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...

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.

The ACTIONetwork provides bimonthly leadership training for community and academically based primary care providers(physicians, nurses, and PAs) and social workers that brings content experts from Penn Medicine and CHOP to address relevant and contemporary issues in delivering care to medically underserved patient populations. Sessions take place through live online sessions covering both clinical care and health administration leadership. Participants will apply and report back on the applicati...

The Subspecialty Update Series is a regularly scheduled conference designed specifically to improve clinicians' performance and ultimately patient care by inviting specialists to update physicians, physician's assistant, nurse practitioners, and nurses on important advances in evidence-based care over the preceding year.

A gathering of any Penn Medicine staff members to review various media covering topics including (but not exclusively) implicit bias, structural racism, and less known historical events involving persons of color.

Complex Care Management Rounds exposes community-based primary care providers(Physicians, nurses, PAs) adn social workers to integrated, longitudinal, and interdisciplinary care through a panel of patients with high complexity of health and social needs from within the community. Through case discussion, CCMR will improve the health outcomes of patients with complex needs. These interdisciplinary rounds will also focus on understanding patients’ lived experiences and the impact on their health o...

The Rena Rowan Breast Case Conference follows the NAPBC standards, including: promoting the inclusion of a broad range of physicians,nurses, and advanced partitioners to address early diagnosis, quality of life, ethics,or other relevant topics.Our multi-disciplinary meeting also is to improve patient care, promote effective management of resources, and make decisions that reflect the patient's goals for treatment. At this meeting we will discuss treatment options, including investigational thera...

This educational conference is designed for physicians, nurses, and physician assistants in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and related departments. Faculty and residents will review individual cases and discuss patient safety and risk management strategies to help mitigate complications and improve patient outcomes.