Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Minnesota is a one-year program that trains fellows to be experts in providing palliative care to patients and families facing serious illness at any stage and for all ages.
Training
Training includes broad-based exposure to both adult palliative medicine in community and academic settings with well-established interdisciplinary palliative care teams.
The fellowship is a one-year program accredited by the ACGME and boasts a 100% board pass rate.
Clinical Settings
University of Minnesota Medical Center
- Inpatient consult service
- Quaternary care center
- ECMO program, LVAD program, BMT, solid organ transplant
- Hennepin County safety net teaching hospital
- Serves patients from diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds
- Collaborative interdisciplinary consult team
- Opportunity to work with other learners
- Inpatient consult service
- Level 1 trauma center
- Large Hospice
M Health Palliative Care Clinic
- Fellow continuity clinic in adult track
- Embedded in the cancer center
- Referrals from cardiology, pulmonology, and neurology
- Palliative Care Unit
- Extensive interprofessional team including psychologist and pharmacist
Children’s Hospital and Clinics Minneapolis
- Established pain and palliative care team
- Pediatric continuity clinic
Current Fellows
Anna Cox, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Internal medicine, Hennepin Healthcare
Janisha Manhas, MBChB
Medical School: NUI Galway School of Medicine
Residency: Family medicine, University of Minnesota Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
Cassandra Palmer, MD
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Residency: Critical care surgery, Hennepin County Medical Center
Chas Salmen, MD
Medical School: University of California-San Francisco
Residency: Family medicine, University of Minnesota North Memorial Family Medicine Residency
Thomas Soukup, DO
Medical School: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Emergency medicine, University at Buffalo School of Medicine
Kevin Webb-Kay, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Joshua Wiederin, MD
Medical school: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Internal medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Contact
Mailing address:
420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 381
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Annette Nijjar, MD
bloes001@umn.edu
Harriet Sands
612-624-6998
hdsands@umn.edu
Office address:
6-240 Phillips-Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
The UMN Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow Experience
