LauraCHansonMD
Geriatrics • Chapel Hill, NCHospice and Palliative Medicine
Professor, Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
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Office
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514Phone+1 919-966-4996Fax+1 919-843-5515
Summary
- Dr. Laura Hanson is a geriatrician in Chapel Hill, NC and is affiliated with University of North Carolina Hospitals. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 31 years. She specializes in hospice and palliative medicine and is experienced in dementia, clinical decision-making, and health care quality indicators.
Education & Training
University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 1989 - 1991
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1988
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 1988 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Improving Decision Making About Feeding Options for Dementia Start of enrollment: 2007 May 01
- Goals of Care: A Nursing Home Trial of Decision Support for Advanced Dementia Start of enrollment: 2012 May 01
- Triggered Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Key informants' perceptions of telehealth palliative care for people living with dementia in nursing homes.Joan G Carpenter, Laura C Hanson, George Demiris, Nancy Hodgson, Mary Ersek
BMC Geriatrics. 2025-03-19 - Preparedness for care transitions to home and acute care use of skilled nursing facility patients.Mark Toles, Ying Zhang, Laura C Hanson, Michael P Cary, John S Preisser
BMC Geriatrics. 2025-03-11 - A Comparison of Measures for Identifying Possible Dementia in Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Residents.Joshua D Niznik, Florentia E Sileanu, Xinhua Zhao, Kelvin Tran, Laura C Hanson
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2025-02-07
Journal Articles
- An Advance Care Planning Video Decision Support Tool for Nursing Home Residents with Advanced DementiaSusan L Mitchell, Laura C Hanson, Angelo E Volandes, JAMA
Press Mentions
Dementia Treatments Frequently Conflict with Residents’ Care Goals: StudySeptember 30th, 2024
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