Division of Palliative Care
Leadership
- Director, Division of Palliative Care
- Professor
Mission
Deliver high quality palliative medicine and supportive care across all domains of healthcare.
Vision
Reimagine care for patients with serious illness through advocacy, superior clinical care, academic excellence, and community collaboration.
What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both patients and their family. Palliative care providers specialize in communication, establishing goals of care, advance care planning, and pain and symptom management.
Education & Research
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program – The Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program has three fellows per year. The fellows see patients at Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Jefferson Methodist Hospital, our outpatient clinics, long term care settings, and in the community with our hospice partners.
Research: Our Division is committed to excellence in research in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Please see our current list of Division research and scholarly activities for more information.
The Division of Palliative Care Clinical Programs
Palliative Care In-Patient Consultation Service – Our interprofessional team provides consultation at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and Jefferson Methodist Hospital. We are dedicated to providing specialty palliative care for patients and families facing serious illness while in our hospital system.
Outpatient Palliative Care at the Center for Healthy Aging – Patients with serious and complicated medical illness can be seen for symptom management and for help with making decisions about the type of care they want to receive.
Outpatient Supportive Oncology at the Neu Center for Supportive Medicine and Cancer Survivorship – Patients being seen at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center can be seen by palliative care specialists to receive high quality palliative care while receiving treatment.