R. Sean Morrison, M.D., FAAHPM
Professor and Vice-Chair of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Director of the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
R Sean Morrison, MD, is Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine, Hermann Merkin Professor of Palliative Care, and Vice-Chair for Research in the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In addition, he serves as Director of the National Palliative Care Research Center. He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and then completed residency training in internal medicine at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Widely published in the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, he has received numerous awards for his work. His research interests include decision-making in the setting of serious illness, pain and symptom management in older adults, and health services research in palliative care. The immediate Past-President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, he serves as Scientific Officer of the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Review Panel of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). His research on end-of-life decision-making, pain and symptom management in high risk populations, and quality measures in palliative care was featured on the PBS special “On Our Own Terms.” He is a frequent commentator on issues related to palliative care and geriatrics in the national media. To see more from
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