Experience

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  South shore women's health llc

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Physician in obstetrics and gynecology
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  Baystate health

  May 2015 - Jul 2019

  Physician, Palliative Care Medicine inpatient consultation serviceBaystate Medical CenterDivision of Geriatrics, Palliative Medicine and Post-Acute Care Design and lead multi-disciplinary initiative focused on addressing unmet palliative care needs in more seriously ill ACE patients at Baystate Medical Center. Initiative includes implementing goals of care conversations, developing process infrastructure, training all clinicians and staff, and developing quality improvement metrics. Patient Advocate on award-winning inpatient Acute Care for Elders unit at Baystate Medical Center. Support patients, families, and the care team. Provide patients and families with explanations of what to expect and a caring ear to listen. Interface with care team, sharing patient and family concerns. Particiipate in family meetings.

  • Palliative Care Physician

    Sept 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Leader, Palliative Care and Quality Improvement Initiative

    Aug 2015 - Jul 2019

  • Patient Advocate

    May 2015 - May 2016
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  Consultant to baystate medical center, department of medicine

  Nov 2015 - Jan 2017

  Developer, palliative care clinical communication simulation training

  Developed and delivered simulation training curriculum in palliative care clinical communication including strategies for managing a difficult family meeting. Trained new hire Hospital Medicine faculty

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  Harvard medical school

  Nov 2015 - Jun 2016

  As palliative care increasingly becomes an essential component of routine medical care, there is an accompanying workforce shortage of appropriately trained clinicians. Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP) offers intensive learning experiences for physician and nurse educators who wish to become experts and leaders in the clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care, as well as gain expertise in leading and managing improvements in palliative care education and practice at their own institutions.Learning ObjectivesAs one of a small cohort of medical professional participating in PCEP, upon completion I will be able to:1. Teach fundamentals of palliative care (evaluation of physical causes of distress, psychosocial and spiritual assessment, ethical and cultural issues, palliative care in geriatric and pediatric populations, depression, and bereavement);2. Teach about communication in serious illness (understanding the illness experience, breaking bad news, communicating across cultural barriers, family meetings, and communication about goals of care);3. Manage challenges in palliative care education (principles of adult learning, learning styles, new teaching methodologies, and providing feedback to learners);4. Develop and promote clinical and educational programs in palliative care (assessing institutional structure and culture, evaluating readiness to change, dealing with resistance, developing and financing palliative care programs, and fundraising strategies). 5. Develop strategies to manage pain and other symptoms and sources of suffering. Show less

  • Serious Illness Care Program, Communication in Serious Illness, Participant

    Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  • Palliative Care Education and Practice Program Participant

    Nov 2015 - May 2016
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  Vitaltalk

  May 2017 - now

  Teach serious illness communication workshops to health care providers using simulation, evidence based pedagogy. Worked with other VitalTalk faculty members to transform in person teachings to fully virtual curriculum. Intensive 4-day train-the-trainer faculty development program for clinicians who want to become VitalTalk faculty. Participants are VitalTalk Faculty upon course completion.

  • VitalTalk Distinguished Faculty

    May 2023 - now

  • VitalTalk Senior Faculty

    May 2017 - May 2023

  • VitalTalk Faculty Development, Participant

    May 2017 - Sept 2017
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  Baystate health

  Sept 2019 - Sept 2022

  Per diem palliative care physician

  - Member, Baystate Health Advanced Care Planning Workgroup (2017-present): Health System strategic planning for ACP. Evaluate technology tools and improve Electronic Health Record documentation and retrieval of ACP documents. Planning and execution of internal and community events to publicize and achieve completion of ACP documents. Advocacy for policy changes to make ACP documentation and dissemination easier.

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  Nyu langone health

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2022

  Simulation course facilitator for primary palliative care for emergency medicine (prim-er)

  Teach emergency medicine clinicians serious illness communication skills in simulation-based training course (EM Talk), utilizing VitalTalk pedagogy. Sessions are in person, fully virtual or hybrid and span locations across the country. Courses are key intervention as part of 33 site NIH funded study looking at disposition from emergency department, mortality and health care utilization.

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  Massachusetts coalition for serious illness care

  Mar 2020 - now

  Member, provider education workgroup

  A multistakeholder statewide working group focused on understanding and characterizing the current provider training landscape for serious illness care and communication to help identify gaps, synergies, and opportunities to apply common language, frameworks and approaches for improvement. Co-authored visitation guiding principles document for health care facilities to utilize in the time of COVID.

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  Hospice of the fisher home

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2023

  Hospice medical director

  Responsible for medical direction of quality care and treatment of patients in community and residential hospice program. Guidance for the hospice programs, staff and volunteers, IDT member. Attending physician and consultant. Ensures compliance, attends quality improvement and ethics meetings.

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  Baystate franklin medical center

  Oct 2022 - now

  Physician consultant, palliative care
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  Harvard university

  Oct 2022 - May 2023

  Basketball analyst

  Basketball Analyst and Sideline Reporter for Harvard Basketball Television Broadcasts on NESN and ESPN+

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  University of massachusetts amherst

  Oct 2023 - now

  Basketball analyst

  Color Analyst for UMASS Basketball Television Broadcasts on NESN and ESPN+

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  College of the holy cross

  Jan 2024 - now

  Basketball analyst

  Basketball Analyst for Holy Cross Basketball Television Broadcasts on NBC Sports Boston and ESPN+