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Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Fellowship Benefits & Other Information
Division of Palliative Care

Program Information

Gillian Love, MD
Program Director, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Zachary Klock, MD
Associate Program Director
Lauren LaTourette, LSW
Associate Program Director

Program Information

Brendon Parker
Fellowship Coordinator

Clinical Locations

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

This 700+ bed acute care hospital provides quaternary care for Philadelphia and the surrounding region.  The majority of clinical rotations take place at this location. Fellows working here have the opportunity to care for patients in multiple settings, including outpatient clinics, general medicine and subspecialty wards, and medical and cardiac intensive care units. Given its location in Center City Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital serves patients from a wide range of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, which provides our fellows with a diverse educational experience.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital will serve as the primary teaching site for the HPM Fellowship. Fellows will be integral members of the inpatient palliative care team, providing both palliative and geriatric consultations for a diverse patient population with a wide range of complex conditions. Fellows will also have the opportunity to do elective rotations on site with other programs based on the fellow’s interest.

Jefferson Methodist Hospital

Fellows will spend time at this 204-bed hospital located in the vibrant South Philadelphia neighborhood on the inpatient consult services.  Methodist is located on the same campus as our inpatient hospice facility allowing patient continuity with hospice transitions.

Vitas Hospice 

Located at one of our affiliate hospital sites at Jefferson Methodist Hospital, this site will be another hospice site where fellows will care for patients.  The Vitas Hospice unit at Methodist has 16 beds and cares for many of the patients seen in Center City, providing outstanding continuity experiences for our fellows.

The Hill at Whitemarsh

This continuing care retirement community (CCRC) is located just minutes outside of Philadelphia and is a community for older adults of all stages of the geriatrics spectrum from fully independent to nursing home bound.  Here fellows will work closely with Board Certified Geriatricians on providing Palliative Care Consultation in this unique population.

Outpatient Palliative Care at Jefferson

Our unique outpatient experience allows fellows to work with faculty in seeing patients with non-oncologic serious illness across a variety of care settings – in the office setting, through telehealth appointments and in-home visits in the community.  We routinely see patients with advanced heart disease, pulmonary disease, dementia among others..

Home Based Palliative Care at Jefferson

Our home‑based palliative program supports adults who face barriers to attending outpatient visits due to symptoms such as dyspnea, pain, and functional limitations. By delivering care directly in the home, we provide comprehensive physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual support that aligns with ongoing curative treatments.Services include advance care planning, complex symptom management, and hospice counseling or referrals.

ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic

Fellows will have the opportunity to see patients with ALS as part of a multispecialty team including PMR, Pulmonary and Neurology.  This provides a unique experience to learn how collaborative palliative care can help improve the lives of those facing serious illness.

Supportive Oncology in the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Created in 2017, the Supportive Oncology Clinic at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center serves as a continuity clinic site for fellows under the supervision of dedicated HPM faculty.  Fellows work with the interdisciplinary team and see patients alongside oncologists to provide support for symptom management and serious illness discussions across the disease spectrum.

Pediatric Palliative Care at Nemours Children's Hospital 

The Nemours Children's Hospital is a multi-specialty, tertiary care teaching institution located on a 300-acre estate in the scenic Brandywine Valley in Wilmington, Delaware. This large pediatrics hospital is home to a well-developed Pediatric Palliative Medicine program with board certified HPM faculty. While rotating here, fellows will care for chronically and critically ill pediatric patient and their families. 

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