JenniferSTemelMD

Oncology • Boston, MA

Hospice & Palliative, Thoracic Cancer

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Office
55 Fruit Street
Lawrence House Room 306
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-724-4000

Fax+1 617-724-1135

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2000 - 2002
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 2000
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
NH State Medical License 2024 - 2024
ME State Medical License 2020 - 2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Dose Range Study of Anamorelin in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Safety, Tolerability and Systemic Absorption of Menadione Topical Lotion for Epidermal-Growth-Factor-Receptor (EGFR) Inhibitor-Associated Rash Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 03
Completed
Phase 1
Integrated Versus Standard Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Start of enrollment: 2006 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Perception Prognosis, Goals of Treatment, and Communication Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Completed
Early Palliative Care in Advanced Lung and Gastrointestinal Malignancies Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Ensuring Communication in Hospice by Oncology Study (ECHO) Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Supportive Care Intervention In Patients Hospitalized For Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Shield) Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Palliative And Oncology Care Model In Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2016 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Stepped Palliative Care Versus Early Integrated Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients With Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 15
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Supportive Care Mobile Application for Patients With NSCLC Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 15
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Care Transition Intervention for Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2021 Jan 07
Completed
Not Applicable
Brief Behavioral Intervention for Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 May 15
Completed
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact
Care Transition Intervention for Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer Start of enrollment: 2021 Dec 15
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Factors associated with early quality of life response to palliative care during hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Richard A Newcomb, Hermioni L Amonoo, Alison R Kavanaugh, Kristin C Wharton, Michaela Rowland
Blood Advances. 2025-02-05
Patient and Caregiver Experience With the Hope and Prognostic Uncertainty of Immunotherapy: A Qualitative Study.
Mary C Boulanger, Ayo S Falade, Kelly Hsu, Robert K Sommer, Ashley Zhou
JCO Oncology Practice. 2025-02-01
Pilot Randomized Trial of an Educational Intervention About Immunotherapy for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers.
Laura A Petrillo, Kelly Hsu, Kedie Pintro, Dustin J Rabideau, Ashley Z Zhou
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

Effectiveness of Integrated Palliative and Oncology Care for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Areej El-Jawahri, Thomas W Leblanc, Selina M Luger, Bhavana Bhatnagar, Alison R Walker, Amir T Fathi, Andrew M Brunner, Gabriela S Hobbs, Jennifer S Temel, JAMA Oncology
Effect of Sustained Smoking Cessation Counseling and Provision of Medication vs Shorter-Term Counseling and Medication Advice on Smoking Abstinence in Patients Recentl...
Jennifer S Temel, Ann H Partridge, JAMA
Pilot Randomized Trial of an Electronic Symptom Monitoring Intervention for Hospitalized Patients with Cancer
E P Hochberg, D P Ryan, J S Temel, V A Jackson, J A Greer, Annals of Oncology

Press Mentions

Jennifer Temel, MD: Digital Health and the Human Side of Cancer CareJanuary 13th, 2025
Research Spotlight: Assessing the Effectiveness of Telehealth-Based Palliative Care Services for Patients with Advanced Lung CancerSeptember 11th, 2024
Robin Zon, MD, FACP, FASCO, Elected ASCO President for 2024–2025 TermDecember 19th, 2022
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Grant Support

A Randomized Trial Of Early Palliative Care For Newly Diagnosed Cancer PatientsNational Institute Of Nursing Research2011–2012
Exercise In Patients With Advanced NSCLC: A Pilot StudyNational Cancer Institute2004–2005