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The PAIR Centerwide Series

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The PAIR Centerwide Series features clinicians, scholars, as well as health system and thought leaders at the forefront of advanced illness care research.

Meeting Details

Time

8:00–9:00 AM
Time may vary. Please check our official schedule below.

Location (hybrid)

In-person

Gaulton Auditorium
Biomedical Research Building

Virtual

Link: Centerwide Series Zoom
ID: 910 2018 1848
Password: 822489

Schedule

2023–24 Speakers

10/10/2023 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Kelly Vranas, MD, MCR

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Oregon Health and Science University

Goldilocks in the ICU: Optimizing Care for Patients Too Well, Too Sick, and Just Right
Headshot of Kelly Vranas, MD, MPH

12/12/2023 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Catherine (Kate) Butler, MD, MA

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington

Kidney Transplant Evaluation for Older Adults: Opportunities for Person-Centeredness
Headshot of Kate Butler, MD, MA

2/6/2024 @ 2:00–3:00 PM *Please note alternate time

Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN

Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Patricia M. Davidson Health Equity & Social Justice Endowed Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schools of Public Health & Medicine

What’s Next for Health: Reimagining What’s Possible for Health
Headshot of Sarah Szanton PhD, ANP, FAAN

3/5/2024 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Susan Huang, MD, MPH

Chancellor’s Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine
Medical Director, Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCI Health

Pragmatic Trials: The Story of Decolonization
Headshot of Susan Huang, MD, MPH

Past Speakers

2022–23

9/13/2022 @ 9:00–10:00 AM

Catherine Auriemma, MD, MSHP

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania

Identifying and Surmounting Barriers to Delivering Goal-Concordant Care
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10/4/2022 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

From the ABCs to the 4Ms: Bridging Critical Care and Geriatrics to Improve the Functional Outcomes of Critically Ill Older Adults
Headshot of Lauren Ferrante

11/1/2022 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Laura Hanson, MD, MPH

Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Dementia Palliative Care: Research and Clinical Innovation
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12/6/2022 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Romain Pirracchio, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine and Professor of Biostatistics, University of California – San Francisco

Building a Path to Preventative Medicine in Acute/Critical Care
Headshot of Romain Pirracchio

3/7/2023 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Brie Williams, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California – San Francisco

Aging and Dying in Prison: Integrating Geriatrics and Palliative Care into Criminal Justice Reform
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4/11/2023 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Washington University
Associate Professor, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University
Co-Director, Center for Health Economics and Policy (CHEP), Institute for Public Health, Washington University

How Health Policy Can Help or Hinder Health Equity
Headshot of Karen Joynt Maddox

5/9/2023 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Deidra Crews, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Addressing Food Apartheid and Its Impact on Kidney Health
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6/6/2023 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Tyson Brown, PhD

W.L.F. Associate Professor of Sociology, Duke University

Advancing Health Equity through Innovative Research on Structural Racism
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2021–22

11/16/2021 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Matthew Semler, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University

Integrating Pragmatic Trials into Clinical Care: Challenges and Opportunities
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12/14/2021 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Michael Sjoding, MD

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

How Pulse Oximeter Bias was Ignored for Decades and Why that is Changing Now
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3/22/2022 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Kathy Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI

Professor of Nursing, Penn Nursing Department of Behavioral Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence, University of Pennsylvania

I-TRANSFER, an Implementation Science Study to Improve Transitions and Outcomes for Sepsis Survivors: Barriers, Enablers, and Strategies
Headshot of Kathy Bowles

4/18/2022 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Lee Fleisher, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Professor Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania

The CMS National Quality Strategy: Ensuring High Quality Care
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6/14/2022 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Lisa Barnes, PhD

Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Rush University

Social and Biological Correlates of Cognitive Aging in Older African Americans
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2020–21

10/20/2020 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Manali Patel, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Stanford University
Oncologist, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Partnerships to Improve End of Life Cancer Care Delivery: Translating Stakeholder Voices to Science and Action
Headshot of Manali Patel

12/1/2020 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Nneka Ufere, MD

Transplant Hepatology Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease
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1/19/2021 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Areej El-Jawahri, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Supportive Care Interventions for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
Headshot of Areej El-Jawahiri

2/2/2021 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

George Demiris, PhD, FACMI

Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, Department of Biobehavioral and Health Science, School of Nursing, and Department of Biostatistics, Informatics, and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Designing Supportive Interventions for Family Caregivers in Hospice
Headshot of George Demiris

4/20/2021 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Alison Turnbull, DVM, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University

Designing Trials of Communication Interventions in the ICU
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5/4/2021 @ 12:00–1:00 PM

Matthew Gonzales, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer, Institute for Human Caring, Providence St. Joseph Health

The Informaticist Will See You Now
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6/1/2021 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Ann O’Hare, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington

In the Shadows: Roles and Perspectives of Family Members of People with Advanced Kidney Disease
Headshot of Ann O'Hare
2019–20

9/17/2019 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Thomas Gill, MD

Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health, and the Humana Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Symptoms and Function at the End of Life: Insights from the Yale Pep Study
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11/5/2019 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Lisa M. Walke, MD, MSHA, AGSF

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Developing an Age-Friendly Health System
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12/3/2019 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Robert E. Burke, MD, MS, FHM

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

The Illusion of Choice? Post-Acute Care Decisions and Consequences
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2/4/2020 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
Senior Scientist, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife

Advanced Dementia: The Evolution of Research Informing Practice
Headshot of Susan Mitchell
2018–19

9/18/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Katherine Courtright, MD, MS

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania

Defining and Testing Innovative Delivery of High-Value Palliative Care
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10/16/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Pennsylvania

Functional Status in Vulnerable Adults: Making it Central in Our Clinics and Communities
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11/6/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP

Associate Professor of Surgery and Bioethics, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin

What We Talk about When We Talk about Surgery
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2/19/2019 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Kimberly Johnson, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Center for Palliative Care, Duke University

Racial Disparities in End-of-Life Care: Now That We Know, What Do We Do About It?
Headshot of Kimberly Johnson

3/19/2019 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Fabian Johnston, MD, MHS, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Division of Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Palliative Care: How Do We Get Back to the Future?
Headshot of Fabian Johnston

5/7/2019 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

David Bekelman, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado

From Surveys to Interviews to Clinical Trials: A Journey to Understand and Improve Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure
Headshot of David Bekelman
2017–18

7/28/2017 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Joanna Hart, MD, MSHP

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Physician Competency in the Use of Choice Architecture

8/11/2017 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Katherine Courtright, MD, MS1
Nina O’Connor, MD2

1Faculty, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
2Director of Palliative Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Chief Medical Officer, Penn Wissahickon Hospice

UPHS Palliative Care Databases: Opportunities for Research and Collaboration

9/8/2017 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Katherine Courtright, MD, MS1
Mike Draugelis2

1Faculty, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
2Chief Data Scientist, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Penn Signals and Data Science Overview

10/27/2017 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Peter Gabriel, MD, MSE1
Nina O’Connor, MD2
Craig Umscheid, MD, MSCE, FACP, SFHM3

1Chief Oncology Informatics Officer, Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine
2Director of Palliative Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Chief Medical Officer, Penn Wissahickon Hospice
3Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System and Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania

UPHS Advance Care Planning Metrics and Initiatives

11/10/2017 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Joanne Buzaglo, PhD1
Alexandra Zaleta, PhD2

1Senior Vice President, Research and Training, Cancer Support Community
2Senior Director, Research, Cancer Support Community

The Cancer Support Community’s Research and Training Institute: A Community-Based Approach to Psychosocial Cancer Research

12/8/2017 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Ryan Greysen, MD, MHS, MA

Section Chief of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Functional Impairment and Patient Experience in the Hospital

1/12/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Bob Tedeschi

Senior Writer, STAT Magazine
Former Feature Writer and Columnist, The New York Times

The Role of the Media in Public Perceptions of Serious Illness and End-of-Life Care

2/9/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Arif H. Kamal, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Business Administration, Duke University

Electronic Tools to Optimize Palliative Care Quality: Registries, Apps, and Beyond

3/9/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Matthew J. Press, MD, MSc

Associate Medical Director, Penn Medicine Primary Care Service Line

Payment Reform and Practice Transformation: Implications for Serious Illness Care

4/27/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Amy Kelley, MD, MSHS

Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Variations in Care for the Seriously Ill: Opportunities to Improve Quality and Value

6/22/2018 @ 8:00–9:00 AM

Steven Pantilat, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of California – San Francisco

PCQN: Improving Quality of Caring

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