Inpatient Kidney Palliative Care for Kidney Transplant Recipients With Failing Allografts

• Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD,
• Samantha L. Gelfand, MD,
• Kate R. Sciacca, NP,
• Kelsey Killeen, MSW, LICSW,
• Richard E. Leiter, MD, MA,
• Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH,
• Anil K. Chandraker, MD, MBChB,
• Joshua R. Lakin, MD

Affiliations

Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD

Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Address for Correspondence: Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD, Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Ave. EBRC 312, Boston, MA 02115.

Samantha L. Gelfand, MD

Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Kate R. Sciacca, NP

Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Kelsey Killeen, MSW, LICSW

Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Richard E. Leiter, MD, MA

Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH

Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Anil K. Chandraker, MD, MBChB

Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Joshua R. Lakin, MD

Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA