Supportive and Palliative Care
- For all other requests:
- 1-800-777-8442
The Supportive and Palliative Care team gives care and support for patients and families living with serious illness, whether that illness is curable, chronic, or life threatening.
The goal is to improve your quality of life while you are ill. The team helps manage pain and other symptoms, and provides emotional, social, and spiritual support.
Palliative care is provided by a team, including doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, music therapist, chaplains, and other professionals.
The team works with the patient's primary medical doctor. Care can be provided if you are staying in the hospital, if you come in for a clinic visit, at an assisted living facility, or your home.
Any clinical staff member involved in the care of an inpatient or outpatient may refer to Supportive and Palliative Care.
The goal is to improve your quality of life while you are ill. The team helps manage pain and other symptoms, and provides emotional, social, and spiritual support.
Palliative care is provided by a team, including doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, music therapist, chaplains, and other professionals.
The team works with the patient's primary medical doctor. Care can be provided if you are staying in the hospital, if you come in for a clinic visit, at an assisted living facility, or your home.
Any clinical staff member involved in the care of an inpatient or outpatient may refer to Supportive and Palliative Care.
We Work To:
- Provide emotional, social, and spiritual support
- Decrease pain and control symptoms
- Alleviate fear and grief
- Help coordinate and determine goals of care
- Help patients and families understand what’s happening
We Work To:
To make a gift to honor the memory of your loved one, please contact Scott Hansen or Sarah Russett with the University of Iowa Center for Advancement.
Our Care Team
![W. David Clark, MD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/clarkw.jpg.webp?itok=wu1IR3Uz)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Yuya Hagiwara, MD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/yhagiwara.jpg.webp?itok=o416ryUh)
![Lauren Kirkpatrick, MD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/2023-08/Kirkpatrick_Lauren_01_2022.JPG.webp?itok=yk7EAfqp)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Daniel Miller, MD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/dgmillr.jpg.webp?itok=0wg_bSdV)
- Emergency Medicine
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Bryan Struck, MD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/2022-10/Struck_Bryan_02_2022.JPG.webp?itok=4MQ3rKb9)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![John H. Wilde, DO portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/jwlde.jpg.webp?itok=Q5ufrjbI)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Lauren Garvin, PhD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/lcleveng.jpg.webp?itok=1_qlD2UI)
![Elyse Brock, MD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/enbrock.jpg.webp?itok=L7bYM9bc)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Ilonka D. Molano, MD portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/imolano.jpg.webp?itok=QE0ParGQ)
![Lorin Fisher, PharmD, BCACP portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/2023-08/ljfisher.jpg.webp?itok=hurNaxhQ)
- Pharmacy
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![D. Kashelle Lockman, PharmD, MA portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/dlockman.jpg.webp?itok=4YxT-MUn)
- Pharmacy
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![James Ray, PharmD, CPE portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/jbry.jpg.webp?itok=ETnBMfOK)
- Pharmacy
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Jolene McAdam, ARNP portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/2024-02/jmmcadam.jpg.webp?itok=hOz6-803)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Carla Pies, ARNP portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/piesc.jpg.webp?itok=B9TZTMDe)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Emily Jasper, MSW, LMSW portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/2023-06/eajasper.jpg.webp?itok=EFvf_57h)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Katie Ries, MSW, LMSW portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/uihc_org/ries-katie.jpg.webp?itok=NCAcuoWP)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
![Heather Voshell, MSW portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200x300/public/2023-08/voshellh.jpg.webp?itok=xMhV8DsM)
- Supportive and Palliative Care
- David Kozishek, MA, BCC, Spiritual Services
- Joel Gilbertson, MDiv, Spiritual Services
- Katey Kooi, MT-BC, Music Therapist
- Margo Cox, BSN, RN
- Carol Harshman, RN
- Danilo Jahn, ADN, RN
- Carolyn Yoder, RN
Where Do I Begin?
Locations and Offices
![Medicine Specialty Clinic Main Entrance at UI Hospitals & Clinics](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2022-06/Medicine%20Specialty%20Clinic.jpg.webp?itok=dwMzra-s)
![Internal wayfinding image of the Supportive and Palliative Care Unit](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2022-06/Supportive%20and%20Palliative%20Care%20Unit.jpg.webp?itok=ntUyl4-W)