Friday, October 17, 2025
7:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. (registration / breakfast at 7:00 a.m.)
The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center – 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA Also virtually via Zoom
Speakers:
- Alexandra McPherson, PharmD, MPH
Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacist, MedStar Washington Hospital Center - Chloe Waters, MD, MBA
Chief Hospitalist, Geisinger Hospital Medicine Group at Mount Nittany Medical Center - Corrie Llareus, CRNP
Palliative Medicine, Penn State Heath - Jay Joseph, MD
Medical Director, Geisinger at Home Palliative Services Geisinger Health System
Daniel J Hoegen, LSW, HEC-C
Clinical Ethicist, Clinical Ethics Advice and Consultation Service, Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences Instructor of Bioethics, College of Health Science
Program Planners:
- Patricia Fogelman, DNP, FAAHPM
Clinical Director, Palliative Medicine – Mount Nittany Medical Center National Faculty: Center to Advance Palliative Care CAPC,
Four Seasons Palliative Consulting Group,
Vice Co-Chair, SCCM Task Force: Guidelines for End of Life Care in the ICU - Lindsay Reiter, BSN, RN Professional Development Specialist Mount Nittany Medical Center
Christine Watts, MSN, RN Professional Development Specialist Mount Nittany Medical Center
Program Agenda:
- 7:00 am Registration/Breakfast
- 7:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Patricia Fogelman, DNP, FAAHPM - 8:00 am Keynote: De-escalation of Heart Failure and Integration of Palliative Medicine
Alexandra McPherson, PharmD, MPH - 9:00 am Break (15 min)
- 9:15 am Bridging the Gap: How Hospitalists and Palliative Medicine Transform Inpatient Care Together
Chloe Waters, MD, MBA - 10:15 am Final Destination: Palliative Care’s Role in Breaking the SNF-Hospital Cycle
Corrie Llareus, CRNP - 11:15 am Lunch (45 min)
- 12:00 pm Write it Right: Mastering the Art of POLST and Advance Care Planning Conversations
Jay Joseph, MD - 1:00 pm Break (15 min)
- 1:15 pm Drawing the Line: The Ethics of Saying “No” to Invasive Procedures at the End of Life
Daniel J Hoegen, LSW, HEC-C - 2:15 pm Ethics Case Studies
Daniel J Hoegen, LSW, HEC-C - 3:45 pm Closing Remarks, Evaluation and Adjourn
Patricia Fogelman, DNP, FAAHPM
Audience:
- Healthcare providers involved in caring for patients with advanced or serious illness. This includes physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, chaplains, lay persons, nursing home managers, hospital leadership, medical and nursing students, and fellows.
Registration Fee:
Breakfast and Lunch are provided for in-person registrations.
If you are a student claiming CME or NCPD credits, you must register at the standard rate.
- Standard (In-Person) – $150
- Standard (Virtual) – $100
- CVIM (In-Person or Virtual) – $90
- Student (In-Person) – $100 / no credits issued
- Student (Virtual) – $85 / no credits issued.
Make checks payable to MNMC CME Program. For credit card payment, please call 814.231.7174.
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Pre-registration is required by September 30, 2025.
CME Designation:
The Mount Nittany Medical Center designates this live activity for 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
This program meets the criteria for 6.5 of the 12 hours required in patient safety/risk management as defined by the PA State Board of Medicine.
Accreditation:
The Mount Nittany Medical Center is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Nursing Contact Hours:
This activity has been approved for 6.5 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours.
Mount Nittany Medical Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Completion Criteria:
In order to receive CME/NCPD contact hours, you must:
- Must attend the entire presentation, partial credit will not be awarded.
- Complete the evaluation that is provided at the end of the program.
Disclosure:
None of the planners, faculty, or others in control of content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
This activity received no commercial support or sponsorship.
Questions:
Please contact: Chelsea Aukerman, Continuing Education Coordinator Mount Nittany Medical Center at 814-234-6762 or chelsea.aukerman@mountnittany.org.