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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast

Jul 28, 2022

We are fortunate today to interview two oncologists whose research has catapulted palliative care forward: Jennifer Temel, author of the landmark NEJM study on early outpatient palliative care for patients with advanced lung cancer; and Areej El-Jawahri, author of the landmark JAMA article on inpatient palliative care...


Jul 21, 2022

The science of balancing safety and independence of older drivers has come a long way.  Some key points from our podcast today with Emmy Betz (emergency physician-researcher) and Terri Cassidy (occupational therapist and certified driving rehab specialist) include:

  • It’s no longer gouache to say “taking away...


Jul 14, 2022

“Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. Seventeen of your patients are dead. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive...


Jul 7, 2022

On today’s podcast we welcome back Haider Warraich to talk about pain.  Now this may surprise our frequent listeners as we have had Haider on before to talk about heart failure as well as palliative inotropes, so why are we having him come on to talk about pain?  .  

Well, Haider has an intimate relationship with...