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Richard Morgan Bain, MD

he/him/his
Staff Affiliate - YNHH; Medical Director- Palliative Care Program, Internal Medicine; Section Head- Palliative Care, Internal Medicine

Contact Information

Richard Morgan Bain, MD

Mailing Address

  • Yale School of Medicine

    218 Highland Ave

    Norwalk, CT 06853

    United States

Education & Training

  • Geriatric Fellow
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2005)
  • Chief Resident
    Norwalk Hospital- Yale School of Medicine (2002)
  • Resident
    Norwalk Hospital- Yale School of Medicine (2001)
  • Intern
    Norwalk Hospital- Yale School of Medicine (1999)
  • MD
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Medicine (1998)
  • BA
    Wesleyan University, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (1992)

Certifications

  • Board Certification
    AB of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine (2004)

Activities

  • Palliative Care at Greenwich Hospital
    Greenwich, CT, United States 2023
    Greenwich Commission on Aging Lecture Series
  • Bystander Empowerment Workshop: How to Respond to Microaggressions in Clinical Environments
    Montreal, QC, Canada 2023
    AAHPM Annual Assembly
  • Palliative Care at Greenwich Hospital
    Greenwich, CT, United States 2022
    Greenwich Hospital Community Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Palliative Care/Hospice
    Durham, NC, United States 2020
    Duke Pain Medicine Lecture Series
  • Palliative Care: Building a platform within Duke LifePoint
    Johnstown, PA, United States 2019
    Connemaugh Medical Center Grand Rounds
  • Outpatient Palliative Care: Evolving Evidence and Lessons Learned
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2019
    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Oncology Grand Rounds
  • Palliative Care: Building a platform within Duke LifePoint
    Duke LifePoint based in Durham, NC 2019
    Duke Quality Network Webinar Series
  • Outpatient Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2019
    Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Core Lecture Series
  • Palliative Care: Building a platform within Duke LifePoint
    Wilson, NC, United States 2019
    Wilson Medical Center Oncology Grand Rounds
  • Palliative Care/Hospice
    Durham, NC, United States 2018
    Duke Pain Medicine Lecture Series
  • Palliative Care: Care for patients at any time, at any place along the journey
    Durham, NC, United States 2018
    Duke Head and Neck Surgery Grand Rounds
  • Integrating Palliative Care: Highlights from ASCO
    Cary, NC, United States 2018
    Duke Cancer Review
  • Outpatient Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2018
    Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Core Lecture Series
  • Telemedicine in Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2018
    Cancer Pain, Palliative Care and End if Life Conference
  • Palliative Care/Hospice
    Durham, NC, United States 2018
    Duke Pain Medicine Lecture Series
  • Integration and Expansion of Palliative Care Workforce
    San Diego, CA, United States 2017
    Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium
  • Telemedicine in Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2017
    Duke Palliative Care Grand Rounds
  • Outpatient Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2017
    Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Core Lecture Series
  • Memento Mori: Not Your Normal M & M of a Case
    Durham, NC, United States 2017
    Duke Palliative Care Grand Rounds
  • Palliative Care/Hospice
    Durham, NC, United States 2016
    Duke Pain Medicine Clinic CE Lecture
  • Conducting End of Life Discussions
    Danville, VA, United States 2016
    Danville End of Life CME
  • Palliative Care and Pain Management: Building Bridges for Better Patient Care
    Asheville, NC, United States 2016
    Pain Society of the Carolinas Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Outpatient Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2016
    Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Core Lecture Series
  • Outpatient Palliative Care: How Does That Work?
    Chapel Hill, NC, United States 2016
    Pain Management for Cancer, Palliative Care and End of Life, Duke Pain Medicine Conference
  • Managing the non-pain symptoms of Fatigue, Constipation, Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep Abnormalities
    Chapel Hill, NC, United States 2016
    Pain Management for Cancer, Palliative Care and End of Life, Duke Pain Medicine Conference
  • AAHPM Ascend Leadership Program
    Chicago, IL, United States 2015
    AAHPM Ascend Leadership Program
  • Outpatient Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2015
    Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Core Lecture Series
  • Law and (Getting Things in) Order: How to Effectively Bring Lawyers into the Palliative Care Team
    Philadelphia, PA, United States 2015
    AAHPM Annual Assembly
  • Development and validation of a patient-reported tool to evaluate legal and financial needs in patients with advanced cancer
    Boston, MA, United States 2014
    Palliative Care in Oncology Inaugural Meeting
  • AAHPM Ascend Leadership Program
    Chicago, IL, United States 2014
    AAHPM Ascend Leadership Program
  • Palliative Care: Providing patients with cancer an extra layer of support
    Durham, NC, United States 2014
    Citizen’s Advisory Council Reception, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Outpatient Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2014
    Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Core Lecture Series
  • BMT and Palliative Care Integration: Lessons Learned From GVH Clinic
    Durham, NC, United States 2014
    Duke ABMT Munch and Learn
  • Survivorship: The New Normal, Focusing On Quality of Life
    Durham, NC, United States 2013
    Duke Adult Bone Marrow Transplant 16th Annual Reunion
  • Outpatient Palliative Care
    Durham, NC, United States 2013
    Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Core Lecture Series
  • A Case from 9300: Managing Delirium in Cancer Patients
    Durham, NC, United States 2013
    Duke Palliative Care Conference
  • Doc, I think I am going out of my mind: Managing Delirium in Cancer Patients
    Durham, NC, United States 2013
    Duke Heme/Onc Grand Rounds
  • Inpatient Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2012
    Internal Medicine Residency Program Lecture Series
  • End of Life Care
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2012
    Internal Medicine Residency Program Lecture Series
  • Pain Management at End of Life & Case Study
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2012
    Pain Resource Nurse Lecture
  • Palliative Medicine
    Haw River, NC, United States 2012
    NC Chaplains Association Spring Conference
  • Palliative Care
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2012
    Geriatric Fellowship Lecture Series
  • Ethical Considerations: Improving Palliative Care in the ICU
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2012
    Critical Care Conference
  • Ouch: Managing Pain in the Renal Patient
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2012
    Renal Symposium
  • Fishing Further Upstream: The Palliative Care Imperative
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Hospice and Palliative CareCenter Lecture Series
  • Fishing Further Upstream: The Palliative Care Imperative
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  • Symptom Management of Pain and Anxiety in the Elderly
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    CHAMP-S Seminar
  • Managing Difficult Discussions with Families and Colleagues
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    CHAMP-S Seminar
  • Silent Sufferers: Improving Pain Management in Critical Care Settings
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    American Association of Critical-Care Nursing Lecture Series
  • Code Status Dilemmas
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Medical School Senior Seminar Series
  • Palliative Care: Case Studies
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Family and Community Medicine Department Lecture Series
  • Grief and Bereavement
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Geriatric Fellowship Lecture Series
  • Acute Inpatient Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Hospitalist Lecture Series
  • Palliative Care: It’s About How You Live
    Greensboro, NC, United States 2011
    Case Management Society Lecture Series
  • It’s About How You Live: Improving Palliative Care in the ICU
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Pulmonary Fellows Lecture Series
  • End of Life: Getting Wishes Honored- Why It Doesn't Happen- and Benefits of Palliative Care
    Cary, NC, United States 2011
    15th Annual Elder Law Symposium
  • Hospice/Palliative Care Part 2
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Oncology Lecture Series
  • Pain Management at End of Life & Case Study
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Pain Resource Nurse Lecture
  • Treatment of Cancer Pain
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Oncology Lecture Series
  • Pain and Symptom Management Case Reports
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Internal Medicine Case Reports
  • Palliative Care in the ICU: Culture Clash?
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2011
    Forsyth Medical Center Symposium
  • Palliative Care: Dispelling the Myths
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Internal Medicine Medical Student Interest Group
  • Ethical Considerations: Improving Palliative Care in the ICU
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Critical Care Conference
  • Pain Management for the General Practitioner
    Asheville, NC, United States 2010
    30th Mountain Medical Meeting
  • Updates in Palliative Care
    Asheville, NC, United States 2010
    30th Mountain Medical Meeting
  • End of Life: How to Teach the Talk
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    CHAMP seminar
  • The Nuts and Bolts of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Pastoral Care Seminar
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Internal Medicine Residency Program Lecture Series
  • Pain Management in Older Adults
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Geriatric Fellowship Lecture Series
  • End of Life Care
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Spirituality in End of Life Care
    Greensboro, NC, United States 2010
    Pastoral Care Summer Course
  • Hazards of Hospitalization/Functional Assessment
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Curriculum for the Hospitalized Aging Medical Patient Retreat
  • Inpatient Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Medical School Senior Seminar Series
  • End of Life Management and Withdrawal of Care
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Medical School Senior Seminar Series
  • Survivorship and Quality of Life Panel
    Durham, NC, United States 2010
    Duke Medicine Cancer Summit
  • Dying in the Hospital: The Impact of a Palliative Care Program on End of Life Care
    Toronto, ON, Canada 2010
    American College of Physicians Annual Conference
  • Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2010
    Palliative Care Resource Nurse Seminar
  • Dying in the Hospital: The Impact of a Palliative Care Program on End of Life Care
    Raleigh, NC, United States 2010
    North Carolina Chapter- American College of Physicians Winter Scientific Meeting
  • From the SUPPORT Trial to the Palliative Care Unit: Progress or Status Quo?
    Raleigh, NC, United States 2009
    North Carolina Chapter- American College of Physicians Winter Scientific Meeting
  • From the SUPPORT Trial to the Palliative Care Unit: Progress or Status Quo?
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2009
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine Residency Research Day
  • Palliative Care
    Myrtle Beach, SC, United States 2008
    Emery Miller Symposium
  • Pain Management
    Myrtle Beach, SC, United States 2008
    Emery Miller Symposium
  • Improving Palliative Care in the ICU: The Impact of an Educational Program for Critical Care Nurses
    Cambridge, MA, United States 2008
    Harvard Macy Institute: Program for Educators in the Health Professions
  • HCPOA-MOST Laws in NC
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2008
    Carolinas Center for Hospice Annual Conference
  • Nurse Practitioner Role on a Designated Inpatient Palliative Care Unit: Who Are We and What Are We Doing?
    Tampa, FL, United States 2008
    AAHPM Annual Assembly
  • Unwanted Behaviors with Dementia: A Caregiver's Challenge
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2007
    Hospice and Palliative CareCenter Lecture Series
  • Changes in Advance Directives – New North Carolina Laws!
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2007
    Hospice and Palliative CareCenter Lecture Series
  • Palliative Care and Pain Management Concepts
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2007
    Partner’s Home Care Program
  • Dementia: The Long Goodbye
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2007
    Hospice and Palliative CareCenter Lecture Series
  • Waiting for a Miracle: The Chaplain’s Use of Narrative in Religiously based Conflicts
    Salt Lake City, UT, United States 2007
    AAHPM Annual Assembly
  • Bereavement: A Study of Older Adults
    Chicago, IL, United States 2006
    American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Bereavement: A Study of Older Adults
    Los Angeles, CA, United States 2006
    Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
  • Palliative Care
    Salisbury, NC, United States 2006
    Medical Grand Rounds
  • Pain Management and Palliative Care
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2006
    Second Annual Geriatrics Symposium
  • Bereavement: A Study of Older Adults
    New York, NY, United States 2005
    Mount Sinai Department of Medicine Research Presentation Day
  • Ethical Considerations
    Winston-Salem, NC, United States 2005
    Critical Care Conference Series

Honors & Recognition

AwardAwarding OrganizationDate
Nominee- Director at LargeAmerican Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine2019
Inaugural Ascend Leadership Program FacilitatorAmerican Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine2014
FellowAmerican Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine2013
Best Overall Research Poster- Winter Scientific MeetingNC ACP2010
Nominee- Tinsley R. Harrison Teaching AwardWake Forest University School of Medicine2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Geriatric Academic Career AwardHealth Resources & Services Administration2007
Harvard Macy Institute ScholarHarvard University2007
Mentoring Program AwardCollege of Palliative Care2006
Sigma Xi Honor SocietySigma Xi Honor Society1992
Howard Hughes Research ScholarshipWesleyan University1991

Professional Service

OrganizationRoleDate
AAHPM- Annual Assembly Planning CommitteeCo-Chair2024 - 2026
Greenwich Hospital Ethics CommitteeChair2022 - 2023
Greenwich Hospital Mortality CommitteeMember2021 - 2023
YNHH Care Signature- End of Life CommitteeMember2021 - 2023
AAHPM- Annual Assembly Planning CommitteeCommittee Member2020 - 2023
Duke University Health System- Palliative Care Education CommitteeCommittee Member2019 - 2021
Duke University Health System- Optimal Pain Management CommitteeCommittee Member2019 - 2021
American Medical AssociationMember2018 - 2023
AAHPM- Communities CommitteeCommittee Member2018 - 2020
Duke Pain Medicine ConferenceCo-Chair2017 - 2018
AAHPM- Leadership Development CommitteeCommittee Member2015 - 2018
Duke Pain Medicine ConferenceCo-Chair2015 - 2016
AAHPM- ASCEND Leadership ProgramFaculty Member2014 - 2015
Duke University School of Medicine- Hospice and Palliative Medicine Clinical Competency CommitteeCommittee Member2013 - 2019
Journal of Palliative MedicineReviewer2013 - 2018
AAHPM- Public Policy CommitteeCommittee Member2012 - 2015
AAHPM- Program Chiefs Special Interest GroupChair2012 - 2013
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- End of Life Steering CommitteeCommittee Member2012
AAHPM- Annual Assembly Scientific Sub-CommitteeAbstract Reviewer2010 - 2013
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Oncology Service Line CommitteeCommittee Member2010 - 2012
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Ethics EOLC Task ForceCo-Chair2010 - 2012
Wake Forest University School of Medicine- Admissions CommitteeCommittee Member2010 - 2012
AAHPM- Academic Palliative Medicine Task ForceAcademic Palliative Medicine Task Force Member2010 - 2012
Professional Advisory Group, Department of Chaplaincy & Pastoral Education, Wake Forest UniversityMember2010 - 2012
Wake Forest University School of Medicine- IM Quality Improvement Project End of Life CommitteeCommittee Member2010 - 2011
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Comprehensive Cancer Center Survivorship CommitteeCommittee Member2010 - 2011
Wake Forest University School of Medicine- Reynolds Grant Executive CommitteeCommittee Member2009 - 2012
Wake Forest University School of Medicine- GIM group- Business OperationsCommittee Member2009 - 2011
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Palliative Care Task ForceCo-Chair2009 - 2010
AAHPM- History Task ForceHistory Task Force committee member2009 - 2010
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Medical Directors CommitteeCommittee Member2008 - 2012
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Cancer Advisory GroupCommittee Member2008 - 2012
NC Cancer Advisory Group- Palliative Care WorkgroupChair2008 - 2009
MedPortalReviewer2008 - 2009
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Ethics CommitteeCommittee Member2007 - 2012
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Care Coordination Advisory CommitteeCommittee Member2007 - 2009
AASLD- HepatologyReviewer2007 - 2008
American Journal of Critical CareReviewer2006 - 2008
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center- Pain CommitteeCommittee Member2005 - 2012
American College of PhysiciansMember2004 - 2023
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