Director, Medical Informatics
Providence, Institute for Human Caring
Deborah Unger, M.D. FAAHPM is a board-certified palliative care physician and Director of Medical Informatics with the Institute for Human Caring at Providence. She completed her medical degree at Texas A&M College of Medicine, followed by internal medicine residency with the University of Miami in West Palm Beach, then both research and clinical palliative care fellowships at Stanford University, before taking a position as an attending physician at the Nashville VA Medical Center, as well as serving as faculty with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Hospice and Palliative Care fellowship.
In early 2022, she transitioned to her current role, where she also serves as the health system’s Palliative Care Specialty Provider Informaticist, chairs the Palliative Care Clinical Decision Team, and is an active physician builder-analyst. She is also the community chair emeritus for Epic’s Palliative Care Specialty Steering Board. Her portfolio includes advanced data analytics for both primary and specialty Palliative Care and leading the use of human-centered AI at Providence. Her interests include finding new escape rooms, building Lego, and underwater photography.
P11 Empowering Palliative Care with AI: Enhancing Compassionate Practice through Technology
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
1:00pm - 5:00pm PST
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Thursday, March 5, 2026
1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
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