Recent Lectures ( 2010-11)

 Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, La; Jan 19, 2010; Pain Management in Palliative Care & Hospice ( EPEC), 1hr.

STPH ELNEC Seminar, Covington, LA March 16,2010: Pain Management in Patients Who May Die (1hr)

Update on Palliative Care Seminar; STPH- Palliative Care Institute, Mandeville, LA; April 30, 2010: 1) Evolution of Palliative Care in Medical Practice; 2) Symptom Management in Patients Nearing Death, (90 min )

Cancer Survivors Seminar, St. Tammany Parish Hospital- Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center; Covington, LA; June 12, 2010: “Let’s Talk about Pain” (1 hr )

LMHPCO Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA; July 27, 2010: Evaluation and Management of Pain in Patients with Life Limiting Illness;  ( 90 min ).

ALS Seminar, Baton Rouge, LA; August 20, 2010: ALS and  Palliative Care  (1hr)

Tulane Med School Ambulatory Medicine Palliative Care Program (T3,T4), New Orleans, LA; Sept 14, 2010; Treating Chronic Pain   (90min)

Amer. Assoc University Women; STPH, Covington, LA; October 20, 2010: Alzheimers Disease: Panel Discussion   (90min)

Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA: Jan 18, 2011: EPEC- Treating Pain in Patients Approaching Death  (1hr)

Medical Directors, Hospice of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA:

Jan 19, 2011; Chronic Pain: Methadone, Levorphanol, and the NMDA Receptor    (90min)

Notre Dame Hospice, New Orleans, LA: February 1, 2011; Managing Chronic Pain in Patients Who May Die  (1hr)

Chateau de Notre Dame Retirement Facility, New Orleans, LA: February 15, 2011: Palliative Care, Hospice, and EOL Care  (1hr)

ELNEC Seminar, St Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, LA:
March 3, 2011:  Managing Chronic Pain (1hr); Panel Discussion: Palliative Care  (1hr)

Grand Rounds, LSUHSC  Dept. Medicine, New Orleans, LA: April 1, 2011
Improving End-of-Life Care: Palliative Care and Hospice (1hr)