Core Faculty

Janet L. Abrahm, MD - Chief, Division of Adult Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

J. Andrew Billings, MD - Former Director, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

Susan D. Block, MD - Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

Eva Chittenden, MD - Assistant Physician and Director of Educational Programs, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

Constance Dahlin, RN, MSN, APRN, BC, PCM - Advanced Practice Nurse
Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Clinical Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions; Faculty, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

Marshall Forstein, MD - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH - Chief, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Eric Krakauer, MD, PhD - Associate Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Instructor in Global Health & Social Medicine Harvard Medical School

Maureen Lynch, MS, APRN, BC-PCM, AOCN - Nurse Practitioner, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kristen Schaefer, MD - Attending Physician, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Tamara Vesel, MD - Fellowship Director, Pediatric Palliative Care, Children's Hospital Boston; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH - Division Chief, Pediatric Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Director, Pediatric Palliative Care, Children's Hospital Boston; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School