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 Maryland
- the repercussions of her child’s accident and how it’s shaped her trajectory
- the story of her daughter’s recovery
- why end-of-life patients are sometimes happier than others
- having learned what it’s like to be both a caregiver and a physician taking care of this population
- struggling with defining her audience
- the value of authentic connections
- finding strength in ourselves through extreme hardships
- defining “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 Guest
To 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.
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