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Jared Lowe, MD – UNC

August 4, 2021
Q&A with Jared Lowe, MD Why did you decide to work in palliative care? I was initially drawn to palliative care during my intern year working with palliative care physicians rounding on an inpatient oncology unit. They were excellent role models, who used their specialized training in symptom management and...

New Kidney Palliative Care Clinic Services Patients with Late-Stage CKD

September 30, 2020
Heather Boykin, DNP, a nurse practitioner on the inpatient palliative care consult team with years of experience in dialysis, and Emily Chang, MD, assistant professor in the division of nephrology and hypertension, have partnered to form the Kidney Palliative Care Clinic (KPCC), a unique collaboration and the first of its kind...

UNC Palliative Care Doctors Published in the NC Medical Journal

July 13, 2020
Three UNC Palliative Care physicians were published in the recent special issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal focused on serious illness care in North Carolina. Drs. Kyle Lavin and Paul Zimmerman: Sidebar: Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Facilitate High-Quality Virtual Care for the Seriously Ill   Dr. Gary Winzelberg and...

Dr. Laura Hanson and Meghan McCann Receive UNC Health’s Community Health Partnership Award

July 12, 2020

Dr. Elisabeth P. Dellon identifies palliative care needs of people with cystic fibrosis.

February 26, 2020
A recent study conducted by Dr. Elisabeth P. Dellon, Medical Director of the Children’s Supportive Care Team at UNC, surveyed adults with cystic fibrosis (CF), caregivers of people with CF, and care team members to determine palliative care needs and barriers to palliative care in CF. Dellon EP, Basile M,...

UNC and Dr. Laura Hanson in key roles for the NIA Research Collaboratory for Alzheimer’s and related dementias

September 25, 2019
UNC-CH will play a key role in the National Institute on Aging’s (NIA) newly announced IMPACT Collaboratory, a national research incubator to improve care and quality of life for people living with dementia. Funded by a five-year $1.4 million grant, Dr. Hanson will lead the Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes...

Congratulations Dr. Jen McEntee – Newly elected AOE Representative to the UNC SOM Education Committee

June 26, 2019

New National Guidelines Seek to Improve Access to Palliative Care for People Living with Serious Illness

November 27, 2018
New national palliative care clinical practice guidelines seek to ensure the millions of people living with serious illness, such as heart failure, lung disease and cancer, have access to vital care that can help meet their needs. The guidelines promote improved access to palliative care, which is focused on giving...

White Paper for Global Palliative Care Advocacy

October 8, 2018
White Paper for Global Palliative Care Advocacy: Recommendations from a PAL-LIFE Expert Advisory Group of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City The Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) has released a white paper published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine detailing work from the PAL-LIFE project and outlining strategic recommendations...

Nationwide Quality of Hospice Care

November 3, 2017
To start off National Hospice Month, the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management published the initial results of Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP). Zheng NT, Li Q, Hanson LC, Wessell KL, Chong N, Sherif N, Broyles IH, Frank J, Kirk MA, Schwartz CR, Levitt AF, Rokoske F. Nationwide Quality of...