Works from 2024
Review of Live Discharges From Medicare-Certified Home Hospice Program, Saman Misbah DO, Kavita Sharma MD, Sarah Riutta PhD, Dawn Wankowski MS, and Nora Badi MD (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Patients’ Preferred Place of Death: Documenting Preferred Place of Death at the Vince Lombardi Palliative Cancer Clinic, Natalia Puig-Marquez MD, Andre Cernasov DO, Kavita Sharma MD, Sarah Riutta PhD, and Dawn Wankowski MS (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Works from 2023
Knowledge Assessment of Palliative and Hospice Care Basics by Resident Physicians: A Quality Improvement Project, Kaitlin Pellicano, Breana Chandra, Andrew Gregory, Kavita Sharma, Karrie Lu, Sarah J. Riutta, Daniel Vockeroth, and James Adefisoye (Abstract)
MEDSTOPPER: An Online Tool to Assist With Deprescribing Medications in Patients Enrolled in Home Hospice, Paige E. Scholer, Kavita Sharma, Kanwardeep Singh, Lori Cook, Jenny Kaldor, Tamara Schulz, Sarah J. Riutta, and James Adefisoye (Abstract)
Review of Octreotide Use for End-of-Life Symptom Management by Indication in an Inpatient Hospice Setting, Lisa Peterson, Kavita Sharma, and Sarah Riutta (Abstract)
Subanesthetic ketamine infusion reducing symptoms of depression in a patient with end-stage heart failure enrolled in hospice care: A case report, Tejaspreet Kaur, Kavita Sharma, and Leanne Groban (Article)
Knowledge Assessment of Resident Physicians: Palliative and Hospice Care Basics, A Quality Improvement Project, Kaitlin Pellicano, Breana Chandra, Andrew Gregory, Kavita Sharma, K Lu, Sarah Riutta, and James Adefisoye (Poster)
MEDSTOPPER: An Online Tool to Assist With Deprescribing Medications in Patients Enrolled in Home Hospice, Paige Scholer, Kavita Sharma, Kanwardeep Singh, Lori Cook, Jenny Kaldor, Tamara Schulz, and Sarah Riutta (Poster)
Review of Octreotide Use for End-of-Life Symptom Management by Indication in an Inpatient Hospice Setting, Lisa Peterson, Kavita Sharma, and Sarah Riutta (Poster)
Works from 2022
Subanesthetic ketamine infusion in reducing symptoms of end-of-life depression: A case report, Leanne Groban and Kavita Sharma (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Impact of concurrent palliative care in the lung cancer patient, Kavita Sharma (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Evaluation of opioid disposal process for home hospice patients, Andre Cernasov, Kavita Sharma, and Marianne Klumph (Abstract)
Twin pandemics: Opioid abuse epidemic and COVID 19 pandemic: Addressing substance abuse in the hospice patient, Kavita Sharma (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Subanesthetic ketamine infusion in reducing symptoms of end-of-life depression: A case report, Leanne Groban and Kavita Sharma (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Works from 2021
Evaluation of opioid disposal process for home hospice patients, Andre Cernasov, Marianne Klumph, and Kavita Sharma (Poster)
Post COVID-19 neurological complications and sequelae, Kavita Sharma (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Spanish medical interpreters' management of challenges in end of life discussions, Mary G Rhodes, Kathlyn E Fletcher, Francois Blumenfeld-Kouchner, et al. (Article)
Brain fog: Understanding the neurocognitive symptoms of COVID-19, Kavita Sharma (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Evaluation of Opioid Disposal Process for Aurora at Home Hospice Patients, Andre Cernasov, Alexander Schwank, Marianne Klumph, and Kavita Sharma (Poster)
Palliative Care Symptoms Assessment Tool (PCSA) and Palliative Care Referral Criteria Index (PCRCI) Major Criteria Were Equally Effective at Increasing Palliative Care Referrals, Nora Badi, Alexander Schwank, Marianne Klumph, and Kavita Sharma (Abstract)
Transmucosal buprenorphine in the treatment of dyspnea: Case series and review of the literature, Francois Blumenfeld-Kouchner, Lisa Bullis, and Kathy Koch (Article)
Works from 2020
Adoption of Macy Catheter by Aurora at Home hospice staff: A quality improvement evaluation study, Patrick Herson, Kavita Sharma, Kristi Barfield, et al. (Article)
Works from 2019
Goals of care conversations: an evaluation, Elizabeth Duthie, Colleen M. Galambos, Theresa Frederick, et al. (Abstract)
Discussing what matters most: designing a medical student curriculum for end of life care, Natanya S. Russek, Karrie Lu, Kjersti Knox, et al. (Abstract)
Works from 2016
Improving patient-centered care, Timothy Jessick and David Weissman (Article)
Palliative care, Martin O. Bazelak (Book Chapter)
Works from 2015
Improving generalist palliative care for hospitalized seriously ill patients, David Weissman, Timothy Jessick, Andrew McDonagh, et al. (Book)