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Janet L. Abrahm, MD
Institute Physician
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
617-632-6464
Palliative Medicine
Accepting New Patients
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About Janet L. Abrahm, MD
Centers/Programs
Palliative Medicine
Discipline
Adult Palliative Care
Treatment Center
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Research Department
Bio
Janet L. Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Institute Physician at DFCI, practicing palliative care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). She attended the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), completed her internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and served as chief resident in medicine at Moffitt Hospital of UCSF. She then completed her fellowships in hematology and oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she stayed on to work for twenty years. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, and  Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has held dozens of major administrative leadership positions and has participated in numerous national and international palliative care educational projects.
In 2001, after 20 years as a practicing hematologist/oncologist, Dr. Abrahm created the first palliative care service and the first palliative care fellowship at DFCI and BWH. Dr. Abrahm spent over 10 years as a faculty member in the national DFCI Master Course for oncologists, speaking on a broad array of cancer-related palliative care topics. Since 2010, Dr. Abrahm has participated as a master teacher in the Education in Palliative and End-of-Life (EPEC)-Oncology course, has been a member of the ASCO international palliative care faculty and mentorship group, and served for almost ten years in the leadership of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Among her >150 publications is the 4th edition of her ground-breaking book, Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer.
Dr. Abrahm’s work in this area has led to numerous accolades and awards as a thought leader, mentor, and educator, including in 2019, the Edward J. Benz, Jr. Award for Advancing Careers of Women Faculty (DFCI), the 2022 Award for Excellence in Education and Training from the AAHPM, and the 2022 UCSF Alumni Discovery Award. In 2024 Dr. Abrahm received one of ASCO’s highest awards, the Walther Cancer Foundation Supportive Oncology Award, recognizing distinguished leaders who have made important contributions to palliative and supportive oncology care by advancing the prevention, assessment, and management of cancer and treatment-related suffering.
Education
Fellowships:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Hematology/Oncology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Quality Management
Massachusetts General Hospital, Hematology
Medical School:
University of California, San Francisco
Residencies:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Medicine
Moffitt Hospital of the University of California, San Francisco, Medicine, Chief Resident
Board Certifications:
Hematology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Internal Medicine
Oncology
Clinical Interests
Community clergy as collaborators in palliative care
Interpreters as collaborators in palliative care
Metastatic spinal cord compression
Symptom management for cancer patients
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Article:
Abrahm JL, Dias L, Fowler B. Pain management and antiemetic therapy in hematologic disorders. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Shattil SJ, Furie B, Cohen HJ, Silberstein LE, McGlave P, editors. Hematology: basic principles and practice. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2005. p. 1623-37.
Publish Date:
1/3/2005
Article:
Abrahm JL. Caring for patients at the end of life. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKenna WG, editors. Clinical oncology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2004. p. 847-59.
Publish Date:
1/2/2004
Article:
Abrahm JL. Symptom management. In: Furie B, Cassileth PA, Atkins MB, Mayer RJ, editors. Clinical hematology and oncology: presentation, diagnosis, and treatment. Philadelphia: Churchill-Livingstone 2003; p. 1240-60.
Publish Date:
2/1/2003
Article:
Ross EL, Abrahm J. Preparation of the patient for palliative procedures. Surg Clin North Am 2005;85:191-207.
Publish Date:
1/1/2005
Article:
Abrahm JL. Waiting for the platelet count to rise: negotiating care at the end of life. Cancer Invest 2003;21:772-81.
Publish Date:
1/1/2003
Article:
Abrahm JL. Assessment and treatment of patients with malignant spinal cord compression. J Support Oncol 2004;2:377-91.
Publish Date:
1/1/2004
Article:
Schuman ZD, Lynch M, Abrahm JL. Implementing institutional change: an institutional case study of palliative sedation. J Palliat Med 2005;8:666-75.
Publish Date:
1/2/2005
Article:
Abrahm JL. A physician's guide to pain and symptom management in cancer patients. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press; 2005.
Publish Date:
2/1/2005
Article:
Abrahm JL. Specialized care of the terminally ill. In: DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, editors. Cancer: principles and practice of oncology. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2005. p. 2702-18.
Publish Date:
3/1/2005
Article:
Abrahm JL, Sourkes B. Palliative care. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Shattil SJ, Furie B, Cohen HJ, Silberstein LE, McGlave P, editors. Hematology: basic principles and practice. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2005. p. 1639-45.
Publish Date:
4/1/2005
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