CASE-BASED WORKSHOPS

(subject to change)
Available from September 24 – October 24, 2024

Addressing Total Pain: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams*

Rabbi Max Zev Reynolds, BCC, MA
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Joshua Lasseigne, RN, BSN, CHPN
Nursing Clinical Specialty Coordinator/Triage Coordinator
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

An Overview of Cirrhosis for Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medical Providers*

James Crismale, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Liver Diseases
Specialties Liver Medicine Liver Transplantation
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Christopher Woodrell, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Annual Wellness Visit

Fiorella Perez, MD
Assistant Professor
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Specialties Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West
Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Rebecca Masutani, MD, MHA
Geriatric Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital

Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss*

Jacqueline Sheehan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Basic Opioids 101*

Laurel Hansen, MD
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

BPH & Prostate Cancer*

Rollin Say, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology
Sol and Margaret Berger
Department of Urology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Buprenorphine for pain

Caitlyn Kuwata, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

CAD Management: Cardiac and Perioperative Risk Assessment*

Newsha Ghodsi, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Cardiology, and Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Capacity Assessment*

Judith Neugroschl, MD
Associate Professor
Medical Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Care of Older Adults through Specialized Managed Care Models

Cheryl Phillips, MD, AGSF
Sr Program Consultant
The John A Hartford Foundation
and Immediate Past President & CEO SNP Alliance

Chemotherapy Related Toxicity and Oncologic Complications*

Cardinale B. Smith, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer, Tisch Cancer Hospital, The Mount Sinai Hospital
VP and Chief Quality Officer, Cancer Clinical Services, Mount Sinai Health System
Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Tisch Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology and Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Clinical Well-Being and Resilience: Pre-COVID, Through the Pandemic, and Beyond*

Christie Mulholland, MD
Assistant Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Associate Director of Department Well-being
Director, Faculty Well-being Champion Committee
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Complementary Therapies for Patient and Self Care*

Deborah Matza, RN, MPH, C-IAYT
RN Certified Yoga Therapist
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lauren Burdo, LMT
Licensed Massage Therapist
Massage Therapy Program Manager
Brookdale Department Of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Constipation & Fecal Incontinence*

Yuying Luo, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai West & Morningside
Mount Sinai Center for Gastrointestinal Physiology and Motility

COPD & Asthma*

Kathryn Dubowski, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Decision Making in Elderly Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease: A Role for Palliative Care*

Holly Koncicki, MD

Dermatology*

Caroline Halverstam, MD
Chief of Dermatology, Jacobi Medical Center
Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Diabetes Overview

Emilia Liao, MD
Northwell Health Physician Partners
Endocrinology at 59th Street
Associate Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship, Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital

Falls*

Mikail Kamal, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Family Meetings

Carl-Philippe Rousseau, MD
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Feeding & Swallowing Disorders*

Benjamin C. Tweel, MD
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Mount Sinai Hospital System Difficult Airway Response Team
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Frailty*

Fred Ko, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Framework of 5M’s*

Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD, MS
Co-director, Ambulatory Care - Geriatrics Clerkship
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Associate Professor & Director of Medical Student Education
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Geriatric Assessment Tools*

Vanessa Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor
Geriatrics Fellowship Director
Integrated Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Co-director
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Geriatric Emergency Medicine*

Ula Y. Hwang, MD, MPH
Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Population Health
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY

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

Geriatrics and Palliative Care in the Nursing Home*

Stephanie Le, MD
Assistant Medical Director
The New Jewish Home
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Grief, Bereavement & Psychosocial Issues in Covid Times*

Jacqueline Sheehan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Amanda Monteiro, LMSW
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Hazards of Hospitalization*

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

Hearing Loss and Aging

Maura K. Cosetti
Director, Ear Institute, New York Eye and Ear of Mount:
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Hematological Malignancies*

Adriana Kaczaraj Malone, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Director, Hematology/Oncology & BMT Fellowship Programs
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) & Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

HIV/AIDS in Older Adults*

Angela Condo, MD
Assistant Professor
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Home Care*

Peter Gliatto, MD
Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Hypertension*

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

Interventional Pain*

Paul Shekane, MD, FASA
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Program Director, Pain Management Fellowship
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside Hospitals

Low Back Pain

Soo Kim, MD
Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
Pain Management
Mount Sinai Hospital

Management of Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia*

Tianxu Xia, MD

Management of Heart Failure*

Johanna Paola Contreras, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FHFSA
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Disease)
Cardiology (Heart), Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Medical Aid in Dying Overview

Rebecca Rodin, MD
Assistant Professor
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Medical Cannabis: It’s “High” Time We Review the Evidence

Joanna Chen, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Models of Care at Home: Hospitalization at Home & Palliative Care at Home

Linda V. DeCherrie, MD
Vice President, Clinical Strategy and Implementation
Medically Home

Meng Zhang, MD

Musculoskeletal Medicine*

Deborah Pacik, MD MPH

Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness*

Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF
Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine
Designated Institution Official (DIO) & Director of Graduate Medical Education (GME)
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Robert Crupi, MD
Medical Director, Palliative Care Services
Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, Medicine Department
New York Presbyterian Queens
Flushing, NY

Kathleen Adinolfi, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
New York Presbyterian Queens
New York

Older Drivers, Tough Conversations*

Marzena Gieniusz, MD
Internist / Geriatrician, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Northwell Health
Assistant Professor, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Medical Director, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care (ADC) Program at Northwell

Oncology: Breast, Lung & Colon Cancers*

Felice LePar, MD, MPH
Staff Physician
Alliance Cancer Specialists
Horsham, PA

Oral Care: A Forgotten Care of Older Adults*

Miriam R. Robbins, DDS, MS, DABSCD
Director
Care Center for Persons with Disabilities
Professor
Clinical Oral Medicine and Clinical Restorative Dentistry
Penn Dental Medicine

Ortho Co-Management

Yuji Yamada
Geriatric Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West Hospitals

Osteoporosis*

Lena Fan, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease
Department of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital/Beth Israel

Other Billing Opportunities: ACP, Chronic Disease Management, Critical Care

Emily Chai, MD
Professor
Brookdale Dept of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Vice Chair
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Inpatient Services
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Audrey K. Chun, MD
Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Vice Chair
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Outpatient Services
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Overview of Gynecological Malignancies: Clinical Presentation and Treatment Options*

Vishal Gupta, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology Oncology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Pain Management (Advanced): PCA & Methadone Use*

Mollie Biewald, MD
Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Palliative Care Emergencies*

Katherine Mark, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Inpatient Consult Service Director
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine

Palliative Care for ALS*

Caroline Crooms, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Palliative Care
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Palliative Care for Pulmonary Disease

Brigit Palathra, MD
Chief of Palliative Care
Mount Sinai South Nassau
Oceanside, NY

Palliative Care in Hematologic Malignancies: Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies

Gene DeCastro, MD, MA
Staff Physician
James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Perioperative Management*

Kelly Cummings, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Physiological Changes in Aging*

Omar Amir, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Rheumatology*

Leslie Dubin Kerr, MD
Professor of Medicine & Geriatrics
Icahn School of Medicine
Director, CAM Rheumatology Clinics
Division of Rheumatology

Screening for Dementia*

Veronica Rivera, MD
Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Departments of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, and Medical Education
Medical Director, Martha Stewart Center for Living Uptown

Sleep Disorders*

Vaishnavi Kundel, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Supportive Oncology

Debora Afezolli, MD
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Surgical Emergencies*

Sue J. Hahn, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Assistant Program Director, General Surgery Residency
GME Faculty Champion of Well-being
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Department of Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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

Kinga B. Kiszko, DO
Associate Program Director, Geriatrics Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Takeshi Uemura, MD
Assistant Professor
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Telehealth: Barriers and Utilization

Thyroid Disease

Maria Skamagas, MD
Assistant Professor
Attending Physician
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease; Department of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital

Urinary Incontinence

Eileen H Callahan, MD
Associate Professor | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai Queens
Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Christine Chang, MD
Associate Professor
Firm Chief, Quality Improvement Director
Coffey Geriatrics at the Martha Stewart Center for Living
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Use of Adjuvants for Pain Management*

Ayla Pelleg, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Palliative Care Consults
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital

David Collett, NP

Using Digital Technology for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older Adults*

Allen D. Andrade, MD, DM (Lon), MRCP (UK)
Associate Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Staff Physician
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Withdrawal of Non-Beneficial Treatments While Maintaining Care*

Lauren Wagner, MD
Assistant Professor
Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Wound Care*

Jeffrey Levine, MD

Emily Samuels, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai-Union Square, Geriatrics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai