ROMA TICKOO, MD
Meml Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
646-888-2694
A list of Hospice & Palliative Medicine New York City Doctors:
BETH POPP, MD
6300 Eighth Ave Brooklyn, NY 11220
Phone:
718-765-2600
JENNIFER KAPO, MD
Smilow Cancer Hosp South Frontage & Park Street Fl 8 New Haven, CT 06510
Phone:
203-200-4363
LYNN E. HALLARMAN, MD
Stony Brook Univ Med Ctr-Palliative Care 101 Nicolls Rd Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone:
631-638-2801
WENDY S A EDWARDS, MD
100 E 77th St 6 Black Hall New York, NY 10075
Phone:
212-434-2140
EMILY J. CHAI, MD
Mt Sinai Med Ctr, Palliative Care Div 1 Gustave L Levy Pl, Box 1070 New York, NY 10029
Phone:
212-659-8552
About Hospice & Palliative Medicine New York
Hospice care & Palliative medicine specialists focus their practice on pain management, symptom relief and qualify-of-life treatments to relieve the suffering of terminally ill patients. These doctors have specialized expertise in the treatment of patients with serious illnesses, advanced diseases and conditions resulting from catastrophic injury. Though often they work within hospice settings, they prevent and alleviate suffering appropriate at any age and stage of disease and can work along side practitioners providing curative treatments.
Hospice care & Palliative medicine focuses on depression, pain, fatigue, constipation, nausea, shortness of breath, loss of appetite and difficulty sleeping, among other conditions. They also alleviate psychosocial distress and other stressors that accompany terminal illnesses. They are skilled in guiding families through legal and ethical decision-making in end-of-life care and can address spiritual issues at these times. By coordinating care across settings by improving communication among providers, they improve access to information for families so that they understand the patient’s condition and treatment options.