Ian Kwok, MD
@kwokytalky.bsky.social
Palliative care doc @WCMGeriPal.bsky.social, #millennial 🚲
Let’s talk about: 📲 Multimodal communication 📢 Community advocacy 🎨 Creative arts therapies
https://bio.site/iankwok
Let’s talk about: 📲 Multimodal communication 📢 Community advocacy 🎨 Creative arts therapies
https://bio.site/iankwok
Healthcare professionals in NYC: this powerful documentary is a must-watch!
Chaplain Clark & Dr. Jessica Zitter explore intersections of implicit bias & interprofessional collaboration - and will be joining us for a special post-screening Q&A on Fri 5/1: events.humanitix.com/maysles427
Chaplain Clark & Dr. Jessica Zitter explore intersections of implicit bias & interprofessional collaboration - and will be joining us for a special post-screening Q&A on Fri 5/1: events.humanitix.com/maysles427
April 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Healthcare professionals in NYC: this powerful documentary is a must-watch!
Chaplain Clark & Dr. Jessica Zitter explore intersections of implicit bias & interprofessional collaboration - and will be joining us for a special post-screening Q&A on Fri 5/1: events.humanitix.com/maysles427
Chaplain Clark & Dr. Jessica Zitter explore intersections of implicit bias & interprofessional collaboration - and will be joining us for a special post-screening Q&A on Fri 5/1: events.humanitix.com/maysles427
"Physically, [medical teams] look after you, but it's the mental part of it - that acceptance... accepting my new reality was what this app helped me with." #ArtTherapy www.wcvb.com/article/tuft...
Tufts neuro-oncologist develops digital art therapy to help brain tumor patients
A Tufts-led app delivers weekly creative prompts and virtual art therapy to help brain tumor patients cope with life-changing treatment, isolation and identity shifts.
www.wcvb.com
March 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
"Physically, [medical teams] look after you, but it's the mental part of it - that acceptance... accepting my new reality was what this app helped me with." #ArtTherapy www.wcvb.com/article/tuft...
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Live in Brooklyn! The Elder Abuse Helpline for Concerned Persons is free and confidential across New York State: elderabuse.weill.cornell.edu
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Live in Brooklyn! The Elder Abuse Helpline for Concerned Persons is free and confidential across New York State: elderabuse.weill.cornell.edu
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Grateful to share my first piece published in Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal, (@synapsisjournal.bsky.social) "From Interval to Image: Carson, Mann, and the Art of Clinical Reasoning" medicalhealthhumanities.com/2026/01/20/f...
From Interval to Image: Carson, Mann, and the Art of Clinical Reasoning - S Y N A P S I S
In attempting to explain how physicians in my field of geriatric medicine think through clinical cases, I have come to realize over the course of my training that, although the prevailing schemas of c...
medicalhealthhumanities.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Grateful to share my first piece published in Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal, (@synapsisjournal.bsky.social) "From Interval to Image: Carson, Mann, and the Art of Clinical Reasoning" medicalhealthhumanities.com/2026/01/20/f...
I’ve always been amazed at the expressive power of art in clinical settings. Thank you @weillcornell.bsky.social for the profile!
“The creative process is inherently expressive… and gives so much insight into the unconscious.”
impact.weill.cornell.edu/fall-2025/mu...
“The creative process is inherently expressive… and gives so much insight into the unconscious.”
impact.weill.cornell.edu/fall-2025/mu...
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’ve always been amazed at the expressive power of art in clinical settings. Thank you @weillcornell.bsky.social for the profile!
“The creative process is inherently expressive… and gives so much insight into the unconscious.”
impact.weill.cornell.edu/fall-2025/mu...
“The creative process is inherently expressive… and gives so much insight into the unconscious.”
impact.weill.cornell.edu/fall-2025/mu...
Join us at Craft and Care! All proceeds will fund youth #arttherapy programs.
Enjoy hands-on art-making activities for kids and adults, exciting raffle prizes, light bites, and beverages for all ages! t.co/BXqgd14XKb
Enjoy hands-on art-making activities for kids and adults, exciting raffle prizes, light bites, and beverages for all ages! t.co/BXqgd14XKb
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join us at Craft and Care! All proceeds will fund youth #arttherapy programs.
Enjoy hands-on art-making activities for kids and adults, exciting raffle prizes, light bites, and beverages for all ages! t.co/BXqgd14XKb
Enjoy hands-on art-making activities for kids and adults, exciting raffle prizes, light bites, and beverages for all ages! t.co/BXqgd14XKb
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📰 'How to Integrate Medical Humanities into Your Palliative Care Practice' by Ian B. Kwok, MD; J. Redwing Keyssar, RN; Gayle Kojimoto, BA; and Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
September 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
📰 'How to Integrate Medical Humanities into Your Palliative Care Practice' by Ian B. Kwok, MD; J. Redwing Keyssar, RN; Gayle Kojimoto, BA; and Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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More work with @pallipsych.bsky.social is out today! We asked nursing home staff about their perceptions of palliative care, their engagement with advance cafe planning and which components of pall care are most valuable to them. doi.org/10.1111/jgs....
Training and Practice Gaps in Nursing Home Palliative Care: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Background Palliative care needs are prevalent among nursing home (NH) residents. However, access to and integration of palliative care services remain limited. NHs often rely on a workforce with va...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
More work with @pallipsych.bsky.social is out today! We asked nursing home staff about their perceptions of palliative care, their engagement with advance cafe planning and which components of pall care are most valuable to them. doi.org/10.1111/jgs....
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🧠 Join us Sept 30, 11AM–1:30PM EDT for “Aging, Technology & Decision Making” — a free virtual event on AI & decision tools for older adults, featuring CREATE PI Dr. Wally Boot.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/agingtech2025
#GSA #AgingTech #Gerontology
🔗 Register: bit.ly/agingtech2025
#GSA #AgingTech #Gerontology
August 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🧠 Join us Sept 30, 11AM–1:30PM EDT for “Aging, Technology & Decision Making” — a free virtual event on AI & decision tools for older adults, featuring CREATE PI Dr. Wally Boot.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/agingtech2025
#GSA #AgingTech #Gerontology
🔗 Register: bit.ly/agingtech2025
#GSA #AgingTech #Gerontology
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Older adults are "having to adapt to a rapidly changing technological environment." Dr. Walter Boot comments on cognitive effects and what to expect: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/h...
How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Older adults are "having to adapt to a rapidly changing technological environment." Dr. Walter Boot comments on cognitive effects and what to expect: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/h...
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📰 'How to Integrate Medical Humanities into Your Palliative Care Practice' by Ian B. Kwok, MD; J. Redwing Keyssar, RN; Gayle Kojimoto, BA; and Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
July 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📰 'How to Integrate Medical Humanities into Your Palliative Care Practice' by Ian B. Kwok, MD; J. Redwing Keyssar, RN; Gayle Kojimoto, BA; and Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
Thank you to the crowds who came to the vigil for May Kwok and Kevin Cruikshank. Their deaths were a result of known design flaws at this deadly intersection. Fix Canal St Now. @transalt.org @familiesforsafestreets.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thank you to the crowds who came to the vigil for May Kwok and Kevin Cruikshank. Their deaths were a result of known design flaws at this deadly intersection. Fix Canal St Now. @transalt.org @familiesforsafestreets.org
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ICYMI: ACS CAN & @patientqol.bsky.social advocates traveled to D.C. for #PQLCLobbyDay to meet with lawmakers and ask them to cosponsor #PCHETA. This important bill will advance #PalliativeCare education, awareness & research and improve quality of care & life for millions of patients. (1/2)
July 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ICYMI: ACS CAN & @patientqol.bsky.social advocates traveled to D.C. for #PQLCLobbyDay to meet with lawmakers and ask them to cosponsor #PCHETA. This important bill will advance #PalliativeCare education, awareness & research and improve quality of care & life for millions of patients. (1/2)
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Tonight we'll be on Canal Street honoring the lives of Kevin Cruickshank and May Kwok. Kevin was riding a bike, May was just sitting on a bench — both were run over and killed by a speeding driver.
Join us at 6 p.m. on Canal and Chrystie: www.mobilize.us/transalt/eve...
Join us at 6 p.m. on Canal and Chrystie: www.mobilize.us/transalt/eve...
No More Deaths on Canal: Emergency Rally and Vigil · Transportation Alternatives
This past weekend, two New Yorkers were horrifically killed by a speeding driver exiting the Manhattan Bridge.
On Wednesday, we will stand together to demand safer streets and an end to traffic death...
www.mobilize.us
July 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tonight we'll be on Canal Street honoring the lives of Kevin Cruickshank and May Kwok. Kevin was riding a bike, May was just sitting on a bench — both were run over and killed by a speeding driver.
Join us at 6 p.m. on Canal and Chrystie: www.mobilize.us/transalt/eve...
Join us at 6 p.m. on Canal and Chrystie: www.mobilize.us/transalt/eve...
Free public webinar: Join me and art therapist Joshua Brancheau to learn about #ArtTherapy (and participate in an arts-based activity!) events.weill.cornell.edu/event/transf...
July 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Free public webinar: Join me and art therapist Joshua Brancheau to learn about #ArtTherapy (and participate in an arts-based activity!) events.weill.cornell.edu/event/transf...
Medical humanities programs have the ability to attract diverse interest, unlocking non-verbal communication and tapping into the power of symbolism/metaphor, as well as opportunities for community-building. #MedHum #hapc www.capc.org/blog/how-to-...
Integrate Medical Humanities into Palliative Care - CAPC - Blog
Discover how medical humanities interventions—like poetry, art, and music—can strengthen your palliative care practice, support your team, and improve patient care.
www.capc.org
July 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Medical humanities programs have the ability to attract diverse interest, unlocking non-verbal communication and tapping into the power of symbolism/metaphor, as well as opportunities for community-building. #MedHum #hapc www.capc.org/blog/how-to-...
Medical humanities initiatives have a unique fundraising advantage: they intrinsically engage in highly effective storytelling! #medhum #hapc #palliativecare www.capc.org/blog/how-to-...
July 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Medical humanities initiatives have a unique fundraising advantage: they intrinsically engage in highly effective storytelling! #medhum #hapc #palliativecare www.capc.org/blog/how-to-...
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📰 'How to Integrate Medical Humanities into Your Palliative Care Practice' by Ian B. Kwok, MD; J. Redwing Keyssar, RN; Gayle Kojimoto, BA; and Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
July 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📰 'How to Integrate Medical Humanities into Your Palliative Care Practice' by Ian B. Kwok, MD; J. Redwing Keyssar, RN; Gayle Kojimoto, BA; and Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
🔗 ow.ly/KaPa50WmBfu
Learn how integrating medical humanities can strengthen your palliative care practice and more.
Reposted by Ian Kwok, MD
Congratulations to our graduating #PalliativeCare fellows! #hpmClassOf25 🎉
June 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Congratulations to our graduating #PalliativeCare fellows! #hpmClassOf25 🎉
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Come out this weekend to learn more about the Department of Transportation's latest design plans for the Avenue B Open Street! June 28, 1 - 4 p.m., on Avenue B between 8th and 9th Streets.
June 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Come out this weekend to learn more about the Department of Transportation's latest design plans for the Avenue B Open Street! June 28, 1 - 4 p.m., on Avenue B between 8th and 9th Streets.
Reposted by Ian Kwok, MD
‼️Kennedy v. Braidwood decision:
"Siding w the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the USPSTF to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act."
Great news!!! 🥳
tinyurl.com/Braidwood-SC...
"Siding w the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the USPSTF to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act."
Great news!!! 🥳
tinyurl.com/Braidwood-SC...
Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare measure on preventive care
Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost t...
tinyurl.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‼️Kennedy v. Braidwood decision:
"Siding w the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the USPSTF to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act."
Great news!!! 🥳
tinyurl.com/Braidwood-SC...
"Siding w the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the USPSTF to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act."
Great news!!! 🥳
tinyurl.com/Braidwood-SC...
Early voting is open in NY and Election Day is Tuesday, June 24!
Vote for someone who understands their #CommUnity inside and out. Someone who shows up for the vulnerable and brings people together. If you live in #EastVillage, vote Francisco Gonzalez for district leader!
Vote for someone who understands their #CommUnity inside and out. Someone who shows up for the vulnerable and brings people together. If you live in #EastVillage, vote Francisco Gonzalez for district leader!
June 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Early voting is open in NY and Election Day is Tuesday, June 24!
Vote for someone who understands their #CommUnity inside and out. Someone who shows up for the vulnerable and brings people together. If you live in #EastVillage, vote Francisco Gonzalez for district leader!
Vote for someone who understands their #CommUnity inside and out. Someone who shows up for the vulnerable and brings people together. If you live in #EastVillage, vote Francisco Gonzalez for district leader!
Reposted by Ian Kwok, MD
Join us this Saturday, June 14th at 2pm in La Plaza Community Garden for a Medicinal Garden Workshop.
We'll be drinking herbal teas, identifying the herbs, talking about their traditional uses, and how to prepare them.
La Plaza Community Garden is at the SW corner of 9th St & Ave C.
We'll be drinking herbal teas, identifying the herbs, talking about their traditional uses, and how to prepare them.
La Plaza Community Garden is at the SW corner of 9th St & Ave C.
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Join us this Saturday, June 14th at 2pm in La Plaza Community Garden for a Medicinal Garden Workshop.
We'll be drinking herbal teas, identifying the herbs, talking about their traditional uses, and how to prepare them.
La Plaza Community Garden is at the SW corner of 9th St & Ave C.
We'll be drinking herbal teas, identifying the herbs, talking about their traditional uses, and how to prepare them.
La Plaza Community Garden is at the SW corner of 9th St & Ave C.
Reposted by Ian Kwok, MD
This Sunday 6/15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day #WEAAD - an internationally recognized day to acknowledge and understand #elderabuse and its implications for older adults around the world.
Over the next few days, follow us for more updates and tips on this important issue!
Over the next few days, follow us for more updates and tips on this important issue!
June 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This Sunday 6/15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day #WEAAD - an internationally recognized day to acknowledge and understand #elderabuse and its implications for older adults around the world.
Over the next few days, follow us for more updates and tips on this important issue!
Over the next few days, follow us for more updates and tips on this important issue!