#028 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Andy Baxter, the founder of the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation. The Foundation is named in honor of Andy's wife, Carley, who died of breast cancer in 2005, as well as in honor of her physician, Dr.

Dr. Jody Stern: Grief Connects Us

Aug 23rd, 2021 45m 15s

#027 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews neurosurgeon and writer Dr. Jody Stern. Jody discusses his recently released book, Grief Connects Us, which was inspired by his sister Victoria's illness and death from leukemia as well as hi

Dr. Balfour Mount: Ten Thousand Crossroads

Jul 19th, 2021 38m 47s

#026 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she once again has the privilege of interviewing Dr. Balfour Mount, the founder of Palliative Medicine. Bal recently released his 500-page memoir entitled Ten Thousand Crossroads: The Path as I Remember It

Introducing The Surgical Palliative Care Society (SPCS)

Jul 5th, 2021 34m 23s

#025 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Drs. Buddy Marterre and Pringl Miller, whom - along with Red - founded the recently launched Surgical Palliative Care Society (SPCS), the first inter-disciplinary society dedicated to the integ

Dr. Pat Murphy: Surgical Palliative Care Nurse Researcher

Apr 5th, 2021 39m 59s

#024 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Patricia Murphy. Pat is a nurse and is recently retired as the Clinical Clinical Ethicist at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. She is an associate professor in the Rutgers-New Je

Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson: Palliative Care Pharmacist Extraordinaire

Mar 22nd, 2021 45m 28s

#023 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews pharmacist Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson, Professor and Executive Director of the Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the Univers

Dr. Dan Hinshaw: Spirituality and Surgical Palliative Care

Feb 8th, 2021 48m 23s

#022 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Dan Hinshaw, professor emeritus of surgery and palliative care consultant at University of Michigan. Dan discusses how his wife's work with HIV positive veterans first led him to contempla

Dr. Rebecca Aslakson: Palliative Care in the Perioperative Setting

Nov 16th, 2020 48m 8s

#021 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Rebecca Aslakson, an anesthesiologist - triple-board certified in anesthesiology, critical care medicine and hospice and palliative medicine - and a well known researcher who has devoted he

Dr. Preeti John: Surgical Palliative Care at the VA

Oct 19th, 2020 35m 57s

#020 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Preeti John, a surgeon triple board-certified in general surgery, surgical critical care and hospice and palliative medicine. Preeti currently practices at the VA Maryland Healthcare Syste

Dr. Janet Bull: From Birth to Death

Oct 5th, 2020 39m 24s

#019 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Janet Bull, chief medical officer of Four Seasons, a Hospice and Palliative Medicine organization in Western North Carolina. Janet began her career as an obstetrician-gynecologist. After

Dr. Nancy Glass: Palliative Care, Pediatrics and Anesthesia

Sep 7th, 2020 32m 18s

#018 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Nancy Glass, who worked as a professor of both Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine as well as the Director of Pediatric Pain Management at Texas Children's Hospital.

Dr. Geoff Dunn: The Father of Surgical Palliative Care

Aug 24th, 2020 42m 31s

#017 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and cohost Dr. Pringl Miller as they interview Dr. Geoff Dunn, the father of the Surgical Palliative Care Movement. Geoff is a fourth generation surgeon, a second generation hospice medical director (his father

Dr. Rick Greene: Integrating Palliative Care into Surgical Oncology

Aug 10th, 2020 39m

#016 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Rick Greene, a surgical oncologist and a champion of palliative care for surgical oncology patients. Rick currently serves as the medical director of the Cancer Data Registry at the Levine

Dr. Anne Mosenthal: The Mother of Surgical Palliative Care

Jul 27th, 2020 36m 55s

#015 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Anne Mosenthal, a trauma surgeon and one of the founding members of the American College of Surgeon's Surgical Palliative Care Task Force (now the Committee on Surgical Palliative Care, whi

Palliative Care in the Emergency Department

Jul 6th, 2020 45m 14s

#014 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Drs. Kate Aberger and David Wang, emergency medicine physicians who specialize in palliative care. They are the editors of the recently released book, "Palliative Skills for Frontline Physicia

Dr. Gretchen Schwarze: Surgical Buy-In and Best Case/Worst Case

Jun 22nd, 2020 51m 38s

#013 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Gretchen Schwarze, a vascular surgeon, medical ethicist and prolific researcher known for her work focused on surgical buy-in and the best case/worst case scenario. Gretchen is an endowed

Dr. Jack M. Zimmerman: The Reluctant Pioneer

Jun 1st, 2020 32m 2s

#012 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Jack M. Zimmerman, a retired cardiothoracic surgeon who served as the chief of surgery at Church Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and as an associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins.

Surgical Ethics: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders in the OR

May 18th, 2020 44m 23s

#011 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she speaks with surgeons Drs. Sara Scarlet, Pringl Miller and Kim Kopecky about surgical ethics, particularly those surrounding Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the operating room. All three completed a fellows

Special Edition: Joint Episode with the GeriPal Podcast!

May 8th, 2020 43m 22s

#010 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she joins the long-running GeriPal Podcast to discuss all things surgical palliative care. As is the tradition on the GeriPal podcast, Red gets serenaded by GeriPal co-hosts Drs. Eric Widera and Alex Smith,

Dr. Ira Byock: National Leader in Palliative Care

May 4th, 2020 48m 51s

#009 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Ira Byock, nationally known author and speaker and the founder and chief medical officer of the Institute for Human Caring at Providence St. Joseph in Southern California. Ira served as th

Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike: Wellness and Ethics in Surgery

Apr 20th, 2020 54m 8s

#008 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and co-host Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike, professor and Peter C. Canizaro chair of surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. They have a wide-ranging discussion a

Dr. Karen Brasel: Surgical Palliative Care Educator

Apr 6th, 2020 45m 20s

#007 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and cohost Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Karen Brasel, Professor of Surgery in the division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, as well as the Program Director of the general surgery resi

COVID-19 and the Role of Surgical Palliative Care

Mar 23rd, 2020 49m 30s

#006 - Recorded on March 20, 2020. Join host Dr. Red Hoffman, cohost Dr. Mac Cook and guest Dr. Katie O'Connell (acute care surgeon and director of surgical palliative care at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA) as they discuss the Covid-

Dr. Diane Meier: Founder of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

Mar 9th, 2020 38m 14s

#005 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Diane Meier, a professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, as well as well as a professor of Medical Ethics, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City (listen for NYC ambulanc

Dr. Zara Cooper: Surgical Palliative Care Researcher

Feb 24th, 2020 43m 46s

#004 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and co-host Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Zara Cooper, associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, Kessler Director of the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hos