CAPC Staff Presents at the 2026 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) will be presenting and exhibiting at 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) in San Diego, California in March 2026. Visit CAPC's exhibit booth (303) and attend our presentations and poster sessions, which we've listed below.
Thursday, March 5
1:00 - 1:25 PM PT
Room 28 ABC
A Decade of Palliative Care-Focused Virtual Clinical Skills Training
Rima Itani Al-Nimr, MS, RD, LD, Rachael Heitner, MPH, Michelle Turner, MEd, Jasmin Thomas, MS, Stephanie Leung, MBA, Andrew Esch, MD, MBA
1:00 - 3:30 PM PT
Room 33 ABC
Deep Dive into the Evolving Policy Environment
Stacie Sinclair, MPP, Rachel Rusch, LCSW, MSW, MA, APHSW-C, Toluwalase Ajayi, MD, Wendy Chill, Sarah Potter, BA
2:30 - 4:00 PM PT
RAPiD Poster Session - RPD301
A Feasibility Study of Hospital-Wide CAPC Training
Yazmeen Ahmad, BS, Stephanie Leung, MBA, Dorothy Sheu, MPH, Bethany D. Sewell, MSW, Vanessa Madden, BSc, Abigail Nimetz, MSW, Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, Kate Courtright, MD, MS
Saturday, March 7
11:15 - 11:40 AM PT
Room 30 AB
If You've Seen One Palliative Care Program: The Why and How of Developing Standards
Allison Silvers, MBA, Ira R. Byock, MD, Stacie Sinclair, MPP
11:15 - 11:40 AM PT
Room 31 ABC
Worsening Racial Disparity for Hospice, but not for Palliative Care: Explanation and Call to Action
J Brian Cassel, PhD, Brittany M. Chambers, MPH, MCHES, Kathleen M. Kerr, BA, Amy Scheu, MSH, CHPCA, Jessica Allen, DO, Rachel George, PhD, Bassam Dahman, PhD
Poster
SCI416: What Frustrates Palliative Care Professionals? A Qualitative Analysis of Palliative Pulse 2025
Brynn Bowman, MPA, Rachael Heitner, MPH