Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic

The Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic at Smilow Cancer Hospital provides support to patients on an outpatient basis. Led by Dr. Mark Swidler, the Clinic uses an interdisciplinary team approach to provide an extra layer of support for patients and families in the outpatient setting. 

These services include: 

Medical  

• Decision–making
• Goals of care
• Pain & symptom management

Social Work

• Supportive resources for
• life changes
• Meaning-centered individual & group programs
• Bereavement & grief support groups

Psychology

• Resilience building
• Emotional coping skills
• Cognitive behavior therapy

Art Therapy

Chaplaincy

Referrals to:

• Home care
• Community services
• Integrative medicine
• Smilow Pain Clinic
• Addiction medicine
• Hospice