Passavant Hospital Foundation Upcoming Education and Outreach Programs


For The Health Series

Passavant Hospital Foundation partners with UPMC Passavant to provide a wide variety of health and wellness education programs free to the public. The courses below feature speakers who are top-notch physicians, clinicians, and researchers providing up-to-date medical information in layperson’s terms. The sessions are interactive with time for questions and answers.

A Certificate of Attendance is awarded for these seminars. UPMC Passavant is a hospital accredited by The Joint Commission and an approved provider for continuing education requirements for professional nurses.

Location: 
UPMC Passavant - McCandless Campus 
Assembly Hall - Across from the Chapel
9100 Babcock Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Solutions for Hip or Knee Pain...Including Robotic Joint Replacement

Tuesday, March 19, 2024                6:00 PM - 7:30 PM            UPMC Passavant – McCandless, Assembly Hall

Learn how you can manage — and possibly eliminate — debilitating arthritic joint pain. Join Eric Chen, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Tri Rivers Musculoskeletal Centers and UPMC Passavant’s director of anterior hip surgery, to explore your options. Dr. Chen will explain the anatomy behind your pain and review nonsurgical treatment options, from injections to physical therapy. He’ll also share the benefits of new surgical advancements, which include direct anterior hip surgery, robotic surgery, and total and partial joint replacement surgery. A question-and-answer session will follow..

Speaker: Eric A. Chen, MD, orthopedic surgeon, Tri Rivers Musculoskeletal Centers, and Director, Anterior Hip Surgery, UPMC Passavant

The Use of Robotic Technology in Heart Surgery

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM            

Dr. Bonatti will describe the design and the function of a surgical robot and show examples for its application in heart surgery. He will demonstrate and outline how robotic technology can dramatically reduce the invasiveness of surgical procedures.

Speaker: Johannes Bonatti, MD, FETC, Cardiac Surgeon, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

 

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation – New Options

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM            

Dr. Jain will discuss how Atrial Fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia affecting Americans and multiple treatment options to manage this arrhythmia including medical therapy and procedures such as atrial fibrillation ablation. There are currently 2 commercially available devices, WatchmanTM and AmuletTM.  

Speaker: Sandeep Jain, MD, FACC, FHRS, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Center for Atrial Fibrillation, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Click Here to Register for the For Your Health Series or Call 412-748-6641

Wellness Works Series 

Passavant Hospital Foundation supports UPMC Passavant in McCandless and Cranberry by advancing health and wellness through education, outreach, and grant-making. Join Passavant Hospital Foundation for a new virtual education program with speakers who are expert physicians and top-notch clinicians, providing up-to-date medical information with time for questions and answers. The sessions will be held virtually and are FREE and open to the public. 

Location
Northland Public Library
300 Cumberland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15237

To Register Click Here or Call 412-366-8100 Ext 113

Jaw Pain: Common Causes and Treatment

Thursday, March 28, 2024, | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Northland Public Library
The presentation will educate the audience on signs and symptoms of TMJ-related pain and dysfunction. Common causes and physical therapy treatment will be reviewed, along with information on other potentially appropriate interventions. 
Speaker: Natalie Novak, PT, DPT, OCS, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute  

Do I have Lymphedema?

Thursday, April 25, 2024, | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Northland Public Library

We will be discussing how to recognize and treat lymphedema in your lower extremities and your upper extremities. We will go over risk factors to look out for, what to do if you suspect you may have lymphedema, and what the treatment process looks like

Speaker: Domencia Sutherland, PT, DPT, CLT, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

Dizziness and Vertigo

Thursday, May 23, 2024, | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Northland Public Library

This talk will explore what dizziness is and the various etiologies of dizziness. It will take a look at the balance system and Specific inner ear pathologies that may contribute to dizziness. It will also briefly address treatment interventions for dizziness.

Speaker: Tracy Spitz, MPT, CBIS, CFPS, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute


Ethics, Disabilities and Healthcare Conference of the Center for Bioethics & Health Law

Friday, April 12, 2024 | 8:00AM - 3:30PM | In Person and Hybrid 

In Person: Passavant Hospital Foundation Conference Center at Cumberland Woods Village | 700 Cumberland Woods Drive Allison Park, PA 15101. 
Hybrid via Chorus Call. 

People with disabilities face particular challenges in obtaining healthcare. Moreover, healthcare providers often feel less well-equipped to meet the needs of their patients with disabilities. 

10 nationally recognized speakers, 6-session, complimentary breakfast & lunch, and opportunities to network with collogues.

Following the conference, participants should be able to:

  1. Recognize different causes of disability and the impact of disability on patients’ healthcare seeking, healthcare interactions, provision of acute and chronic healthcare, and quality of life.
  2. Employ terminology and communication skills that are respectful of patients with disabilities (and their families) and that include them in their own healthcare and healthcare decision making to the degree they desire. 
  3. Combat stigma, discrimination, and self-stigmatization associated with disability to provide effective, quality of life enhancing healthcare.
  4. Employ ethical frameworks in healthcare decision making, determination of decisional capacity, end-of-life and beginning-of-life care, and care for emergency, acute, and chronic conditions.
Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  • Physician (CME): 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
  • Nursing (CNE): 6.25 Hours
  • Pharmacy (CPE): 6.25 Hours
  • Physician Assistant (APPA): 6.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits
  • Social Work: 6.25 Continuing Education Credits

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

REGISTRATION IS FREE

Click Here to Register 

This program is being put on by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics & Health Law in partnership with Passavant Hospital Foundation. 

With additional support from UPMC Ethics, the Ira R. Messer Family Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh Provost's Year of Discourse and Dialogue Initiative.

Spring Colon Cancer Screening

Saturday, April 20, 2024 | By appointment only
According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in the United States among men and women combined. But it doesn’t have to be – if everyone 45 years or older got regular
screenings, at least 60% of deaths from colorectal cancer could be prevented.

FREE Colon Cancer Screening with FIT kit*, screening guidance, and nurse education.
You qualify for this screening if you:
• Are age 45 to 75 (76 to 85 for those in good health)
• Have not had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years or have never had a colonoscopy
* FIT test kit – a more sensitive and easier stool test done at home. The FIT kit will be provided along with a pre-paid mailer for returning it.
At registration, you will be given the choice of an online or telephone education/Q&A session. After your session, the FIT kit will be mailed to your home.
Health insurance is not required.

Call 412-748-5762 with questions.
Sponsored

  

Freedom From Smoking Program

UPMC Passavant offers a 7-week Freedom From Smoking® program to help you develop a plan of action for your quit day & support to remain tobacco-free for life!

  • Know if you’re really ready to quit – Explore your “why”
  • FDA-approved medications increase your chances for success – Nicotine replacement aids
  • Preparing for your quit day – Strategies for change
  • Lifestyle Strategies – Obstacles to quitting, managing stress, and avoiding weight gain
  • Staying tobacco-free – Support for the journey

Register for a 7-Week Session Starting in May 2024! 

Each session is hosting at UPMC Passavant-McCandless - 9100 Babcock Boulevard | Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Registration is FREE and covers your participant workbook & 1 month supply of over-the-counter nicotine replacement aids - patches, gum and lozenges. 

Click Here to Register or Call 412-748-5762