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Office
450 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215Phone+1 617-632-6464Fax+1 617-632-6180
Summary
- I am a board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and Palliative Care. I specialize in the care of patients living with any serious illness, with a focus on those with advanced kidney disease.
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Children's Hospital BostonFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2019 - 2020
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2013
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 2019 - 2026
- PA State Medical License 2018 - 2021
- CT State Medical License 2016 - 2017
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Leveraging the End-Stage Renal Disease Patient Life Goals Survey (PaLS) to Improve Quality of Care: Avoiding a "Checkbox Measure".Samantha L Gelfand, Joshua R Lakin, Mallika L Mendu
American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2024-10-02 - Clinical practice review: outpatient palliative care for the geriatric chronic kidney disease population.Helena I Kurniawan, Kate R Sciacca, Melissa W Wachterman, Samantha L Gelfand
Annals of Palliative Medicine. 2024-07-01 - Things We Do for No Reason™: Opioid infusions as initial therapy for symptoms at the end of life.Samantha L Gelfand, Alexis Drutchas, Leah B Rosenberg
Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2024-04-01
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