CURRICULUM VITAE
April Zehm MD
April Zehm MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Hub for Collaborative Medicine |
8701 Watertown Plank Road |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
09/2002 - 05/2007 BS, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, WI |
08/2007 - 05/2011 MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2011 - 06/2014 Internal medicine resident, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI |
07/2014 - 06/2015 Clinical fellow, Palliative Care, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA |
12/2016 - 05/2017 Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions Scholar, Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
11/2017 - 05/2019 Palliative Care Education and Practice Scholar, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Boston, MA |
07/2020 - Present Kern Institute Kinetic3 Teaching Academy Selected Participant, MCW |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2015 - 09/2019 Instructor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
12/2019 - 06/2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/01/2021 - Present Associate Professor, Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
01/2017 - 09/2019 Assistant Director of Palliative Care Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
07/2015 - 09/2019 Per Diem Physician, Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 |
07/2015 - 09/2019 Per Diem Physician, Psychosocial Oncology & Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02115 |
07/2015 - 09/2019 Physician, Medicine, Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 |
07/2016 - 07/2018 Per Diem Physician, Care Dimensions Hospice, 75 Sylvan Street Ste B-102, Danvers, MA 01923 |
12/2019 - Present Physician, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
Internal Medicine | 10/2014 | 12/2024 |
Hospice & Palliative Medicine | 12/2016 | 12/2026 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
BLS | American Heart Association | 07/2011 | 03/2021 |
ACLS | American Heart Association | 07/2011 | 03/2021 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
WI Medical License | 59500-20 | 11/06/2012 | 10/31/2021 |
MA Medical License | 258195 | 03/05/2014 | 06/02/2021 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
2002 - 2006 Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship |
2002 - 2011 Dean's List |
2002 University of Wisconsin College of Engineering General Scholarship, University of Wisconsin College of Engineering |
2002 - 2006 National Alliance for Scholastic Achievement Scholarship |
2002 - 2006 National Merit Scholarship |
2007 Steuber Prize for Excellence in Writing, University of Wisconsin College of Engineering |
2007 Fred W. and Josephine H. Colbeck Engineering Scholarship, University of Wisconsin College of Engineering |
2008 - 2011 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Scholarship, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health |
2008 - 2009 General Medical Education Scholarship, Wisconsin Medical Society |
2011 AOA induction, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society |
2019 Selected fellow ($20K stipend), Harvard Medical School Academy Fellowship in Medical Education |
2020 - Present Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM) |
2020 - Present Outstanding Medical Student Teacher, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2007 - 2014 American College of Physicians |
2011 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society |
2013 - Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
2014 - 2015 Massachusetts Medical Society |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Editorial Board |
2018 - 2019 Faculty editor, Massachusetts General Hospital White Book |
Ad-Hoc Reviewer |
2015 - Present Invited book reviewer, Journal of Palliative Medicine |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2015 - 2019 Co-chair, Practice of Medicine Palliative Care Central Session planning committee, Harvard Medical School |
01/2016 - 09/2019 Physician liaison to the Neurology Department, Continuum Project, Massachusetts General Hospital |
01/2017 - 09/2019 Harvard faculty co-lead, Competency development working group, MA Coalition for Serious Illness Care |
01/2017 - 09/2019 Harvard faculty co-lead, Curricular mapping working group, MA Coalition for Serious Illness Care |
05/2019 - 09/2019 Harvard faculty co-lead, Focus groups working group, MA Coalition for Serious Illness Care |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
08/2020 - 2022 Member, Medical Student and Resident Engagement Committee, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) |
10/2020 - Present Member, Strategic Leadership Group for the development of an online course on “Principles and Practice of Excellence in Palliative Care”, Aquifer |
08/2021 - Present Co-chair, Committee for the Development of Palliative Care Course Objectives & Cases, Aquifer |
INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Zehm A, Eng T, Zechlinski J, Baxter B., Microencapsulation of Leydig and Sertoli cells, UW-Madison Biomedical Engineering Student Design Consortium, Madison, WI, 2005 |
Zehm A, Eng T, Zechlinski J, Baxter B., Microencapsulation of Leydig cells, UW-Madison Biomedical Engineering Student Design Consortium, Madison, WI, 2005 |
Zehm A., Whole brain radiation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care interdisciplinary team meeting, Boston, MA, 2014 |
Zehm A., Caring for the unbefriended, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care interdisciplinary team meeting, Boston, MA, 2015 |
Zehm A., Not just another pretty face: Botox gives palliative care a facelift, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care Grand Grounds, Boston, MA, 2015 |
Zehm A., Hiccups, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care interdisciplinary team meeting, Boston, MA, 2015 |
Zehm A., Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a guide for palliative care clinicians, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Pediatric Advance Care Team interdisciplinary team meeting, Boston, MA, 2015 |
Zehm A., Interventional pain techniques for cancer-related pain, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care interdisciplinary team meeting, Boston, MA, 2015 |
Zehm A., PleurX catheters for the management of malignant ascites, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care Journal Club, Boston, MA, 2015 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Challenging case discussion, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2016 - 2017 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Hospice options, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2016 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., When cancer pain becomes difficult to manage: methadone and interventional techniques, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2016 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Breaking bad news, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2016 - 2017 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Delirium in the seriously ill, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2016 |
Zehm A., Opioids for dyspnea in heart failure, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care Journal Club, Boston, MA, 2016 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., A Mechanistic Approach to Nausea & Vomiting, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2016 |
Zehm A., Developing an educational program to improve primary palliative care skills among interdisciplinary neurology providers, poster presentation at Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions, Boston, MA, 2017 |
Zehm A., Pharmacologic management of delirium in palliative care patients, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care Journal Club, Boston, MA, 2017 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Ethical issues at end-of-life, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2017 |
Zehm A., Palliative care and preparedness planning for LVAD patients, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care Journal Club, Boston, MA, 2017 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Approaches to challenging pain cases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2017 - 2018 |
Jacobsen J, Wilson E, Zehm A., Primary Care Serious Illness Communication Training, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care Continuum Project Workshop, Boston, MA, 2018 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Serious illness conversations part 2: The Partners serious illness conversation guide, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2018 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Serious illness conversations part 1: the building blocks, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA, 2018 |
Zehm A, Kamdar M., Methadone, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology educational series, Boston, MA. 2018, 2018 |
Zehm A., Changing serious illness care: an institutional and statewide experience, MCW Division of Hematology and Oncology Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 12/12/2019 |
Zehm A., Caring for Unbefriended Patients, Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care Journal Club, Boston, MA, 2019 |
Zehm A., Palliative care for patients with primary malignant brain tumors, MCW Department of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds., Milwaukee, WI., 07/29/2020 |
Zehm, A., Closing the gap: serious illness conversation training, MCW Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 04/09/2021 |
Zehm, A., Closing the gap: serious illness conversation training, MCW APP Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 10/20/2021 |
Regional |
Zehm A., Regulation of forebrain glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) mRNA levels following chronic variable stress, National Science Foundation Research in Engineering for Undergraduates Program, Milwaukee, WI, 2005 |
National |
Zehm A., Not just another pretty face: Botox gives palliative care a facelift, University of Pennsylvania Division of Palliative Care Grand Rounds, Philadelphia, PA, 2014 |
Zehm A., Comprehensive pain management in palliative care: relieving the burden of opioid-induced constipation, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, Phoenix, AZ, 2017 |
Zehm A, Stevens E, Scott E, Rhodes A, Doyle A., Navigating difficult decisions in serious illness: conversations tough to swallow!, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention Master Class Workshop, Boston, MA, 2018 |
Zehm A., Changing serious illness care: an institutional and statewide experience, MCW Division of Hematology and Oncology faculty candidate presentation, Milwaukee, WI, 04/26/2019 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Zehm A, Scott E, Schaefer K, Jacobsen, J., Improving Medical Trainees’ Confidence and Skills in Serious Illness Communication: Conversation Guide Training for Early Learners, MCW Innovations in Healthcare Education Research Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 09/24/2020 |
Regional |
Zehm A., A Heart in Trouble, selected speaker at American College of Physicians WI Chapter Meeting, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 2013 |
National |
Zehm A., The use of botulinum toxin gives symptom control in palliative care a facelift, selected speaker at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, Chicago, IL, 2016 |
Zehm A., Kamdar M., Strand J., Gazelka H., Conundrums in palliative medicine: managing difficult symptoms and managing the patient with aberrant opioid behavior, selected speakers at American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2017 |
Foster F, Zehm A., Care planning challenges and recommendations for patients with communication impairment, selected speakers at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, Boston, MA, 2018 |
Zehm A, Lindvall C, Parks K, Schaefer K, Chittenden E., Case-based curriculum for teaching prognostication and serious illness communication in heart failure: a module for medical trainees and practicing clinicians, selected speakers at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly Interactive Education Exchange, Boston, MA, 2018 |
Reidy J, Mitchell S, Zehm A, Schaefer K, Stumpf I, Streid J, Vesel T., Improving Medical Student Training in Palliative Care: A Statewide Collaborative, selected speakers at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly. Developed, scheduled to be delivered on 3/20/20 yet not delivered due to conference cancellation/COVID-19 travel restrictions, San Diego, CA, 2020 |
Jonas D, Zehm A, Brook I, Shader Smith D., Yesterday a Child, Today a Grown-Up: Reflections on the Patient, Family and Team Experience of an Abrupt, Non-Linear Transition from Pediatrics to Adult Medicine for Young Adults with Serious Illness, selected speakers at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly. Developed, scheduled to be delivered on 3/20/20 yet not delivered due to conference cancellation/COVID-19 travel restrictions, San Diego, CA, 2020 |
Reidy J, Mitchell S, Zehm A, Schaefer K, Stumpf I, Streid J, Vesel T., Improving Medical Student Training in Palliative Care: A Statewide Collaborative., American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, Virtual, 02/18/2021 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2021 - Present Member, Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship applicant selection committee, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2021 - Present Member, Education Workgroup, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2021 - Present Member, Inpatient Workgroup, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Hospital |
2015 Member, Special Review Committee for Child Neurology Program, Department of Graduate Medical Education, Massachusetts General Hospital |
2015 - 2016 Member, Epic SuperUser Committee, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital |
2016 - 2018 Member, Interprofessional Palliative Care fellowship applicant selection committee, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital |
2017 Member, MGH Palliative Care chaplaincy applicant selection committee, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital |
2018 Member, MGH Palliative Care social work applicant selection committee, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital |
08/2020 - 12/2020 member, Member, Advance Care Planning EPIC Navigator Steering Committee, Population Health Care Continuum, Froedtert Hospital |
07/2021 - Present Member, Goals of Care/Readmission Reduction Workgroup, Froedtert Hospital |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
02/27/2020 "Delivering Serious News", workshop for Bioethics Pathway students |
Resident and Fellow Education |
01/23/2020 "Goals of care and managing conflict", ER resident communication training |
09/04/2020 "Delivering Serious News", workshop for Pulm/Critical Care fellows |
10/07/2020 "Discussing Goals of Care" didactic for IM residents |
10/09/2020 "Discussing Goals of Care" workshop for Pulm/CC fellows |
10/21/2020 "Methadone" didactic for palliative care fellows |
06/09/2021 "Pain management jeopardy" for palliative care fellows |
07/08/2021 "Pain management 101" didactic for palliative care fellows |
07/23/2021 "Serious Illness Conversations in the ICU" workshop for Pulm/Critical Care fellows |
09/08/2021 "Pain management jeopardy" for palliative care fellows |
Continuing Medical Education |
10/28/2020 Serious Illness Conversation Guide training pilot for inpatient Oncology providers |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Community/Lay Public |
2007 - 2008 UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Mothers and Maternity Support (MoMS) medical student volunteer |
2008 - 2009 UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) presenter to K-12 students |
2008 - 2009 UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Healthy Classrooms Symposium for parents, educators, clinicians (Logistics committee co-chair, 2008; Director, 2009) |
2016 Massachusetts General Hospital, invited presenter at MGH's Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group |
2016 Chordoma Foundation, invited lecturer at the Chordoma Foundation’s International Chordoma Community Conference: Life with Chordoma: ensuring quality of life |
11/18/2020 - 12/08/2020 American Academy of Neurology, Neurology® podcast and Neurology Minute™ invited podcast presenter: Neurology clinicians’ views on palliative care communication: how do you frame this? Recorded 11/18/2020, aired 12/8/2020. |
Medical Student Education |
2008 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Healer's Art course |
2012 - 2014 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Patient Doctor and Society course |
2015 - 2016 Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Practice of Medicine course. Longitudinal mentor to two first-year HMS students in physical diagnosis & reasoning course. |
2016 Harvard Medical School, Patient Doctor II OSCE proctor |
2016 - 2018 Harvard Medical School, Principle Clinical Experience. Faculty mentor for student-run case conferences. |
2016 Harvard Medical School, Into the Wild Blue Yonder course: invited lecturer on code status discussions |
2016 - 2018 Harvard Medical School, Practice of Medicine: Caring for Patients with Life Threatening Illness and End of Life & Palliative Care session. Faculty co-chair of planning committee and hospital site director for afternoon conference. |
2016 - 2017 Harvard Medical School, 4th year Comprehensive OSCE proctor (2016), faculty mentor (2017) |
2016 Harvard Medical School, Professional Development Week III OSCE proctor |
2016 - 2019 Harvard Medical School, Palliative Care and Geriatrics Student Interest Group faculty mentor |
2017 Harvard Medical School, Transitions Course Advanced Clinical Exam (ACE) faculty preceptor |
2017 Harvard Medical School, Principle Clinical Experience OSCE proctor |
01/2019 - 04/2019 Harvard Medical School, Capstone Course Serious Illness Conversation Guide Training Workshop. Invited to develop new curriculum; served as faculty director and trainer for 4 monthly afternoon workshops. |
01/2019 - 04/2019 Harvard Medical School, Capstone course: invited lecturer on code status discussions. |
08/02/2019 - 08/30/2019 Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Transition to the Principle Clerkship Experience (MGH Neurology): When Patients Die. Developed and taught new curriculum for weekly recurring small group session for pre-clerkship students. |
Resident and Fellow Education |
2013 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics/Wm. S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, Improving the rates of state DNR bracelet issuance among hospitalized patients |
2014 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics/Wm. S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, Teaching the teacher: advances in improving resident teaching skills |
2014 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics/Wm. S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, POLST: on the cutting edge of advanced directives |
2015 - 2018 Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, Palliative care and heart failure (monthly recurring resident educational series). Developed new curriculum and published on MedEdPORTAL and presented at national conference. |
2015 Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Selling the goods: Palliative Care in the media. Interdisciplinary fellowship small group teaching session. |
2015 - 2018 Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, Palliative care in the ICU: compassionate extubation (monthly recurring resident educational series) |
2015 - 2017 Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, Pain management and code status discussions (monthly recurring resident educational series) |
2016 - 2019 Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Palliative Care in heart failure (annual recurring didactic). Developed new curriculum and published on MedEdPORTAL and presented at national conference. |
2016 - 2019 Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Journal Club faculty mentor/facilitator for interdisciplinary fellowship |
2017 Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology, "Care in the Final Days and Hours of Life" neurology resident & fellow didactic |
2018 - 2019 Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, Care of the Imminently Dying (monthly recurring resident educational series) |
2018 Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, Code status discussions (monthly recurring resident educational series) |
2018 - 2019 Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, Communication microskills: responding to emotion (monthly recurring resident educational series) |
2018 Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, Serious Illness Conversation workshops (monthly recurring resident educational series) |
Continuing Medical Education |
2016 Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Palliative Care Education and Concepts (PCEP) course: Caring for imminently dying patients |
2016 Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Practical Aspects of Palliative Care (PAPC) course: Palliative care emergencies |
2017 Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Palliative Care for Hospitalists and Intensivists (PCHFI) course: Managing dyspnea, nausea, and thirst in the hospitalized patient |
2018 Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Practical Aspects of Palliative Care (PAPC) course: Palliative care emergencies |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Educational Programs |
Student |
2017 - 2019 MA Coalition for Serious Illness Care: Harvard faculty co-lead. Developed competencies, completed curricular review, assisted in focus group study design in statewide curricular reform effort. |
2017 - 2019 Harvard Medical School: faculty co-lead in developing a longitudinal integrated palliative care & geriatrics curriculum for students. |
Resident |
2015 - 2018 Developed novel "illness trajectory and advance care planning in heart failure" curriculum which was published on MedEdPORTAL and presented at AAHPM's national conference. |
Faculty |
2017 - 2019 MGH Continuum Project: physician liaison to Neurology Dept. Co-PI on qualitative focus group study for primary palliative care education effort (published work); taught faculty training workshops. |
2020 Serious Illness Conversation Guide training pilot for Hematology-Oncology inpatient physicians and APPs. Materials developed, SPs trained, faculty development completed, and pilot run. |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
2007 - 2010 Leadership Opportunities with Communities, the Underserved, and Special populations (LOCUS) fellow |
2007 - 2008 Mothers and Maternity Support (MoMS) medical student volunteer |
2008 Healthy Classrooms Symposium Logistics Committee Co-Chair |
2008 - 2009 Doctors Ought to Care (DOC) officer and presenter |
2009 Healthy Classrooms Symposium Director |
11/05/2020 Invited presentation, St. Camillus retirement community, Milwaukee, WI. "“Helping seriously ill patients live well: the role of palliative care” |
11/05/2020 Invited presentation, St. Camillus retirement community, Milwaukee, WI. "“Helping seriously ill patients live well: the role of palliative care." |
ROBERT D. AND PATRICIA E. KERN INSTITUTE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION NETWORK ACTIVITIES: |
01/01/2020 - Present Member of the Primary Palliative Care Education Workgroup |
07/2020 - Present Kern Institute Kinetic3 Teaching Academy Selected Participant. Two-year faculty development course in medical education and educational leadership. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Zehm A, Mullin J, Zhang H. Thirst in Palliative Care #313. J Palliat Med. 2016 Sep;19(9):1009-1010. |
2. Zehm A, Kamdar M. Palliative Uses of Botulinum Neurotoxin #324. J Palliat Med. 2017 Mar;20(3):300-302. |
3. Zehm A, Lindvall C, Parks K, Schaefer KG, Chittenden E. Prognosis, communication, and advance care planning in heart failure: a module for students, residents, fellows, and practicing clinicians. MedEdPORTAL Publications. 2017;13:10596. |
4. Brizzi K, Paganoni S, Zehm A, De Marchi F, Berry J. Integration of a palliative care specialist in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinic: Observations from one center. Muscle Nerve. 2019 Aug;60(2):137-140. |
5. Zehm A, et al. Neurology clinicians' views on palliative care communication: "How do you frame this?". Neurology: Clinical Practice. 2019;10(5): 1-8. |
6. Zehm A, Rosenberg L, Daubman BR. Discussing Autopsy with Bereaved Families #400. J Palliat Med. 2020; 23(10):1400-1402. |
7. Partain DK, Zehm A. Palliative sedation therapy for terminal movement disorders. BMJ Supp & Pall Care. Published Online First: 31 August 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002577
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8. Jozwiak R, Stellmacher P, Zehm A. Preparing for a destination therapy ventricular assist device: the palliative care planning conversation #410. J Palliat Med. 2021;24(3):455-456. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Zehm A, Daubman B. Essentials of Palliative Care Book and Media Review. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2015;18(9):811. |
2. Daubman B, Rosenberg L, Zehm A, Kamdar M. Chapter 42: Palliative Care. In: Brenner G, Rathmell J, eds. The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management. 4th ed. Wolters Kluwer Health; 2020: 512-524. |
3. Leung M, Zehm A. Chapter 17: Palliative, end-of-life, and psychiatric care of patients with advanced renal disease. In: Hategan A, Bourgeois J, Gangji A, Woo T, eds. Psycho-nephrology: A Guide to Principles and Practice. Springer Nature; accepted, in press. |
4. Zehm A, Kamdar MM. A Cancer Pain Crisis. In: Edwards DA, Sobey C, Gulur P, eds. Hospitalized Chronic Pain Patient. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
Abstracts |
1. Crnich C, Zehm A, Warrack S, Duster M, Drinka P, Zimmerman D., Measurement and Variation in MRSA Acquisition Rates in Nursing Homes, selected poster presentation at University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Annual Research Day, Madison, WI, 2013. |
2. Zehm A, Kamdar M., Not just another pretty face: Botox gives cancer-related pain treatment a facelift, selected poster presentation at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, Philadelphia, PA, 2015. |
3. Zehm A, Lindvall C, Parks K, Leung C, Schaefer K, Chittenden E, Teaching providers serious illness communication skills in heart failure, selected poster presentation at the Heart Failure Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Dallas, TX, 2017. |
4. Zehm A, Pelletier S, Farrell S., Serious news: OSCE assessment of students' palliative care communication skills, selected poster presentation at Harvard Medical School Medical Education Day, Boston, MA, 2018. |
5. Streid J, Zehm A, Schaefer K., Preparing Future Physicians to Care for the Seriously Ill: Developing Palliative Care Competencies and Assessing Medical School Curricula, selected poster presentation at Harvard Medical School Medical Education Day, Boston, MA, 2018. |
6. Partain, D, Kamdar, M, Zehm, A., Delirium and Distressing Movements: Palliative Sedation Therapy in Patients with Refractory Terminal Delirium when Standard Treatment Options are Limited, selected poster presentation at the 16th World Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care, Berlin, Germany, 2019. |
7. Zehm A, Pelletier S, Farrell S., Serious news: OSCE assessment of students' palliative care communication skills, selected poster presentation at MCW Innovations in Healthcare Education Research conference, Milwaukee, WI, 2020. |
