Our Team

Faculty

Ivy Akid, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care
Lauren Elizabeth Berninger, DO MBE
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care
Ian Borison, DO
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care
Melanie Brown, MD
- Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Integrative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care
Ilene Stephanie Browner, MD
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care, Medical Oncology
Dulce Cruz-Oliver, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care
Anna Gersten, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Pulmonology
Christine Gourin, MD MPH
- Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Expertise: Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Otolaryngology, Palliative Medicine
Nathan Gray, MD
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Expertise: Palliative Medicine
Mark T. Hughes, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care
Joann Hunsberger, MD MS
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Care
Adam Knudson, MD MS

Expertise: Palliative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care
Angela Lee, MD MPH
- Medical Director, Palliative Medicine Program, Sibley Memorial Hospital
Expertise: Palliative Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Lindsey Alana MacNabb, MD

Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care
Avani Prabhakar, MBBS MPH
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care
Corey Tapper, MD MS
- Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care
Balakrishna Vemula, MD
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Expertise: Emergency Medicine
Zhu Wang, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care