Palliative Care at ZSFG
Mission
The ZSFG Palliative Care Service provides whole person care that relieves suffering and promotes wellbeing for people living with serious illness.
Vision
To develop a service that fits the needs of our patients and their families, honoring cultural, spiritual/emotional, and social perspectives through a highly functioning interprofessional team.
To teach and prepare healthcare providers to integrate palliative care approaches in the daily care of people living with serious illness, regardless of medical specialty or discipline.
Service and Outpatient Clinic Hours
Inpatient consult service:
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Please contact providers through Epic messaging or UCSF paging system.
Palliative Care and Symptom Management Outpatient clinic:
Tuesday, 1:00 PM - 5:00PM, Thursday, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please contact providers through Epic messaging or for scheduling assistance, call 628-206-8287.
For general questions and to support the service, contact ZSFG Division of Hospital Medicine at [email protected].
Palliative Care Resources
- VitalTalk: evidence-based training for communication in palliative care.
- Palliative Care Fast Facts: an extensive library of brief, evidence-based review articles on a diverse array of topics in palliative and end of life care.
- Center to Advance Palliative Care: "provides tools and training for clinicians caring for people with serious illness."
- ePrognosis: a data-driven online tool to assist clinicians with prognostication, discussing prognostic information with patients and families, and related medical decision making.
Palliative Care Service (PCS) Consultation
View the Palliative Care Service Consultation Criteria chart as a PDF.
Team Members
Physicians and Nurse Practitioner
Sandra Moody, MD, BSN
Director
[email protected]
Natasha Curry, MA, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner
[email protected]
Hedieh Matinrad, MD
Physician
[email protected]
Sarah Nouri, MD
Physician
[email protected]
Brianna Williamson, MD
Physician
Social Work
Diane Tam, LCSW
Social Worker
[email protected]
Shelby Lovecchio, ACSW
Social Worker
[email protected]
Spiritual Care
Freddie Thomas, ThM, STL
Chaplain
[email protected]
Palliative Care Nurse Liaison Support
Shayda O’Hara, RN, MSN, CNL
Dir., Nurse Liaison
[email protected]
Lauren Elterman, RN
Medical-Surgical Unit Nurse Liaison
[email protected]
Rosina Gee, RN
Medical-Surgical Palliative/Oncology Nurse Liaison
Brittany Hewett, RN
Medical-Surgical Unit Nurse Liaison
Thuy Nguyen, RN
Medical-Surgical Nurse Liaison