Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Leadership & Faculty - Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship
Dewitt T. Harrison, DO
Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship
Susan E. Nelson, MD
System Chair, Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
Vice Chair, Ochsner Medical Center Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
Ochsner Health System
Thomas Morel, MD
Chair, Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
Ochsner Medical Center
Amy Kaley Brand, DSW, LCSW
Social Work
Nicholas Cappadona, MD
Palliative Medicine
Erika L. Diaz-Narvaez, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Klaus F. Koelbel, MD
Hospital Medicine
Amanda T. Koob, CNS
Hospice and Palliative Care
Hillary H. Luminais, CNS
Hospice and Palliative Care
Danielle Nodurft, MD
Palliative Medicine
Margaret Redmond, CNS
Hospice and Palliative Care
Ashley E. Shreves, MD
Emergency Medicine
Jessica J. Wolff, MD
Palliative Medicine
Allison W. Caillouet, DNP
Palliative Medicine
Kathryn Jones, MD
Palliative Medicine
Amardeep Singh, MD
Palliative Medicine
Angela M. Fountain, NP
Geriatric Medicine
Kathryn Jones, MD
Palliative Medicine
Amardeep Singh, MD
Palliative Medicine
Program Highlights
Settings include a quaternary care center, community hospitals, and local hospice agencies.
Fellows gain experience with busy inpatient consult services, on our very own hospice and palliative medicine inpatient unit, and within our robust outpatient clinics.
Protected time for learning with didactic lectures, journal club, and national conference attendance.
Multidisciplinary team with physicians from different backgrounds (IM, EM, PEDs, Psychiatry and Geriatrics), advanced practice providers, licensed clinic social workers with specialized palliative training, and a dedicated board certified chaplain.
We are the only palliative care team in Louisiana and the Gulf South to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval!
Why Choose Ochsner?
Ochsner Health System is Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system with 40 hospitals and more than 100 health centers and urgent care centers. We are one of the largest non-university-based physician-training centers in the US.
U.S. News & World Report named Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans the Best Hospital in Louisiana for the 12th consecutive year.
Ochsner Medical Center is recognized as among the Top Hospitals in the nation by Healthgrades, US News and World Report, and Truven Health Analytics.