Why BIDMC for a Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Why Choose BIDMC
BIDMC is one of the nation’s preeminent academic medical centers. As an institution, it is committed to excellence in clinical care, biomedical research, and education, and to the health and wellness of our patients and our communities. We at BIDMC recognize that extraordinary, patient-centered care stems from an institutional culture that emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, diversity in the workforce, and an inclusive workplace. We strive to cultivate a training environment where learners of all backgrounds can thrive and advance their potential. To read about specific programs supporting this mission, and hear why our faculty, staff, and learners choose to train at BIDMC, please visit our Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
BIDMC’s 1,250 full-time physicians constitute almost a quarter of Harvard Medical School’s faculty. As a training hospital, BIDMC is committed to training the next generation of doctors and have raised medical education to a higher level with a uniquely strong and deep program that attracts top faculty and residents. Learning flourishes within the medical center’s hallways, as students learn from the best of the best in an open environment that produces leaders of tomorrow.
BIDMC is also the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox, a partnership that promotes BIDMC’s community outreach and provides joint sponsorship for a youth scholarship program. BIDMC employees are eligible for $5, first-come-first-serve tickets to Red Sox games as well as volunteer opportunities at Red Sox-BIDMC sponsored community health events.
BIDMC’s Department of Medicine
In the words of Department Chair Dr. Mark Zeidel, “We train residents and fellows to provide the type of care they would want their families to have: compassionate, comprehensive, high quality and cutting edge.” With 300 diverse trainees, the Department of Medicine supports the graduate medical education of clinicians, teachers and investigators.
Led by an outstanding team of nationally prominent educators, the department provides highly innovative and effective residency and fellowship training programs, exceptional CME courses, and teaching for Harvard medical students. The department has over 400 full-time faculty members. Among them are members of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The department is highly regarded throughout Harvard Medical School for its teaching, and its faculty has garnered more teaching awards in recent years than any other department in the school. The department is proud to be part of a hospital that values education and is home to the Shapiro Institute for Medical Education as well as the first fully-accredited hospital-based simulation center.
Palliative Care at BIDMC
The Palliative Care team at BIDMC is a multidisciplinary group including physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and interfaith chaplains. We provide comprehensive and coordinated care for patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis: whether our patients need care in the hospital or after discharge, we provide them with the resources they need to live as comfortably as possible. Our goal is to ensure that all BIDMC patients and families receive the life-affirming palliative care services they need, and that all BIDMC staff have the support they need in providing those services.
Department of Medicine Annual Reports
Read more about our residents, fellows, educators, and other members of the BIDMC community in the Department of Medicine’s Annual Reports.