#527 Oncology Potpourri for the Hospitalist
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Malignant Bowel Obstruction, VTE and Goals of Care
Master malignant bowel obstruction, cancer-associated thrombosis, and goals-of-care conversations in hospitalized patients with advanced cancer. Learn practical approaches to symptom management, anticoagulation decisions, and navigating high-stakes discussions around prognosis and hospice care. We’re joined by Dr. Jensa Morris, @JensaMorrisMD (Yale School of Medicine).
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Show Segments
- Intro
- Picks of the Week
- Case 1: Malignant small bowel obstruction: definitions, initial management, medications, NG tubes, nutrition, and procedural options
- Case 2: Cancer-associated VTE: choice of anticoagulant, treatment duration, unusual thromboses, and anticoagulation with brain metastases
- Case 3: Goals of care: prognosis, performance status, palliative care, hospice and end-of-life planningTake Home Points
- Outro
Credits
- Writer, producer, and show notes: Reaford Blackburn, Jr., MD
- Infographic, Cover Art: Caroline Coleman, MD
- Hosts: Monee Amin, MD and Meredith Trubitt, MD
- Reviewer: Rahul Ganatra, MD
- Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
- Technical Production: PodPaste
- Guest: Jensa Morris, MD
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, before we get to the show, I wanted to remind you to check out our Patreon at patreon.com slash curbsiders. |
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| 0:20.0 | Meredith. |
| 0:54.3 | Moni. We're in Nashville We are I don't know thinking about going to a concert A little worried there's going to be an obstructed view So bad So bad Okay The curbsiders podcast is for entertainment, education, and information purposes only, and the topics discussed should not be used solely to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases or conditions. For the more of the views and statements expressed on this podcast are solely those of those and should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of any entity. Aside from possibly cash like more hostile and affiliate outreach programs, if indeed there are any, in fact, there are none. Pretty much we are responsible if you screw up. |
| 0:55.5 | You should always do your own homework and let us know when we're wrong. |
| 1:03.9 | And welcome back to the curbsiders. |
| 1:05.8 | I'm Dr. Moni Amin, joined by my eternally effervescent co-host, Dr. Meredith Trubit. How are you with this day situation? Afternoon. We are in the afternoon. I'm doing well. How are you? You know, I am awake and caffeinated, sort of. It's a great feeling. That's all you can say. And we have our nerds. We do have our juicy gummy cluster nerds. And on tonight's show, |
| 1:29.7 | we're going to discuss kind of a potpourri of cancer-related topics, malignant, small bowel |
| 1:34.4 | obstruction, or bowel obstruction, cancer associated thrombosis, and just those difficult |
| 1:38.6 | conversations that you have in patients with advanced cancer. And we have a great guest, |
| 2:02.6 | Dr. Jensen Morris, who Meredith's going to tell you about a little bit about here in a minute. But before we do that, will you please remind the good people in the audience what it is we do on this show? I'd love to. We are the internal medicine podcast. We use expert interviews to bring you clinical pearls and practice changing knowledge. And like you already said, today, tonight, whenever you're listening to this, we have our guest, Jensen Morris, who completed her undergraduate degree at Princeton University. |
| 2:07.6 | She went to medical school at Mount Sinai School in Medicine and finished her internal medicine training at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. |
| 2:14.6 | She specialized in the care of hospitalized patients and now leads the Smilo |
| 2:19.1 | Hospitalis Service dedicated to the care of hospitalized patients with cancer. She has a strong interest |
| 2:24.0 | in quality improvement, education, and team building on the inpatient medical service. And as you |
| 2:28.6 | already said, we'll be talking a little bit about some very, I think, high yield specific cases for our patients with advanced cancer. |
| 2:37.7 | So without further ado. |
| 2:40.6 | A reminder that this and most episodes will be available for CME credit through VCUHealth at |
| 2:46.1 | curbsiders.vacoehealth.org. |
| 2:51.3 | All right, Jensen, we're going to do a lightning round here. |
| 2:54.5 | First thing, would you mind telling us a little bit about something you like to do outside of medicine? |
| 3:01.6 | I love to play tennis. |
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