Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Hospice and palliative medicine fellows see palliative care in a variety of settings and gain expertise in:
- Symptom relief
- Pain management
- Communication
- Decisional support for patients and families suffering from serious and advanced illnesses
Training
Training includes broad-based exposure to both adult and pediatric palliative medicine in community and academic settings, with well-established interdisciplinary palliative care teams.
The curriculum allows fellows to pursue an adult or pediatric palliative medicine emphasis.
The fellowship is a one-year program accredited by the ACGME and boasts a 100% board pass rate.
Sponsorship
The fellowship's major sponsors include:
- University of Minnesota Family Medicine and Community Health
- University of Minnesota Medical Center
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- Fairview Home Care and Hospice
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
- Hennepin Healthcare
- Regions Hospital
Where We Practice
Continuity clinics
Hospice
Inpatient consult service
Palliative Care Unit
Pediatric neuropalliative care
Pediatric palliative care
Fellows
Matthew Eggebrecht, MD, MHA
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota
David Fosselman, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
John Holzhauer, MD
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Daniel Schnobrich, MD
Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, The Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis MN
Allyson Stevenson-King, DO
Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, United States
Residency: Family Medicine, University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital
Rena Singleton, MD
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Contact
Mailing address:
420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 381
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Annette Nijjar, MD
bloes001@umn.edu
Office address:
B44 Mayo Memorial Building
420 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Harriet Sands
612-624-6998
hdsands@umn.edu
Office address:
6-240 Phillips-Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455