Art & Science of Palliative Nursing (ASPN)

Learn with leading experts on high-priority issues in caring for patients and families at the end of life

Earn 15 CMEs for just $250.00 through the asynchronous viewing of 15 sessions of video content from the MGH Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds

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Faculty

Hear from clinicians from across the HMS system and colleagues from outside the network who share their research, practice, and perspectives on the current state and future direction of serious illness care.

Sharl Azar, MD
Hematologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Comprehensive Sickle Center Disease Treatment Center

Michelle Diop, MD, ScM
Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Stephanie Kiser, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine - Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Director for Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP
Palliative and Addiction Nurse Practitioner, Section of Palliative Care, VA Boston Healthcare System
Instructor, Department of Medicine - Harvard Medical School

Lisa LaRowe, PhD
Research Faculty Member, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness at the Mass General Research Institute
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Corey Fehnel, MD, MPH
Division Chief, Neurocritical Care and Hospital Neurology - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

David Hao, MD
Double Board-Certified Anesthesiologist & Chronic Pain Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Pain Program

Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA 
Director of Palliative Care, Boston Children's Hospital
Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Joseph Greer, PhD
Co-Director, Cancer Outcomes Research & Education Program - Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Irene M. Yeh, MD, MPH, FAAHPM
Senior Physician, Department of Supportive Oncology - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Charmaine Lastimoso, MSN, MPH, NP-C, CARN-AP
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Department of Supportive Oncology - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Sarah Byrne-Martelli, DMin, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC
Palliative Care Researcher, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Aging and Serious Illness
Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

Dorreen Danesh, MD
PACE Physician, San Ysidro Health

Manuel Fanarjian, MD
Palliative Care Physician & Clinical Informaticist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Blair Robinson, MD, MPH
Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jameson Cooper, MS, CCC-SLP 
Research Speech Language Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation

Courtney Munro
Speech Language Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Peter Rabins, MD
Founding Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Richman Family Chair of Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Anne Gosline
Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care
Senior Director, Executive Office of Blue Cross

Kimberly Angelia Curseen, MD
Director of Outpatient Supportive Care, Emory Palliative Care Center
Director of Winship Palliative Medicine Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Session Topics

Extend and deepen your knowledge on topics that are influencing palliative care and geriatric medicine practice today and for the future.

1. Artificial Intelligence in Serious Illness Care

2. Bridging the Gap:  Palliative Care for Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease

3. Chronic Pain in Aging and Serious Illness:  Clinical Practice Pearls

4. Honoring Wishes on an Unclear Path:  Aging and Palliative Care in the ICU

5. What About a Nerve Block?  Interventions for Cancer-Related Pain

6. The Science and Art of Resilience:  Lessons Learned from Patients, Families, and Communities

7. Enhancing Coping in Patients with Advanced Cancer

8. Moving Beyond “Tell Me More”:  Level Up Your Approach to Cross-Cultural Interactions

9. Naming the SHAME:  Talking about Substance Use Disorder and Complex Pain in Palliative Care

10. Spiritual Care for Generalists and Specialists:  Integrating Research and Practice

11. Strengthening Palliative Care Partnership with Speech Language Pathology: Reframing the Narrative for Seriously Ill Patients with Dysphagia and Communication Vulnerabilities

12. Shackled at the End of Life:  Palliative Care in the Context of a Growing Incarcerated Geriatric Population

13. Palliative Care for People with Dementia

14. What We Learn from Listening

15. Microaggressions and its Macro-Impact:  Surviving Difficult Spaces

For nurses in all health settings who care for patients with serious and/or potentially life-threatening illness, and practice at either the generalist or advanced practice level.