March 20-23, 2024
Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix, AZ
The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, presented by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA), is a 3-day event that brings together more than 3,400 of your colleagues and peers to share research, clinical best practices, and practice-related guidance to advance the specialty and improve patient care.
The 2024 Annual Assembly will be presented as a modified hybrid event with combined live-streaming and in-person experiences, and on-demand access of recorded content through July 1, 2024.
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Calls for Proposals
Abstracts for the 2024 Annual Assembly will be open for submission:
July 10-25 - Call for podium presentations, scientific research and quality improvement podium presentations, and scientific research and quality improvement poster presentations.
September 11-28 - This call is open specifically to professionals in training or early-career hospice and palliative care professionals. This call is for paper, case and poster presentations.
All proposals are blinded and peer-reviewed by hospice and palliative care professionals members of AAHPM and HPNA. Learn more about reviewer responsibilities, as well as the abstract review and selection process.
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Thank You!
Thank you to the countless volunteers for guiding the planning and programming of the Annual Assembly.
2024 Annual Assembly Program Planning Committee Representatives
- Olumuyiwa Adeboye, MD MBA FACP FAAHPM – AAHPM Co-Chair
- Holli Martinez, FNP-BC ACHPN FPCN – HPNA Co-Chair
- Richard (Morgan) Bain, MD FAAHPM - AAHPM Co-Chair Elect
- Shari Alton, RN CHPN
- Carrie Cormack, DNP CPNP CHPPN
- Tracy Fasolino, PhD FNP ACHPN
- Debra Fisher, PhD PNP
- Kimberly A. Frier, DNP APRN-CNP FNP-BC ACHPN FPCN
- Laura Gelfman, MD MPH FAAHPM
- Sandra Gomez, MD FAAHPM
- Noelle Marie Javier, MD
- Emily J. Martin, MD MS FAAHPM
- Gina Piscitello, MD MS
- Alva Roche-Green, MD FAAHPM FAAP FACP
- Matthew Selle, MS BSN RN CHPN OCN
- Alison Wiesenthal, MD FAAHPM
2024 Annual Assembly Principal Call for Abstract Reviewers
- Olumuyiwa Adeboye, MD MBA FACP FAAHPM
- Kristin Akers, ACNP ACHPN
- Shari Alton, RN CHPN
- Alice Anderson, RN
- Robert M. Arnold, MD
- Yuki Asakura, PhD APRN ACNS-BC ACHPN
- Richard M. Bain, MD FAAHPM
- Eva Barger, MSN APRN-BC ACHPN
- Alexis Barina, MD
- Jennifer M Barker, DO
- Michael Barkowski, DO MA
- Olivia Berger, PharmD BCPS
- Ana Berlin, MD MPH FACS FAAHPM
- Katherine Bernier Carney, PhD RN
- Sharon Bigger, PhD MA RN CHPN CNE
- Benoit Blondeau, MD MBA
- Laura Brachman, MD
- Balbir Brar, MD MPH
- Keri Oxley Brenner, MD MPA
- Elizabeth Broden, PhD RN
- Ilanit Brook, MD MS
- Mary K Buss, MD MPH
- Bethany Calkins, MD MMM HMDC FAAHPM
- Donna Campbell, CHPN
- Daniel Cannone, DO
- Danielle Chammas, MD
- Lei Cheng, PhD RNAlex Choi, MD
- Elizabeth Chuang, MD MPH
- Ross Cleveland, MD
- Barbara Cliff, PhD RN FACHE
- Heather L. Coats, APRN PhD FAAN
- Christine Cofer, MD MS HMDC
- Moshe Cohn, MD
- Carrie Cormack, APRN DNP CHPPN CPNP
- Alexis Coulourides Kogan, MS PhD
- Leah Couture, MD
- Sarah H. Cross, PhD MPH LMSW
- Heather A. Dalton, MD
- Carine Davila , MD MPH
- Amy Davis, DO MS FACP FAAHPM FASAM CPE
- Jennifer Derrick, MD HMDC FAAHPM FACEP
- Aparna Desai, DO MPH
- Sarah Dewitt, MD
- Natasha Dhawan, MD
- Nancy Dias, PhD RN
- P. Galen DiDomizio, MD
- Katherine Doyon, PhD M.Ed. RN CHPN
- Jennifer Drost, DO,MPH
- Ijeoma Julie Eche-Ugwu, PhD
- Kyle P Edmonds, MD FAAHPM
- Asher Edwards, DO
- Ronit Elk, PhD
- Heather Fackelman, FAAP
- Tracy Fasolino, PhD FNP-BC ACHPN
- Shelli L. Feder, PhD APRN FNP-C ACHPN FPCN
- Deborah Fisher, PhD PPCNP-BC CHPPN
- Marlena Fisher, MSN RN CNL CCRN Alumnus
- Erica Frechman, PhD AGPCNP-BC ACHPN NEA-BC FPCN
- Angela Freeman, NP-C MSN ACHPN
- Tara C. Friedman, MD FAAHPM
- Kimberly A. Frier, APRN DNP FNP ACHPN CNP
- Ashley D. Fry, DNP AGACNP-BC ACHPN
- Julia Frydman, MD MS
- Abby Fuoto, DNP ANP AOCNP ACHPN
- Sean Gaffney, MD M.Ed.
- Sonal Gandhi
- Laura Gelfman, MD MPH
- Karleen Giannitrapani, PhD MPH
- Sandra Gomez, MD
- Daniel Grossoehme, DMin MS
- Richard Guthrie, DO
- Rachel Hadler, MD
- Yuya Hagiwara, MD MACM
- Emily Hahn, MD
- Harry J. Han, MD
- Emily N Hansen, DO
- Alison Harrison, DNP NP-C ACHPN
- Janet J Ho, MD MPH FASAM
- Michael Huber, MD MS
- Felicia Hui, MD
- Jessi Humphreys, MD
- Katy Hyman, MDiv BCC
- Rose Anne Indelicato, DNP ANP-BC ACHPN OCN
- Mary J. Isaacson, PhD RN CHPN
- Sarina R. Isenberg, PhD MA
- Seiko Izumi, PhD
- Natalie Jacobowski, MD
- Noelle Marie C. Javier, MD
- Theresa A Jizba, DNP AGACNP ACHPN
- Ahashta Johnson, MD
- Amy W Johnson, DO
- Ryan Jozwiak, MD HMDC
- Sachin Kale, MD
- Vishal P Kapadia, DO
- Ramandeep Kaur, MD HMDC FAAHPM
- Thanmayi Kaza, MD
- Tamra Keeney, DPT PhD
- Ayano Kiyota, MD PhD FAAHPM FAAFP
- Zachary Klock, MD
- Amie Koch, DNP FNP-C RN ACHPN
- Kelly C Komatz, MD MPH FAAP
- Ashwin Kotwal, MD MS
- Margaret Kreher, MD
- Kate Lally, MD
- Megan Laporte, MD
- Nancy Lau, PhD
- Susan M. Lee, PhD CNP ACHPN FAAN
- Elizabeth T. Loggers, MD PhD FAAHPM
- Gillian Love, MD
- L. Alison Lyon, DNP APRN NP-C ACHPN
- Jessica E. Ma, MD
- Nasreen Malik, MD FACP
- Adam Marks, MD MPH FAAHPM
- Emily J. Martin, MD MS FAAHPM
- Rebecca A Martin, MD
- Holli Martinez, MSN FNP-BC ACHPN FPCN
- Rachna May, MD FAAP
- Kathryn McGrath, MD
- Kathleen G Mechler, MD
- Brian D Mikolasko, MD HMDC
- Natalie F Mohammad, APRN CNP ACHPN
- Elaine Morgan, MD
- Megan L Morrison, PhD RN FNP-BC ACHPN
- Terrance P Murphy, MD
- Kyle Neale, DO
- Jason Ngo, MD
- Katrina Nickels, MD
- Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa, MD MHS
- Rose Odom, RN BSN MA PhD
- Brigit C Palathra, MD FACP
- Julie Palmer-Hoffman, MA MSN APRN-BC ACHPN
- Shila Pandey, DNP AGPCNP-BC ACHPN
- Amisha Parekh de Campos, PhD MPH RN CHPN
- Hyeyoung Park, PhD, RN
- Silviu V Pasniciuc, MD MS FACP
- Chirag A Patel, MD
- Ravi Pathak, MD
- Clint S Pettit, MD
- Carlie M Pierorazio, MSN ACHPN CRNP
- Priya Pinto, MD FAAHPM
- Gina Piscitello, MD MS
- Joel Policzer, MD FACP FAAHPM
- Ivy Poon, PharmD
- Beth Popp, MD
- Amy S. Porter, MD PhD
- James Powers, MD
- Amy Rak, MD
- Vaishali Rathee, MD
- Marla D Rejbi, DO
- Shayna Rich, MD PhD
- Kathy Roat, MSN-PH RN-BC CHPN
- Gregg A. Robbins-Welty, MD MS
- Alva R Roche-Green, MD FAAHPM FACP FAAP
- Maggie C. Root, PhD(c) MSN RN CPNP-AC CHPPN
- Wayne S Saltsman, MD PHD CMD HMDC AGSF FACP
- Ramya Sampath, MD
- Angel E Sanchez Artiles, MD
- D'Anna Saul, MD SFHM FAAHPM
- Kristi Saunders, MD DC MS HMDC
- Julie M Schneider, MS RN APN-BC ACHPN
- Dena Schulman-Green, MA EdM MS PhD
- Matthew Selle, MS BSN RN CHPN OCN
- Amanda Sheley, RN
- Dylan Sherry, MD
- Allison E. Shukraft, MSW MAT APHSW-C
- Lara Skarf, MD FAAHPM
- Tara Stamper, DNP CRNP
- Stephanie Stephens, DO
- Charles Strulovitch, MD FAAHPM
- Sara Suleman, MD
- Aluem Tark, PhD FNP-BC RN CHPN
- Paul Tatum, MD MS CMD AGSF FAAHPM
- Cheryl Thaxton, DNP APRN
- Ben Thompson, MD
- Sternlate Tshililiwa, MD FACP FHM
- Christina Ullrich, MD MPH FAAHPM
- Deborah Unger, MD
- Gregg VandeKieft, MD MA FAAHPM
- Brandon Varilek, PhD RN PCCN-K CCTC CNE CHPN
- Monica S. Vasquez, DNP APRN FNP-C WCC ACHPN
- Tamara Vesel, MD FAAHPM
- Haley Vest, DO
- Erin Vipler, MD
- Shaowei Wan, PhD MS MA BPharm
- Winnie S Wang, MD
- Liz Watson, BA
- Mitchell Wice, MD
- Alison Wiesenthal, MD
- Gabriel Wishik-Miller, MD MPH
- Lawrence Wolfe, MD
- Justin A. Yu, MD MSc
- Jessica D. Zavadil, MD PhD
2024 Annual Assembly Program Planning Committee Staff
- Julie Bruno, MSW LCW, Chief Learning Officer - AAHPM
- Leah Farfan, Education and Learning Coordinator/Conference Coordinator - AAHPM
- Tamara Hollinger-Forrest, MSHA BSN RN, Manager Educational Resources - HPNA
- Theresa Nissen, Education and Learning Coordinator/Conference Coordinator - AAHPM
- Diane Scheuring, MBA CAE CVA CMP, SVP of Education, Membership - HPNA
- Julie Tanner, BSN RN-BC CHPN, Director of Education and Learning - AAHPM
- Angie Tryfonopoulos, Education and Programming Coordinator/Conference Coordinator - AAHPM
- Liz Watson, Education and Learning Manager - AAHPM