The Penn Advanced Limb Preservation Symposium 2023 will include lectures from national experts on topics relevant to the care of patients with critical limb ischemia. The conference includes topics such as advanced endovascular techniques, cutting edge approaches in soft tissue and bony reconstruction, and best practices in nonoperative care. This day and a half conference features lectures as well as case-based education, and cross-specialty discussions about the optimal approach to sp...

Care of adult patients with hematologic or oncologic malignancies is increasingly complex. Hospice and palliative care clinicians are asked to care for them earlier in the course of care, based on evidence that early palliative care improves survival, symptoms, mood, cost, and patient and caregiver satisfaction. To ensure success of upstream involvement, clinicians must be equipped to competently care for these patients and “speak the language” of the hematologist/oncologist and radiation oncolo...

This course will provide current approaches to caring for and improving the lives of patients with pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism. Experts in the field who provide care for these patients at large specialty centers will present at this course which will be highly interactive with attendees.This activity has been designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, nurses, residents, fellows, students who may encounter patients with pulmonary ...

Foundations of Culinary Medicine is structured to educate medical providers about the importance of healthy food and nutrition, while giving them the skills and tools by which they can assist their patients (as well as themselves) lead healthier lives. The focus will be on non-infectious chronic diseases with particular attention to cultural competence and practical applications. Each 15-minute didactic lecture is followed by a cooking demonstration by Vetri Community Partnership chefs and nutri...

This planned every other month series is directed towards providing an update for medical assistants, nurses, APPs and pharmacists on commonly encountered diagnoses and conditions in the ambulatory setting with a focus on a multidiciplinary approach to management.

To use an interdisciplinary approach for the management of patients with breast cancer; to ensure best evidence-based care is given.

The primary goal of this series is to provide ongoing educational updates and reviews to our physicians, nurses, and other professional staff to ensure that we are all current with the best practices of allogeneic stem cell transplantation. This series will promote application of the best possible and most up to date therapies and will ensure standardization across our group and minimize variations in care.

To use an interdisciplinary approach for the management of patients with cancer; to ensure best evidence-based care is given. Utilize evidence-based data for treating patients with cancer. Use accurate TNM staging in site specific cancers to improve evidence-based treatment utilizing NCCN guidelines.

M&M Conferences will review timeline of event (allograft loss, complications, deaths, return to OR, and unanticipated readmissions), identify area where breakdown occurred, identify root cause, review related literature if applicable, identify action items to prevent similar events in future.

A monthly morbidity and mortality conference which will present inpatient and/or outpatient case presentations to order to discuss management decisions, provide education, and work to develop and implement solutions for both provider and systemic inadequacies which have led to suboptimal patient outcomes through interprofessional discussion.