GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Matthew Enevoldson, PR Manager at SkinVision told The Medical Futurist that technology such as their own is becoming more integrated within the health system, to both ensure that those who need treatment are made aware of it and that those who have an unfounded concern do not take up valuable time and resources.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

Then I went to medical school and I thought, “Well, should I go into psych? We also worked a little bit with the primary care team certain of the risk factors. We had diabetes, hypertension, risky medications. So, medications that… Like sort of Bier’s criterium. Should I do neuro?

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Have you ever found yourself in need of medical attention but overwhelmed by the myriad of clinics and healthcare options out there? Navigating the healthcare system can be daunting, especially when you're unwell or caring for someone who is. Do you prefer a full-service medical center or a walk-in clinic?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Great to be back.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. They’re really not. Emmy: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

And so I trained as an epidemiologist before medical school, and started out studying prostate cancer. And in my medical training, becoming a primary care doctor, I realized that older adults, women and men were having a lot of these same symptoms. And so really am fascinated by tough medical decisions.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And so when I had decided to socially, medically, and surgically transition, I had to really sit down with members of the department and really did a lot of in services. And then if, let’s say they plan to switch to you as their primary care provider, then there are a few steps that you can take. Noelle Marie 04:57 Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have a wide ranging conversation that touches on how to place aging, disability, and multimorbidity in the context of serious illness conversations, “striving toward normal,” stoicism, existentialism, psychedelics, the goals of medicine, medical aid in dying and more. We could have talked for hours! Bill: Thank you. Juliet: Lund, yeah.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Jessie: Yes. And then, looking at- Eric: Wow. So, one out of 10? Devon: Yes.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Nate Chin, who is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, where he is medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease research center and runs a large study in Wisconsin called the RAP Study studying Alzheimer’s Disease. And we’ve been diagnosing it at Penn.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. Today, we talk with Bernie Lo, prominent bioethicist and practicing primary care internist, and Laurie Dornbrand, geriatrician at the IOA On Lok PACE, about the legacy of Nancy Curzan.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Alex: And joining us via Zoom, we have Charlotta Lindvall, who is a palliative care physician researcher who studies the intersection of natural language processing and communication data at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where she also works in clinical informatics. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Charlotta. Charlotta: Thank you.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

When should people get palliative care? We can’t possibly meet the needs of all people with newly diagnosed serious illness. How did you get interested in palliative care research and the stuff that you’re doing right now? I was always critical care bound since medical school. What does “early” really mean?

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GeriPal

JUNE 23, 2022

Mara Schonberg is associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. If you know that there’s a group that you don’t treat even after they’re diagnosed, it causes anxiety, but you’re not causing them harms from treatment. Mara: Thank you so much.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. That’s probably too medical. I’m using my medical brain. Jane: Right.

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GeriPal

JULY 3, 2025

We’ve invited two palliative care doctors to talk about survivorship with us: Laura Petrillo , a physician-researcher at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Laura Shoemaker , an outpatient palliative care doctor at the Cleveland Clinic. And so we can go into what survivorship care has historically looked like.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Then, it was like, well, it does as well as, and now, better than humans passing the medical boards, passing the law boards, doing great on the SAT, all that stuff. And the actors were blinded to whether this was a primary care doctor or a chat bot answering them. They had no idea. Bob: Yeah. That’s a reasonable idea.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

One in 10 people with newly diagnosed HIV is an older adult. Our second guest, Meredith Greene, is a geriatrician and researcher who focuses on care of older adults living with HIV, in the US and Africa. Have been now a care provider for people with HIV for over 40 years. And I graduated from medical school in the early 80s.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Today we are delighted to welcome Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, and Danny Scerpella, who conducted a pragmatic trial of advance care planning (ACP) in primary care practices; and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, who wrote an accompanying commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine. Jennifer, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Sydney 00:41 Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

And then one day when I was in my third year of medical school, I was in the gym and I hurt my back in a really horrific way. I was helped into a wheelchair kind of rushed to the emergency room, which was not far away because I was on the medical school campus. I thought I couldn’t finish medical school.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

A lot of people, and we have some data to say that you might have distress, but sex is not one of the reasons for your distress when you’re first diagnosed. So most of us in primary care, it’s probably even worse. But people remember, they will remember you asked that question. We just don’t have time.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We had, since the late seventies, a home-based primary care program. And we would provide ongoing longitudinal care to them in the home, much like the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors programs, and other programs like that. We relied on our clinical experience as geriatricians, that home-based primary care experience.

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