Muriel R. Gillick, MD

Director, Palliative Care Team
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Clinical Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Gillick received her B.A. degree from Swarthmore College and her M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School.  She completed a residency in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital and a geriatrics fellowship at Boston Medical Center.  Her area of interest is ethical issues near the end of life, a field in which she has published widely, including four books for general audiences, the most recent of which was The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Life, Eternal Youth, and Other Dangerous Fantasies (Harvard University Press, 2006).  Dr. Gillick is a geriatrician and palliative care specialist with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and a Clinical Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention of Harvard Medical School.