UNC CCSP and Palliative Care Grand Rounds

Wednesday, 05/16/18 at 8am, Patient Family Resource Center Conference Room (Ground Floor, North Carolina Cancer Hospital)

Hosted by the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program (CCSP) and the UNC Palliative Care Program

Speaker: Susanna Thach, MD

Bio:  Susanna is a current Hospice and Palliative Care fellow.  She came here from Burlington, Vermont, where she completed her medical school and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Vermont.  She is originally from St. Louis, Missouri and went to Washington University in St. Louis for undergraduate studies where she was a psychology major.   She is going to stay at UNC next year for geriatrics fellowship.

Topic:  Hospice pearls including Suicide in the terminally ill, air travel at the end of life, bleeding management in hospice settings, and special interventions in hospice ( to include surgical interventions).

We offer: Accreditation
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Continuing Medical Education Statement:  The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health professionals will receive a certificate of attendance from an AMA PRA Category 1™ activity. These certificates are accepted by the NC Boards for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and respiratory therapists. Other health care providers may also be able to use these certificates, depending on their particular license requirements. (License requirements are subject to change. Participants should check with their licensing boards for specific questions. UNC and its partners are not responsible for changes in license requirements.)