Section of Palliative Care
Former Hospice and Palliative Care Fellows
Where are they now?
| Year/Name | Specialty | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||
| Hillary Fitzgerald, MD | Family Medicine | Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Sandy Springs, GA |
| Harkiran Sandhu, MBBch | Family Medicine | Palliative Care in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nishi Reddy, MD | Internal Medicine/Hospitalist, Family Medicine | Clinical Fellow, GI, VUMC |
2020-2021 | ||
| Kimberly Chesteen, MD | Internal Medicine | Palliative Medicine Physician, Kaiser Permanente, Portland |
| Holly Huth Wirkus, MD | Internal Medicine | Ascension Michigan St. John Hospital, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI |
| Neeti Kothare, DO | Family Medicine | Houston Methodist Supportive & Palliative Care |
2019-2020 | ||
| Kristin Hines, MD | Internal Medicine / Geriatrics | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics, VUMC |
| Anju Phillips, MD | Internal Medicine | Medical Director, The Hospital of Central Connecticut |
| Nishi Reddy, MD | Internal Medicine/Hospitalist, Family Medicine | Medical Director, Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN |
2018-2019 | ||
| Emily Carlisle, MD | ER | Medical Director, WakeMed Health, Raleigh, NC |
| Vanessa Gallegos-Kearns, MD | Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine | Medical Director, Mid-Dakota Clinic, Bismarck, ND |
| Shannon Skinner, MD | Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor, VUMC and Nashville VA |
2017-2018 | ||
| Katreece Ellis, MD | Internal Medicine | Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR |
| Joseph Ritchie, MD | Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston |
| Ashely Richeson, MD | Med-Peds/Ethics | Medical Director, Deaconess Clinic, Newburgh, IN |
2016-2017 | ||
| Ricky Shinall, MD, M.Div | General Surgery | VUMC PC / Trauma and Research |
| Elizabeth Wullf-Burchfield, MD | Hematology Oncology | Assistant Professor Kansas University Medical Center Oncology and Palliative Care |
| Stacey Tillman, MD | Internal Medicine / Hospitalist | Assistant Professor, Palliative Care, VUMC |
2015-2016 | ||
| Martha Presley, MD, JD | Lawyer, Internal Medicine / Hospitalist | Aspire Palliative Care (Legal and Policy), Nashville, TN |
| Ashley Throckmorton, DO | Osteopathic Medicine | Assistant Professor, North Carolina University |
| Kara Mackenzie, MD | Internal Medicine | Faculty, University of Washington, Spokane, WA |
2014-2015 | ||
| Kimbell Kornu, MD | Ethics / Hospitalist Internal Medicine | Ethics Education, Co-Director HPM clinical program, SLU, St. Louis, MO |
| Leanne Kolnick, MD | Hematology / Oncology | Director OPT Pal Care at Baylor/Houston VA |
| Melanie Freeman Skeleton, MD | Internal Medicine | Director, OPT Palliative Medicine, and Faculty at Vail-Stormont Hospital, Topek, KS |
2013-2014 | ||
| Chris Jacobus, MD | Emergency Medicine | Director, Ohio Hospice |
| Laura Tharpe, MD | Internal Medicine | Medical Director, Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN |
| Maribeth Hamrick, MD | Internal Medicine | Associate Fellowship Director, USC, Charleston, SC |
2012-2013 | ||
| Francine Arneson, MD | Neurology Stroke Fellowship | Director, Palliative Clinical Program, Sioux Falls, SD |
| Dana Guyer, MD | Internal Medicine and Pediatrics | Assistant Professor, Brown University, Providence, RI |
2011-2012 | ||
| Maie El Sorady, MD, MS | Internal Medicine and Pediatrics | Assistant Fellowship Director, VUMC |
| David Dellinger, MD | Internal Medicine / Geriatrics | Director, Hawaii University Hospice, Honolulu, HI |
2010-2011 | ||
| Matthew Peachey, MD | Internal Medicine and Pediatrics | Assistant Professor, VUMC |
| Lori Olson, MD | Internal Medicine | Associate Fellowship Director, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS |
2009-2010 | ||
| Sara Martin, MD | Internal Medicine | Director, OPT Practice, VUMC |
| Jim Nunnery, MD | Cardiothoracic Surgeon | Director, St. Thomas Program, Murfreesboro, TN |