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Breakout Session 5 & Vignettes, Christopher Pitsch Mar 2014

Breakout Session 5 & Vignettes, Christopher Pitsch

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Christopher Pitsch, D.O.: Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Where we are Now and Ideas for the Future.

Speaker Bio: Currently a Fellow in Geriatric Medicine at PCOM, Dr. Christopher Pitsch is a Family Medicine Physician who graduated from WVSOM and completed his Family Medicine Residency at Aria Health while serving as Chief Resident. Dr. Pitsch will be leading Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Where We Are Now and Ideas for the Future.


Breakout Session 4 & Vignettes, Connie Mulhern Mar 2014

Breakout Session 4 & Vignettes, Connie Mulhern

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Connie Mulhern, R.N.,MSN, FNP-BC.: Low Socio-Economic Status Challenges in Care Coordination

Speaker Bio: Constance Mulhern graduated with her BSN from Villanova University and received her MSN and Post Graduate Certificate from the University of Pennsylvania. She has since worked at UPENN for 34 years in the Emergency Department and at the Philadelphia VA in Emergency Medicine/Occupational Health. Continuing to give back, she is a clinical preceptor for the Adult-Gero NP program, and a lecturer in the Department of Biobehavioral and Health Sciences and School of Nursing at UPENN. Attend her session on Low Socio-Economic Status Challenges in Care Coordination.


Breakout Session 6 & Vignettes, Donnie Delgado Mar 2014

Breakout Session 6 & Vignettes, Donnie Delgado

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Donnie Delgado, M.S.W.: Caring for Trauma Survivors with a Multidisciplinary Team

Speaker Bio: Dionne Delgado is the Injury Prevention Coordinator for the Healing Hurt People program at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Her work began in NYC as she advocated for housing for homeless men diagnosed with drug dependence and mental illness. She also spent time working as a community director for people with HIV/AIDS, providing support and care management. Dionne received her BA in Philosophy from Mount Holyoke College and her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. Attend her session on Caring for Trauma Survivors with a Multidisciplinary …


Breakout Session 2 & Vignettes, Barbara Golden Mar 2014

Breakout Session 2 & Vignettes, Barbara Golden

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Barbara Golden, Psy.D, ABPP: Multidisciplinary Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain

Speaker Bio: Dr. Barbara Golden is a Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Services, and Director of the Center for Brief Therapy here at PCOM. She received her Psy.D. from Loyola University in Baltimore, completed her doctoral internship at UMDNJ, and her post-doctoral fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She has focused on the integration of psychology and primary care, nonpharmacological pain management and somatization disorder. Proud recipient of the PCOM Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, she welcomes this opportunity to present Multidisciplinary Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain …


Breakout Session 1 & Vignettes, Stephen Jacobs Mar 2014

Breakout Session 1 & Vignettes, Stephen Jacobs

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Stephen Jacobs, M.D., FAAP: ADHD: The DSM Reaches 5 While Dennis the Menace Turns 63

Speaker Bio: Dr. Stephen Jacobs completed his medical degree and Pediatric Residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark Campus. He has since worked at the Central Maine Medical Center specializing in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine for 28 years. Four time winner of the Teacher of the Year Award by the Central Maine Medical Center Family Practice Residency, PCOM is honored to have Dr. Jacobs present ADHD: The DSM Reaches 5 While Dennis the Menace Turns 63.


Breakout Session 3 & Vignettes, Chinwe Onkyekere Mar 2014

Breakout Session 3 & Vignettes, Chinwe Onkyekere

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Chinwe Onyekere, M.P.H.: The Intersection of Population Health and Disparities in Health Care


Speaker Bio: During her tenure as a Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ms. Onyekere focused on reducing health care disparities, reversing the childhood obesity epidemic, and identifying innovative ideas for breakthroughs in health and health care. Programs under Ms. Onyekere’s management have been featured in the New York Times, Stanford Social Innovation Review, BusinessWeek, and Philanthropy. After RWJF, Ms. Onyekere served as the Executive Director for Health Leads New York, where she had the opportunity to establish a new model of health care delivery, …


Keynote Address: The Team's Work: Thriving In The Patient-Centered Medical Home And Other Integrated Healthcare Models, Barry Jacobs, Stephanie Maruca, Kelly Campanile Mar 2014

Keynote Address: The Team's Work: Thriving In The Patient-Centered Medical Home And Other Integrated Healthcare Models, Barry Jacobs, Stephanie Maruca, Kelly Campanile

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Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D.

Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist, family therapist and the author of the book, The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers—Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent (Guilford, 2006). As a clinician, he specializes in helping families cope with serious and chronic medical illnesses. As an educator, he works as the Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, PA and has had adjunct faculty positions with the Temple University School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Department of Psychology of the …