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LVHN Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Last updated: Monday, October 10, 2022

Fellowship type

Hospice / Palliative Care

Community setting

Suburban

Urban

Address

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Dept of Internal Medicine One City Center, 707 Hamilton St. 9th Floor
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

Country

United States

Phone

(484) 862-3200

Email

jonathan.vargas@lvhn.org

Website

https://www.lvhn.org/education/residency-and-fellowship-opportunities/hospice-and-palliative-medicine-fellowship

Program director

Jennifer Allen, MD

Fellowship sponsored by Dept of Family Medicine

No

Number of positions offered

1

Number of positions filled

0

Duration of fellowship

12 months

Other benefits

Sick Leave / Personal Time

Time off for conferences

Funding for attending conferences

Parking

Fitness Center

Disability Insurance

Health Insurance

Liability Insurance

Prerequisites for acceptance

Completion of an ACGME-approved residency, passage of USMLE/COMLEX Steps I, II and III, JI and H1B visas available

Application deadline

10/1/2022

Description

As a Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellow at Lehigh Valley Health Network, you’ll gain the experience and knowledge you need to ensure your career success, while learning in a vibrant, team-oriented environment. Our palliative care program strives for excellence and received the American Hospital Association “Circle of Life” award. We offer a full palliative care continuum, with both in-person and telemedicine options. You will have the opportunity to learn in a variety of settings: a multiple hospital-based inpatient consult service; a nationally recognized home-based service; a growing office-based practice; as well as a 10-bed inpatient unit and home hospice program. In addition, we offer a one-year continuity experience in hospice, during which you function as a hospice medical director for your own cohort of patients. This ensures your competency in the Medicare hospice regulations. The LVHN OACIS/Palliative Medicine team includes a rich mix of accomplished professionals and we consider our fellows to be a part of that mix. Our team culture embraces diversity, equality and inclusion and the value that each team member brings to the work, recognizing that we are all learners and educators. We strive to offer safe spaces to learn, grow and be challenged. By learning and practicing at LVHN, you will gain important experience within a progressive health network that is focused on innovation to support the patients we serve. LVHN was an early adopter of palliative care, as we had one of the first hospice inpatient units in the nation and have been a trailblazer in the community-based palliative care arena.