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Ira R. Byock, MD, FAAHPM (he/him/his)

Emeritus Professor, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Clinical Transformation Specialists PLLC

Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM is a palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care for people living with serious medical conditions. He is a founder and a past president of the Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
From 1996 to 2006 Dr. Byock directed a national grant project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that developed prototypes for concurrent palliative care within mainstream healthcare. From 2003 to 2013, he led the palliative care program for the Dartmouth health system based in Lebanon, N.H. He has spearheaded health service delivery models for concurrent life-extending and palliative care in acute inpatient, outpatient specialty clinics, academic and community-based primary care, long-term and chronic care settings.
In 2014 Byock founded the Institute for Human Caring, a component of Providence health system. The Institute drives transformation in clinical systems and culture to make caring for whole persons the new normal. He is the Principal of Clinical Transformation Specialists, PLLC a consulting practice to assist healthcare companies advance highly personalized care though outcomes-oriented systems change. Dr. Byock is an emeritus professor of medicine and community & family medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine.
He has authored numerous articles in academic journals and opinion essays in national newspapers and online health newsites. His books include Dying Well, The Four Things That Matter Most, and The Best Care Possible.

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