GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast

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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast

by Alex Smith, Eric Widera

A geriatrics and palliative medicine podcast for every health care professional.
Two UCSF doctors, Eric Widera and Alex Smith, invite the brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care to talk about the topics that you care most about, ranging from recently published research in the field to controversies that keep us up at night. You'll laugh, learn, and maybe sing along.
CME and MOC credit available (AMA PRA Category 1 credits) at www.geripal.org

102 episodes

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1

CMS's Age-Friendly Hospital Measure: Julia Adler-Milstein, Stephanie Rogers, and Shari Ling

46:25 Mar 26, 2026

2

De-intensify Anti-Hypertensives for Nursing Home Residents? Athanase Benetos and Mike Steinman

51:51 Mar 19, 2026

3

Alzheimer's Definitions, Biomarkers, and Antibodies: Halima Amjad, Barak Gaster, and Heather Whitson

52:28 Mar 12, 2026

4

Leadership, Quality, and the Future of Hospice: Guests Chris Comeaux and Cordt Kassner

51:15 Mar 5, 2026

5

Deprescribing at the End of Life: Jennifer Tjia, Jon Furuno, Simon Mooijaart

47:51 Feb 26, 2026

6

Unilateral DNR? Gina Piscitello, Erin DeMartino, Will Parker

50:24 Feb 19, 2026

7

Embedding Care in the ED: Liz Goldberg and Lauren Southerland

47:15 Feb 12, 2026

8

AI and Healthcare: Bob Wachter

52:28 Feb 5, 2026

9

The Role of Specialty Palliative Care in Cancer Surgery: Rebecca Aslakson & Myrick Shinall

46:02 Jan 29, 2026

10

The Future of Palliative Care? Community-Based Models with Alan Chiu, Mindy Stewart-Coffee, and Ben Thompson

47:05 Jan 22, 2026

11

Uncertainty In Medicine: Jonathan Ilgen and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

51:12 Jan 15, 2026

12

Why We Need QI Collaboratives: Guests Steve Pantilat, David Currow, and Arif Kamal

52:43 Jan 8, 2026

13

Is Attending to Clinician Distress Our Job? Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly

49:02 Dec 18, 2025

14

Rehab and Death in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Sarguni Singh, Christian Furman, and Lynn Flint

49:21 Dec 11, 2025

15

Inflammaging: Brian Andonian, Sara LaHue, Joe Hippensteel

50:51 Dec 4, 2025

16

The Chaplain and the Doctor: A Podcast with Betty Clark and Jessica Zitter

46:17 Nov 20, 2025

17

A Strategic Path Forward for Hospice & Palliative Care: Ira Byock, Kristi Newport, Brynn Bowman

53:05 Nov 13, 2025

18

Palliative Care in Sickle Cell: Craig Blinderman, Stephanie Kiser, Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa

47:58 Nov 6, 2025

19

Medical Billing and Coding in Geriatrics: Peter Hollmann, Ken Koncilja, and Audrey Chun

43:36 Oct 30, 2025

20

Rethinking Slow Codes: Gina Piscitello, Parker Crutchfield, Jason Wasserman

49:55 Oct 23, 2025

21

GeriPal Live! at NPCRC Foley Retreat: Dio Kavalieratos, Prasanna Ananth, Alexi Wright

57:41 Oct 16, 2025

22

GeriPal Live! at CAPC: Karen Bullock, Kim Curseen, Matt Gonzales

1:03:25 Oct 9, 2025

23

Pre-Operative Geri Assessment: Vicky Tang and Houman Javedan

43:49 Sep 25, 2025

24

What Makes a Good Death? Karen Steinhauser, Rasa Mikelyte, Edison Vidal

48:50 Sep 18, 2025

25

Medical Billing and Coding with the "Billing Boys"

47:38 Sep 11, 2025

26

Is Geriatrics-focused Primary Care (GeriPACT) Better? A Podcast with Nicki Hastings, Kristie Hsu, and Ken Covinsky

46:08 Sep 4, 2025

27

Do Dementia Care Management Programs Work? A Podcast with David Reuben and Greg Sachs

48:11 Aug 28, 2025

28

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Benefits, Cost-Effectiveness, and Who It Helps Most - Eric Wong and Thiago Silva

44:02 Aug 21, 2025

29

What instead? Alternatives to Beers: Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

44:38 Aug 14, 2025

30

Art Museum-Based Medical Education: Amy Klein, Laura Morrison, and Gordon Wood

49:01 Aug 7, 2025

31

We Need a Care Revolution: Victor Montori

47:41 Jul 31, 2025

32

System Wide Goals of Care Implementation: A Podcast with Ira Byock, Chris Dale, and Matt Gonzales

50:06 Jul 24, 2025

33

Death Anxiety: Dani Chammas & Keri Brenner

1:00:23 Jul 17, 2025

34

Individualizing Blood Pressure Goals in Older Adults: A Podcast with Mitra Jamshidian, Simon Ascher and Mark Supiano

46:41 Jul 10, 2025

35

Should Palliative Care be in the Survivorship Business? A Podcast with Laura Petrillo, Laura Shoemaker

47:31 Jul 3, 2025

36

Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

44:35 Jun 26, 2025

37

Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

48:24 Jun 19, 2025

38

What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: A Podcast with Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

49:44 Jun 12, 2025

39

Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes

48:06 Jun 5, 2025

40

Lucid Episodes: Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi & Andrew Peterson

48:55 May 29, 2025

41

Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

42:03 May 22, 2025

42

Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

48:27 May 15, 2025

43

Psilocybin in Serious Illness: A Podcast with James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

46:57 May 8, 2025

44

HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

48:59 May 1, 2025

45

Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

45:26 Apr 24, 2025

46

Loss of DEI Hurts Everyone: Farah Stockman, Ali Thomas, Ken Covinsky

47:18 Apr 17, 2025

47

RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

50:34 Apr 10, 2025

48

GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundebjerg and Annie Medina-Walpole

51:34 Apr 3, 2025

49

Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

47:04 Mar 27, 2025

50

Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

51:26 Mar 20, 2025

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