MD Anderson Updates in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Intensive Physician Board Review Course 2025

ABIM Blue Print
8:00AM – 5:35PM

Answer HandBook Palliative Board Review 2025
8:00AM – 5:35PM

Question HandBook Palliative Board Review 2025
8:00AM – 5:35PM

Welcome Introduction and General Overview of Course: How to Take the Exam
8:00AM – 8:15AM
Sriram Yennu, MD

Opioid Rotation
10:30AM – 11:45AM
Yvonne J. Heung, MD
Kristy Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS

Lunch: Meet the Professor- Pain Management and Opioid Case Discussions
11:45AM – 1:00PM
Larry C. Driver, MD

Interventions for the Management of Cancer Pain
1:00PM – 2:00PM
Larry C. Driver, MD

Pediatric Palliative Care
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Nelda P. Itzep, MD

Delirium, and Opioid-Induced Neurotoxicity
3:15PM – 4:30PM
Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM

Adjuvants for Pain Management
4:30PM – 5:30PM
Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD

Cachexia
8:00AM – 8:45AM
Rony Dev, DO

Geriatric Palliative Care
8:45AM – 9:45AM
Marvin O. Delgado Guay, MD

Spiritual Care
10:00AM – 11:00AM
Marvin O. Delgado Guay, MD

Palliative Care in the Last Week of Life
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM

Lunch: Meet the Professor
12:00PM – 1:15PM
Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM

Medicare Hospice Benefit
1:15PM – 2:30PM
Ruth M Thomson, DO, MBA, HMDC, FAAHPM, FACOI

Dyspnea and Cough
2:30PM – 3:15PM
David Hui, MD

Prognostication
3:30PM – 5:00PM
David Hui, MD

Fatigue
5:00PM – 5:45PM
Sriram Yennu, MD

Palliative Care Emergencies
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Yuchieh Chang, DO

Grief & Bereavement
9:00AM – 10:00AM
Monica Agosta, PsyD, Assistant Professor

Wound Care/Pressure – Ulcers/Pruritis/Xerostomia
10:30AM – 11:15AM
Linh M. Nguyen, MD, MEd, EdD

Ethical and Legal Decision Making
11:15AM – 12:15PM
Donna S. Zhukovsky, MD

Lunch: Meet the Professor
12:15PM – 1:15PM
Donna S. Zhukovsky, MD

Disease Specific Palliative Care I: Cardiac and Renal
1:15PM – 2:00PM
Linh M. Nguyen, MD, MEd, EdD

Challenging Conversations in Palliative Care
2:00PM – 2:45PM
Daniel E Epner , MD

Management of Anxiety/Depression at the End-of-Life
2:45PM – 3:30PM
Marvin O. Delgado Guay, MD

Nausea/Constipation/Bowel Obstruction
3:45PM – 4:30PM
Jacqueline M. Tschanz, MD

Disease Specific Palliative Care II: Neurological, AIDS
4:30PM – 5:30PM
Linh M. Nguyen, MD, MEd, EdD

Cancer Treatment Toxicities: Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Targeted Therapy, and Immunotherapy – Sonal Admane, MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

ICU II; and Ventilator Weaning – Kevin Madden, MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

Integrative Approaches to Manage Pain – Larry Driver, MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

Interdisciplinary team, Professionalism, Quality Improvement, Compliance, and Burnout – Suresh Reddy, MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

Medication Interactions – Matthew Clark, PharmD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

Opioid Safety, Non-Medical Opioid Use, and Risk Mitigation Strategies – Joseph Arthur MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

Palliative Care in the ICU – Kevin Madden, MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

Pediatric Palliative Care II – Kevin Madden, MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM

Sleep Disturbance – Sriram Yennu MD
5:35PM – 5:40PM