AAHPM Fall Quarterly 2011 : Page 11

FALL 2011 11 Featured Plenary Speakers Thursday, March 8 Bending the Cost Curve: A Lively Panel Discussion Rebecca A. Kirch, JD, Director, Quality of Life & Survivorship, American Cancer Society, Inc. Thomas J. Smith, MD, Medical Director, Duffy Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, and coauthor of “Bending the Cost Curve in Cancer Care,” New England Journal of Medicine , May 26, 2011. %UDG6WXDUW&#0f;0'&#0f;&KLHI0HGLFDO2I´FHU&#0f;6XWWHU&DUHDW+RPH&#0f;ZKROHG the pilot project Advanced Illness Management (AIM)™ 2.0, Care Coordination Through System Integration Saturday, March 10 State of the Science Wendy G. Anderson, MD MS, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1DWKDQ*ROGVWHLQ&#0f;0'&#0f;0RXQW6LQDL6FKRRORI0HGLFLQH&#0f;1HZ<RUN&#0f; NY Friday, March 9 Beyond Gender: Ways Men and Women Cope with Illness and Grief .HQQHWK-'RND&#0f;3K'&#0f;7KH&ROOHJHRI1HZ5RFKHOOH&#0f;1HZ5RFKHOOH&#0f; NY Dr. Wendy G. Anderson and Dr. Nathan Goldstein return to present this Annual Assembly highlight. Combining a rigorous review of the 2011 research with critique and case application in hospice and palliative care, this session stimulates and challenges—with a touch of humor. National Research Agenda Neil Hagen, MD FRCPC, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada This session will challenge clinicians to move beyond affect to explore the many ways that individuals cope with loss and offer specific interventive strategies that are effective with different patterns. A prolific author of more than 20 books and 100 articles and book chapters and a professor of gerontology, Dr. Doka may be best known in the hospice and palliative care community for his leadership in the annual Hospice Foundation of America Teleconferences. Dr. Doka is editor of both Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying and Journeys: A Newsletter to Help in Bereavement . Dr. Neil Hagen is a neurological oncologist with a particular interest in difficult symptom management. He is currently Professor in the Departments of Oncology, Medicine, and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, where he is the head of the Division of Palliative Medicine. Dr. Hagen will review the link between public policy and research and highlight strong examples of what has worked well and what has not. Be informed and inspired as a leader in advancing policy, research, and bedside care. Refractory Dyspnea in Advanced COPD: New Insights and Novel Interventions Graeme M. Rocker, DM MA MHSc FRCP FRCPC FCCP, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Social Media in Your Practice Christian T. Sinclair, MD FAAHPM, Assistant Medical Director, Kansas City Hospice, and Editor, Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog By now you have heard so much about social media you are probably wondering when it might go away. Although it may evolve and the latest platform of choice may change, the foundational aspects of social media— freedom of speech, cross-pollination of ideas, and ease of sharing across multiple media tools—make it a great tool to shape the public perception about hospice, pallia-tive care, opioids, dying, grief, and many other aspects of our daily practice. Here is your chance to make a big dif-ference. You will leave this session inspired to give it a try and talk to your colleagues and CEO about how you can use social media to improve public health. Dyspnea has been described as the “pain of non-malignant disease.” This session will highlight recent advances that further our understanding of dyspnea that is refractory to conventional treatments, focusing on mechanisms and palliative interventions that reflect these advances. The speaker will discuss the emergence of the concept of the “dyspneic brain,” and the rationale for some innovative approaches to palliation supported by audio and videotaped findings from interviews with patients and caregivers who live with refractory dyspnea. Insights from recent research in Canada and beyond offer hope that we can meet the challenge of providing more effective treatment for such a complex symptom. View these and other educational sessions at AnnualAssembly.org. VOL. 12

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