David Fisher is a primary care provider, practicing in Palliative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Fisher has been practicing medicine for over 25 years is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Dysgraphia, and Dementia.

I am a palliative medicine physician and medical educator, taking care of patients in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. I also serve as the program director for the Duke Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. I am particularly interested in palliative care education and have developed a series of online modules for those in the health care field. Her top area of expertise is Opioid Induced Constipation.

I started my health care career during college as a nursing assistant in a nursing home in Pennsylvania. During my training at Brown University, I came to discover that my true passion was caring for people with serious illness and spent the first decade of my career in hospitals, providing palliative services to patients admitted to the floors or intensive care units. Since then, missing longer-term relationships with patients, I've spent more time on the outpatient side of palliative care, working to partner with those with serious or advanced illnesses to help make life better. Whether treating pain, constipation, nausea, shortness of breath, anxiety, depression, fatigue, poor appetite, poor sleep, or any other symptoms making people feel lousy, I aim to use medicines and non-medicine strategies to improve quality of life and function. I also support everyone's Plan A of getting better and back to normal life and Plan B if things don't go as we hope. Helping someone become well enough to take a trip to the beach or the mountains or play a bit more with their kids or grandkids is what makes me tick!. His top areas of expertise are ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Swallowing Difficulty, and Vascular Dementia.

I am a palliative care specialist who primarily takes care of hospitalized patients. I am particularly interested in integrating palliative care into the care of patients with hematologic malignancies. His top area of expertise is Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia.

Kristin Meade is a primary care provider, practicing in Palliative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Meade has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. Her top areas of expertise are Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, Thrombophlebitis, Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH), Neuroblastoma, and Liver Embolization.

I am a palliative care specialist and help support patients and their families to navigate the challenges of serious illness. As part of my role, I get to know my patients deeply and, in doing so, help support them in getting the care that aligns with who they are as a person. I help support quality of life in several different ways, including treating symptoms associated with serious illness, improving communication with health care teams, helping my patients with difficult decisions regarding their health, and supporting my patient's goals, hopes, and values. I see patients of all ages and all types of diseases but have a special interest in taking care of adolescents and young adults with cancer. I love and am grateful for the work I get to do every day and am constantly learning from my patients. In my free time, I enjoy being outdoors and spending time with my two little girls who remind me every day how special life is.

Megan Jordan is a Palliative Medicine provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Jordan has been practicing medicine for over 18 years.

I find great joy in my work because of the relationships that I form with my patients and their families. My hope is to personalize care for each patient and to serve not only medical needs, but also attend to psychosocial and spiritual needs. I am particularly interested in care for children/adolescents with medical complexity and transitions of care from childhood to adulthood. Having spent time in Taiwan and Kenya as well as working with the underserved right here in Durham, I have developed a strong passion for both local and global health advocacy. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, hiking with my dog, watching Disney/Pixar movies, and rooting for Duke basketball and the Buffalo Bills!.

Palliative care is care oriented toward relief of difficult symptoms, usually but not always in patients with very advanced illness. Palliative medicine is a subspecialty of medicine that develops skills, expertise, techniques and practices to address difficult symptoms such as pain, nausea and breathlessness. The first thing I want to know from a patient is their story. Who are they, to whom do they belong, what’s their place, who do they love and who loves them? What has their life work been about? How have they experienced their illness? How has it changed, threatened and disrupted all of that. And I want to know what they hope for with the health and life that remains for them, and what stands most in the way of them being able to continue to live in relationship with those they love and complete the work they have left to do. Then I can use judgment and discernment to apply the interventions that palliative medicine makes possible to help them in that process.

I am a palliative care specialist and a pediatrician. I work on the Pediatric Quality of Life team ( Pediatric Palliative Care) at Duke Children’s Health Center and with adults with serious illness. I am passionate about caring for people of all ages, from premature babies to those who have lived for a century! My mission is to help children and adults with serious illness live to the fullest, with vitality and joy. It is a privilege for me to offer guidance and support during difficult times when patients face complex decisions about their treatments. I experience great joy doing this work, as I meet wonderful people, develop close relationships with my patients and have the privilege of walking alongside them throughout their illness. I am inspired and awed by the courage, resilience and humor of my patients during very difficult times. I am also passionate about teaching, mentoring and coaching. Aside from finding happiness in my work, I love to travel and experience different cultures, especially with my four adventurous children and my husband. I am a book lover and love to write and read. I also love food, cooking and baking. Some of my favorite things are dinners with friends, long walks on the beach and hiking.

Megan Gillum is a Palliative Medicine provider in Durham, North Carolina. Her top areas of expertise are Liver Failure and Hemorrhoidectomy.

Lalita Sidana is a primary care provider, practicing in Palliative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Sidana is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

Brian Talbott is a primary care provider, practicing in Palliative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

Sarah Gall is a Palliative Medicine provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Gall has been practicing medicine for over 26 years.

I care for patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses, providing help managing symptoms, making health care decisions, and improving quality of life. I believe we all deserve access to high-quality palliative care, and as a physician and Chief of Palliative Care in Duke Health I'm committed to making that a reality for all the patients we serve.

Toni Cutson is a Palliative Medicine provider in Durham, North Carolina.

Joshua Briscoe is a Palliative Medicine provider in Durham, North Carolina.

I am a Family Physician by training and currently do all of my clinical work with Hospice and Palliative Care. I see patients in the hospital as part of our Palliative Care consult service. In that setting I make suggestions on how to manage difficult symptoms such as pain, shortness of breath, nausea, agitation or others. Working with our team of nurses, social workers and chaplains, I also add another layer of support for patients and families who are navigating serious illness and may be approaching difficult decisions regarding the next steps in care. Our conversations aim to learn more about you, and help us to design care plans focused on supporting what is most important to you. We want to make sure you get all of the information that you need to make choices, get all of the care that you want, and avoid treatments or situations that you don't want. I want to help you feel as good as you can feel right now, so that you may enjoy the highest quality of life possible throughout the path ahead.

John Campbell is a primary care provider, practicing in Palliative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

Kenzie Daniels is a Palliative Medicine provider in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her top areas of expertise are Niemann-Pick Disease and Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy.

Surah Grumet is a Palliative Medicine provider in Durham, North Carolina. Her top areas of expertise are Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Vitamin D Deficiency, Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD), and Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD).

Daniel Markwalter is a Palliative Medicine provider in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Elisabeth Potts is a Palliative Medicine provider in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her top areas of expertise are Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Cystic Fibrosis, Niemann-Pick Disease, and Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy.

Benjamin Frush is a primary care provider, practicing in Palliative Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His top areas of expertise are Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Emphysema, and COVID-19.

Sean Gaffney is a Palliative Medicine provider in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His top area of expertise is Opioid Induced Constipation.