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Office
101 The City Dr S
Orange, CA 92868Phone+1 714-456-8888Fax+1 774-441-6710
Summary
- I am the Medical Director of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care at the Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center of USC. I also chair the Bioethics Committee at our institution. I am also a writer, and have published essays and editorials in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, JAMA, and JAMA-Internal Medicine. My first book, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour, was published by Viking/Penguin Random House in March 2019. My book has been featured in in the Atlantic, NPR, BBC, The Guardian, Forbes, Spirituality and Health, India Today, and the Asian Age, among other places.
Education & Training
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2013
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
- University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2011 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A piece of my mind. Extraordinary.Sunita Puri
JAMA. 2014-08-27 - 5 citationsDeathbed shock: causes and cures.Katy Butler, Sunita Puri
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014-01-01 - 1 citationsWords before actions.Sunita Puri
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013-01-28
Press Mentions
- ASCO 2024: What's to ComeMay 20th, 2024
- Op-Ed: Reopening a City That Still Throbs with LossJune 14th, 2021
- Column: While Crowds Are Out Shopping, at L.A.'s Hospitals, ‘It Feels like We’re Drowning’December 23rd, 2020
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