In the fourth installment of our Beyond the Boardroom series, Senior Program Officer Rachael Watman interviews Diane Meier, MD, FACP, Professor of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine and Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as well as Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). A longtime Foundation grantee, Dr. Meier is a leader and pioneer in the field of palliative care, publishing extensively on the importance of palliative care in managing serious and terminal illness.
In addition to her work with CAPC and Mt. Sinai, Dr. Meier was a 2009-2010 Health and Aging Policy Fellow (HAPF). The program afforded her a year in Washington, DC, allowing her to forge relationships with health care policymakers. Watch the video below for an overview of Dr. Meier’s HAPF experience, which she calls “transformational,” an update on the continued adoption of palliative care in hospital settings, and a discussion of the similarities between palliative care and geriatrics.
To find out more about CAPC’s work to disseminate palliative care throughout the American health care system, visit their website at: http://www.capc.org/.