Palliative Care Week

The University of Vermont
College of Medicine Palliative Care
Student Interest Group
in Partnership with Generous Sponsors
presents
Palliative Care Week
Lunch Presentations: 12-1 pm
Medical Education Room 200 - The Sullivan Classroom
** Please Note: Tuesday’s presentation to be held in
Medical Education Room 300 - The Reardon Classroom**
Lunch will be provided for students. Please bring your own beverage.
Monday, January 12, 2015
A Rural Vermont Perspective on Hospice and Palliative Care
Presented by: Mary O. Ready, MD, Hospice Medical Director at Northern Counties Health Care
and Allison Wright-Roberts, RN, Assistant Hospice Director at Caledonia Home Health Care
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Family Perspectives on Care for Life-Limiting Illness
Family Panel moderated by: Zail S. Berry, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Integrating Palliative Care into Clinical Practice: The Role of the Specialist
Moderated by: Zail S. Berry, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont
Panelists: Heather Bradeen, MD, Clara Keagan, MD, Steven Ades, MD
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Monkey Trap: Helping Children Understand Issues of Life and Death
Presented by: Virginia Fry, MA, Director of Hospice and Palliative Care Council of Vermont
Friday, January 16, 2015
Top Ten Things Palliative Care Clinicians Wished Everyone Knew about Palliative Care
Presented by: Mihir M. Kamdar, MD, Co-Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Pain Clinic
Medicine Grand Rounds: Friday, January 16, 2015
8am in Davis Auditorium
Top Ten Things Palliative Care Clinicians Wished Everyone Knew about Palliative Care
Presented by: Mihir M. Kamdar, MD, Co-Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Pain Clinic
This week is made possible with the generous support of:
UVM College of Medicine Palliative Care Student Interest Group, UVM College of Medicine Student Council, UVM College of Medicine
Dean’s Palliative Care Collaborative, UVM Medical Center Departments of Family Medicine, Radiation Oncology, and the Department of
Medicine’s Hematology-Oncology Division, and Madison-Deane Initiative of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden & Grand Isle Counties
Questions? Please contact:
Erin Pichiotino, [email protected]
Meghan Breen, [email protected]
Eunice Fu, [email protected]