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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

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I was really fascinated not only with the medical side of things, but some of the. The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. I knew I wanted to do palliative medicine pretty early Even in medical school. Anish 04:13 Yeah. Thank you.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

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The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. They weren’t hurt, they didn’t need transport, and we were seeing the same people over and over again. Carmen: Thank you.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

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However, lack of physical presence may make this contender struggle to land the emotional support punch that is at the very heart of palliative care. Alex 01:32 For us, answering that question today, we have Joe Greer, who’s a psychologist and associate professor of psychology at MGH and Harvard Medical School. So it matters.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

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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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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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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. Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. So we’re trying to help replace the transportation option.

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