Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment
Martha Twaddle, MD, Chair
Dr. Martha Twaddle combines nearly thirty years of experience in the care of seriously ill people and their families in a variety of areas of service. She currently serves as the Waud Family Medical Director for Palliative Medicine & Supportive Care at Northwestern Medicine. Her academic work includes developing curriculum, guidelines, and models of care for healthcare professionals to provide care for the seriously ill in all settings. She works with others at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine exploring how technology and also prescriptive nature can improve health outcomes as well as collaborating nationally in the development of patient-family centered quality metrics. On behalf of the American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), Dr. Twaddle served as the co-Chair for the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, which completed the 4th edition of the clinical practice guidelines for the field in late October 2018. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Dr. Twaddle’s unique talents and contributions to the field of palliative medicine have helped increase the understanding of and access to this continuum of care, regionally and nationally. In 2013, she was named one of the 30 most influential visionaries in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by nomination of her peers via the AAHPM. She served as President of the AAHPM from 2002-2003 and on the AAHPM Board of Directors from 1997-2004. She represented the AAHPM in the creation of the initial NCP Guidelines published in 2004. She was honored with the inaugural AAHPM Josefina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award in 2005. She was recognized in 2016 as a Distinguished Alumni of Purdue’s College of Science and “an exemplary educator and pioneering contributor to end-of-life care” as the recipient of the Compassion in Action Award by Hospice of the Valley and Santa Clara University in 2015. She was the recipient of the AAHPM Lifetime Achievement Award conferred in March 2019.
After graduating summa cum laude from Purdue University, Dr. Twaddle received her medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and completed her residency in internal medicine through Northwestern University McGaw School of Medicine, where she was Chief Resident. She currently serves as a Clinical Professor of Medicine for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
As of April 2024, Dr. Twaddle reported the following external relationships:
Developing continuing medical education with funding from the following companies, with compensation for travel expenses and honoraria:
- United Healthcare, developing an on-demand video on the role of palliative care for seriously ill people for their physicians to access for continuing education
Work as an author or editor for the following companies, with compensation as listed:
- UpToDate®, receiving royalties
Dr. Twaddle serves in a significant role with the following organization, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Hospital Association, Circle of Life Award Committee, chair, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses
Dr. Twaddle also reported receiving honoraria from Despierta Venture Capital for providing advice as to the integration of palliative care for oncology patients for a potential project. She also provided quality and compliance audit via chart review for long length of stay hospice patients and taught medical directors how to do such a detailed review and presentation for Joliet Community Hospice.
Shih-Ning “Suny” Liaw, MD
Dr. Liaw is a Senior Physician in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Program Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. He is also an Instructor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Liaw is board certified in General Pediatrics and HPM. Since 2014, he has served as the Director of the Harvard Interprofessional Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship, based at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Through the fellowship, Dr. Liaw has mentored more than 35 physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers and psychologists pursuing subspecialty training in pediatric palliative care.
Dr. Liaw is an active educator in the field of HPM and has served in educational leadership roles to advance training in pediatric palliative care. After residency, he co-founded the pediatric palliative care program at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and served as Associate Program Director for the University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School) HPM Fellowship. He has also served as Pediatric Site Director for multiple adult-focused HPM fellowships in the New England area. He is recognized as a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Previously, Dr. Liaw served on the American Board of Internal Medicine Item-Writing Task Force in hospice and palliative medicine. He joined the Hospice and Palliative Medicine LKA Approval Committee in 2023.
Dr. Liaw received his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2002 and completed pediatric residency training at the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School (formerly the University of Texas Medical School at Houston) in 2005.
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As of October 2023, Dr. Liaw reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dana Lustbader, MD
Dr. Lustbader, is Chief of the Department of Palliative Care for OPTUM's ProHEALTH, a large multispecialty group serving 1.5 million people in the New York metropolitan area. She has served as Senior Medical Advisor for Aspire Health, helping to make it the nation's largest home palliative care company. She was also the founder and Chief Medical Officer of ProHEALTH/OPTUM Supportive Care, serving patients with multiple chronic conditions via home visits and telemedicine.
Prior to this, Dr. Lustbader was the Director of ICU at Northwell Health working as an intensivist. She also founded the Department of Palliative Medicine and its Physician Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Training Fellowship. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Lustbader answered a plea from the Governor and returned to work as an intensivist in the overwhelmed New York City hospitals. She is a Professor of Medicine at Northwell Hofstra School of Medicine and a nationally recognized expert in palliative care.Dr. Lustbader is triple board certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Lustbader earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine, completed internal medicine training at New York University Medical Center, and critical care medicine Fellowship at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York.
As of March 2024, Dr. Lustbader reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Lustbader serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, director at large, without compensation
Martina Meier, MD
Dr. Meier is the Executive Medical Director of Providence Hospice. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care, she previously spent ten years making house calls and serving an interdisciplinary hospice team. She also served as an inpatient palliative care consultant in two community hospitals. Dr. Meier has supervised rotating hospice and palliative medicine fellows and is currently involved in supervising 11 fellows per year. As executive medical director, Dr. Meier works with Providence Hospice and palliative care leaders across the health system, focusing on alignment of care using best practices and education. Her areas of interest include serving the underserved patient, easing the burden of health care transitions, and inspiring and mentoring palliative care and hospice clinicians of all disciplines.
As of October 2023, Dr. Meier reported no ongoing external relationships.
Tammie Quest, MD
Dr. Quest is the Director of the Emory Palliative Care Center for Emory's Woodruff Health Sciences Center. She is Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the Emory University School of Medicine and board certified in Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Dr. Quest is a Project on Death in America Faculty Scholar. Currently, she serves as the Chief of the Section of Palliative Medicine at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and is the former director of the Grady Cancer Center for Excellence Palliative Care Oncology Program. She is currently the Fellowship Program Director for the Emory University School of Medicine program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and holds a strong interest in novel palliative care curriculum design and teaching methodologies for both undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate medical trainees that she teaches locally, regionally and nationally.
Dr. Quest is the Director of the NCI sponsored Education in Palliative and End of Life Care–Emergency Medicine (EPEC-EM) Project. She serves as a member of the National Priorities Partnership's Palliative and End-of-life Care work group. With a strong interest in ethics and end of life care, she holds a core faculty appointment at the Emory University Center for Ethics and she is the immediate past-Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine and a member of the ethics committee for the American College of Emergency Physicians. In 2016, she was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to the Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council. She is also past President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Dr. Quest is the Montgomery Chair in Palliative Medicine and Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Emergency Medicine. She is the Chief of Palliative Medicine for the Division of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine. She is a past President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Director of the Emory Palliative Care Center for Emory's Woodruff Health Sciences Center.
Her active education and research interests include emergency medicine and palliative care, advance care planning and care for serious illness in older adults. She is the recipient of multiple NIH grants and foundation funding to support innovations in palliative care. She is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Dr. Quest received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San Francisco. She completed her residency at Alameda County Medical Center, Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California.
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As of April 2024, Dr. Quest reported no ongoing external relationships.
Maisha T. Robinson, MD
Dr. Robinson is a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Florida, with a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Robinson holds the academic rank of Assistant Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. At Mayo, she established a Neuropalliative Care Program, and she serves as the Medical Director of Palliative Medicine and as an Associate Program Director for the Palliative Medicine Fellowship.
Previously, Dr. Robinson was an Instructor in Neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles where she practiced neurology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health services and health policy research as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar.
Dr. Robinson serves as Chair of the Medical Student Diversity Program, as a member of the Meeting Management and Leadership Development Committees, and as past Vice Chair of the Pain and Palliative Care Section at the American Academy of Neurology. She is also a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Test Writing Committee on Hospice & Palliative Medicine, and of the Medical Advisory Board of Neurology Now. Dr. Robinson was selected for participation in the Emerging Leaders Forum and in the Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum of the American Academy of Neurology, and as a National Institutes of Medicine/National Medical Association Academic Medicine Fellow.
Dr. Robinson earned her undergraduate degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University and her medical degree from Tufts University. She completed her residency training in neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she was named Chief Resident in her final year. She continued her training through a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and she returned to Mayo Clinic for a neurohospitalist fellowship. She earned a master's degree in health policy and management at the University of California Los Angeles.
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As of May 2024, Dr. Robinson reported the following external relationships:
Work as an author or editor for the following companies:
- Cambridge University Press
- UpToDate®
Dr. Robinson serves in significant roles with the following organization, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Academy of Neurology; Meeting Management Committee, member; Member Engagement Committee, member; Board of Directors; item-writing, receiving honoraria
Traditional, 10-Year MOC Exam
Robert C. Macauley, MD, Chair
Dr. Macauley, who is board certified in both Pediatrics and Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics, is Professor of Pediatrics at Oregon Health and Science University.
Previously, Dr. Macauley was Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Prior to this, he was a Pediatric Hospitalist at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut.
Dr. Macauley serves as Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine Traditional, 10-Year Maintenance of Certification Exam Approval Committee. He formerly served as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics. He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards as well as the John Templeton Spirituality and Medicine Curricular Award for Medical Schools.
Dr. Macauley received a philosophy degree from Wheaton College and his medical degree from Yale University, completing residency training in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins. He also holds graduate degrees in theology from Oxford and Yale, and a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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As of July 2023, Dr. Macauley reported the following external relationships:
Work as an author for the following companies, with compensation as listed:
- Oxford University Press, receiving compensation for authorship
Nathan Fairman, MD
Dr. Fairman is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. He is board certified in both General Psychiatry and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Fairman currently serves on the American Board of Internal Medicine Test-Writing Committee on Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Dr. Fairman’s clinical expertise lies at the interface of palliative medicine, psychiatry and bioethics. He serves as Director of Supportive Oncology and Survivorship at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. His clinical service includes work as an attending physician on the inpatient palliative care consult service at the UC Davis Medical Center and in the psycho-oncology clinic at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. As a Faculty Associate in the Bioethics Program, Dr. Fairman directs bioethics education in the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. Fairman also maintains a variety of teaching responsibilities throughout the health system, focused primarily on palliative care, serious illness communication and bioethics.
Dr. Fairman received his bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he was a National McCabe Scholar. He obtained his medical degree from the UC Davis School of Medicine, followed by a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University, where he was a Zuckerman Fellow. He completed residency training in general psychiatry at UC Davis. Prior to joining the academic faculty, Dr. Fairman was a fellow in palliative care psychiatry at The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice.
As of August 2023, Dr. Fairman reported no ongoing external relationships.
Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO
Dr. Kamal is the Physician Quality and Outcomes Officer for the Duke Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor of Medicine, Business Administration, and Population Health Sciences in the Division of Medical Oncology and Section of Palliative Care at Duke University. As a fellowship-trained palliative medicine physician and medical oncologist, Dr. Kamal studies the link between delivery of high-quality palliative care and improved patient, caregiver, and health system outcomes.
He has received research funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, National Cancer Institute, and Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts on palliative care, oncology, and healthcare quality in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, and others.
Dr. Kamal serves in several national capacities in the areas of healthcare quality and palliative care. He serves on the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) Board of Directors, National Quality Forum (NQF) Geriatrics and Palliative Care Standing Committee and American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Hospice and Palliative Medicine Test Writing Committee. He was named a national "40 under 40" in palliative care and honored as an Academy Visionary by AAHPM.
Dr. Kamal completed internal medicine residency and hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minnesota and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Duke University. He holds a master's degree in health sciences in Clinical Research from the Duke Clinical Research Training Program and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
As of May 2024, Dr. Kamal reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Kamal serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Board of Directors, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses
Dr. Kamal also reported receiving salary support from Acclivity Health Solutions and stock options from Prepped Health.
Joanne G. Kuntz, MD
Dr. Kuntz is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Her clinical practice includes time in both the emergency department and the in-patient palliative care consultation service at Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) in Atlanta, Georgia, where she is the Medical Director of Palliative Medicine, Site Medical Director and Site Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship. Additionally, she is an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy for their on-line certificate program in Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care, which is offered by the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Prior to joining Emory, she was at the University of Connecticut (UConn) where she was the Founding Director of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care. Dr. Kuntz was also a member of the Emergency Medicine Core Faculty and also served as the Emergency Medicine Residency Site Director at UConn Health. She spent a short time as an Emergency Medicine Staff Physician at Bristol Hospital in Connecticut. Prior to moving to Connecticut, she was Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and an attending physician at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Kuntz is an active participant of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, having served on the State Health Policies Working Group and the Public Policy Committee. She was appointed to the Connecticut Governor’s Palliative Care Advisory Council, and was selected to represent Connecticut on the National Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Paradigm Program. She was a member of the Connecticut Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Steering Committee and served as Chair of their Education sub-committee, and she received the 2015 Connecticut Coalition for End-of-Life Care Annual Award. Additionally, she is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Test Writing Committee on Hospice & Palliative Care.
Dr. Kuntz earned her bachelor’s degree in medical microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. She completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She gained additional training in palliative medicine through completing a non-ACGME mid-career fellowship in palliative care. She is a member of the Vital Talk faculty and is a trained facilitator.
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As of November 2023, Dr. Kuntz reported the following ongoing external relationships:
Dr. Kuntz serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- Ariadne Labs Serious Illness Care Program, receiving honoraria
- VitalTalk, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses
Carolyn Leftkowits, MD, MPH, MS
Dr. Leftkowits is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, jointly appointed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine. She serves as the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Fellowship Director for the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Hospice and Palliative Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Leftkowits completed her undergraduate education at Queens University, in Kingston, Ontario. She received her medical school and a Master of Public Health at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco, followed by dual fellowships in hospice and palliative medicine and gynecologic oncology at the University of Pittsburgh, where she also received a master’s degree in medical education.
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As of May 2024, Dr. Lefkowits reported the following external relationships:
Service on a research-related expert panel or advisory board for the following companies, with compensation for travel expenses and honoraria:
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Lefkowits serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assessment Development Subcommittee, without compensation
- The Society of Gynecologic Oncology, Education Committee, vice chair, without compensation
Drew A. Rosielle, MD, FAAHPM
Dr. Rosielle is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Rosielle practices ambulatory palliative medicine at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center in Minneapolis. He is board certified in Internal Medicine as well as Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is an editor of Fast Facts and Concepts, an online publication of short, evidence-based palliative care monographs.
Previously, Dr. Rosielle was the University of Minnesota Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Director from 2010-2018 and the Medical Director of the Palliative Care Program for M Health Fairview from 2018-2022. He has lectured and published widely, with a focus on promoting evidence-based care in palliative medicine and helping health care professionals communicate with clarity and compassion with patients.
Dr. Rosielle attended medical school at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver and a palliative care fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
As of July 2023, Dr. Rosielle reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Rosielle received education consulting fees from the Center to Advance Palliative Care at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.