Provider Profile
Title(s)
Palliative Care Physician
Department + Services
Palliative Care
My Expertise
Palliative Care; Medical Pain Management
Training + Education
M.D. | Tufts University School of Medicine | Boston, Massachusetts
B.S. | Biology Cum laude | University of Massachusetts | Amherst, Massachusetts
Anesthesia Residency | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, Maryland
Critical Care Fellowship | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, Maryland
Internal Medicine Residency | Baystate Medical Center | Springfield, Massachusetts
Pain Management Fellowship | Baystate Medical Center | Springfield, Massachusetts
Board Certifications
Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Board of Registration in Medicine
Subspecialty Certification Eligible | Pain Medicine | Board of Anesthesiology
Subspecialty Certification | Hospice and Palliative Medicine | American Board of Anesthesiology
Subspecialty Certification | Critical Care Medicine | American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Internal Medicine | eligible for MOC
My Philosophy
In medicine, as in life more generally, not everything that can be done should be done. My goal as a physician is to help our patients determine and navigate their own unique treatment path when confronted with serious, life-threatening illness.
Biography
Compassionate Caregiver | Compassionate Care Project Team | Tufts University School of Medicine | The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center
Excellence in ICU Organ Donation Program | Baystate Medical Center from the US Department of Health and Human Services
Excellence in Teaching | Tufts University School of Medicine
The Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award | “In Recognition of Those Who Service as Models of Commitment to Compassionate Care;” 2005