Section of Palliative Care

Former Hospice and Palliative Care Fellows


NameSpecialtyPosition upon completion of program
2024-2025
Julie Brown, MDEmergency MedicineAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville
Avhinav Vyas, MBBSInternal MedicineClinical Fellow Hematology-Oncology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
Steven "Zach" Watson, MDRheumatologyAssistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, VUMC, Nashville
2023-2024
Sarah Homann, MD, MPHInternal Medicine & PediatricsAssistant Professor, VUMC, Nashville
Jamie Pfaff, MDInternal MedicineClinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, VUMC, Nashville
Elizabeth Stovicek, MDEmergency MedicineEmergency Medicine & Palliative Medicine, MetroHealth Hospital, Cleveland, OH
2022-2023
Kevin Liu, MDInternal MedicineAssistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, VUMC, Nashville
Logan St. Cyr, MDInternal MedicinePalliative Medicine and Supportive Care Specialist, Terrebonne General Health System, Houma, LA
Jennifer Woosley, MDFamily MedicineHospice and Palliative Medicine Physician, Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Health System, Nashville
2021-2022
Hillary Fitzgerald, MDFamily MedicineEmory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Sandy Springs, GA
Harkiran Sandhu, MBBchFamily MedicinePalliative Care in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Claudio Tombozzi, MDInternal MedicineVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
2020-2021
Kimberly Chesteen, MDInternal MedicinePalliative Medicine Physician, Kaiser Permanente, Portland
Holly Huth Wirkus, MDInternal MedicineAscension Michigan St. John Hospital, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Neeti Kothare, DOFamily MedicineHouston Methodist Supportive & Palliative Care
2019-2020
Kristin Hines, MDInternal Medicine / GeriatricsAssistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics, VUMC
Anju Phillips, MDInternal MedicineMedical Director, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
Nishi Reddy, MDInternal Medicine/Hospitalist, Family MedicineMedical Director, Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN
2018-2019
Emily Carlisle, MDEmergency MedicineMedical Director, WakeMed Health, Raleigh, NC
Vanessa Gallegos-Kearns, MDPhysical and Rehabilitation MedicineMedical Director, Mid-Dakota Clinic, Bismarck, ND
Shannon Skinner, MDInternal MedicineAssistant Professor, VUMC and Nashville VA
2017-2018
Katreece Ellis, MDInternal MedicineMedical Director, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR
Joseph Ritchie, MDInternal MedicineAssistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Ashely Richeson, MDMed-Peds/EthicsMedical Director, Deaconess Clinic, Newburgh, IN
2016-2017
Ricky Shinall, MD, M.DivGeneral SurgeryVUMC PC / Trauma and Research
Elizabeth Wullf-Burchfield, MDHematology OncologyAssistant Professor Kansas University Medical Center Oncology and Palliative Care
Stacey Tillman, MDInternal Medicine / HospitalistAssistant Professor, Palliative Care, VUMC
2015-2016
Martha Presley, MD, JDLawyer, Internal Medicine / HospitalistAspire Palliative Care (Legal and Policy), Nashville, TN
Ashley Throckmorton, DOOsteopathic MedicineAssistant Professor, North Carolina University
Kara Mackenzie, MDInternal MedicineFaculty, University of Washington, Spokane, WA