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Episode 12 - The Growing Trend in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training Among Emergency Physicians - Caroline Meehan, MD, and Alex Zirulnik, MD, MPH.
Wednesday, 21 January, 2026

In this episode we return for version 3.0 of the PalliEM Podcast. I am joined by Caroline Meehan, MD, and Alex Zirulnik, MD, MPH. They are the co-first authors and fellow collaborators in a recent study of the increasing numbers of emergency medicine physicians training in hospice and palliative medicine. We discuss the broader implications of this trend in both fields and reflect on our experiences in dual specialty practice.Article: https://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(25)00816-4/abstractOuttro music: Synesthesia by AlaeusZirulnik A, Meehan C, Markwalter D, Gabbard J, Tilly A, Zimmerman P, Stafford J, Brooten J. Emergency Physicians and Hospice and Palliative Medicine: A Growing Trend in Fellowship Training. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Dec;70(6):e498-e503. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.08.036. Epub 2025 Sep 1. PMID: 40902736; PMCID: PMC12768106.