De-intensify Anti-Hypertensives for Nursing Home Residents? Athanase Benetos and Mike Steinman
March 19, 2026
A few weeks ago, I was skimming this NEJM paper for UCSF’s Division of Geriatrics Journal club on de-prescribing anti-hypertensive…
Alzheimer’s Definitions, Biomarkers, and Antibodies: Halima Amjad, Barak Gaster, and Heather Whitson
March 12, 2026
It’s an era of breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s research, yet for many clinicians, it’s also a time of profound uncertainty. We…
Leadership, Quality, and the Future of Hospice: Guests Chris Comeaux and Cordt Kassner
March 5, 2026
Today we’re doing something different. Today, dear listeners, you get two podcasts for the price of one! (OK, our podcasts…
Deprescribing at the End of Life: Jennifer Tjia, Jon Furuno, Simon Mooijaart
February 26, 2026
Philippe Pinel remarked in 1800 that “It is an art of no little importance to administer medicines properly, but it…
Unilateral DNR? Gina Piscitello, Erin DeMartino, Will Parker
February 19, 2026
Do you think your hospital should allow unilateral DNR orders? Under what circumstances? Through what process? Do you think that…
GeriPal Pubcrawl is Back in San Diego for the 2026 AAHPM-HPNA Annual Assembly
February 17, 2026
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We haven’t lost that loving feeling. The GeriPal pub-crawl is back, and this time we are bringing it to San…
Embedding Care in the ED: Liz Goldberg and Lauren Southerland
February 12, 2026
The idea of embedding various forms of non-emergency care in the emergency department makes a WORLD of sense. If an…
AI and Healthcare: Bob Wachter
February 5, 2026
Today we interviewed Bob Wachter about his book, “A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means…
The Role of Specialty Palliative Care in Cancer Surgery: Rebecca Aslakson & Myrick Shinall
January 29, 2026
Recent randomized controlled trials have shown that routine perioperative palliative care does not improve outcomes for patients undergoing curative-intent cancer…
The Future of Palliative Care? Community-Based Models with Alan Chiu, Mindy Stewart-Coffee, and Ben Thompson
January 22, 2026
“I just want to say one word to you. One word. Plastics… There’s a great future in plastics.” This iconic…