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Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Meet Our Team

Fellowship Director

Ilanit Brook, MD, MSHS

Chief Faculty Wellness Officer
Program Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
Associate Fellowship Director
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Christopher Adrian, MD

Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Faculty

Debra Lotstein, MD, MPH

Interim Chief, Division of Comfort and Palliative Care, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Gitanjli Arora, MD, MHS, DTMH

Director, ACCM Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Rachel Rusch, LCSW

Palliative Care Education and Practice Coordinator
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Jennifer Greenman, LCSW

Social Worker, Support and Bereavement Counselor
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Ashley Powers, MSW, ASW

Social Worker, Support and Bereavement Counselor
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Ruby Urquiza, LCSW

Social Worker, Support and Bereavement Counselor
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Janie Ito, MDiv, BCC

Spiritual Care Staff Chaplain

Sally Ward, MD

Chief, Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine
Associates Chair in Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Glen Komatsu, MD

Chief Medical Officer Palliative Care at Providence St. Joseph Health
Medical Director of Trinity Kids Care