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Ben Thompson

@benwthompson.bsky.social

#PalliativeCare PD / Division Chief, #MOUD #AddictionMedicine, #hpmclassof20 #HPM #HAPC. Father, Husband, Tar Heel

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Saving Space for Divine Interventions: Honoring End-of-Life Journeys in Black America Evoto Join us for a meaningful virtual grand rounds lecture this Juneteenth, “Saving Space for Divine Interventions: Honoring End-of-Life Journeys in Black America” presented by Dr. Cha…

Looking forward to a very special HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds on Juneteenth with Dr. Chaka Brittain entitled "Saving Space for Divine Interventions: Honoring End-of-Life Journeys in Black America" Join at 12:00 EST on Thursday, June 19th at the link below. bit.ly/HAPCBrittain

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Today at 12:00 EST! See you there!

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Updates in HAPC Evidence Join us as Gabrielle Langmann, MD, MSMedEd discusses the updated to the landscape of hospice and palliative care literature and how we should think about it. Gab has been a willing collaborato…

Excited to have Dr. Gabrielle Langmann join the HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds tomorrow, Thursday 5/15 at 12:00 EST to discuss updates in the Hospice and Palliative Care Literature. Live participation is eligible for free CME. Tell your friends! Join here: bit.ly/HAPCLangmann

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I'm presenting at SWHPN's annual conference tomorrow with @lekingster.bsky.social !

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The Chaplain’s Clinical Note Join us as Paul Galchutt, MDiv, MPH, BCC discusses the challenges of chaplain’s clinical documentation in his talk entitled “The Palliative Chaplain’s Clinical Note: Focus Group Fi…

Looking forward to @galchuttpaul.bsky.social's presentation for next week's HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds examining the chaplain's clinical note! Join Thursday, May 1st at 12:00 EST here: bit.ly/HAPCGalchutt

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Maternalism in Palliative Care Join us as Dr. Leigh Vaughan introduces us to the term “maternalism” in the palliative care setting. I’ve known Dr. Vaughan for a long time and am veryh much looking forward to th…

Next Thursday, April 17th at 12:00 EST join the HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds to hear Dr. Leigh Vaughan from MUSC discuss Maternalism in Palliative Care. Join Here: bit.ly/HAPCVaughan

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Palliative Care in Pregnancy We’re delighted to invite you to the next session of our HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds, a twice-monthly lecture series dedicated to advancing expertise and connection in Hospice and Palliative Medicine…

Looking forward to this week's HAPC Grand Rounds with Dr. Leah Carter on Palliative Care in Pregnancy. Join the conversation on Thursday, April 3rd at 12:00 EST by clicking on her picture here: bit.ly/HAPCCarter

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Palliative Care for Patients with Brain Metastases I’m looking forward to next week’s Grand Rounds lecture from Dr. Julio Silvestre from entitled “What is Quality?: Lessons Learned from Integrating Palliative Care in patients with…

Next Thursday, March 20th at 12:00 EST, check out Dr. Julio Silvestre's HAPC Grand Rounds reviewing his project establishing quality metrics for palliative care for patients with metastatic disease to the brain! bit.ly/HAPCSilvestre

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A retrospective from Friday's conference made by our fellowship social media team! www.instagram.com/reel/DG_MvKP...

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We make a great team @lekingster.bsky.social !

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Warming up for the last keynote of #SCHAPC25 with Dale Lupu on silence as a communication tool. What an amazing day of interdisciplinary #hapc education!

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As of 2011, only 7% of patients reported having EOL conversations with their oncologists.

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There it is.

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Will he talk about Pippa Hawley on a #BowtieFriday??

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@realbowtiedoc.bsky.social talks about palliative oncology for #SCHAPC25!

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Looking good for #SCHAPC25

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Here at #SCHAPC25 listening to Arif Kamal's opening keynote lecture on compassionate action. So excited for the day!

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Liver Transplant Indications and Evaluation So many palliative care providers have questions asked of them about transplant. Maybe we’re helping walk a family through this difficult decision, maybe we’re told that transplant is n…

Today's HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds is on Liver Transplant Indications and Evaluations - looking forward to it! Click on Dr. Delacruz Leyson's picture to join on March 5th at 12:00 EST

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HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds Retrospective Thursday’s lecture is going to be a little different. I was asked to put together a lecture of the things I have learned from the virtual didactics over the years. We’ll go over some hi…

HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds - Thursday at 12:00 EST - a retrospective compilation of "pearls" of the Virtual Didactics series. Click on the picture to join the lecture, hope to see you there! bit.ly/HAPCPearls

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I couldn't imagine a better way to spend the last days than with my #hapc family from near and far. Our fellowship now has enough alumni to have a real alumni dinner! Grateful to the academy and those in it for creating such an amazing community at #hapc25

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Had a lovely time with Sonia Malhotra and the Tulane fellowship program!

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Say it louder for the people in the back!

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Thanks for the recognition @realbowtiedoc.bsky.social. You're the master encourager and we are so lucky you're part of our group!

07.02.2025 18:09 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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#hapc25 fellows at the welcome reception!

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Hello #hapc25 👋

If you are new to Bluesky, I made a tip sheet to get familiar with this new platform.

There is actually a growing #hospice and #PalliativeCare group of people here.

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Fellows old and new off to the #hapc25 precon!

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I haven't forgotten our scribbles from 2019! #hapc25

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Work's gonna work

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You were going to come??? Boooo

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