Canceled | Medicine Grand Rounds with Harvard/MGH’s Dr. Christine Ritchie

THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELED AS DR. RITCHIE WILL NOW GIVE HER PRESENTATION AS A KEYNOTE ADDRESS (WITHOUT CME CREDIT) AT THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – TUCSON’S ‘RESEARCH DAY 2024: RESEARCH + RECONNECT’ AT 12:20 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, IN THE HSIB FORUM. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE & REGISTER TO ATTEND.

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:

Topic: “Research that Improves Care Now: Integrating Diverse Perspectives into Health Care Delivery Science”
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAAHPM

Noon-1 p.m., Lecture Hall, Room 5403
College of Medicine – Tucson
(See flyer below for ALL virtual viewing links.)

— A light lunch will be provided. —

LIVESTREAM LINK!

Presenter: 
Dr. Christine Ritchie is a professor of medicine and the Kenneth L. Minaker Chair of Geriatric Medicine at the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. She is a board-certified geriatrician and palliative care physician and conducts research focused on optimizing quality of life for those with chronic serious illness and multimorbidity. She has provided geriatric and palliative care to functionally impaired, seriously ill patients with multiple co-occurring conditions and those with dementia for the past two and a half decades.

Her research focuses on patients with complex serious illness and multimorbidity and involves the assessment of patient and caregiver outcomes related to symptoms physical, cognitive and social function among older adults in multiple settings. As a clinician investigator, Dr. Ritchie has experience in informatics, mixed methods research, clinical trials and implementation science. She serves as a principal investigator of the National Institute for Nursing Research-funded Palliative Care Research Cooperative and directs the PCRC Investigator Development Center. She is co-founder, co-director and co-investigator with Johns Hopkins’ Bruce Leff, MD, of the Home-based Primary Care Learning Network, which seeks to improve our understanding and care of homebound populations.

She serves as research director for the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at MGH and directs the MGH Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness Research. She also serves on the Harvard Center for Palliative Care Steering Committee.

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■ Flyer for this event:  dom_grand_rounds_flyer_2024-04-17_v1.pdf

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held in Room 5403, on the fifth floor of the College of Medicine – Tucson. To view Medicine Grand Rounds remotely, see this live weblink: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/. To view it after the fact, click on "Archive" at the top of this same link's webpage and, from the dropdown menu under "Category," select "Medicine Grand Rounds" and click "Search" to find the event you're seeking.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians

For questions or accommodations that may be necessary, please contact the Office of the Chair, 520-626-6349 at least three days in advance of event.