2022 AGENDA

(subject to change)

Categories

8:55 am

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Helen Fernandez

Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH

Course Director

Dr. Caitlyn Kuwata

Caitlyn Kuwata, MD

Course Director

9:00 am

PLENARY I

Geriatrics, Palliative Care, and the Future of Healthcare*

Dr. R. Sean Morrison

R. Sean Morrison, MD

Professor and Chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Co-director of the Patty and Jay Baker National Palliative Care Center
Director of the National Palliative Care Research Center

9:45 am

PLENARY II

Peds Palliative Care

Dr. Scott M. Klein

Scott M. Klein, MD, MHSA

Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer
Blythedale Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University

10:30 am

PLENARY III

COVID-19 in Older Adults: Overview, Management and Lessons Learned*

Dr. Martine Sanon

Martine Sanon, MD

Director of Inpatient Geriatric Medicine Clinical Services
Brookdale Dept. of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sharon See, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCP

Clinical Professor & Assistant Chair
Dept. of Clinical Health Professions
St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Assistant Professor and Clinical Pharmacist
Brookdale Dept. of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mobile Acute Care for the Elderly Team (MACE)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

11:15 am

PLENARY IV

Beyond Alzheimer’s Dementia*

Dr. Georges Naasan

Georges Naasan, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology
Medical Director, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
Co-Medical Director, the Barbara and Maurice Deane Center for Wellness and Cognitive Health
Vice Chair of Ambulatory Operations and Quality, Neurology
Mount Sinai Hospitals, Icahn School of Medicine

12:00 pm

Geriatrics Questions for 30 mins

2:00 pm

PLENARY V

Incorporating Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Principles into Value-Based Programs*

Dr. Jeffrey Farber

Jeffrey Farber, MD

President & CEO
The New Jewish Home

2:45 pm

PLENARY VI

Hospice: There's Always Something We Can Do

Dr. David Chmielewski

David A. Chmielewski, MD

Medical Director
United Hospice

3:30 pm

PLENARY VII

Integrative Medicine

Dr. Raymond Teets

Raymond Y. Teets, MD 

Integrative Family Medicine
Assistant Professor, Faculty
Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine

4:15 pm

PLENARY VIII

Update in Dementia*

Mary Sano, PhD

Director, Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Associate Dean, Clinical Research
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director of Research
James J Peters VAMC

8:55 am

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Carl Philippe Rousseau

Carl-Philippe Rousseau, MD

Course Director

Dr. Mollie Biewald

Mollie Biewald, MD

Course Director

9:00 am

PLENARY I

Stroke*

Sara K. Rostanski, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Vascular Neurology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Stroke Neurologist
New York, NY

9:45 am

PLENARY II

Review Indications for Anticoagulation

Dr. Caroline Cromwell

Caroline Cromwell, MD

Assistant Professor - MSH/MSQ/QHC/SSVS/ELM
Hematology & Medical Oncology

10:30 am

PLENARY III

Loneliness

Dr. Diane Meier

Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Founder, Director Emerita and Strategic Medical Advisor
Center to Advance Palliative Care
Co-director, Patty and Jay Baker National Palliative Care Center
Professor, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 

11:15 am

PLENARY IV

Principles in Geriatric Rehabilitation*

Dr. Richard A. Frieden

Richard A. Frieden, MD, MS

Medical Director, Amputation Specialty Program
Medical Director, Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Associate Professor
Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

12:00 pm

Palliative Care Questions for 30 mins

1:00 pm

LUNCH BREAK

2:00 pm

PLENARY V

Pain Management and Assessment*

Dr. Ciera Sears

Ciera Sears, MD

Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care

2:45 pm

PLENARY VI

Review of Medicare/Medicaid/Payment models

Alison Silvers, MBA

Chief Health Care Transformation Officer
Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

3:30 pm

PLENARY VII

Symptom Management I: Constipation, SOB, Nausea and Anorexia*

Dr. Olusegun Apoeso

Olusegun Apoeso, MBBS

Director, Wiener Family Palliative Care Unit
Associate Professor, The Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

4:15 pm

PLENARY VIII

Symptom Management II: Hiccups, Pruritus, Xerostomia, Fatigue and Bowel Obstruction

Dr. Kinga Kiszko

Kinga Kiszko

Associate Program Director, Geriatrics Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

8:55 am

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Helen Fernandez

Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH

Course Director

Dr. Caitlyn Kuwata

Caitlyn Kuwata, MD

Course Director

9:00 am

PLENARY I

Low Back Pain

Dr. Parag Sheth

Parag Sheth, MD

Division of Spine and Sports Medicine
Chief of Spinal Intervention
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

9:45 am

PLENARY II

Prognostication of Chronic Disease*

Dr. Winston Wey

Winston Wey, MD

Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

10:30 am

PLENARY III

Prevention*

Dr. Nisha Rughwani

Nisha Rughwani, MD

Associate Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Medical Director, Mount Sinai Morningside Outpatient Geriatrics

11:15 am

PLENARY IV

Advance Care Planning: Trends and Clinical Practice*

Harriett Mather, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

12:00 pm

Geriatrics Questions for 30 mins

1:00 pm

LUNCH BREAK

2:00 pm

PLENARY V

Palliative Care in Heart Failure

Dr. Laura Gelfman

Laura Gelfman, MD

Associate Professor
Director of Quality and Clinical Information
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Karen Hiensch

Karen Hiensch, ANP-BC

Nurse Practitioner
Supportive Cardiology
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2:45 pm

PLENARY VI

Medical Decision Making*

Hannah Lipman, MD, MS, HEC-C

Vice President, Bioethics
Hackensack Meridian Health
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

3:30 pm

PLENARY VII

Medication Management*

Sharon See, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCP

Clinical Professor & Assistant Chair
Dept. of Clinical Health Professions
St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Assistant Professor and Clinical Pharmacist
Brookdale Dept. of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mobile Acute Care for the Elderly Team (MACE)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Shahla Baharlou

Shahla Baharlou, MD

Associate Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

4:15 pm

PLENARY VIII

Diabetes Overview

Dr. Emilia Liao

Emilia Pauline Liao, MD

Northwell Health Physician Partners
Endocrinology at 59th Street
Associate Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship

8:55 am

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Carl Philippe Rousseau

Carl-Philippe Rousseau, MD

Course Director

Dr. Mollie Biewald

Mollie Biewald, MD

Course Director

9:00 am

PLENARY I

COVID-19 in the Nursing Home*

Dr. Jeffrey Farber

Jeffrey Farber, MD

President & CEO
The New Jewish Home

Ruth Spinner, MD, CMD

Senior Medical Director

9:45 am

PLENARY II

Late Life Depression*

Dr. Gary Kennedy

Gary J. Kennedy, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Education
Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Fellowship Program
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

10:30 am

PLENARY III

Cardiovascular Disease PART I*

Dr. Mary Ann McLaughlin

Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Associate Professor of Population Health Science and Policy
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

11:15 am

PLENARY IV

Cardiovascular Disease PART II*

Dr. Mary Ann McLaughlin

Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Associate Professor of Population Health Science and Policy
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

12:00 pm

Palliative Care Questions for 30 mins

1:00 pm

LUNCH BREAK

2:00 pm

PLENARY V

Delirium*

Dr. Joyce Fogel

Joyce F. Fogel, MD, FACP, AGSF

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

2:45 pm

PLENARY VI

De-Prescribing in the Context of Multi-Comorbidities*

Dr. Cynthia Boyd

Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH

Mason F. Lord Professor
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

3:30 pm

PLENARY VII

Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders*

Dr. Winona Tse

Winona Tse, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology
Mount Sinai Movement Disorders Center

4:15 pm

PLENARY VIII

Bringing It All Back Home: The Geriatric and Palliative Care Approach

Dr. Rosanne Leipzig

Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD

Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor
Vice Chair, Emeritix
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai