Mount Sinai 25th Annual Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine 2026

Mount Sinai’s geriatric and palliative medicine review brings together the care of older adults and patients with serious illness. The October 6–9, 2026 virtual program covers cognitive impairment, deprescribing, frailty, rehabilitation and cardiovascular disease alongside pain, hospice, symptom relief and serious illness communication. It is relevant both to clinicians reviewing for board examinations and to those updating a broad clinical practice. The original program combined plenary teaching, case-based workshops and board-review questions. Its complete listed agenda below retains the session times, lecture titles and presenters, so readers can see the range of medical, functional and supportive-care topics.

Package scope: The original activity described eight daily plenaries, 20 prerecorded workshops and four Q&A sessions. These are program details, not independently verified counts of supplied recordings. Live participation, official registration, publisher access and credit-claiming services are not included.

Course Directors

The official course leadership includes:

• Helen Fernandez, MD
• Mollie Biewald, MD
• Lauren Wagner, MD
• Sonica Bhatia, MD

Learning Objectives

Upon completing the educational activity, learners should be better able to:

1. Describe contemporary evidence-based developments in geriatrics and palliative medicine.
2. Recognize the potential benefits and limitations of emerging treatments for older adults.
3. Evaluate and manage common end-of-life symptoms, including dyspnea, constipation, nausea, anorexia, and terminal secretions.

Topics

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM: The State of Palliative Care — Sean S Morrison, MD
• 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM: Can’t Miss Rheumatologic Diagnoses for the Geriatrician — Michael Kaplan, MD
• 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM: De-prescribing in the Context of Multiple Chronic Conditions — Cynthia M. Boyd, MD
• 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Beyond Alzheimer’s Dementia — Georges Naasan, MD
• 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Break
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Update on Diagnosis Treatment and Management of Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer Disease and other Dementias — Mary Sano, PhD
• 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM: Hospice: There’s Always Something We Can Do — Ritchell R Dignam, MD
• 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: Late Life Depression — Alex P Gamble, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
• 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM: End of life Symptom — Olusegun Apoeso, Mbbs
• 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM: Atrial Fibrillation — Thomas Mawson, MD
• 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM: Managing Aortic Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation — Thomas Mawson, MD
• 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM: Wound Care — Emily Samuels, MD
• 7:15 PM – 8:00 PM: Chemotherapy Related Toxicity and Oncologic Complications — Fionnuala Crowley, MD
• 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM: Withdrawal of Non-beneficial Treatments while Maintaining Care — Lauren Wagner, MD
• 8:45 PM – 9:30 PM: Medicare Annual Wellness Visit — Rebecca Masutani, Fellow
• 9:30 PM – 10:15 PM: Ortho Co-Management — Yuji Yamada, MD, Assistant Professor
• 10:15 PM – 11:00 PM: Hematological Malignancies — Adriana K Malone, MD, Physician
• 11:00 PM – 11:45 PM: A High-Yield Guide to Osteoporosis Care — Alon Y Mazori, MD

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM: Stroke — Sara K Rostanski, MD
• 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM: Making Recommendations Based on Patient Values — Robert Arnold, MD
• 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM: Medicare and Medicaid National Frameworks and Local Realities — Veronica Rivera, MD, Physician; Sheila Barton, LCSW, MSW
• 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Principles of Geriatric Rehabilitation — Carley Rea Trentman, MD
• 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Break
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Prognostication of Chronic Disease — Winston Wey, MD
• 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM: Interventional Pain — Paul Shekane, MD
• 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: Symptom Management I: Constipation, SOB, Nausea and Anorexia — Isabella Newman, MD
• 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM: Prevention In Older Adults — Nisha Rughwani, MD
• 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM: Grief, Bereavement and Psychological Issues — Jackie Sheehan, MD; Amanda Monteiro, LCSW
• 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM: Use of Adjuvants for Pain Management — Ayla Pelleg, MD; David Collett, NP
• 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM: Feeding & Swallowing Disorders — Benjamin C Tweel, MD
• 7:15 PM – 8:00 PM: Palliative Care for Pulmonary Disease — Brigit C Palathra, MD
• 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM: Buprenorphine for Pain — Caitlyn Kuwata, MD
• 8:45 PM – 9:30 PM: Family Meetings — Carl P Rousseau, MD
• 9:30 PM – 10:15 PM: Supportive Oncology — Debora Afezolli, MD
• 10:15 PM – 11:00 PM: Hypertension in Older Adults — Mary A McLaughlin, MD
• 11:00 PM – 11:45 PM: Other Billing Opportunities: ACP, Chronic Disease Management, Critical Care — Emily Chai, MD; Audrey K Chun, MD

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM: Treatment Options for Urinary Incontinence — Feven Getaneh, MD
• 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM: Serious Illness Communication — Ayla Pelleg, MD
• 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM: Perioperative Management — Tatiana Requijo, MD
• 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Pain Management 101 — Jackie Sheehan, MD
• 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Break
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Medication Management — Shahla Baharlou, MD; Sharon See, PharmD
• 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM: Nutrition-Hydration in Serious Illness — Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF; Kathleen Adinolfi; Robert Crupi, MD
• 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: Diabetes Overview: Updates on Medication Management in Older Adults — Emily J Gallagher, MD, PhD
• 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM: Family Caregivers: The Invisible Backbone of U.S. Health Care — Allison Applebaum, PhD, Clinical Psychology
• 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM: Pediatric Palliative Care — Erica Ding, MD
• 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM: Oncology: Breast, Lung & Colon Cancers — Felice Lepar, MD, MPH
• 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM: Infectious Disease – Pneumonia, UTIs & C-Diff — Srinivasa Gopalsamy, MD, MSCR
• 7:15 PM – 8:00 PM: Palliative Care in Hematological Malignancies — Gene DeCastro, MD
• 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM: Decision Making in Elderly Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease: a Role for Palliative Care — Holly Koncicki, MD
• 8:45 PM – 9:30 PM: Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss — Jackie Sheehan, MD
• 9:30 PM – 10:15 PM: Management of Heart Failure — Johanna Paola Contreras, MD
• 10:15 PM – 11:00 PM: Capacity Assessment — Judith Neugroschl, MD
• 11:00 PM – 11:45 PM: Palliative Care Emergencies — Katherine Mark, MD

Friday, October 9, 2026

• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM: Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment — Winona Tse, MD
• 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM: Delirium Are You Confused? — Joyce F. Fogel, MD
• 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM: Cardiovascular Disease PART I — Mary A McLaughlin, MD
• 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Cardiovascular Disease PART II — Mary A McLaughlin, MD
• 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Break
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: AC Indications & Contraindications — Andrew S. Dunn, MD, MPH, SFHM, MACP
• 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM: Substance Use Disorder Care for Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine — Lauren Ann Kelly, MD
• 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: All You Need is Love: Human Connection and Health — Diane E Meier, MD
• 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM: Honest Aging: Being a Better Doctor for Your Older and Severely Ill Patients — Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD
• 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM: Palliative Radiation Therapy — Kavita V Dharmarajan, MD
• 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM: Home Care — Peter Gliatto, MD
• 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM: Framework of 5M’s — Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD
• 7:15 PM – 8:00 PM: Maximizing Access to Palliative Care Among Patients with Heart Failure — Laura Gelfman, MD; Karen Hiensch, ANP-BC
• 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM: Basic Opioids 101 — Laurel Hansen, MD
• 8:45 PM – 9:30 PM: Crystal Arthropathies — Leslie D Kerr, MD
• 9:30 PM – 10:15 PM: Geriatric Emergency Medicine — Martine Sanon, MD; Ula Y. Hwang, MD, MPH
• 10:15 PM – 11:00 PM: Advance Care Planning: Trends and Clinical Practice — Mollie A. Biewald, MD, Physician
• 11:00 PM – 11:45 PM: Hearing Loss — Maura K Cosetti, MD