Pediatric Track in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Fellowship Track Overview
The pediatric track in the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at UT San Antonio combines robust pediatric experiences with the adult-focused fellowship activities. The pediatric training emphasizes pediatric complex care with a focus on children with medical fragility.
Pediatric Palliative Program
UT San Antonio has a well-developed three-pronged pediatric palliative program including fully integrated outpatient, inpatient, and hospice services.
The outpatient complex care program has a dual purpose: primary care for pediatric patients with medical fragility as well as outpatient palliative care.
The inpatient team is divided into Pediatric and Perinatal services. The Pediatric team receives consultations and provides care to children admitted to the wards and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The Perinatal team follows parents from the time of diagnosis of severe fetal anomalies through pregnancy and delivery. If the infant is born alive the Perinatal Palliative care team will follow through the hospitalization and if discharged either on the hospice or clinic service. The Perinatal team also receives consultations from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and provides support to patients experiencing intrauterine fetal demises.
The hospice service is a community hospice agency, which is an interdisciplinary team caring for both children and adults. Patients are referred to the hospice from the inpatient Pediatric and Perinatal teams, as well as from the community and surrounding hospitals.
Contact Us
| Name & Title | Title | Email Address |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Barker, DO | Program Director | BarkerJ1@uthscsa.edu |
| Hema Seaworth, MD | Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship Director | Navaneethan@uthscsa.edu |
| Anjuli Vasquez, MD | Associate Program Director | VasquezAH@uthscsa.edu |
| Jason Sandlin | Program Coordinator- Senior | Sandlin@uthscsa.edu |
| Glen Medellin, MD | Pediatric Palliative Faculty Member | MedellinG@uthscsa.edu |
| Cesar Garcia-Canet, MD | Pediatric Palliative Faculty Member | Garciacanet@uthscsa.edu |
| Isabella Dahlgren, MD | Pediatric Palliative Faculty Member | Dahlgren@uthscsa.edu |