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
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115

Phone: 617.632.5286
Fax: 617.632.2270

Educational and professional experience:

McGill University, BS, 1985
Harvard Medical School, MD, 1990
Harvard School of Public Health, MPH, 1998
Intern in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston, 1990-1991
Resident, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston, 1993-1994
Fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital, Boston, 1994-1997
Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Services Research, Children’s Hospital, 1996-1998
Fellow in Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School, 1998-1999
Attending Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital, Boston, 1997-present
Director, Pediatric Palliative Care, DFCI and Children’s Hospital, Boston 1997-present
Chief, Division of Pediatric Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, DFCI 2008-present

 

Current teaching and research interests:

I am running a multi-centered research project aiming to evaluate the impact of routine provider and family feedback of symptom distress and quality of life scores in children with advanced cancer, using a handheld computer system. We are also aiming to better understand determinants of good quality communication between parents of children with advanced cancer and oncologists.  I am also co-developing a pediatric palliative care research network.  I mentor several junior investigators in pediatric palliative care research.  From an education perspective, I facilitate monthly pediatric palliative care monthly rounds and bimonthly “Schwartz Center Rounds”.  I also co-direct the pediatric track of the Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice