Fellows, faculty, and mentors from NYU Silver’s Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care will be among the presenters at the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network’s (SWHPN) 2023 General Assembly, which is taking place in-person from April 23-25 in Denver, Colorado.
Two members of the Zelda Foster Studies community are also among the 2023 SWHPN Award Recipients. Class of 2023 DSW graduate Jennifer DiBiase will receive the Award of Excellence in Clinical Practice and Faculty Member Terry Altilio will receive the Award of Excellence in Professional Education.
The following schedule of sessions and posters by or featuring the work of Zelda Foster Studies fellows, faculty, and mentors is based on the SWHPN 2023 online presentation schedule and is up-to-date as of April 10, 2023. All sessions will be held at The Westin Westminster in Denver, CO. Presenters who are members of the Zelda Foster Studies community are bolded and their affiliation is listed in parentheses after their names.
Zelda Foster Studies Program Presentation Schedule
Sunday, April 23, 2023 (Pre-Conference)
2:15–4:15pm
Advanced Track
Managing Pain: Social Work Assessment, Intervention, Advocacy and Documentation
- Amanda Creden Fairgrieve, LCSW, APHSW-C
- Terry A. Altilio, LCSW, APHSW-C, ACSW (Zelda Faculty)
Student / Early Professional Track
What, I never learned that! A Serious Illness Training Program Designed for Us
- Adrienne Goldberg, DSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
- Halee Dams, LICSW (MSW Fellow, Leadership Fellow)
Monday, April 24, 2023
10:00–10:30am
Innovations in HAPC Track
10 Things we wish someone told us when we started in Palliative Care Social Work!
- Rebecca Cammy, MSW, LCSW, PhD Candidate (Leadership Fellow and MSW Mentor)
- Vickie Leff, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C (Leadership Mentor)
- Anne Kelemen, LICSW, APHSW-C (MSW and Leadership Mentor)
11:30am–12:00pm
Policy & Advocacy Track
Dying in a Homophobic Nation: Surrogate Decision-Making for Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults
- Heather Menzer, LCSW (DSW Candidate and Post-Master’s Certificate)
1:45–3:15pm
Leadership / Administration Track
Whose Job is it anyway? A conversation about transdisciplinary palliative care practice and team health
- Lori Eckel, LCSW, APHSW-C (Leadership Fellow and MSW Mentor)
- Jamie Newell, MSW, LCSW (Leadership Fellow)
- Shoshawna Rainwater, LCSW
3:30–4:00pm
Leadership / Administration Track
Do I Need an MBA to Lead a Palliative Care Program?
- Kristyn Fazzalaro, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C (Leadership Fellow)
Caregiving Track
Evolving Hope: The Space Where Life and Death Meet
- Tracy Moore, LCSW
- Nancy Cincotta, LCSW, MPhil, CPA (MSW and Leadership Mentor)
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
10:15–10:45am
Leadership / Administration Track
Truly Interdisciplinary: A Social Work Led Approach to Medical Education
- Lauren King, LMSW, APHSW-C, BCH (Leadership Fellow)
- Megan Lewandowski, LISW-CP, BCH;
Nancy Dominguez, LISW-CP, BCH
Innovations in HAPC Track
Mapping the Field of Outpatient Palliative Care Social Work: How do we do what we do?
- Jennifer DiBiase, LCSW-R, APHSW-C; (Leadership Mentor and DSW Graduate)
- Shanae M. Bezusko, LICSW, APHSW-C, MSW, MNO
- Anne Front, LMFT, APHSW-C
- Elizabeth Bornstein, MSSA, LCSW, OSW-C, APHSW-C
- Lori Eckel, LCSW, APHSW-C, HEC-C (Leadership Fellow and MSW Mentor)
Leadership Track
Calling all practitioners! Demystifying the publication process
- Ellen L. Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD
- Karen Bullock, PhD; Vickie Leff (Leadership Mentor)
- Quentin R. Maynard, LMSW, MSW, PHD
Addressing Anti-racism and Equity Track
Decolonizing Palliative & Hospice Social Work Practice: Unpacking the legacy of white supremacy and building new paradigms in education, clinical practice, research and beyond
- Stephanie Broussard MSW, LCSW-S, APHSW-C
- Sharon K. Chung MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C (Post-Master’s Certificate)
- Eunju Lee, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C (Post-Master’s Certificate, Zelda MSW Mentor and Faculty)
- Arika Patneaude, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
1:00–1:30pm
Clinical Interventions Track
Rockstar Collaboration – a Case Study Demonstrating Epic Interprofessional Communication, Teamwork, and Problem-Solving Skills in PPC
- Allie Shukraft, MSW, MAT, APHSW-C (Leadership Mentor)
SDOH Track
Claims to be in pain: The medical record as a mechanism for transmitting bias
- Terry A. Altilio, LCSW, APHSW-C, ACSW (Zelda Faculty)
- Anne Kelemen, LICSW, APHSW-C (MSW and Leadership Mentor)
Policy & Advocacy; Innovation in HAPC Tracks
When Dying at Home Involves Crossing Borders: A Retrospective Review of Outcomes at End of Life After Return to Country of Origin
- Frances Eichholz Heller, LMSW ACHP-SW (Leadership Fellow)
Posters
Posters will be displayed in an exhibit area throughout the conference and will be formally presented and discussed during a dedicated Poster Walk Session on Monday, April 24, 2023.
Addressing Anti-racism and Equity Track
A Bridge to Palliative Care: Opportunities for community care managers
- Grace Downs-Liguori, LCSW (Post Master’s Certificate, MSW Mentor, DSW Candidate)
Clinical Interventions; Grief and Bereavement Tracks
Healing the Professional and Personal Caregivers: A Collaborative Memorial Service for Oncology Patients
- Jessica Kreitman, LCSW (Post-Master’s Certificate)
- Anna Gribetz, LCSW
Addressing Anti-racism and Equity; Policy & Advocacy Tracks
Experiences of Oncology Clinicians Providing Care to Patients Without a Documented Immigration Status
- Sheila Langan, LMSW; (MSW Fellow and Post-Master’s Certificate)
- Cathy Berkman, PhD, MSW
Innovations in HAPC; Leadership / Administration / Management Tracks
Promoting Patient Autonomy in Medical Decision-Making Through the Establishment of a Bidirectional Interface Between a Hospital Electronic Health Record and State Registry for Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Heather Menzer, LCSW; (DSW Candidate and Post-Master’s Certificate)
- Fariza Alendy, MSW, MPH (MSW Fellow)
Addressing Anti-racism and Equity; Innovations in HAPC Tracks
Psychosocial Screening among Inpatient Palliative Care Teams: A Literature Review
- Chelsea K. Brown, LCSW, APHSW-C, CCTP (Leadership Fellow)
- Cara L. Wallace, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C (Leadership Mentor)
Caregiving & Caregivers; Grief and Bereavement Tracks
Referring Patients and Caregivers for Research Participation: Understanding Participant Motivations, Benefits, and Burdens
- Anna Wingo, MSW, LCSW
- Cara L. Wallace, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C (Leadership Mentor)
- Stephanie P. Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C