenko, PhD
- Brandon M Varilek, PhD RN CHPN
- Danielle Wallace, BSN
- Rebecca J Wright, PhD