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Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Atrium Health

Levine Cancer Institute

Department of Supportive Oncology

Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center is seeking a Fellow to complete an ACGME accredited post-graduate year in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

About the Fellowship:  

• Train to become a next generation physician leader delivering compassionate and clinically excellent care in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 
• Serve a diverse patient population across the continuum of care to cultivate broad knowledge of the interdisciplinary approach to Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 
• Half-day outpatient continuity clinic with inpatient, outpatient, hospice, pediatric, long-term care and skilled nursing facility rotations, and on-demand, acute out-patient palliative medicine consult experience via rapid access clinic. 
• Hands-on educational and clinical learning experiences with protected time for research collaborations. 
• Fellowship housed in the one-of-a-kind Department of Supportive Oncology at Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute in partnership with Carolinas Hospice and Palliative Care Group. 
• Choose between a one-year ACGME accredited clinical Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Fellowship track OR consider a two-year fellowship track in HPM (year 1: ACGME) and Supportive Oncology (year 2: non-accredited). 

Program objectives include: 

• To provide a balanced curriculum that will prepare fellows for board certification in hospice and palliative medicine. 
• To provide comprehensive interdisciplinary team-based care of patients with serious illness and their family members. 
• To provide training to future leaders in academic hospice and palliative medicine. 
• To provide opportunities to expand communication skills in all care settings, emphasizing the skills needed to manage complex family dynamics, prognostication and crisis. 
• To provide a climate of inclusion by recruiting and training talented individuals from diverse backgrounds and communities.  

Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Atrium Health is an integrated, nonprofit health system with nearly 70,000 teammates serving patients at 42 hospitals and more than 1,500 care locations. It provides care under the Wake Forest Baptist Health name in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina region and Atrium Health Navicent in Georgia. Atrium Health is renowned for its top-ranked pediatric, cancer and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest School of Medicine is the academic core of the enterprise, including Wake Forest Innovations, which is advancing new medical technologies and biomedical discoveries. Atrium Health is also a leading-edge innovator in virtual care and mobile medicine, providing care close to home and in the home. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for cancer treatment and in eight pediatric specialties, Atrium Health has also received the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality Prize and was the recipient of the 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Equity Award for its efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care. With a commitment to every community it serves, Atrium Health seeks to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all, providing more than $2 billion per year in free and uncompensated care and other community benefits.

About the Community: 

Charlotte is one of the nation’s fastest-growing big cities and is projected to increase in population 71% by 2030. The area features the following attributes: World-class entertainment, eclectic culinary experiences, as well as an abundance of arts, musical, and cultural opportunities. Numerous professional sports including the NFL Carolina Panthers, NBA Charlotte Hornets, NASCAR, Carolina Knights baseball, Charlotte Checkers hockey and world-class training facilities at the US National Whitewater Center, as well as unlimited year-round recreational opportunities. Excellent public and private schools and numerous top ranked colleges and universities throughout the greater Charlotte region. Easy access to beautiful Blue Ridge mountains and some of the nation’s most popular beaches. Immediate airport access and convenient proximity to multiple major metropolitan areas. 

PGY-4. 

Application requirements 

• ERAS application 
• Curriculum Vitae 
• 3 Letters of Recommendation 
• 500-word Personal Statement