Supportive and Neuro-Palliative Care Community Series
July 13, 2021: Benzi Kluger, MD () presented Neuropalliative Care: The Best Kept Secret in Neurology What It Is and Why You Want It
August 10, 2021: Julie Berk, PA-C () presented Finding Your Way When You Find Yourself With a Neurological Condition
September 14, 2021: Ryan Khan, MDiv () presented Cultivating Meaning in Life: Spiritual Themes to Improve Coping. Click to see the presentation.
October 12, 2021: Lindsay MacLachlan, LCSW and Cari Friedman, LCSW () presented Benefits and Resources- How Do I Get My Social, Emotional, and Practical Needs Met?
November 9, 2021: Jenine Camins () presented How Meditation and Mindfulness Can Support Your Well-Being. Click to see the presentation.
December 14, 2021: Dr. Beth Nolan () presented Challenging Behaviors in Dementia Care
February 8, 2022: presented Planning for Incapacity - How to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones. Click to see the presentation.
March 8, 2022: Danielle Cleary, RN & Cammy Smith, RN, MSN of presented Demystifying Hospice: Providing an Understanding of Hospice & Palliative Care. Click to see the presentation.
May 10, 2022: Jill Lorentz () spoke on Working Through Difficult Symptoms. Click to see the presentation.
June 14, 2022: Summer Schultz, MD, University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow, presented Medical Aid in Dying: Special Considerations in Neurological Disorders and the Caregiver Experience. Click to watch the presentation.
Presentations
- Dr Vaughan spoke for Geriatric Grand Rounds at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå on September 21, 2023 on the topic of Palliative Care in Movement Disorders. Click here to view the presentation.
- Dr. Vaughan spoke for the Parkinson Foundation's Palliative Care Town Hall on June 7, 2023. The featured topic was Collaboration and Partnership with Hospice & Palliative Care. Click to view the presentation and here to see Dr. Vaughan's slides.
- Dr. Vaughan presented History of Palliative Care in PD for the Cleveland Clinic on March 16, 2023. Click to view her presentation.
- Dr. Kluger presented What is Palliative Care in PD? for the Cleveland Clinic on March 16, 2023. Click to view his presentation.
- Dr. Lauren Treat from Children's Hospital Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå presented Shifting Perspective: Pediatric Neuropalliative Medicine and the Importance of Prognostic Awareness for the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå's Neurology Grand Rounds on March 8, 2023. Click to view her presentation.
- Dr. Vaughan and Dr. Sumrall presented a webinar for the Parkinson Association of the Rockies entitled Palliative Care is NOT Hospice Care on April 21, 2022. Click to see the webinar.
- Dr. Vaughan spoke on Supportive Care in Huntington's Disease at the 2021 Annual Rocky Mountain HD Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Day on November 13, 2021. Click to see her presentation as well as other offerings from this conference.
- Dr. Vaughan spoke on Pain and Parkinson's Disease at the Medical University of South Carolina's Movement Disorders Program Parkinson’s Disease Lunch and Learn on October 7, 2021. Click to view the presentation.
- Dr. Vaughan spoke to on September 17, 2021 about The Role of Neuropalliative Care in FTD. Click to view the presentation.
- Our Chaplain Ryan Khan, MDiv, presented Cultivating Meaning in Life: Spiritual Themes to Improve Coping at our monthly Supportive and Neuro-Palliative Care Community Series on September 14, 2021. Click to see the presentation.
- Dr. Vaughan presented "Neuropalliative Care and the Covid-19 Crisis" for the Department of Neurology Grand Rounds on April 22, 2020. Click here to see the presentation.
- Dr. Vaughan, along with Dr Heather Baer and Dr. Heather Ott ​presented "Parkinson Disease: The Quintessential Rehabilitation Diagnosis" for PM&R Grand Rounds on November 6, 2019. Click here to see the presentation.
- Dr. Vaughan, along with Dr. Drew Kern, presented "Advanced Therapies & Palliative Care" as part of the Parkinson & Movement Disorder Alliance's Lunch with the Docs series on July 29, 2020.
- Dr. Vaughan facilitated a webinar entitled "Living Well With Ataxia: A Palliative Care Approach" for the National Ataxia Foundation on March 6, 2020.
- Dr. Vaughan, along with Dr. Jane Ott and Dr. Heather Baer, presented "Parkinson disease: the quintessential multidisciplinary rehabilitation diagnosis" at the in San Antonio on November 15, 2019.
- Dr. Vaughan, along with Cari Friedman LCSW, Julie Berk PA-C, and Malenna Sumrall PhD, presented at the e3 Conference held on September 7, 2019. .
- Dr. Vaughan presented “The ART of Self Care” at the Huntington’s Disease Conference on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Anschutz Medical Campus.
- Dr. Vaughan was interviewed on May 6, 2019 by touchNEUROLOGY on palliative care needs in the management of neurodegenerative diseases, including her research project studying specific needs in early onset dementia.
- Dr. Vaughan facilitated a webinar on Progressive MS and Palliative Care on January 29, 2019.
- Dr. Vaughan, along with UCD neurology movement disorders colleagues Dr. Berman, Dr. Kern, and Dr. Baer led a panel discussion at the Parkinson's Association of the Rockies support group in Boulder on understanding and treating
Parkinson's disease on October 23, 2018.
- Dr. Kluger​ presented "Marijuana &PD: What Do We Really Know?" for the Parkinson Foundation's Expert Briefings on April 17, 2018.
Radio Broadcasts
- Our Social Worker Cari Friedman was a guest on "Dementia Resilience" on Cruisin' 1430 on May 13, 2018.
- Our Chaplain Ryan Khan was a guest on "Dementia Resilience" on Cruisin' 1430 on December 23, 2018.
- Dr. Christina Vaughan was a guest on "Dementia Resilience" on Cruisin' 1430 on February 9, 2021. where she speaks about "Understanding Palliative Care - A Team Approach."
Blog Posts
- Dr. Michael Okun blogged about COVID and palliative care on March 30, 2021, referring to an article co-authored by Dr. Christina Vaughan and Dr. Indu Subramanian.
- Drs. Vaughan and Kern were featured in a January 3, 2021 article in UCHealth Today on the successes of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for one Parkinson's patient. .
- Dr. Kluger wrote on "Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease" for the Movement Disorders Society Blog in December, 2017.
- Dr. Kluger wrote on "Palliative Care Is About Living as Well as Possible for as Long as Possible" for the World Parkinson Coalition Blog on January 17, 2018.
If you have information on an event to share, please contact us at Neuro-Palliative@ucdenver.edu or 303-724-2194. We try to stay up to date, but sometimes things change, so if you
find any information on this list that seems incorrect or out of date, please let us know!​