Geetika Kumar, M.D.
Program Director
Program Overview
The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Wright State University is accredited and is one year in duration. The primary emphasis is on training fellows in: pain management and supportive care and clinical research. The primary teaching institutions are the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) and Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center (GSH), a large community hospital actively affiliated with Wright State University. In addition, fellows rotate at Children's Medical Center of Dayton and Hospice of Dayton (HOD). Formal conferences with enthusiastic staff participating from departments of hematology/oncology, geriatrics and internal medicine as well as various other health disciplines — such as pharmacy, nursing, social work, psychology and chaplaincy — provide an integrated learning experience in the study of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. Opportunities exist for attending one major conference during the training period. We expect fellows to become proficient in consultations, pain and symptom management, interdisciplinary care and patient-oriented research.
Sample Rotation Schedule
Month |
Fellow (1) |
Fellow (2) |
July |
HOD Home Care |
VA 9N PC |
Aug |
GSH |
VA 9N PC |
Sept |
VA 9N PC |
GSH |
Oct |
GSH |
VA 9N PC/Res |
Nov |
VA 9N PC/Res |
VA 9N PC/Res |
Dec |
VA 9N PC |
HOD Inpatient * |
Jan 1-15 |
CLC |
HOD Home Care |
Jan 15-31 |
CLC |
VA 9N PC |
Feb |
HOD Inpatient |
VA 9N PC |
Mar |
VA 9N PC |
GSH/Pain |
Apr |
VA 9N PC/Res |
VA 9N PC/Res |
May |
GSH/Pain |
VA 9N PC |
June |
VA 9N PC |
CLC |
Notes:
- Dayton VAMC rotation includes: Fellow 1 to rotate in CMC 8 a.m.–noon, first & third Mondays.
- Dayton VAMC rotation includes: Fellow 2 to rotate in CMC 8 a.m.–noon, second & fourth Mondays.
- Dayton VA Palliative Care Clinic schedule: Fellow 1 to work noon–3 p.m., first & third Tuesdays each month of the year.
- Dayton VA Palliative Care Clinic schedule: Fellow 2 to work noon–3 p.m., second & fourth Tuesdays each month of the year.
- Research conference every third Tuesday of the month will be held from 3:30–4:30 p.m.
- PC Core conference every second & fourth Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., when fellow in DVAMC.
For more information, please contact:
Colleen Hayden
Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine
WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine
Miami Valley Hospital
Weber CHE Building, 2nd Floor
128 E. Apple St
Dayton, OH 45409-2902
E-mail: Colleen.Hayden@wright.edu |
