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Harvard Palliative Medicine Fellowships

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  • The Harvard Center for Palliative Care is devoted to training leaders in academic palliative medicine. This one-year program offers a diverse range of clinical experience through rotations at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and Partners Hospice. The program is fully accredited by the ACGME and the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

    Adult fellowship

    Fellows spend their first inpatient consult month at Massachusetts General Hospital or Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and then rotate throughout the year for a total of four months at each site.

    Pediatric fellowship

    The pediatric fellowship is based at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.


  • Contact Us

    Jim Fitzgerald
    Fellowship and Education Coordinator
    Palliative Care Division
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    165 Cambridge Street, Suite 304
    Boston, MA 02114
    Telephone: 617-724-9509
    Fax: 617-643-6722
    Email:  jffitzgerald@partners.org