What do you love most about this program? I really appreciate all the faculty who are so eager to teach and interested in tailoring our education to our specific goals. I also think the interdisciplinary teams at Mayo are exceptionally strong, and I appreciate learning from each of those members. In all aspects of care at Mayo, the needs of the patient come first, and I believe that is most exemplified in our palliative care teams.

Medical school: Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, NY
Residency: Pediatrics Residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN

What makes the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic unique? The ability to provide palliative and hospice care with the finest medical and surgical specialists in the world. The inpatient palliative care service is a rare opportunity to learn to provide primary management and palliative care simultaneously. This also shows the investment of the foundation's belief in palliative and hospice care. The opportunity to learn from and with advanced practice co-fellows. An amazingly supportive and responsive department and faculty. The program is able to function clinically with no fellow involvement, leaving fellows to learn as they and the faculty see best for that individual. Wide breadth of electives throughout a quaternary medical center.

Medical school: State University of New York at Buffalo
Residency: Anesthesia and Internal Medicine, SUNY/Buffalo