Janet Abrahm, MD

Chief, Division of Adult Palliative Care
Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

44 Binney Street, SW 420
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617.632-6464
Fax: 617.632-6180

                                                                       

Educational and professional experience:

University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1969
University of California, San Francisco Medical School, BS 1970, M.D, 1973
Straight Medical Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1973-1974
Medical Resident and Fellowship in Hematology, Massachusetts General Hospital,1974-76
Chief Medical Resident, Moffitt Hospital, UCSF, 1976-1977
Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1980
Staff Physician, HUP and Philadelphia VA Medical Center 1980-2000
Staff Physician at DFCI and BWH, 2001-
Director, Pain and Palliative Care Service, DFCI/BWH, 2001-present

 

Current teaching and research interests:

My teaching and research concentration within palliative care is pain and symptom management of patients with cancer, including the early detection and aggressive treatment of spinal cord compression and of delirium. The second edition of my book, “A Physician’s Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients”, was published in 2005 by Johns Hopkins University Press.  I am currently a clinical collaborator on two research studies hoping to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families. I am also very involved in organizational change, and in helping those who are engaged in this in their practice sites.