An Integrative Palliative Care Side Gig [Side Ventures]

Delia Chiaramonte, MD joins our Side Ventures SERIES to tell us about going all-in where it came to integrative palliative care. We cover:how she ended up as the Associate Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine in Marylandthe repercussions of her child's accident and how it's shaped her trajectorythe story of her daughter's recoverywhy end-of-life patients are sometimes happier than othershaving learned what it's like to be both a caregiver and a physician taking care of this populationstruggling with defining her audiencethe value of authentic connectionsfinding strength in ourselves through extreme hardshipsdefining "toxic positivity"a psychological trick for making space for both the dark and light parts (the "poop and the flowers")learning about the needs of her target audience The GuestTo read more about Dr. Chiaramonte, find her socials, and even connect with her through the Inquiries box in our doctors' profiles (if they opt in), click into her profile here.Dr. Chiaramonte will be a speaker in our virtual Pain Conference, which you'll be able to access even after it goes live. Shoutouts & Links from this Episode:The Innovative Approaches To Obesity Medicine conference and now resource.Our Gut Health conference.Send us a message to tell us what you loved about the show!Doctorsonsocialmedia.com, or SoMeDocs for short, is a healthcare omnimedia platform committed to promoting autonomy for the individuals in healthcare. Subscribe to our newsletter to not miss our new articles, episodes, or events: https://doctorsonsocialmedia.com/subscribe. Contact us anytime, at [email protected]  (please note that we receive many emails and may not respond to all).