Sick, Scared, and Sad: Addressing Unmet Mental Health Needs in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Sponsored by the Hans Lowenbach Memorial Fund Dr. Daniel Shalev is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medicine-in-Psychiatry at Weill Cornell. Dr. Shalev attending medical school at Weill Cornell, where he was inspired to become a psychiatrist by now-Duke faculty member Dr. Julie Penzner. He completed psychiatry residency, chief residency, and consultation-liaison fellowship at Columbia University followed by a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Cornell/Columbia and a T32 post-doctoral fellowship in Behavioral Geriatrics at Weill Cornell. Clinically, Dr. Shalev directs an integrated consultation-liaison program embedded in Weill Cornell's ambulatory palliative care clinic and attends on the inpatient palliative medicine service. Additionally, Dr. Shalev directs an NIH-funded research program focused on improving mental health outcomes for individuals with serious medical illnesses. He is the current recipient of a National Institute on Aging Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders K76 Award to adapt and evaluate a model of Collaborative Care within the palliative care to treat depression and anxiety in older adults with serious illnesses. In addition to his research, Dr. Shalev serves as a member of research committees of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and as the psychosocial associate editor for the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.