Student Opportunities
The Trager Institute offers a variety of student opportunities across several disciplines, including social work, engineering, and geriatrics & palliative medicine. We invite you to explore how your passions, skills, and interests could be strengthened by joining the Institute's team. Contact us to learn more about customized programs for legal students and nursing students.
Palliative Medicine Fellowship
The University of Louisville Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program is a one-year, post graduate education program for physicals who are interested in learning more about Palliative Medicine in a customizable and interdisciplinary environment. Fellows can choose rotations at either the University Hospital, a Level-One Trauma Center in the region, and the VA Medical Center. Residents in this program are also given ample exposure and experience working with Hosparus, the community hospice organization serving Kentucky and Indiana.
In addition, fellows can choose electives in a variety of areas to expand and deepen their expertise as Palliative medicine practitioners. Example elective topics include: Grief and Bereavement, Chaplaincy, Geriatrics, Medical and Radiation Oncology, Pediatric Palliative Care, Wound Care, Research, and Interventional Pain Management. As well, fellows gain experience in working with interdisciplinary care teams that encompass professional in Medicine, Pharmacy, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Nursing, Social Work, Chaplaincy, and Psychology.
Program specifics and application instructions are located on the UofL Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program website.
UofL Palliative Medicine Fellows
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Sarah A. Safadi, MD
Palliative Medicine Fellow,
UofL School of Medicine
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Derrick Strunk, MD
Palliative Medicine Fellow,
UofL School of Medicine
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2016 - 2017 Cohort |
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Andrew Lally, MD
Palliative Medicine Fellow,
UofL School of Medicine
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Kimberly Leake, MD
Palliative Medicine Fellow,
UofL School of Medicine
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