Palliative Medicine Speakers Bureau

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The Palliative Medicine Speakers Bureau is managed by SAEM’s Palliative Medicine Interest Group. This resource provides a list of experts who are available to speak on topics such as communication skills in palliative medicine, symptom management, quality improvement, and systems/pathways of care. Information in this database includes speaker credentials, positions, institutions, whether they are board-certified in Palliative Medicine, and whether they are willing to be a collaborator or a co-investigator. 

 

Full Speakers List

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    Kate Aberger

    Medical Director

    Division of Palliative Care and Geriatrics

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills
    3. Symptom management
    4. Systems/pathways of care
    5. Quality improvement
    6. COVID

    Speaking Categories: 

    1.  Communication skills
    2. Symptom management
    3. Systems/pathways of care

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Justin Brooten

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

    Wake Forest School of Medicine

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Communication skills
    3. Quality improvement
    4. Systems/pathways of care
    5. Symptom management
    6. Observation medicine
    7. Research

    Speaking Categories: see Expertise, above 

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Systems/pathways of care and Research

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Elizabeth Clayborne

    Adjunct Assistant Professor

    University of Maryland

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Communication skills
    3. Quality improvement
    4. Systems/pathways of care

    Speaking Categories: see Expertise, above

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Marie-Carmelle Elie

    Chair Department of Emergency Medicine

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills
    3. Systems/pathways of care 
    4. Symptom management
    5. Research

    Speaking Categories: 

    1. Hospice
    2. Communication skills

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Research

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Jessica Fleischer-Black

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Systems/pathways of care
    3. Mid-career fellowship

    Speaking Categories: 

    1. Mid-career fellowship

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Brian Gacioch

    Clinical Instructor in Emergency Medicine

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Communication skills
    3. Symptom management

    Speaking Categories: see Expertise, above 

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None
    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Michael Ray Garcia

    Clinical Instructor

    Univesity of Pittsburg Medical Center

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise: None

    Speaking Categories: None 

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Naomi George

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Division of Critical Care

    University of New Mexico

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Communication skills
    3. Quality improvement
    4. Systems/pathways of care

    Speaking Categories: see Expertise, above 

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Health services
    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Rebecca Goett

    Assistant Professor & Asst. Residency Director

    Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills  
    3. Symptom management
    4. Quality improvement

    Speaking Categories:

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Education and Communication skills

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Carrie Harvey

    Assistant Professor/ Assistant Residency Program Director

    University of Michigan

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills
    3. Systems/pathways of care 

    Speaking Categories: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Eric Isaacs

    Clinical Professor/Attending Emergency Physician

    UCSF/Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills
    3. Quality improvement

    Speaking Categories: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Education and Communication skills

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Christian Jacobus

    Medical Director

    Blanchard Valley Health System--Bridge Home Health and Hospice

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise: None 

    Speaking Categories: 

    1.  Communication skills
    2. Symptom management

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: No

  • Marynell Jellinek

    Assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine

    LAC-USC Medical center

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Communication skills
    3. Symptom management

    Speaking Categories: None

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Rita Manfredi

    Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

    George Washington University

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills  
    3. Research
    4. Quality improvement

    Speaking Categories:

    1. Education
    2. Communication  skills
    3. Symptom management

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Daniel Markwalter

    Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow (2021-2022)

    University of North Carolina

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills  
    3. Quality improvement  
    4. Symptom management
    5. Systems/pathways of care

    Speaking Categories:

    1. Education
    2. Systems/pathways of care

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Communication skills and Systems/pathways of care

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    True McMahan

    Medical Director

    Memorial Care Hospice Vituity Partnership

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Communication skills
    3. Quality improvement
    4. Systems/pathways of care

    Speaking Categories: see Expertise, above

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Education

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Kei Ouchi

    Assistant professor

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: No

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Communication skills
    3. Quality improvement
    4. Systems/pathways of care
    5. Symptom management
    6. Observation medicine
    7. Research

    Speaking Categories: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills
    3. Research

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Communication skills and Research

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Tammie Quest

    Director at Emory Palliative Care Center/Professor

    Emory University School of Medicine

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills
    3. Systems/pathways of care 
    4. Symptom management
    5. Quality improvement
    6. Research

    Speaking Categories: see Expertise, above

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: Education, Communication skills, Quality improvement, Symptom management, Systems/pathways of care, Research

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Maria Ramos

    Program Director/ Assistant Professor

    University of Puerto Rico

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise:

    1. Education 
    2. Quality improvement
    3. Symptom management

    Speaking Categories: 

    1. Symptom management

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes

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    Chris Richardson

    Assistant Professor/Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

    Mount Sinai Health System

    Link to Bio

    Palliative Medicine boarded?: Yes

    Areas of Expertise: 

    1. Education
    2. Communication skills  
    3. Research
    4. Quality improvement  
    5. Symptom management
    6. Systems/pathways of care

    Speaking Categories:

    1. Communication skills
    2. Symptom management

    Areas You’ve Received Funding: None

    Willing to collaborator or be a Co-I?: Yes