Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows 2022-23

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.

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Clinical Settings

University of Minnesota Medical Center

  • Inpatient consult service
  • Quaternary care center
    • ECMO program, LVAD program, BMT, solid organ transplant

Hennepin Healthcare 

  • 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

Regions Hospital

  • Inpatient consult service
  • Level 1 trauma center

HealthPartners Hospice

  • Large Hospice

M Health Palliative Care Clinic

  • Fellow continuity clinic in adult track
  • Embedded in the cancer center
  • Referrals from cardiology, pulmonology, and neurology

VA Medical Center

  • 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

Gillette Children’s

Masonic Children’s

Current Fellows

Anna Cox, MD

Anna Cox, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Internal medicine, Hennepin Healthcare 

 

 

 

Janisha Manhas, MBChB

 

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

 

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

 

Chas Salmen, MD

Medical School: University of California-San Francisco
Residency: Family medicine, University of Minnesota North Memorial Family Medicine Residency

 

Dr. Soukup

 

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

 

Kevin Webb-Kay, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School 
Residency: Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

 

Joshua Wiederin HPM fellow

 

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 5545

Office address:
6-240 Phillips-Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Annette Nijjar, MD

 

 

 

 

Annette Nijjar, MD
Program Director
bloes001@umn.edu

Matt Loosbrock

 

 

 

 

Matt Loosbrock
Program Coordinator
612-624-6998
loosbrom@umn.edu

 

UMN Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship fellows

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship graduates, class of 2019