Suzana Makowski, MD's Page

Country of Residence:

USA

City and State/Providence of Residence:

Worcester County, MA

Email Address:

s.mak@mac.com

CEOLC Programs (select all that apply) graduated from or associated with:

Upaya Being With Dying Program, Other

Professional Practice (select all that apply):

Educator, Physician

About Me:

I am a physician who tends to patients' suffering, who listens and teaches students & faculty to lean in when our inclination is to pull away. I also am on the board of directors of Ron Hoffman's Compassionate Care ALS, a group dedicated to lend strength to patients with ALS and their families. Ron is also a prior participant of Upaya's Being with Dying.
My official current title is: Assistant Professor of Medicine - Director of Palliative Care Services and Education, Cancer Center, UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Special Interests:

Contemplative/mindfulness; self-awareness practice to enhance physician professionalism; medical humanities.

Current Projects:

Facilitating/coordinating the Faculty Fellowship in Palliative Care: a learning community for people in Worcester County interested in preparing for certification in Palliative Care. Part of this program includes self-awareness practices of mindfulness, narrative, appreciative inquiry, medical humanities.
HPM-PASS writing committee. AAHPM Quality & Practice Standards Taskforce.
AVD faculty development in self-awareness/narrative medicine/contemplative practice of medicine.
Communication in healthcare.
Collaboration with UMass Center for Mindfulness.