Melissa Patterson, MD, MBA

Geriatric, Palliative & Family Med Doc, Lifelong learner - passionate about spirituality & medicine, end of life care, international medicine, and cars

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

GOComm: A team‐based communication intervention to improve clinicians’ skills and distress tolerance in family meetings, 2026 - J of Hospital Medicine. It took a village! https://t.co/CfAIlyLgga

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

Proud of Dr Aushja Syed @nyp Queens for winning poster award at Queens Lang Research, then postering ⁦@WeillCornell⁩ QPS Symposium- on #GoalsOfCare communication training for housestaff to provide patient-centered care

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

It’s 2025 and I’m launching my book website: https://t.co/Tfed6Bzsfp Come join me and get your Lighthearted Guide to End-of-Life Conversations! End of life is still part of life so let’s embrace it!

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

@AGSJournal Must be aware of polypharmacy and problematic prescribing cascades - great examples! @nyphospital @WeillCornell @AmerMedicalAssn @GeriPalBlog @ACPIMPhysicians

[WCM Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine @WCMGeriPal]

We welcomed our 2024-2025 #PalliativeCare fellows with a sunset over the Hudson River. There's nothing like summer in New York! #hpmClassOf25

[Shunichi Nakagawa @snakagawa_md]

You cannot help others if you are not happy.

You need to be happy first.

[Shunichi Nakagawa @snakagawa_md]

In a family meeting, when patient and family keep asking the same Q, it is not because you give not enough info.

It’s opposite.

You are often giving too much info.

Instead of giving more info, say “This must be so difficult for you”

And don’t say anything else.

[Melissa Patterson, MD, MBA @DrMelPatterson]

@WCMGeriPal @DShalevMD @Mili_SilvaMD @AAHPM Congratulations to you both!!!

[WCM Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine @WCMGeriPal]

Congratulations to @DShalevMD and @Mili_SilvaMD for being named @AAHPM Emerging Leaders in Hospice and Palliative Medicine! #hpm #hapc https://t.co/8utjeE1i7D

[BMJ SPCare @BMJ_SPCare]

Congratulations to the winner @Existential_Doc
We also thought @CXPan55's dumpling tapas looked delicious and should get silver! see:

[Xavier Gomez-Batiste @Xgba]

And thankyou @EAPCvzw @ij_higginson @LucDeliens @CicelySaunders1 for your kind support and help, will never forget!

[ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care @AtlantesPC]

It has been a very enriching couple of days at the @EAPCvzw 13th World Research Congress! Our team was active since Wednesday, with a pre-congress workshop on the assessment of palliative care development. You could also find them in the lobby, answering questions about our work!

[Xavier Gomez-Batiste @Xgba]

Congrats!

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

Great poster ⁦@nyphospital⁩ team using a Goals Of Care Needs Assessment Report to identify patients at EOL to facilitate hospice transition! ⁦@EAPCvzw⁩ #EAPC2024

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

Enjoyed presenting on GOComm training for frontline clinicians ⁦@nyphospital⁩ ⁦@EAPCvzw⁩ #EAPC2024, getting feedback & interest, & learning about palliative structural indicators ⁦@AtlantesPC⁩

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

Excellent leadership talk by Frank Ferris ⁦@EAPCvzw⁩ #EAPC2024 Exciting to discuss enthusiasm, self awareness, express appreciation, promote team input to advocate for equity and collaboration

[Shunichi Nakagawa @snakagawa_md]

Our paper was cited in @NewYorker, discussing the dilemma of ECMO.

As medical technology advances and the impossible becomes possible, ironically, end-of-life decision-making becomes more difficult.

@DrKennethPrager

https://t.co/PSpCv3fv51

[Melissa Patterson, MD, MBA @DrMelPatterson]

@CXPan55 @Xgba @nyphospital @EAPCvzw Such a highlight of EAPC 2024!

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

Amazing concepts ⁦@Xgba⁩ expanding palliative access “from cancer to all diagnoses, from terminal to advanced illness, from specialist to all services, from services to populations, from institutional to community!” ⁦@nyphospital⁩ ⁦@EAPCvzw⁩

[Cynthia X Pan @CXPan55]

⁦@nyphospital⁩ Queens enjoying #Barcelona and getting ready for ⁦@EAPCvzw⁩ #EAPC2024 13th World Research Congress for Palliative Care! Look forward to learning and sharing!