 Paul Lindenfeld, MD
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| Title(s) | Associate Professor, Medicine |
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| School | School of Medicine |
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| Address | 550 16th. Street
San Francisco CA 94158
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| Phone | 415-514-1966 |
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ORCID
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 Biography | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA | | 06/2019 | Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship | | University of Washington , Seattle, WA | | 06/2004 | Internal Medicine Residency | | University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL | M.D. | 05/2001 | Medical School | | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | B.S. | 05/1994 | Chemisty and Cellular and Molecular Biology |
| Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society | 1999 | | Elected junior year of medical school |
Overview After practicing for over 10 years in primary care, I am delighted to have had the opportunity for further specialized training in palliative care. I am now exclusively practicing outpatient palliative care at UCSF. As part of the UCSF Symptom Management Service, I work closely with the oncology team to manage: cancer-related pain, fatigue, weight loss, depression/anxiety, gastrointestinal symptoms, and other symptoms with the goal of improving my patients' quality of life and function. I also assist with advanced care planning in the setting of serious medical illness. Prior to COVID-19, I was also able to make house calls for patients with a variety of serious medical illness as part of the UCSF Home-Based Palliative Care Service. I enjoy developing relationships with my patients and do my best to get to know them holistically. I find it extremely rewarding to reduce the limiting effects of pain, depression, and other symptoms for my patients facing life-threatening illness. I take a collaborative approach to working with other medical team members and am always looking for novel or creative ways to reduce the symptom burden for my patients.
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