The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast
The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast features interviews with the founders and the leaders of the surgical palliative care community, a diverse group of surgeons, dedicated to providing high quality palliative medicine to all surgical and trauma patients. Tune in to learn the rich history of the surgical palliative care movement as well as to stay up to date on the latest research in the field. Hosted by Dr. Red Hoffman, the Surgical Palliative Care Podcast aims to educate, foster community and provide mentorship to all those interested in making certain that surgical and trauma patients receive the excellent palliative care that they deserve. Subscribe to stay up to date on the latest episodes.
Episodes
28 episodes
Andy Baxter: Founder of Cuniff-Dixon Foundation
#028 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Andy Baxter, the founder of the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation. The Foundation is named in honor of Andy's wife, Carley, who died of breast cancer in 2005, as well as in honor of her physician,...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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48:12
Dr. Jody Stern: Grief Connects Us
#027 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews neurosurgeon and writer Dr. Jody Stern. Jody discusses his recently released book, Grief Connects Us, which was inspired by his sister Victoria's illness and death from leukemia as well ...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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45:15
Dr. Balfour Mount: Ten Thousand Crossroads
#026 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she once again has the privilege of interviewing Dr. Balfour Mount, the founder of Palliative Medicine. Bal recently released his 500-page memoir entitled Ten Thousand Crossroads: The Path as I Re...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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38:47
Introducing The Surgical Palliative Care Society (SPCS)
#025 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Drs. Buddy Marterre and Pringl Miller, whom - along with Red - founded the recently launched Surgical Palliative Care Society (SPCS), the first inter-disciplinary society dedicated to the integ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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34:23
Dr. Pat Murphy: Surgical Palliative Care Nurse Researcher
#024 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Patricia Murphy. Pat is a nurse and is recently retired as the Clinical Clinical Ethicist at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. She is an associate professor in the Rutgers-N...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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39:59
Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson: Palliative Care Pharmacist Extraordinaire
#023 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews pharmacist Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson, Professor and Executive Director of the Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the Univers...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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45:28
Dr. Dan Hinshaw: Spirituality and Surgical Palliative Care
#022 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Dan Hinshaw, professor emeritus of surgery and palliative care consultant at University of Michigan. Dan discusses how his wife's work with HIV positive veterans first led him to cont...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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48:23
Dr. Rebecca Aslakson: Palliative Care in the Perioperative Setting
#021 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Rebecca Aslakson, an anesthesiologist - triple-board certified in anesthesiology, critical care medicine and hospice and palliative medicine - and a well known researcher who has devoted he...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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48:08
Dr. Preeti John: Surgical Palliative Care at the VA
#020 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Preeti John, a surgeon triple board-certified in general surgery, surgical critical care and hospice and palliative medicine. Preeti currently practices at the VA Maryland Healthcare ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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35:57
Dr. Janet Bull: From Birth to Death
#019 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Janet Bull, chief medical officer of Four Seasons, a Hospice and Palliative Medicine organization in Western North Carolina. Janet began her career as an obstetrician-gynecologist. &n...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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39:24
Dr. Nancy Glass: Palliative Care, Pediatrics and Anesthesia
#018 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Nancy Glass, who worked as a professor of both Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine as well as the Director of Pediatric Pain Management at Texas Children's Hospital....
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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32:18
Dr. Geoff Dunn: The Father of Surgical Palliative Care
#017 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and cohost Dr. Pringl Miller as they interview Dr. Geoff Dunn, the father of the Surgical Palliative Care Movement. Geoff is a fourth generation surgeon, a second generation hospice medical director (his f...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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42:31
Dr. Rick Greene: Integrating Palliative Care into Surgical Oncology
#016 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Rick Greene, a surgical oncologist and a champion of palliative care for surgical oncology patients. Rick currently serves as the medical director of the Cancer Data Registry at the L...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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39:00
Dr. Anne Mosenthal: The Mother of Surgical Palliative Care
#015 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Anne Mosenthal, a trauma surgeon and one of the founding members of the American College of Surgeon's Surgical Palliative Care Task Force (now the Committee on Surgical Palliative Care, whi...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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36:55
Palliative Care in the Emergency Department
#014 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Drs. Kate Aberger and David Wang, emergency medicine physicians who specialize in palliative care. They are the editors of the recently released book, "Palliative Skills for Frontline Phy...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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45:14
Dr. Gretchen Schwarze: Surgical Buy-In and Best Case/Worst Case
#013 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Gretchen Schwarze, a vascular surgeon, medical ethicist and prolific researcher known for her work focused on surgical buy-in and the best case/worst case scenario. Gretchen is an end...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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51:38
Dr. Jack M. Zimmerman: The Reluctant Pioneer
#012 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Jack M. Zimmerman, a retired cardiothoracic surgeon who served as the chief of surgery at Church Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and as an associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins.&n...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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32:02
Surgical Ethics: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders in the OR
#011 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she speaks with surgeons Drs. Sara Scarlet, Pringl Miller and Kim Kopecky about surgical ethics, particularly those surrounding Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the operating room. All three completed a fe...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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44:23
Special Edition: Joint Episode with the GeriPal Podcast!
#010 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she joins the long-running GeriPal Podcast to discuss all things surgical palliative care. As is the tradition on the GeriPal podcast, Red gets serenaded by GeriPal co-hosts Drs. Eric Widera and Alex Sm...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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43:22
Dr. Ira Byock: National Leader in Palliative Care
#009 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Ira Byock, nationally known author and speaker and the founder and chief medical officer of the Institute for Human Caring at Providence St. Joseph in Southern California. Ira served ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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48:51
Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike: Wellness and Ethics in Surgery
#008 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and co-host Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike, professor and Peter C. Canizaro chair of surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. They have a wide-ranging discuss...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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54:08
Dr. Karen Brasel: Surgical Palliative Care Educator
#007 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and cohost Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Karen Brasel, Professor of Surgery in the division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, as well as the Program Director of the general surgery resi...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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45:20
COVID-19 and the Role of Surgical Palliative Care
#006 - Recorded on March 20, 2020. Join host Dr. Red Hoffman, cohost Dr. Mac Cook and guest Dr. Katie O'Connell (acute care surgeon and director of surgical palliative care at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA) as they discuss the Covid-...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:30
Dr. Diane Meier: Founder of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
#005 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Diane Meier, a professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, as well as well as a professor of Medical Ethics, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City (listen for NYC ambulanc...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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38:14
Dr. Zara Cooper: Surgical Palliative Care Researcher
#004 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and co-host Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Zara Cooper, associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, Kessler Director of the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hos...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:46
