Past Events
Past events and power point slides to download (when available). Some slide translations in Spanish and Mandarin are available.
Thursday, August 31st, 4:00 pm PST
Living Your Best Life: How Palliative Care Can Improve Your Quality of Life
Having a difficult illness can affect your life in many ways. Join us for this event to find out what you can do to manage the impact your illness has on your life. At this event, Stanford palliative care doctor, Grant Smith, MD, will share ways to live your best life using a holistic, person-centered approach. Dr. Smith will talk about physical symptoms as well as emotional and spiritual well-being. You’ll also learn about the medical specialty, called palliative care, and how it can give you an extra level of support and improve your quality of life.
Wednesday, May 24th, 3:00 pm PST
Easing the Challenges of Living with Dementia: How Palliative Care & Hospice Improve Quality of Life
In partnership with Kensington Senior Living & UCSF, we will present this educational webinar on how palliative care and hospice can improve the quality of life for individuals living with dementia. Oftentimes, families find it confusing to navigate these important services for their loved ones in need.
Our panel of experts include Dr. Grant Smith of Stanford; Dr. Carla Perissinotto of UCSF and Vitas; Jeong Min Jung, LCSW, of Stanford; and Naomi Saks of UCSF. They will present a multidisciplinary approach to palliative care and hospice. Learn from these mentors in geriatrics and receive their top tips and coping strategies. They will lay the groundwork on navigating both palliative care and hospice and share their support services.
Tuesday, May 23rd, 12:00 pm PST
Living Your Best Life: How Palliative Care Can Improve Your Quality of Life
Having a difficult illness can affect your life in many ways. Join us for this event to find out what you can do to manage the impact your illness has on your life. At this event, Stanford palliative care doctor, Grant Smith, MD, will share ways to live your best life using a holistic, person-centered approach. Dr. Smith will talk about physical symptoms as well as emotional and spiritual well-being. You’ll also learn about the medical specialty, called palliative care, and how it can give you an extra level of support and improve your quality of life.
Wednesday, April 26th, 12:00pm PST
Using Cannabis for Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine
Learn how cannabis can be a safe and effective option to manage chronic pain, anxiety, sleep, and other distressing symptoms. This presentation will cover the different types of cannabis commonly used for symptom management, the different routes of administration, common side effects and potential drug interactions.
Wednesday, April 26th, 6:00pm PST
The Dr. Paul Kalanithi Writing Award Virtual Reading
Paul Kalanithi was a physician writer and neurosurgery resident at Stanford University. In the final years of his training, he was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. His memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, beautifully chronicles his reflections on living with illness and the meaning of legacy. The Paul Kalanithi Writing Award was created in his memory.
- First place: Sick Girl Goes on a Date | Alyson Lee
- Second place: To Sit With | Brian Zhao
- Third place: What That Poem Was About | Fiona Miller
- Fourth place: I Wear You Like a Memory | Nicolas Seranio
- Honorable Mention: Junk Journal | James Hyun Lee
Thursday, March 16th, 12:30pm PST
Caring for a Loved One: A Tips and Resources Workshop
Supporting a loved one through a difficult time is a challenge. This is true whether you are helping for a few days or many years. At this virtual event, experts from the Stanford Caregiver Program and the Stanford Palliative Care team will share their top tips for caregivers.
Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00am PST
Living Your Best Life: How Palliative Care Can Improve Your Quality of Life
Difficult illness can affect your life in many ways. This event provides what you can do to manage the impact your illness has on your life. Stanford palliative care doctor, Grant Smith, MD, shared ways to live your best life using a holistic, person-centered approach. Dr. Smith will talk about physical symptoms as well as emotional and spiritual well-being.
Thursday, February 16th, 11:30am PST
Living Your Best Life: How Palliative Care Can Improve Your Quality of Life
Having a difficult illness can affect your life in many ways. Stanford palliative care doctor, Grant Smith, MD, shared ways to live your best life using a holistic, person-centered approach. Dr. Smith talked about physical symptoms as well as emotional and spiritual well-being. You’d also learn about the medical specialty, called palliative care, and how it gives you an extra level of support and improve your quality of life.
Monday, November 7th, 1:00pm PST
Webinar: Everything You Want to Know About Palliative Care
In honor of Hospice and Palliative Care Awareness Month, the UCSF MERI Center, the Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence, and Sutter Health's Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) presented a free webinar describing how palliative care can help improve quality of life for those living with a difficult illness. An interdisciplinary panel of palliative care providers, including a palliative care doctor, nurse practitioner, social worker, and chaplain will describe their role on the team, and discuss how they work together to care for the whole person - mind, body, and spirit.
Tuesday, October 11th, 5:30pm PST
32nd Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture: Elderhood Reimagining Healthcare for an Aging Population
The Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics is presenting the 32nd Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture with guest speaker Louise Aronson, MD, PH.D. Dr. Aronson is a geriatrician, award-winning writer, and professor of medicine at UCSF. Her New York Times bestseller Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
Tuesday, September 27th 12:00-1:00pm PST
Living Well With a Serious Illness: An Introduction to Palliative Care and Hospice
Having a difficult illness can affect your life in many ways. Join us for this event to find out what you can do to manage the impact your illness has on your life. At this event, Stanford palliative care doctor, Grant Smith, MD, will share ways to live your best life using a holistic, person-centered approach. Dr. Smith will talk about physical symptoms as well as emotional and spiritual well-being. You’ll also learn about the medical specialty, called palliative care, and how it can give you an extra level of support and improve your quality of life.
Wednesday, September 14th 7:00-7:15pm PST
Virtual Cancer Survivorship Roundtable
The Stanford Health Care Emeryville Cancer Team Would will be hosting a roundtable that will focus on the concept of "cancer survivorship". Which includes a panel of cancer survivors who will discuss their experience with Dr. Dolezal and Dr. Hannah.
Tuesday, August 30th 12:30-1:30pm PST
Preventing and Treating Nausea: How To Live Your Best Life
In collaboration with Cancer CAREpoint, Grant Smith, MD, from Stanford Palliative Care, will be presenting on "Preventing and Treating Nausea: How to Live Your Best Life." Cancer CAREpoint is an organization located in the Silicon Valley that provides personalized Counseling, Assistance, Resources & Education to cancer patients, survivors, families & caregivers at no cost. We invite you to come and learn how a patient who is experiencing nausea can treat their symptoms with medicine and other treatments.
*Event is free and open to the public
Wednesday, June 22nd 11:30am-1pm PST
Living Your Best Life: How Palliative Care Can Improve Your Quality of Life
In partnership with our friends at Travonde, we are excited to offer this exciting live webinar. Having a difficult illness can affect your life in many ways. Join us for this event to find out what you can do to manage the impact your illness has on your life. At this event, Stanford Palliative Care doctor, Grant Smith, MD, will share ways to live your best life using a holisitic, person-centered approach. Dr. Smith will talk about physical symptoms as well as emotional and spiritual well-being. You'll also learn about the medical specialty, called palliative care, and how it can give you an extra layer of support and improve your quality of life.
Sunday, June 5th 10:30am-Noon PST
What's Right For You? A Health Care Planning Live Webinar with Good Samaritan United Methodist Church
Saturday, April 23rd 8:00am-5:00pm PST
Stanford's 5th Annual Head & Neck Cancer Symposium
This will be a hybrid event to accommodate those who do not wish to - or are not able to - attend in person while we will invite back those who are able to join us in person. All CDC guidelines will be strictly followed to keep everyone healthy. Masks will be required.
This special day provides an opportunity for attendees to hear from our head and neck cancer specialists, patients, and their families as they share their knowledge and experiences in hopes that they might help those touched by this disease to live their best life possible. The agenda will include informational lectures and panels of providers, patients and caregivers.
We hope you will join us - whether online or in-person - for what previous attendees have often described as an "empowering experience".
Saturday, April 16th; 11am-3pm PST @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC)
OACC 2022 Asian Pacific New Year Celebration
In-Person Celebration (masks & ID+vaccination record required)
Come join Stanford Palliative Care's Dr. Josef Hannah (medical director of our Emeryville and Pleasanton clinic) along with one of our great East Bay community partners, Alameda Care Partners, at this celebration highlighting Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other cultural traditions and artforms connected to the Lunar New Year holiday. Visit their in-person booth to learn more about the support services provided by both our Stanford palliative care team and Alameda Care Partners. Bring your questions about palliative care, advance care planning, advance directive, and getting connected to additional support services. We look forward to seeing you there!
*Free and Open to the Public, content for audiences of all ages. No registration required.
Thursday, April 7th Noon-1pm PST & Thursday, April 14th Noon-1pm PST
Quarterly 2-Part, FREE Advance Health Care Planning virtual workshops for the public.
"Advance care planning" is the term to describe the conversations and processes involved in making what is more commonly known as a "living will" or "advance health care directive." In this workshop format, we'll talk about what's right for you and those close to you. Whether you are a person living with a serious illness, a caregiver of a loved one, or the healthiest you have ever been, having some form of a care plan in the event you are unable to speak for yourself, is important for providing you and your family with the comfort and confidence knowing that your wishes will be honored no matter what happens.
Come learn about the questions you should be asking yourself, your doctors, and your loved ones. You may even leave with an advance care plan completed.
Thursday, April 7th, Noon-1pm PST: Part I: We will define and describe advance health care planning and provide a 4-step plan to help you get jump started on thinking about the questions you should be considering.
Thursday, April 14th, Noon-1pm PST: Part II: We will come back together to review an advance directive and provide time for discussion and questions.
*Free and open to the public
Tuesday, March 22nd 3-5pm PST
California State Association of Public Administrators | Public Guardians | Public Conservators Spring 2022 Conference Training Name: End-of-Life Decision Making from the Medical Perspective
Description: Making medical decisions on the behalf of another person is challenging, and these challenges are amplified when decisions are about care at the end-of-life. In this session, we will discuss the types of decisions that may come up near the end of life, provide a framework for how to approach these medical decisions, and offer guidance on how to start a conversation about someone else’s wishes. We will talk about the risks, benefits, and indications for life support measures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), mechanical ventilation (breathing machine), and artificial hydration and nutrition. This session will also discuss resources available to conservators and conservatees for assistance in navigating these difficult decisions. Information from this session can be applicable to both your work with conservatees as well as for your own family and loved ones.
This is only open to conference registrants
Thursday, January 20th Noon-1pm PST (Part 1)
Thursday, January 27th Noon-1pm PST (Part 2)
What's Right For You? A 2-Part Vitual Advance Health Care Planning Workshop
"Advance care planning" is the term to describe the conversations and processes involved in making what is more commonly known as a "living will" or "advance health care directive." In this workshop format, we'll talk about what's right for you and those close to you. Whether you are a person living with a serious illness, a caregiver of a loved one, or the healthiest you have ever been, having some form of a care plan in the event you are unable to speak for yourself, is important for providing you and your family with the comfort and confidence knowing that your wishes will be honored no matter what happens.
Come learn about the questions you should be asking yourself, your doctors, and your loved ones. You may even leave with an advance care plan completed.
Part I: We will define and describe advance health care planning and provide a 4-step plan to help you get jump started on thinking about the questions you should be considering.
Part II: We will come back together to review an advance directive and provide time for discussion and questions.
*This event is free and open to all.
Tuesday, December 21st
The Waiting Room Revolution Podcast
Stanford Palliative Care physician and outpatient palliative care medical director, Dr. Josh Fronk, will be featured on Season 3 of The Waiting Room Revolution podcast. Tune it to listen to this amazing interview with Dr. Fronk and one of his young adult patients, Max Li. This episode will explore more about what role palliative care plays in someone's journey when living with a difficult illness. Max will also speak to what it was like to work with Dr. Fronk and the palliative care team. This is definitely an interview not to miss!
Thursday, November 18th, Noon-1pm PST
Everything You Want to Know About Palliative Care
November is Hospice and Palliative Care Awareness Month and to celebrate, the UCSF MERI Center, the Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence, and Sutter Health's Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) hosted a free webinar describing how palliative care can help improve quality of life for those living with a difficult illness. An interdisciplinary panel of palliative care providers, including a palliative care doctor, nurse practitioner, social worker, and chaplain described their role on the team, and discussed how they work together to care for the whole person - mind, body, and spirit.
Panelists:
- Dr. Ramy Salah - Palo Alto Medical Foundation
- Nurse Practitioner Jeannie Zanetti - UCSF Symptom Management Service
- Social Worker Lucia Hollowell - Stanford Inpatient Palliative Care Team
- Chaplain Judith "Judy" Long - UCSF Symptom Management Service
- Moderator Redwing Keyssar - Director UCSF MERI Center
- Moderator Gayle Kojimotor - Program Manager UCSF MERI Center
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021, 12-1pm PST
Ask Us Anything About Palliative Care or Hospice
Join this free webinar to learn more about hospice and palliative care. Come with your questions and get them answered by an interdisciplinary panel from Hospice of Santa Cruz County and Stanford Palliative Care.
Panelists:
Grant Smith, MD, Palliative Care Physician, Stanford
Katherine Sloan, LCSW, Lead Social, Lead Social Worker, Hospice of Santa Cruz County
Katie Koepke, RN, Hospital Liaison, Hospice of Santa Cruz County
November 2, 2021
Overview of Palliative Care
Presentation by Stanford palliative care physician Dr. Grant Smith, for the California State Association of Public Administrators, Public Guardians, and Public Conservators.
Friday, October 29th, 2021
Understanding Palliative Care for Cancer Patients: 2- part discussion
Hosted by: SHARE Cancer Support
Palliative care is an incredibly important approach that improves the quality of life for patients with life-threatening illnesses. In this two part series Dr. Josef Hannah, Palliative Medicine Doctor at Stanford Health Care, and Ilene Kaminsky, patient advocate, healing circles practitioner, and writer and blogger at cancerbus.com, will address palliative care and how this approach can help during a cancer diagnosis. This second part will focus on the benefits of palliative care for cancer patients For more information, visit our website at sharecancersupport.org, or call our Helpline at 844.ASK.SHARE (844.275.7427).
Thursday, October 21st, 2021 7pm-8pm PST
Living Your Best Life: How Palliative Care Can Help Improve Your Quality of Life
Palliative care is expert holistic care provided by a team to help reduce suffering and improve the quality of life of people living with serious illness and those close to them. Palliative care sees the person beyond their disease, and their goals and wishes for their healthcare are central. It is available as soon as someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, and can be received alongside any and all other treatments, including treatments to cure.
Join Grant Smith, MD, who will explain the essential services and support offered through palliative care, when it might be right for you or your loved one, and the ways palliative care works alongside your other doctors to provide whole-person care.
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Instagram live with Hawaiian nonprofit serious illness coalition, Kokua Mau. Palliative care physician and Clinical Director of the Palliative Care Center of Excellence, and Claire Bleymaier, MPH, RN and Project Manager for the Palliative Care Center of Excellence, answer questions about palliative care and our work at Stanford.
Watch the event HERE. Learn more about palliative care through the Instagram pages of Kokua Mau (kokua.mau) and Stanford Palliative Care (stanford_pall_care).
Tuesday, October 5th and Thursday October 12th, 2021
2 Part Virtual Advance Care Planning Workshops - Free and open to all
Advance care planning is a process to plan the health care you would want to receive if you became too ill to make decisions for yourself. Every adult can do advance care planning.
In these 2 part workshops, Stanford’s palliative care physician Dr. Grant Smith will describe advance care planning. She will walk participants through each step, including how to complete an Advance Health Care Directive.
Watch a recording of the lecture HERE.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
The Future of Palliative Care After the Storm: A Conversation with Dr. Betty Ferrell
31st Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture
Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN has been in nursing for 44 years and has focused her clinical expertise and research in pain management, quality of life, and palliative care.
The Jonathan J. King Lectureship was established in 1991 to encourage the compassionate and humane care of all patients. It is part of Stanford Medicine’s mission to enhance patient treatment and the art of caring.
Monday, October 4th, 2021
Working Towards a Better Experience for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Living with Cancer
Please join Stanford Health Care and Waiting Room Revolution for a conversation highlighting the specific challenges people between the ages of 14 and 39 face during their cancer journey. We'll discuss practical skills and resources in helping people meet both goals of living longer AND living better. We'll be joined by Drs. Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow, co-hosts of the Waiting Room Revolution podcast, Dr. Josh Fronk, Stanford palliative care physician, and Max Li, an AYA cancer patient.
Saturday, September 4th, 2021
Living Your Best Life: How Palliative Care Can Help Improve Quality of Life
Palliative care physician Dr. Grant Smith discusses palliative care and the ways it improves peoples' quality of life, for the Black Ladies Advocating for Cancer Care (BLACC) community group. Hosted by Stanford Medicine Office of Community Engagement.
Tuesday, August 31st 2021
Palliative Care and Counseling Patients and Families at the End of Life
In this talk for Pathways Home Health and Hospice volunteers and staff, palliative care physician Dr. Grant Smith and Spiritual Care Provider Kafunyi Mwamba, DVM, DMin BCC discuss what palliative care is, and how to counsel patients and families at the end of life.
Thursday, July 8th and Thursday July 29th, 2021
2 Part Virtual Advance Care Planning Workshops - Free and open to all
Advance care planning is a process to plan the health care you would want to receive if you became too ill to make decisions for yourself. Every adult can do advance care planning.
In these 2 part workshops, Stanford’s palliative care physician Dr. Felicia Hui will describe advance care planning. She will walk participants through each step, including how to complete an Advance Health Care Directive.
Thursday, July 22nd 2021 12-1pm PDT / Jueves, 22 de julio, 12-1pm PDT
Living Well With a Serious Illness: An Introduction to Palliative Care and Hospice
Como Sobrellevar Bien una Enfermedad Grave: Introducción a Cuidados Paliativos y Hospice
Presenters: Monica Newitt, RN, Transitional and Palliative Care Patient Care Manager, Hospice of Santa Cruz County and Grant Smith, MD, Palliative Care Physician, Stanford Palliative Care
Co-hosted by: Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence and Hospice of Santa Cruz County
Attend this free webinar to learn the difference between palliative care and hospice, and the benefits of each. Join to understand how these services provide people and families living with serious illness with a better quality of life by caring for the whole person - body, mind, and spirit.
Los hispanohablantes son bienvenidos. Se ofrecerá interpretación al español.
Asista a este seminario en línea para aprender sobre las diferencias entre los cuidados paliativos y hospice, al igual que lo que aporta cada uno de estos programas. Por medio de su participación aprenderá qué tipo de asistencia reciben los individuos que viven con una enfermedad grave, al igual que sus familias. Estos servicios ayudan a mejorar su calida de vida ya que la asistencia médica que se ofrece tiene un enfoque integral, brindando atención a su cuerpo, mente y espíritu.
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
An Introduction to Palliative Care
Palliative Care Center of Excellence Project Manager Claire Bleymaier, MPH, RN discusses palliative care with AARP CA volunteers.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Integrating Spiritual Support and Palliative Care for People Living With Cancer
Palliative care physician Dr. Grant Smith, and Spiritual Care Provider Kafunyi Mwamba, DVM, DMin, BCC, discuss how palliative care teams provide spiritual support to people living with cancer. Talk given to Cancer CAREpoint clients.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
Introduction to Palliative Care
Palliative care physician Josef Hannah, DO, discusses palliative care with staff at Community Services Agency of Mtn. View, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills.
May 5th, 2021
Caregiver: A Love Story Live Event
Featuring: Dr. Jessica Zitter, Critical Care and Palliative Care physician, and moderated by Dr. Shireen Heidari, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford Palliative Care
This award-winning documentary short, Caregiver: A Love Story, puts a human face to the toll -- physical, emotional and financial – that afflicts most family members who care for their loved ones at home, and sheds light on the growing crisis of caregivers in our country. Please join us to view the film together and for an informative and helpful discussion with the film’s producer and director, Dr. Jessica Zitter.
Tuesday, April 13th and Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
2 Part Virtual Advance Care Planning Workshops - Free and open to all
Advance care planning is a process to plan the health care you would want to receive if you became too ill to make decisions for yourself. Every adult can do advance care planning.
In these 2 part workshops, Stanford’s palliative care physician Dr. Felicia Hui will describe advance care planning. She will walk participants through each step, including how to complete an Advance Health Care Directive.
April 16th, 2021
Life is a Journey- Plan Ahead!
Co-hosted by Santa Clara Valley Medical Center's Palliative Care
Presenter: Dr. Nicky Quinlan, Chief, Division of Palliative Care at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
April 16th is “National Healthcare Decisions Day,” a day when we focus on the importance of advance care planning. Advance care planning is the process of discussing your values, goals, and preferences for your health care. It is an ongoing process that is revised throughout life's journey. Part of it involves completing a living will, and selecting a healthcare power of attorney, also called an advance health care directive. Join us to learn more and start the process!
April 15th, 2021
Ask Me Anything About Palliative Care
Presenters: Grant Smith, MD (palliative care doctor), Lucia Hollowel, MSW (social worker), and Kim Sickler, CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist).
Hosted by San Francisco Community Living Campaign
In this hourlong event for older adults and people living with disabilities, members of each part of our palliative care interdisciplinary team will be available to answer any of your questions about palliative care in general. Come ready with questions! The presenters will not be able to answer any personal medical questions.
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Overview of Palliative Care
Dr. Grant Smith, Stanford palliative care physician, discusses palliative care with staff from Institute on Aging.
March 25th, 2021
South Asian Food & Cultural Practices in Western Living: Pursuing Heart Health & Well-being
Presenter: Vijaya Parameswaran, MS, RD, CDE, Registered Dietitian at Stanford's South Asian Translational Heart Institute (SSATHI)
Co-hosted by Sukham
In this free webinar, Ms. Parameswaran will show us how to integrate South Asian foods and cultural practices in our Western lives as we pursue heart health and well-being. Topics discussed will include incorporating indigenous grains for nutrient density and diversity, and the role of cultural practices like fasting.
Wednesday, March 17th 2021
Overview of Palliative Care: Public Administrator, Guardian and Conservator Annual Bay Area Conference 2021 (for SCC Social Service Agency)
Saturday, March 6th, 2021
An Introduction to Palliative Care for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) Living With Cancer
Palliative care physician Josh Fronk, DO, discusses palliative care for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with cancer, at an Up Cancer conference.
February 11th, 2021
An Introduction to Advance Care Planning
Presenter: Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care Physician, Clinical Assistant Prof. of Medicine
Hosted by: SF Community Living Campaign
Whether you are a person living with a serious illness, a caregiver, or the healthiest you have ever been, having some form of a care plan in the event you are unable to speak for yourself, is important for providing you and your family with the comfort and confidence knowing that your wishes will be honored no matter what happens. In this webinar, we will define advance health care planning, provide a framework for thinking about your wishes, and give guidance for talking to your doctors and loved ones about your wishes.
January 27th, 2021
An Introduction to Palliative Care: How palliative care teams support the mental and emotional health of people living with serious illness and their caregivers
Presented to San Mateo County's In-Home Supportive Services caregivers by:
Gary Bertuccelli, LCSW, ACHP-SW, palliative care social worker; Keri Brenner, MD, MPA, palliative care physician and psychiatrist; Amy Yotopoulous, MHA, MS, Caregiver Center Program Manager
Thursday, January 7th and Thursday, January 21st, 2021
2 Part Virtual Advance Care Planning Workshops - Free and open to all
Advance care planning is a process to plan the health care you would want to receive if you became too ill to make decisions for yourself. Every adult can do advance care planning.
In these 2 part workshops, Stanford’s palliative care physician Joe Hannah, DO, will describe advance care planning. He will walk participants through each step, including how to complete an Advance Health Care Directive.
December 9th, 2020
An Introduction to Palliative Care for Grief Support Volunteers with Kara Spanish Services
Presenter: Dr. Josh Fronk, palliative care physician, Clinical Assistant Prof. of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Clinical Director, Outpatient Palliative Care
Dr. Fronk will give an overview of palliative care to volunteers in local nonprofit, Kara Grief Support Spanish Services. Live interpreted into Spanish by Stanford Health Care's Interpreter Services team.
November 19th, 2020
Everything You Want to Know About Palliative Care
This free webinar for the general public will clarify what palliative care is, with a panel of each member of the interdisciplinary team. They will discuss their role, and how they collaborate to provide people living with serious illness and their loved ones a better quality of life, by caring for the whole person-- body, mind, spirit.
Co-hosted by: UCSF Meri Center for Education in Palliative Care at Mt. Zion
November 5th, 2020
What Matters Most: Palliative Care Myths, Misconceptions, and Setting the Record Straight
Hosted by: SF Community Living Campaign
Presenter: Dr. Grant Smith, palliative care physician, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford
Join this event to learn all about palliative care, a medical specialty that focuses on caring for people and families living with a serious illness. Palliative care focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of an illness and aims to improve quality of life. It can be appropriate for people at any age and at any stage of illness, and it can be delivered alongside curative treatment. Come learn about what palliative care can offer and why it might be a great addition to your health care team.
Oct. 8th & Oct. 23rd, 2020
2 Part Virtual Advance Care Planning Workshops - Free and open to all
Advance care planning is a process to plan the health care you would want to receive if you became too ill to make decisions for yourself. Every adult can do advance care planning.
In these 2 part workshops, Stanford’s palliative care Dr. Grant Smith will describe advance care planning. He will walk participants through each step, including how to complete an Advance Health Care Directive.
October 22nd, 2020
An Introduction to Palliative Care for the South Asian Community
Presenter: Dr. Kavitha Ramchandran, Palliative Care Physician, Thoracic Oncologist, Clinical Associate Prof. of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
In this presentation, Dr. Kavitha Ramchandran will describe the specialty of palliative care, which is often misunderstood. She will explain how the palliative care team focuses on providing people and families living with serious illness with a better quality of life.
October 6th, 2020
30th Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture, When Breath Becomes Air: A Conversation with Lucy Kalanithi
Free and open to all.
The Jonathan J. King Lectureship was established in 1991 to encourage the compassionate and humane care of all patients. It is a part of Stanford University Medical Center's mission to enhance patient treatment and the art of caring.
Dr. Lucy Kalanithi is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and an advocate for culture change around healthcare value with particular focus on end-of-life care, caregiving and clinician wellness. She serves on leadership boards for the American College of Physicians, the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care and TEDMED. She is the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and translated into more than 40 languages, and for which she wrote the epilogue.
Thursday, September 24th, 2020
Palliative Care, Hospice, and Goals of Care Discussions
Dr. Grant Smith, palliative care physician, discusses palliative care, hospice, and goals of care discussions with Stanford Health Care Spiritual Care Volunteers.
September 22, 2020
Managing Pain When Living With Cancer
Control del dolor cuando se vive con cáncer
與癌症共存之疼痛管理
For the general public living with cancer, and their caregivers. Live interpretation available in Mandarin and Spanish.
Pain can worsen the quality of life for many people living with cancer. Fortunately, there are many treatments that can help manage and reduce pain. In this event, Stanford palliative care doctor Grant Smith, MD, will highlight ways to treat pain by considering the physical, psychological, and spiritual contributors to pain. We will discuss how to lessen pain using medicine, as well as other treatments. We will also discuss which medical teams can help treat your pain, and when to ask your doctor for a referral to these teams.
El dolor puede deteriorar la calidad de vida de muchas personas que viven con cáncer. Afortunadamente, existe una gran cantidad de tratamientos que pueden ayudar a controlar y disminuir el dolor. En este evento, Grant Smith, MD, doctor especialista en cuidados paliativos de Stanford destacará maneras de tratar el dolor con base en los factores físicos, psicológicos y espirituales que lo ocasionan. Hablaremos sobre el uso de medicamentos y otros tratamientos para reducir el dolor, así como sobre los diferentes especialistas médicos que pueden tratar su dolor, y le sugeriremos cuándo solicitar a su doctor que lo remita con estos especialistas.
疼痛可導致癌症患者的生活品質雪上加霜，幸而現有多種治療方法能管理並減輕疼痛。本次講座由斯坦福緩和治療科專家 Grant Smith 醫學博士為大家講解如何結合身體、心理與心靈這三大要素來治療疼痛。我們將討論如何用藥物以及其他療法減輕疼痛，也會討論有哪些專科醫療團隊可以治療您的疼痛，以及應該在什麼時候要求醫生為您轉診到專科。
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Palliative Care: An Extra Layer of Support
In partnership with Stanford's Cancer Supportive Care Program
Dr. Grant Smith, palliative care physician, discusses palliative care with the Stanford Health Care Bladder and Kidney Cancer Support Group.
July 30, 2020
"Palliative Care Was a Game Changer:" An Introduction to Palliative Care
How Palliative Care Helps People Living With Serious Illness
A webinar for the general public, caregivers, and healthcare providers new to learning about palliative care
What exactly is palliative care? Am I being referred to palliative care because I’m dying? What could palliative care provide that my other doctors may not? If you’ve ever asked any of these questions, or haven’t even wanted to think about palliative care because it’s often confused with other types of care, this webinar is for you.
Join us to hear from some of Stanford’s interdisciplinary palliative care team members, who will share about the care they provide to people and their families living with serious illness. You’ll also hear from a person living with serious illness who received the support of a palliative care team while pursuing active treatment.
Panelists: Gary Bertuccelli, LCSW, Natalie Normandin, CNS, Shireen Heidari, MD, Kafunyi Mwamba, DVM, DMin, BCC
June 25th, 2020
Caregiving During COVID 19
At this webinar, we will be talking about ways to:
- Encourage and foster connection
- Recognize and focus on what we can control
- Learn and practice ways to cope
- And who to contact with questions
The Stanford Caregiver Program is here for you. You are not alone. Visit us at: https://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/caregiver-center.html
Presenters: Amy Yotopoulos, Caregiver Center Program Manager and Charisse Lee, Senior Consultant, Caregiver Center
May 17th, 2020
What if I Get Seriously Ill? Guidance on Making Your Health Care Decisions During COVID 19
For faith-based communities
Advance Health Care Planning During COVID 19
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have found themselves wondering about the type of health care they would want if they were to become seriously ill.
Considering these questions can be difficult. However, taking time to consider the type of care you would want if you were to become seriously ill or unable to make medical decisions can help you and your loved ones be more prepared.
Join us as palliative care physician, Dr. Grant Smith, discusses: advance care planning, choosing someone to make health care decisions for you if you were unable to do so, completing an advance directive, and special considerations for COVID-19.
Additional Resources:
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: COVID19 Resource Guide
- American Psychiatric Association: Hotlines for distress, suicide & mental health needs
- Headspace app: Mindfulness exercises for stress & sleep
- COVID Coach: Education & self-care hosted by Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- Deep breathing technique : Healthline “box breathing”
- Kara: Grief support in Palo Alto, California
- Shelter-in-PEACE: Half hour guided meditation on Mondays through May, Stanford
- Podcast by Dr. Danielle Chammas about "Emotional PPE." Link includes a number of hotlines for clinicians.
May 1st, 2020
Flattening the Curve of Distress: How to be a Catalyst of Calm in COVID-19
Presenter: Dr. Keri Brenner, MPA, Psychiatrist, Palliative Care Physician, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine
Addressing the Anxiety Pandemic During COVID-19
While we are all aware of the current medical pandemic, we also are in the middle of a less visible pandemic of uncertainty, anxiety and distress. Join us as Keri O. Brenner, MD, MPA, a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at Stanford, provides practical ideas and tips for coping with worry, separation, helplessness and loss during this pandemic. This webinar focuses on how to be a catalyst of calm during coronavirus.
Dr. Brenner’s expertise on the psychological aspects of coping with serious illness will illuminate ways we can stay connected with our authentic selves and most important relationships during this stressful time of uncertainty. There also will be time for Q&A with a panel of physicians, including Danielle Chammas, MD (UCSF Palliative Care & Psychiatrist) and Mariana Schmajuk, MD (Stanford Psychiatry).
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
What if I Get Seriously Ill? Advance Care Planning During COVID-19
Dr. Grant Smith, palliative care physician, discusses advance care planning and COVID considerations with Santa Clara County's In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) staff.
April 10th, 2020
What if I get seriously ill? Guidance on making your health care decisions during COVID-19
¿Qué pasa si enfermo de gravedad? Una guía para tomar decisiones médicas en tiempos de COVID-19
A webinar for the general public, caregivers, and healthcare providers less familar with advance care planning
Presenter: Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have found themselves wondering about the type of health care they would want if they were to become seriously ill.
Considering these questions can be difficult. However, taking time to consider the type of care you would want if you were to become seriously ill or unable to make medical decisions can help you and your loved ones be more prepared.
Palliative care physician, Dr. Grant Smith discusses: advance care planning, choosing someone to make health care decisions for you if you were unable to do so, completing an advance directive, and special considerations for COVID-19.
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February 21st, 2020
Advance Care Planning Introduction for Aging Mastery Series Participants
Open to Aging Mastery Series class participants. Presented in English and Vietnamese.
Presenter: Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine
Dr. Dave Tran, Palliative Care, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
San Jose Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services provides the Aging Mastery Series in numerous languages. In this workshop format, we'll be engaging in hearing what truly matters to you. Whether you are a person living with a serious illness, a caregiver of a loved one, or the healthiest you have ever been, having some form of a care plan in the event you are unable to speak for yourself, is important for providing you and your family with the comfort and confidence knowing that your wishes will be honored no matter what happens. Come learn about the questions you should be asking yourself, your doctors, and your loved ones. You may even leave with an advance care plan completed!
Location: Vietnamese American Community Center
February 13th, 2020
Palliative Care for People Living With Advanced Heart and Lung Disease
A Stanford Health Library talk for people living with advanced heart and/or lung disease, and their caregivers
Presenter: Dr. Winnie Teuteberg, Clinicial Associate Professor of Medicine, Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people facing a serious illness like congestive heart failure. The goal is to improve quality of life for both you and your family. This talk will explain the role the palliative care team can have in improving symptoms, side effects and stresses that patients and their families experience while living with these conditions.
February 4th, 2020
What Matters Most, Part I: Advance Care Planning and What You Need to Know Now
A talk for people living with cancer, in partnership with the Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program
Presenters:
Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine
Dr. Ramy Salah, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
In this workshop format, we'll be engaging in hearing what truly matters to you. Whether you are a person living with a serious illness, a caregiver of a loved one, or the healthiest you have ever been, having some form of a care plan in the event you are unable to speak for yourself, is important for providing you and your family with the comfort and confidence knowing that your wishes will be honored no matter what happens. Come learn about the questions you should be asking yourself, your doctors, and your loved ones. You may even leave with an advance care plan completed!
January 30th, 2019
Don't Limit Me: Discussing Serious News with Intellectually Disabled Adults
A talk for people caring for intellectually disabled adults, in partnership with Partners & Advocates for Remarkable Children and Adults (PARCA)
Presenters:
Colleen Vega, Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist, MS, ACHPN
Dr. Felicia Hui, Palliative Care Physician
Ellen Cookman, Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Lawy, JD, LLM
This discussion will go over ways that family members of people living with intellectual disabilities and with a serious illness can work with the healthcare team to advocate for the best care. Stanford palliative care team members will disucuss what medical professionals can do to improve the quality of life of patients facing life-threatening illness and the symptoms, pain and stress brought on by such a serious illness.
December 2nd, 2019
Reclaiming the Legacy of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Presenters: Distinguished speakers in the field of palliative care and psychiatry
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD (July 8, 1926-August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief, also known as the Kübler-Ross model. Her work with dying patients helped revolutionize care of the terminally ill. She was the recipient of twenty honorary degrees and by July 1982 had taught, in her estimation, 125,000 students in death and dying courses in colleges, seminaries, medical schools, hospitals, and social-work institutions. She has also written over 20 books on death and related subjects.
During this conference, distinguished speakers from the fields of palliative care and psychiatry present discuss the legacy of Dr. Kubler-Ross's body of research and work. Speakers will also present updates and new perspectives in the field.
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
National Hospice & Palliative Care Awareness (NHPM) Month: Tabling in Stanford Cancer Center Palo Alto
Tabling for Stanford care recipients, visitors, staff, clinicians, and faculty
Tablers: Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care Physician, Stanford School of Medicine and Ashley Bragg, Director of Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence
Stop by, say hi, and come learn more about the Stanford Palliative Care Service. Our team has a robust inpatient consult service as well as outpatient services in Palo Alto and San Jose. We'll have some snacks and other fun giveaways for those who come by. Patients, families, and staff are all welcome!
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
National Hospice & Palliative Care Awareness Month: Advance Care Planning Workshop
A Stanford Health Library talk free and open to people living with cancer, their family, loved ones, and/or caregivers.
Presenter: Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care Physician, Stanford School of Medicine
In this workshop format, we'll be engaging in hearing what truly matters to you. Whether you are a person living with a serious illness, a caregiver of a loved one, or the healthiest you have ever been, having some form of a care plan in the event you are unable to speak for yourself, is important for providing you and your family with the comfort and confidence knowing that your wishes will be honored no matter what happens. Come learn about the questions you should be asking yourself, your doctors, and your loved ones. You may even leave with an advance care plan completed!
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
National Hospice & Palliative Care (NHPC) Awareness Month: Tabling in 300p
Tabling for Stanford care recipients, visitors, staff, clinicians, faculty, and volunteers
Tablers: Dr. Grant Smith, Stanford Palliative Care Physician, and Ashley Bragg, Director, Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence
Stop by, say hello, and come learn more about the Stanford Palliative Care Service. Our team has a robust inpatient consult service as well as outpatient services in Palo Alto and San Jose. We'll have some snacks and other fun giveaways for those who come by. Patients, families, and staff are all welcome!
Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Living with Cancer: A Palliative Care Provider's Perspective
An event for employees of Shasqi Laboratories
Presenter: Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care Physician, Stanford School of Medicine
Shasqi labs is a San Francisco-based biotech start-up company that is focused on creating a novel drug delivery system. This talk provides a background for these researchers on the considerations people living with a serious illness often discuss with palliative care providers. We will also discuss the way new cancer treatments have changed the way physicians and palliative care providers think about caring for patients.
Location: Shaqi Laboratories, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, October 10th, 2019
Palliative Care, Hospice, and the End of Life Options Act
Presenter: Dr. Grant Smith, Palliative Care Physician, Stanford School of Medicine
This talk will explain palliative medicine and how it helps patients with life threatening illnesses. It will also address what the differences are between palliative care and hospice care and when each is appropriate, as well as explaining the End of Life Option Act.