Agenda of the 2025 Clinical Symposium
June 7-8, 2025
Theme: Palliative Care
Saturday, June 7
7-8 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8-8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Overview of the Conference and Objectives
- Sabrina Villalba, MD, Medical Director, Welbe PACE, Program Chair, NPA Medical Leadership Subcommittee
8:15-9:45 a.m.
Palliative and End-of-Life Care in PACE
- David Wensel, DO, FAAHP.M., HMDC, Chief Medical Officer, TRU Community Care
9:45-10:15 a.m.
Networking Break
10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Ethics Sessions (Choose One)
- Ethics in PACE Workshop (Intended for Newer PACE Staff)
- Adam Burrows, MD, Medical Director, Upham’s PACE
- Complex Ethical Decision-Making: A Toolbox for PACE Clinicians (Intended for Seasoned PACE Staff)
- Amy Denham, MD, MPH, Physician, Piedmont Health SeniorCare
12-1 p.m.
Networking Lunch
1-2:15 p.m.Finding Frailty
- Hillary Spangler, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
2:15-3:30 p.m.
Senior Substance Abuse: An Unprecedented Challenge for the Coming Decade
- Jacob A. Paulsen, PhD, Behavioral Health Director, St. Paul’s PACE
3:30-6 p.m.
Site Tour at Ascension Living PACE or Franciscan Senior Health & Wellness
6-9 p.m.
Social Event: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum (Separate Fee)
Sunday, June 8
7:30-8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 a.m.Geriatric Pharmacology and Deprescribing
- David Wensel, DO, FAAHP.M., HMDC, Chief Medical Officer, TRU Community Care
9:30-10 a.m.
Networking Break
10-11:30 a.m.The New NPA Diabetes
Model Practice Guideline: A Resource for Participant-Centered Care
- Amy Denham, MD, MPH, Physician, Piedmont Health SeniorCare
- Jim Pedulla, MD, Medical Director, East Boston Neighborhood Health
11:30 am – 12 p.m.
Wrap-Up Panel and Open Discussion with Experienced PACE Clinicians to Tie It All Together
12 p.m.
Symposium Concludes