KarlBenedictBezakMDHMDC(He/Him)

PubMed

• 3 citations
  ProPACC: Protocol for a Trial of Integrated Specialty Palliative Care for Critically Ill Older Adults.
  Sarah K Andersen, Grace Vincent, Rachel A Butler, Elke H P Brown, Dave Maloney
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2022-06-01
• 14 citations
  Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the pancreatic duct provides direct visualization of ductal structures and aids in clinical management ☆
  Michel Kahaleh, Brian G. Turner, Karl Bezak, Reem Z. Sharaiha, Savreet Sarkaria
  Digestive and Liver Disease. 2015-03-01
• 38 citations
  The effect of HIV and HPV coinfection on cervical COX-2 expression and systemic prostaglandin E2 levels.
  Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Karl Bezak, Oksana Ocheretina, Cynthia Riviere, Thomas C. Wright
  Cancer Prevention Research. 2012-01-01

Journal Articles

• ProPACC: Protocol for a Trial of Integrated Specialty Palliative Care for Critically Ill Older Adults  
  Andersen SK, Vincent G, Butler RA, Brown E, Maloney D, Khalid S, Oanesa R, Yun J, Pidro C, Davis VN, Resick J, Richardson AR, Rak K, Barnes J, Bezak KB, Thurston A, Re..., JPSM, 2022
• Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the pancreatic duct provides direct visualization of ductal structures and aids in clinical management  
  Kahaleh M, Turner BG, Bezak K, Sharaiha RZ, Sarkaria S, Lieberman M, Jamal-Kabani A, Millman JE, Sundararajan SV, Chan C, Mehta S, Widmer JL, Gaidhane M, Giovannini M., Dig Liver Dis, 3/1/2015
• The Effect of HIV and HPV Coinfection on COX-2 Expression and Systemic PGE2 Levels.  
  Fitzgerald DW, Bezak K, Ocheretina O, Riviere C, Wright TC, Milne GL, Zhou XK, Du B, Subbaramaiah K, Byrt E, Goodwin ML, Rafii A, Dannenberg AJ., Cancer Prev Res., 1/5/2012
• Cyclophosphamide Resets Dendritic Cell Homeostasis and Enhances Antitumor Immunity Through Effects That Extend Beyond Regulatory T Cell Elimination. Cancer Immunotherapy  
  Radojcic V, Bezak KB, Skarica M, Pletneva MA, Yoshimura K, Schulick RD, Luznik L., Cancer Immunotherapy, 7/10/2009
• Factors Governing the Activation of Adoptively Transferred Donor T Cells Infused After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation in the Mouse.  
  Durakovic N, Radojcic V, Skarica M, Bezak KB, Powell JD, Fuchs EJ, Luznik L., Blood, 5/15/2007
• Host-derived Langerhans Cells Persist After MHC-matched Allografting Independent of Donor T Cells and Critically Influence the Alloresponses Mediated by Donor Lymphocy...  
  Durakovic N, Bezak KB, Skarica M, Radojcic V, Fuchs EJ, Murphy GF, Luznik L., Journal of Immunology, 10/1/2006
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Abstracts/Posters

• Having everything done doesn’t always involve a transfer: TelePalliative care in the rural emergency department.
  Bezak KB, Adler P, Murphy K, Goldberg A, Hall DE., AAHPM Annual Assembly 2024, Phoenix, AZ, 3/1/2024
• Improving caregiver burnout in outpatient palliative care: A quality improvement initiative.
  Rasool W, Certo MV, Bezak KB, Bhatnagar, M., AAHPM Annual Assembly 2024, Phoenix, AZ, 3/1/2024
• Expanding Specialty Palliative Care to UPMC Community Hospitals via Telehealth Enhances the Continuum of Care for Seriously Ill Patients in Rural Western Pennsylvania
  Hayes S, Davison J, Leahy J, Haranis M, Bezak KB, Inaugural University of Pittsburgh Digital Health Summit, Pittsburgh, PA, 10/4/2023
• Aligning Goals of Care via Telehealth Increases Goal-Concordant Care for Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department: The Tele-Goals of Care (TeleGOC) Pilot (S...
  Bezak KB, Wisniewski MK, Adler P, Arnold RM, Weinberg R, Yobbi D, Mensah CT, Hall DE., AAHPM Annual Assembly 2023, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 3/1/2023
• Aligning Goals of Care via Telehealth Increases Goal-Concordant Care for Critically ill Patients in the Emergency Department, the Tele-Goals of Care (TeleGOC) Pilot
  Bezak, KB et. al., International Congress for Palliative Care, Montreal, Canada, 10/2022
• Aligning Goals of Care via Telehealth Increases Goal-Concordant Care for Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department, the Tele-Goals of Care (TeleGOC) Pilot.
  Bezak KB, Wisniewski MK, Adler P, Arnold R, Weinberg R, Stoneburner M, Stumpf M, Milliken C, Yobbi D, Sullivan C, Sackrowitz R, Farone F, Hall DE., UPMC Department of Medicine Research Day, Pittsburgh, PA, 10/1/2021
• Wish You Were Here: Overcoming the Ethical and Legal Challenges of Surrogate Decision-Making from Prison
  Brownell KB, Lewis A, Grasser PL, Bezak KB, AAHPM Annual Assembly, Cancelled due to COVID, 3/1/2020
• Sorry, He Can’t Come to the Phone Right Now: Addressing Communication Challenges when a Surrogate Decision Maker is in Prison
  Brownell KB, Lewis A, Grasser PL, Bezak KB, AAHPM Annual Assembly, Cancelled due to COVID, 3/1/2020
• Using an Epic Smartphrase to Improve Transfer of Patient Treatment Preferences from the Inpatient to Outpatient Setting
  Bezak KB, Serna-Tamayo C, Rousseau C, Patel M, Apoeso O, GME Research Day, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 5/1/2019
• Optimizing Transitions of Care: A Case for Utilizing Checklists that Include a Palliative Plan of Care
  Ooi YS, Napoleon L, Bezak KB., AAHPM Annual Assembly, 3/1/2018
• Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Pancreatic Duct Provides Direct Visualization of Ductal Structures and Aids in Clinical Management
  Turner BG, Bezak KB, Sarkaria S, Lieberman M, Metz Y, Chan C, Gaidhane M, Kahaleh M, ACG Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 10/1/2012
• ELISPOT quantization of MSP-1 (QTSR) specific memory B-cells in inhabitants of the Peruvian Amazon after infection with Plasmodium falciparum
  Bezak KB, Vermund S, Branch OH., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Emphasis Research Program Poster Forum, Nashville, TN, 9/1/2007
• Cyclophosphamide (Cy) augments in situ anti-tumor immune responses by increasing the presence of functional antigen-specific CD8+ T cells and dendritic cells (DCs)
  Bezak KB, Yoshimura K, Durakovic N, Schulick R, Pardoll DM, Luznik L., American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, 4/1/2005
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Lectures

• PGSEO Senior Health Connect Palliative Care Training. 
  Agilon Speaker Series. Zanesville, OH. - 10/1/2024
• It’s About Living Well: Palliative Care for Your Patients with Serious Illness. 
  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, UPMC McKeesport - 9/1/2024
• Premier Health and PriMed Physicians Senior Health Connect Palliative Care Training 
  Agilon Speaker Series. Dayton, OH - 9/1/2024
• Connecting with Compassion Leveraging TelePalliative Care to Meet Rural Community Needs 
  BRI Network Palliative, Hospice and Home Care Summit. Nashville TN - 7/15/2024
• Overcoming Barriers to Acceptance of Specialty Palliative Care (SPC) 
  BRI Network Palliative, Hospice and Home Care Summit. Nashville TN - 7/15/2024
• It’s About Living Well: Discussing Specialty Palliative Care with Your Patients. 
  Lunch and Learn, American College of Physicians – Pennsylvania Chapter, Virtual - 7/9/2024
• It’s About Living Well: Palliative Care for Your Patients with Serious Illness. 
  Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital - 6/1/2024
• The Healthcare Power of Attorney: A Scalpel Not a Sledgehammer 
  ABA. National Aging & Law Conference. Miami FL. Co-presenters: Orsatti GW, Mulvaney E - 5/16/2024
• Connecting with Compassion: Leveraging TelePalliative Care to Meet Rural Community Needs. 
  American Rural Health Care Leadership Conference. Orlando, FL. Co-Presenters: Goldberg A, Murphy K. - 2/13/2024
• Connecting With Compassion: TelePalliative Care for Hospitalized Patients with Serious Illness. 
  Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic - Arizona - 2/1/2024
• Connecting with Compassion: Telepalliative Care for the Hospitalized Patient with Serious Illness. 
  Palliative Care Leadership Centers (PCLC) Grand Rounds, Virtual, - 1/22/2024
• The Power of Palliative Care. 
  UPMC Shadyside Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, Pittsburgh PA - 4/1/2023
• Clinical Innovation: Inpatient TelePalliative Consult Service. 
  . State of the Palliative and Supportive Care Institute, Annual Review. UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA. - 4/1/2022
• Advanced Care Planning (ACP): Building Primary Palliative Skills in the Outpatient Setting. 
  Agilon Speaker Series. Wilmington, NC - 4/1/2022
• Better Together: Palliative Care and You. 
  “What’s New in Metastatic Cancer” Annual Conference. The Glock Foundation, Pittsburgh PA - 5/1/2021
• . Clinical Innovation: TelePalliative Goals of Care Pause (TeleGOC). 
  State of the Palliative and Supportive Care Institute, Annual Review. UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA - 4/1/2021
• Difficult Goals of Care Conversations. Updates in Internal Medicine. 
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA - 3/1/2021
• Navigating Palliative Care: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Clinicians. Agilon Speaker Series. 
  Agilon Speaker Series. Virtual Session. - 2/1/2021
• Effective Communication: Connecting with Hospitalized Patients and Their Families. 
  University of Pittsburgh Consortium Ethics Program. Meadville Medical Center, Meadville PA. - 7/1/2020
• When ‘Doing Everything’ Seems Like Doing Too Much: Addressing the Clinical Challenges of Medical Futility. 
  Butler Hospital, Butler, PA, University of Pittsburgh Consortium Ethics Program Speaker Series. - 3/1/2020
• Bezak KB, Bowman T. Effective Shared-Decision Making: Facilitating a Goals of Care/Family Meeting 
  at Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA - 3/1/2020
• PalliTech: Increasing Palliative Care Awareness and Understanding in the 21st Century. 
  Grand Rounds/Fellow Talk, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. - 5/1/2019
• Using an Epic Smartphrase to Improve Transfer of Patient Treatment Preferences from the Inpatient to Outpatient Setting 
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY - 5/1/2019
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