Professor
UCSF
Steven Pantilat, MD, FAAHPM, MHM is the Kates-Burnard and Hellman Distinguished Professor in Palliative Care and the inaugural Chief of the Division of Palliative Medicine at UCSF. Dr. Pantilat is an internationally recognized expert in Palliative Care. Dr. Pantilat has published over 165 peer-reviewed scientific papers, authored more than two dozen book chapters, and co-edited with colleagues at UCSF two textbooks on palliative care titled, “Care at the Close of Life” and “Hospital Based Palliative Medicine.” Dr. Pantilat received the Award for Excellence in Education and Training from AAHPM and named a Visionary of Palliative Care by AAHPM. Dr. Pantilat chairs the Advisory Board for the Cambia Health Foundation’s Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program. Through the UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center that he co-directs, Dr. Pantilat has consulted with over 300 hospitals and healthcare institutions to help them launch, grow, and improve their palliative care services. He is the author of, “Life After the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and their Caregivers” published by DaCapo Lifelong Books in 2017. Dr. Pantilat and the palliative care team at UCSF are featured in the Academy Award-nominated, Netflix documentary, “End Game” and in 2018 he gave a TEDMED talk. In 2007 Dr. Pantilat was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Pantilat’s leadership in improving the lives of people with serious illness has been recognized with a James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. He was recognized for his work to integrate palliative care into hospital medicine by being named a Master of Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
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Extending Specialty Palliative Care’s Reach: The Use of Comfort Care Order Sets
Friday, March 6, 2026
10:50am - 11:10am PST
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