Section of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
About
Program Overview
The Section of Palliative and Supportive Care, part of the Department of Medicine, provides care, education, and research focused on helping patients with serious illness or injury. We work with patients, families, and care teams to offer whole-person care that respects each patient’s values, focuses on comfort and dignity, and supports emotional and spiritual needs.
Our team also advances palliative care through teaching and research, while promoting empathy, compassion, and excellence in every aspect of our work.
Virginia Tech Carilion Partnership
We care about education and training the next generation of palliative care teams. We’re building strong teams for future patients in partnership with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
Mission, Goals and Strengths
Our mission is to partner with patients, their support systems, and their care teams throughout a serious illness or injury. We empower patients to achieve whole-person care aligned with their values, focusing on comfort, dignity, and personal meaning.
Research
At Carilion, our research is patient-centered. Patients, care teams, and researchers collaborate to develop new medicines, devices, and advanced procedures. Explore more than 135 clinical trials across more than a dozen specialties.
Faculty
Education
Overview
Our Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship trains physicians to become leaders in clinical and academic palliative medicine and to take on medical director roles in hospice programs. The fellowship focuses on 3 areas of education: clinical care, academics, and research.
Fellows gain experience in a variety of settings, including an academic tertiary care hospital, a Veterans Affairs medical center, outpatient clinics, and patients’ homes across urban, suburban, and rural communities.