Daniel Markwalter, MD

Daniel Markwalter received his medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He then went on to emergency medicine residency training at UNC, where he served as Education Chief Resident. Following residency, he completed fellowship training in hospice and palliative medicine, also at UNC. He currently works clinically in the emergency department (ED) at UNC as well as on the inpatient adult palliative care consult service. His scholarly interests include integration of palliative care into the ED, transitions to hospice from the ED, and palliative care education for emergency medicine physicians. He contributes nationally to research and education on palliative care in the emergency setting, including presentations at conferences for ACEP, SAEM, and AAHPM as well as content on Loud & Clear (emspodcast.com) and PalliEM.org.