Our Team
The Education in Palliative & End-of-Life Care Program is managed through the Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities. We welcome your questions and comments about our program and ask that you contact us at through the program office:
EPEC
750 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Rubloff 601
Chicago, IL 60611
EPEC@northwestern.edu
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Faculty Leadership
Joshua Hauser, MD
EPEC Director
Associate Professor of Medicine & Medical Education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Section Chief of Palliative Care at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago
Gordon Wood, MD
EPEC Associate Director
Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago
Master Facilitators
Michael Preodor, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC and PDW
Former Director of EPEC and retired Director of Palliative Care at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL
Arthur R. Derse, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC and EPEC-EM
Director, Center of Bioethics and Humanities in the Institute for Health and Society and Julia and David Uihlein Professor at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee
Tammie Quest, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC-EM
Immediate Past President of AAHPM and Director of the Emory Palliative Care Center at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta
Paul DeSandre, DO
Master Facilitator, EPEC-EM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care Fellowship Director at Emory University in Atlanta
Daniel Maison, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
National Medical Director of Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care in Park Ridge, IL
Michael Gisondi, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC-EM
Associate Professor & Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, CA
James Cleary, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
Professor of Medicine and Director of the Walther Supportive Oncology Program at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis
Hunter Groninger, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University and Director of Palliative Care at MedStar in Washington, DC
Daniel Fischberg, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and Medical Director of Palliative Care at Queen's Medical Center
Karen Jubyanik, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC-EM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Emergency Medicine Clerkship at Yale University in New Haven, CT
Jason Morrow, MD, PhD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
Medical Director of Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation and Assistant Professor at University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
J. Cameron Muir, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
EVP, Quality and Access and Chief Medical Officer for Capital Caring in Arlington, VA
Martha Twaddle, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
Clinical Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and Director of Palliative Care at Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalGarrett Chan, PhD
Master Facilitator, EPEC-EM
Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physiological Nursing at University of California, San Francisco
Jean Abbott, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC-EM
Professor Emerita at University of Colorado in Aurora
Lynn Yancy, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC-EM
Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine in Aurora and Associate Director of Medical Operations at Concentra
Joe Shega, MD
Master Facilitator, EPEC
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of VITAS Healthcare in Orlando
Jeanne Marie Martinez, RN, MPH
Master Facilitator, EPEC
Quality Coordinator, HSCT Program at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago
Janet L. Abrahm, MD
Institute Physician
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School