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450 Brookline AveBoston, MA 02215
Phone+1 617-632-6464
Fax+1 617-632-6180
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Education & Training
Dana-Farber Cancer InstitutePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2017 - 2019
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2016 - 2017
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2016- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2015
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2016 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2015 - 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Caregiving Under the Medicare Hospice Benefit.Helen P Knight, Richard E Leiter, Harry J Han
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2025-11-01 - Tell Us More: Episode 2-Dr. Charles von Gunten.Yilong Peng, Richard E Leiter, William E Rosa, Charles von Gunten
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2025-10-28 - Narrative identity at the end of life: a qualitative analysis of dignity therapy interviews from an existential perspective.Pia Devuyst, Richard E Leiter, Aimee Milliken, Josef Jenewein, David Blum
BMC Palliative Care. 2025-10-23
Press Mentions
One Patient Changed This Oncologist’s View of Hope. Here’s HowJune 19th, 2024- Time-Limited Trials May Reduce Non-Beneficial ICU CareSeptember 29th, 2021
- Hospitals Separating Patients and Families Due to COVID-19 Causes Needless SufferingJuly 12th, 2021
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