Symposium Guide

2026 Palliative Care and Hospice Symposium
Friday, February 27, 2026 | 7:50 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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Presentations

7:15 a.m. - 7:50 a.m.Registration and Exhibits
7:50 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderators
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.Synergy of Palliative Care Principles into Practice
Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
8:50 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.Worldviews and Religious Sensitivity in End-of-Life Care
Rev. Guillermo Escalona, M.Div.
9:40 a.m. - 10:05 a.m.Break and Exhibits
10:05 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.The Art and Science of Prognostication
Sheena M. Zapata, M.D.
10:55 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.Strengthening Communication Across Teams and Palliative Care: Communication Effectively with Clinicians, Leadership and Systems
David Buxton, M.D., FAPA, DFAACAP, FAAHPM
11:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.Primary Palliative Care Communications - How to Close the Gap
Rab Razzak, M.D., FAAHPM
12:35 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Lunch and Exhibits 
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.The Plot Thickens: Reconsidering Thickened Liquids at End-of-Life
Janet Levy, MA, CCC-SLP 
2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.The Role of the Social Worker in Promoting Patient and Family Centered Care
Myra Glajchen, DSW, MSW, BSW, ACSW, APHSW-C 
3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Dosing Compassion: Medication Management Across the Palliative Care Spectrum
Michelle Krichbaum, PharmD, BCPP
4:00 p.m.Closing Remarks & Adjourn
Shaunte Jean-Poix, BSN, RN, CCRN

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NOTE: Schedule subject to change.

Disclosures And Resolution of Conflict of Interest

Nothing to Disclose

The following individuals involved in the planning, development, review, presentation, authoring and/or editing of the symposium content do not have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies*.

** Indicates that this individual’s presentation(s) will include discussion of off-label or unapproved usage.

  • Monica E. Aguirre, LCSW
  • David Buxton, M.D., FAPA, DFAACAP, FAAHPM
  • Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN**
  • Rev. Guillermo Escalona, M.Div.
  • Myra Glajchen, DSW 
  • Shaunte Jean-Poix, BSN, RN, CCRN
  • Michelle Krichbaum, PharmD, BCPP**
  • Janet Levy, SLP
  • Vanessa Silvana Lewis Ramos, M.D.
  • Rab Razzak, M.D., FAAHPM**
  • Sheena M. Zapata, M.D.

* Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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