Let’s Talk

Let's Talk Discussion Series

2007

"How to Be Prepared for Your Hospital Discharge, Even Before You Are Admitted" Alicia Tennenbaum, LCSW - Senior Social Worker, Dept. of Social Work, Beth Israel Medical Center. Thursday, October 4, 2007

Breaking the Barrier to Good Health: Health Literacy to the Rescue. Dr. Winston Lawrence, Senior Professional Development Associate, Literacy Assistance Center. April 26, 2007

The Twin Epidemics of Diabetes and Obesity in New York City. Diane Berger, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. March 29, 2007.

2006 | Top

Where There's A Will, There's A Way - Four Paths: Living Will, Testamentary Will, Ethical Will, Halachic Will. An In-Depth Exploration. Mark Goodwin, JD, MSW, Montefiore Medical Center; Rabbi Charles Rudansky, Director of Pastoral Care, Metropolitan Jewish Hospice; Beverly LeBov Sloane. December 7, 2006.

Open Forum: Voice Your Concerns, Our Interdisciplinary Panel Will Address Them. Social Worker: Nancy Avitabile, LMSW, CMC, Montefiore Medical Center; Doctor: John Cornwall, MD; Lawyer: Mark Goodwin, Esq.; Bioethicist: Joel Roselin, MTS, National Center for Ethics, Veterans Health Administration. May 11, 2006.

Medicare Part D: Personalizing Your Prescription Drug Plan. Amy Bernstein, NYC Department For the Aging; David Bershod, Town Total Nutrition; John Cornwall, MD. March 23, 2006.

2005

YOU ASKED FOR IT! -- WE PROVIDED IT!

Palliative Care: Here, There and Everywhere - Hospital, Hospice, Homecare. October 20, 2005

Mediation in End-of-Life Care: A New Paradigm for Resolving Medical Care Conflict. December 1, 2005

"Hippa: The New Privacy Regulations - Who's Looking Over Your Shoulder And Why?" Jay Kantor, Ph.D. - Associate Chairman, Hudson Valley Veterans Affairs Medical System Ethics Committee; Preceptor Medical Ethics, New York Methodist Hospital. March 9, 2005

"DNR, CPR, DNI, IRB: Who, What, When, Where And Why - A Primer In Whose Best Interest?" Paula Maresca, R.N. - Associate Director of Nursing, New York Methodist Hospital. April 13, 2005.

"Hospitalists: The New Members of the Medical Team - What Can They Do For You And Why?" Rajan Gurunathan, MD. May 18, 2005.

2004 | Top

SERVING THREE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS - THE DEAF, THE MENTALLY ILL, THE FRAIL ELDERS

"Hospice: Life and Death - Is There A Deaf Way?" Paulette Gable, Outreach Coordinator, Continuing Hospice Care at Beth Israel Medical Center, October 5, 2004

"Do You Know Who Your Elder Neighbors Are: Neighbors Helping Neighbors," Joan Mintz, MSSW, Executive Director, United Neighbors of East Midtown, November 9, 2004

"Working with Homeless and Formerly Homeless Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness" Jim Mutton, Director of Residential Services, Project Renewal, December 7, 2004

2003 | Top

The Pill Bazaar: How to Cope with It, Medical/Commercial/Consumer Perspectives

"The Physician's Dilemma" John Cornwall, M.D., Practicing Internist., September 2003

"Marketing Pharmaceuticals: In Whose Best Interest?" Richard Brown, M.D. Board Member, New York Metro Chapter, Physicians for a National Health Program. October 2003

"A Heavy Dose of Information is Your Best Prescription", Maryann Napoli, Associate Director Center for Medical Consumers. November 2003

GENETIC LITERACY (Based on the acclaimed PBS Series/Fred Friendly Seminar, "Our Genes/Our Choices".)

Genes on Trial. Moderated by Alice Herb, J.D., L.L.M., Attorney, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice and Humanities in Medicine - SUNY Downstate. June 2003.

Making Better Babies. Moderated by Erik Parens, Ph.D., Senior Research Scholar, The Hastings Center.
May 2003.

Who Gets To Know. Moderated by Robert Cassidy, Ph.D., Director Of Bioethics, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore LIJ Health System. April 2003.

2002 | Top

"END-OF-LIFE CARE" Comfort at the End of Life: Truth and Myth about Hospice & Palliative Care. Panelists: Martha Heller, RN, Jacob Perlow Beth Israel Hospice; Mary McDonough, MSW, Visiting Nurse Services of New York; Sister Peggy McHugh, Chaplain, Home Care Hospice Programs; Dr. Jeffrey Nichols, Chief of Geriatrics, Cabrini Medical Center, Angela Purpura, Volunteer Coordinator, Hospice of New York. December 2002.

Families Living with HIV/AIDS: Struggling with End of Life Care. Presented by Julia Andino, Clinical Coordinator, Women and Family Services of the Gay Men's Health Crisis. November 2002.

Doulas: No One Should Die Alone. Presented By Phyllis Farley, Maternity Center Association, Chair Doulas To Accompany The Dying, Founder And Chair. October 2002.

"GIVING LIFE TO A HEALTH CARE GLOSSARY" DNR* in the Real World (*Do Not Resuscitate). Presented by Paula Maresca, R.N., Associate Director of Nursing, New York Methodist Hospital. June 2002.

Informed Consent - When, Where and By Whom? Presented by Connie Zuckerman, J.D., Attorney and Bioethics Consultant. May 2002.

Autonomy - Who's On First? (Patient/ Family/Physician?) Presented by Alice Herb, J.D., L.L.M. Attorney; Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice and
Humanities in Medicine - SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. Ethics Consultant to the Brooklyn Hospital Center. April 2002.

2001 | Top

"Let’s Talk" Interactive Discussion on Complementary Medicine: It's All About the Combinations, December 2001. Presented by Les Gallo-Silver, ACSW, CSW-R - Integrative Health Initiative at New York University Medical Center.

"Let’s Talk" Interactive Discussion on Understanding Traditional Asian Cultural Customs, November 2001. Presented by Stella Kwong-Wirth, MPA - Director, Asian Home Care Program, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

"Let’s Talk" Two-Part Interactive Discussion: I. Traditional Folk Remedy Practices in the Hispanic/Latino Culture, presented by Anderson Torres, CSW - Hispanic/Latino Program Specialist, Visiting Nurse Service of New York; and II. Alternatives to Traditional Medicine, presented by Eric Balmir, RPH - Director of Pharmacy, New York Methodist Hospital. October 2001.

"Let’s Talk" Two-Part Interactive Discussion: I. Access to Home Care Services in the Medicaid Program, presented by Valerie J. Bogart, Esq. - Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Services for the Elderly; and II. Home-Based Long-Term Care Options, presented by Holly Michaels Fisher - Vice President and Executive Director, VNS Choice. May 2001.

"Let’s Talk" Interactive Discussion on The Changing Environment of Nursing Homes, April 2001. Presented by Cris Parque, M.S.W. - Best Practices Project Director, Friends and Relatives of Institutionalized Aged (FRIA).

"Let’s Talk" Interactive Discussion on Assisted Living: What Is It? What Should You Know? March 2001. Presented by Cynthia Rudder, Ph.D. - Director, Nursing Home Community Coalition of NYS (NHCC).

2000 | Top

"Let’s Talk" Interactive Discussion on Personal Values Regarding Hospice and Palliative Care, November 2000. Presented by Bruce Jennings, Senior Research Scholar, The Hastings Center.

"Let’s Talk" Interactive Discussion on Caring for Family, Friends and Loved Ones Nearest and Dearest to You, October 2000. Presented by Kenneth P. Scileppi, M.D., Geriatric Internal Medicine Practice, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College, Author of "Caring for the Parents Who Cared for You: What to Do When An Aging Parent Needs You."

"Let’s Talk" Interactive Discussion on End-of-Life-Care, September 2000, based on the Bill Moyers’ PBS Special, "On Our Own Terms." Moderated by Pat Murphy, R.N., Ph.D., Advance Practice Nurse, University Hospital, Newark, N.J. and David Price, Ph.D., Clinical Ethicist, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J.

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series - "Hot Topics in the New Millennium." The eighth series of programs for members and their guest participating in speaker-led discussions. The tri-segment dialogue will feature three highly diverse but equally challenging topics for health care consumers to explore in depth.

1998 - 1999 | Top

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series - Patient Advocacy. The seventh series of programs for members and their guest participating in speaker-led discussions. The dialogue, titled "Will the Real Patient Advocate Please Speak Up" focused on patient advocacy from the point of view of doctors & nurses, patients, social workers and patient representatives, "Will the Real Patient Advocate Please Speak Up." Fall 1999.

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series -The Law, Medical Care, Managed Care and You. The sixth series of programs for members and their guests participating in speaker-led discussions. The dialogue focused on Utilization Management, Patient Bill of Rights and Elder Law. March, April, May 1999.

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series – The Many Faces of Palliative Care. The fifth series of programs for members and their guests participating in speaker-led discussions exploring palliative care. The dialogue started with "An Overview of Palliative Care", "Palliative Care at Home", and finally "Palliative Care – Innovative Initiatives In Patient Facilities." September, October, November 1998.

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series – Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices. The fourth series of programs for members and their guests participating in the viewing and discussion of "Before I Die" a Fred Friendly seminar aired nationally on the Public Broadcasting System. March, April, May 1998.

1996 - 1997 | Top

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series – Proxy At the Bedside. The third series of programs for members and their guests participating in speaker-led discussions exploring the issues of "Critical Decision making," dialogue on three principals – the physician, the agent, and the ethicist and "How We Do It – Three Ways: The New York Proxy law – Policy and Procedures" of three hospitals. November, December 1997.

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series – Managed Care and Ethics. The second series of three programs for members and their guest explored the issues of "Managed Care and Ethics," "Quality Assurance/Quality Care in Managed Care," "Managed Care: The Physicians’ Perspective and Experience". March, April, May 1997.

"Let’s Talk" Discussion Group Series – Caring for the Elderly. This first series of three programs for members and their guests explored the issues of, "Who’s Caring for the Caretaker?" "Seniors Navigating the Managed Care System: The Physician-Patient Relationship," "Am I My Parent’s Keeper?: Allocation of Health Care Resources Across Generations". September, October, November 1996.