Palliative Medicine
Member Spotlight
Dr. Tammie E. Quest
Dr. Tammie E. Quest is the Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Emory Palliative Care Center for Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC). In her director role she serves at the chief of clinical operations in Palliative Care across all WHSC sites as well as leads the Center in the development of national and internationally recognized research and education initiatives. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She is a Project on Death in America Faculty Scholar supported by the Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation. She holds a strong interest in novel palliative care curriculum design and teaching methodologies for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate medical trainees that she teaches locally, regionally and nationally. She is a co-editor of Palliative Aspects of Emergency Care.
What's New
To ring in 2019, we are excited to deliver a revamped ACEP Palliative Care Section newsletter to your inbox! Every quarter we will send out updates concerning all things emergency medicine and palliative care. You will also find updates from the new research committee including brief synopsis of new research and research opportunities within EM-Palliative Care.
Happenings:
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is now offering FREE MEMBERSHIP for students and residents. Tell your colleagues, students, etc. to join!
- AAHPM Annual Assembly will be held March 13th – 16th in Orlando Florida. Early Bird Registration ends January 31st
- Look out for a new mentoring program to match mentors and mentees across a diaspora of interests between EM and palliative care. Let us know you’re interested!
In the News:
- Morristown NJ integrates palliative care into their ED. Read about their process here
- Re-considering patients’ agency in shared decision making: When Patients and Their Families Feel Like Hostages to Health Care
- Standardizing the ED approach to comfort care transitions
Palliative Care Toolkit
