Palliative and Supportive Care
Welcome to the College of Medicine Division of Palliative and Supportive Care
The division provides expert-level consultation and patient care services for UK HealthCare patients. Palliative care is focused on relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. Our multidisciplinary team provides an extra layer of support for patients with any serious illness including cancer, heart failure, advanced liver disease, neurologic conditions, or other diagnoses regardless of prognosis. Palliative care can be provided along with curative treatments.
Through palliative care consult service, we provide expert symptom management for people at any stage of a serious illness, regardless of prognosis, as well as assistance for patients and families with complex decision making to clarify goals of care, complete advance directives, address end-of-life concerns, and more.
Sincerely,
Jessica McFarlin, MD
Division Chief of Palliative Care
Faculty
Marianne Carter, PharmD
Positions Held:
- Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Palliative Care and Pain Management
Anna Dauer, MD
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
- Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Natalie Houghton, DO
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor, Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
- Associate Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Lindsay Ragsdale, MD
Positions Held:
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Chief Medical Officer, Kentucky Children’s Hospital
- Division Chief, Pediatric Palliative Care
Staff
