Agenda

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
7:15 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00	Introduction and General Overview of Course Sriram Yennu, MD
8:15	Pediatric Palliative Care Donna Zhukovsky, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
9:45	Break
10:00	Hydration Eduardo Bruera, MD
10:45	Dyspnea/Cough/Terminal Secretions/Role of Radiation in Palliative Care Eduardo Bruera, MD
11:30	Lunch: Meet the Professor Session
	*Case Presentation/Discussion* Donna Zhukovsky, MD, FACP
12:30 pm	Disease Specific Palliative Care Cardiac, Pulmonary, and Renal Sandra Gomez, MD
2:00	Break
2:15	Nausea/Vomittnig/Constipation/Bowel Obstruction Shalini Dalal, MD
3:15	Palliative Approach to Hospice/Medicare Benefit Sandra Gomez, MD
4:15	Palliative Care Emergencies Shalini Dalal, MD
5:15	Palliative Care in the Last Week of Life Susan Krauter, MD, FAAHPM
6:15 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
7:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00	Ethical and Legal Decision Making Larry Driver, MD
9:30	Break
9:45	Delirium, Palliative Sedation, and Opioid Induced Neruotoxicity Eduardo Bruera, MD
11:15	Geriatric Palliative Care Ron Crossno, MD
12:15 pm	Lunch: Meet the Professor Session
	*Case Presentation/Discussion* Eduardo Bruera, MD
1:00	Grief and Bereavement Rony Dev, DO
2:00	Cachexia Shalini Dalal, MD
3:00	Break
3:15	Communication and Interdisciplinary Team Work Eduardo Bruera, MD
4:15	Prognostications David Hui, MD, MSc, FRCPC
5:15	Mucositis and Common Adverse Effects of Chemotherapy David Hui, MD, MSc, FRCPC
5:45 pm	Adjourn
Thursday, October 14, 2010
7:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30	Meet the Professor Session
	*Case Presentation/Discussion* Susan Krauter, MD, FAAHPM
8:15	Fatigue and Sleep Disorders Sriram Yennu, MD
9:00	Management of Anxiety/Depression at the End-of-Life Marvin Delgado-Guay, MD
9:45	Break
9:55	Common Pharmacological Interactions in Palliative Care Holly Holmes, MD
10:30	Palliative Care Non-Cancer Diagnosis Susan Krauter, MD, FAAHPM
11:30	Lunch: Meet the Professor Session
	*Case Presentation/Discussion* Suresh Reddy, MD and Larry Driver, MD
12:30 pm	Psychosocial and Spiritual Issues Marvin Delgado-Guay, MD
1:30	Pain: Assessment and Principles Larry Driver, MD
2:30	Break
2:45	Wound Care/Pressure Ulcers/Pruritis Paul Walker, MD
3:30	Adjuvants and Interventions, and Integrative Approaches in Pain Management Suresh Reddy, MD
5:00	*Conclusion and Overview of Day 3 Material* Sriram Yennu, MD
5:15 pm	Adjourn

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