Laura Schoenherr, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Laura Schoenherr is a palliative care physician who treats patients with serious illness in the inpatient setting. Together with the other members of the transdisciplinary inpatient palliative care team, she helps maximize patients' quality of life through symptom management, advance care planning, and emotional and psychosocial support.
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Dr. Schoenherr also participates in educational efforts to improve the primary palliative care skillsets of non-specialty trained providers and conducts quality improvement and health systems research focused on optimizing the practice and delivery of palliative care.
Dr. Schoenherr earned her medical degree from UCSF, where she also completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine.
Dr. Schoenherr is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
In her free time, Dr. Schoenherr enjoys travel, yoga, going on walks with her dog, and spending time with her family.
Awards
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- Great Experience Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2020
- Health Research Poster Award, AAHPM, 2019
- UCSF Health Lean Champion, University of California, San Francisco, 2019
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2019
- Lean and Continuous Improvement Training University of California, San Francisco 2019
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 2018
- Internal Medicine Residency University of California, San Francisco 2017
- MD University of California, San Francisco 2014
- AB Chemistry, Public Health Harvard College 2008
Publications (5)
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Coronavirus InfectionsPatient DischargeHospice and Palliative Care NursingPneumonia, ViralReferral and ConsultationMedicineCritical CareDelivery of Health CareQuality ImprovementPandemicsPatient Care TeamQuality of Health CarePalliative CareBetacoronavirusHealth Services Needs and Demand
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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Leveraging the Electronic Health Record for Data Collection and Quality Improvement.
Journal of palliative medicine 2022 Huber MT, Ling DY, Rozen AS, Terauchi SY, Sharma P, Fleischer-Black J, Schoenherr LA, Hutchinson RN, Lindvall C, Jones CA, Guerry RT, Berlin A -
Proactive Identification of Palliative Care Needs Among Patients With COVID-19 in the ICU.
Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Schoenherr LA, Cook A, Peck S, Humphreys J, Goto Y, Saks NT, Huddleston L, Elia G, Pantilat SZ -
COVID-19 Lessons: The Alignment of Palliative Medicine and Trauma-Informed Care.
Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Brown C, Peck S, Humphreys J, Schoenherr L, Saks NT, Sumser B, Elia G -
Rapid Implementation of Inpatient Telepalliative Medicine Consultations During COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Humphreys J, Schoenherr L, Elia G, Saks NT, Brown C, Barbour S, Pantilat SZ -
Trends in Hospital-Based Specialty Palliative Care in the United States From 2013 to 2017.
JAMA network open 2019 Schoenherr LA, Bischoff KE, Marks AK, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ