Surgical Palliative Care: A Podcast with Red Hoffman

The cross-over episode is an American tradition that is near and dear to my heart. My childhood is filled with special moments that brought some of my very favorite characters together. Alf crossed over with Gilligan's Island. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air crossed over with The Jeffersons. Mork and Mindy crossed with Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley at the same time. To honor this wonderful tradition, GeriPal is crossing over with the Surgical Palliative Care Podcast for this weeks podcast! The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast is hosted by Dr. Melissa "Red" Hoffman. Red is both an acute care surgeon and hospice and palliative medicine physician in North Carolina. She has been podcasting since this beginning of this year and my goodness she has been quite busy in doing so. Her podcast featured some of the founders and the leaders of the surgical palliative care community, including Dr. Balfour Mount (the father of Palliative Care in North America), Robert Milch, Zara Cooper, and Diane Meier. That's an amazing lineup. We also welcome Joe Lin as a co-host for this topic. Joe is a surgery resident and palliative care fellow at UCSF. We talk to both Joe and Red about - How they got interested in the intersection of surgery and palliative care - How the culture of surgery and palliative care differ (and the misconceptions that both fields have of each other) - What the day in the life of a surgical palliative care physician looks like - A recent article in JAMA Surgery titled "Palliative Care and End-of-Life Outcomes following High-Risk Surgery" - What palliative care skills all surgeons should have (primary palliative care) - And lots of other topics! So take a listen and check out Red's Surgical Palliative Care Podcast (https://thesurgicalpalliativecarepodcast.buzzsprout.com/)