Proud of our Associate Clinical Directors Felicia Hui and Samantha Wang for being accepted to the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar. We can't wait to hear more about your experience!

For #WomensHistoryMonth we're highlighting Susan Block's work Ariadne Labs to create the Serious Illness Conversation Guide and lead the pilot that became SICP. Read about her life and work in this 2008 Journal of Palliative Medicine feature 'Pioneers in Palliative Care' palliative.stanford.edu/dr-block-learn…

For #InternationalWomensDay 2024 the #InspireInclusion campaign amplifies the importance of #diversity & #empowerment in all aspects of society & underscores the crucial role of #inclusion in achieving #genderequality. 👉 bit.ly/IWD24ii 👩🏾👩🏻👩🏽👩👩🏼👩🏿 #IWD2024 #womensday

Thank you Stanford Department of Medicine DEI leaders Wendy Caceres TamaraDunnMD Stephanie Harman Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD for hosting yesterday's leadership retreat! We came away with valuable lessons and insights and appreciated the way the speakers challenged our thinking.

It's not just Tax Time, it's also National Healthcare Decisions Day #NHDD Oncology patients can visit Cancer Center Care Coaches in the Blake Wilbur lobby on 4/16 to set a time to discuss their goals and values with a care coach or you (their oncologist) can use REF898 in Epic

We love our local chaparral! Last year, during our team retreat Hidden Villa we took in the wonderful view from the Los Altos foothills and also saw wildlife.

Last month's The New York Times included an article titled, "How to Make End-of-Life Planning Less Stressful." (Hint: it involves dessert🧁) nytimes.com/2024/03/08/wel…

In the latest episode of the AI Grand Rounds podcast, Dr. Nigam Shah shares his journey from training as a doctor in India to becoming a leading figure in biomedical informatics in the United States. Listen to the full episode: nejm.ai/ep18

Had a great time at our 2nd Annual Team Retreat! We spent our morning at the lovely Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, lunched at Rossotti's Alpine Inn and completed our afternoon with a pottery class at South Bay Ceramics. Where should we go next year?

Exciting to see new trial results in JAMA Onc from Manali Patel MD & co., studying a lay health worker-led advance care planning intervention in a Stanford oncology clinic. Increased provider ACP documentation, palliative care and hospice use. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

We'd like to welcome Emily Linderman (Chaplain, Palliative Care), Mike Polisso (SW, Palliative Care), and Payam Massaband (MD, Radiology) to the ranks of SICP facilitators! 🙏👏💐

Stanford Neurology shined 🤩 at the 4th annual Stanford Medicine Pride Parade!! Celebrating love and diversity and honoring LGBTQIA+ contributions within our team and across the School of Medicine. #StanfordPride2024 #SOMprideparade 🌈🧠💕

Preparing for Advance Care Planning puts a lot on individual patients. What if we prepared communities instead? Community health workers can play an important role in achieving this. Faculty Lead Erik Fromme, MD, discusses how in JAMA Oncology: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

Great meeting the new StanfordMedRes interns to introduce them to advance care planning at Stanford Department of Medicine. Our training staff all commented on your enthusiasm and engagement! We'll see some of you in Jan/Feb at the VA, but feel free to reach out before then with any questions!

Picked up our glazed pieces from South Bay Ceramics! Who knew we'd have such beauties at the end of our 2-hour wheel throwing class?!? 😍 #TeamBuilding

I got to know our new Stanford #HAPC fellows yesterday during their Serious Illness Conversation Guide Training! What an amazing group! Stanford Serious Illness Care Program

Team Science Sara Singer gives Stanford Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, presenting an overview of the challenges inherent in highly diverse, interdisciplinary teams and how to build, sustain and guide teams toward success. Watch 📽️shar.es/agulD1

Patient-centered care starts with a conversation. Discussing values and goals helps clinicians center patients' care around their wishes. And this care is meaningful for both patients and clinicians. 🎧 Dr. Erik Fromme on serious illness care: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/car…

Great to see some colleagues from Boston Children's Dana-Farber and MassGeneralChildren exploring use of SICP with adolescents and young adults Danielle D'Emilia DeCourcey Rachelle Bernacki, MD, MS Joanne Wolfe

WEBINAR | THURSDAY: Join @CAPCPalliative 9/12 for "Opportunities to Improve Care & Promote Health Equity for Black People with Serious Illness," where presenters will share an update on literature, discuss successful equity-focused interventions & more: ow.ly/Krnz50TgBOk