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Medical Grand Rounds: Chronic Pain in Aging and Serious Illness

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  • A virtual Medical Grand Rounds presentation on chronic pain in aging and serious illness took place January 26, 2023
  • The Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital presented biopsychosocial considerations and intervention opportunities for this patient population
  • The panelists were Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH, Lisa LaRowe, PhD, and Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP

A new Medical Grand Rounds presentation took place virtually on January 26. 2023. The presentation, led by the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, covered chronic pain in aging and serious illness.

The panel included Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH, director of research in the Division and director of the Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Lisa LaRowe, PhD, a faculty member in the Center and instructor in investigation in the Division, and Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP, a research fellow in the Center and Division. They each presented biopsychosocial considerations and intervention opportunities across the prevention spectrum of chronic pain in aging and serious illness.

Mass General's Joshua P. Metlay, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, was the course director.

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