Hospice & Palliative Fellowship faculty

The strength of any fellowship program rests with the strength of its leadership and faculty. Our faculty leadership and members have devoted their professional careers to the education of fellows.

Research, scholarly activity and quality improvement are vital to our program. Our faculty, residents and fellows regularly publish work and present at national conferences.

Program director

Kavita Sharma, MD
Program Director, Hospice & Palliative Fellowship

Core faculty

Nora Badi, MD

Inpatient at Sinai Service

Martin Bazelak, MD

Inpatient at St. Luke's service

Pooja Bhatt, MD

Inpatient at St. Luke's Service

Andre Cernasov, DO

Inpatient at St. Luke's Service

John Humphrey, MD

Pediatric palliative care service

Gail Joyce, MD

Inpatient at Sinai service

Karrie Lu, MD

Associate program director

Stephen Rommelfanger, MD

Hospice Service

Kanwardeep Singh, MD

Inpatient at Sinai service

Soryal Soryal, MD

Long-term care service

Supporting faculty

Andrea VanderMolen, APNP

Inpatient at Zilber Service

Supporting services

Jacob Werkheiser, Chaplain

Inpatient at Zilber Service

Apply to the fellowship

Learn how to apply to the Aurora Hospice & Palliative Fellowship program. Get information about candidate requirements and the application process.

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