Dr. Rene N. Claxton
Overview
Rene N. Claxton, MD, specializes in hospice and palliative care and is board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Claxton earned her medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine, completed residency in internal medicine at the University of Virginia, and completed a hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at UPMC. She is an associate professor of medicine in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 21 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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- INSURANCE PLAN
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- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
Locations
200 Lothrop Street, MUH 933W, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
5115 Centre Avenue, 2nd Floor, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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