Join Mettle Health founder and counselor BJ Miller, MD and Deven Kothari, Director of Surgical Critical Care at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Arizona, for an informal and interactive conversation on navigating the hospital.
Hospitals are amazing places filled with the latest technology that can make some pretty incredible things happen, but what if the problem isn’t acute, but chronic and ongoing? Hospitals have their own sense of time, of process and of care and if you’re not careful, you can end up on a conveyor belt that takes you away from your preferences. Understanding what goes on in hospital’s acute settings like the ICU can help prepare for your future as well as give you an insight into how the system works and how patients and families fit into that process. In this discussion we’ll go over the basics of what it’s like inside a hospital, ER and ICU, what you can ask for, how to stop the conveyor belt if needed and answer your questions on the topic.
All online discussions begins with a basic overview before opening up to the group for Q&A and conversation. This session should feel as supportive as it does educational, so bring your questions and comments, or feel free to just listen. Together, we’ll explore real life examples and address your questions.
Discussions are held online and once registered, you will receive a link via email to join on video or by phone.
If you can't make it to the live session you will receive a recording.
Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. He’s been on faculty at his alma mater, UCSF, since 2007 and has worked in all settings of care: hospital, clinic, residential facility, and home. Led by his own experiences as a patient, BJ advocates for the roles of our senses, community and presence in designing a better ending. He speaks nationally, and internationally, on the topics of death, dying, palliative care and the intersection of healthcare with design.
His 2015 TED Talk: “Not Whether, But How”, has been viewed over 11 million times and his work has also been the subject of multiple interviews and podcasts, including Oprah Winfrey, PBS, The New York Times, The California Sunday Magazine, GOOP, Krista Tippett, Tim Ferriss and the TED Radio Hour. His book, A Beginner’s Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019.
Deven Kothari is the Director of Surgical Critical Care at the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Arizona. He’s also been the Medical Director at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the Cleveland Clinic, and was an Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University Department of Anesthesiology from 2009-2012.
