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Palliative Care Services

The role of pediatric palliative care at Monroe Carell is to enhance a child's physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being. We focus on infants, children and young adults diagnosed with serious illnesses and provide compassionate care and support for your entire family.

Pediatric palliative care can begin at diagnosis and continues throughout treatment, to allow your child to live the best life possible with a medical condition. We provide our services for children with both curable and incurable illnesses. These include genetic diseases, heart and lung diseases, neuromuscular disorders, cancer and complications of prematurity. Pediatric palliative care also provides support for your family as you discuss your goals, hopes, fears and wishes.

Our team comprises providers specially trained in pediatric palliative care. We work closely with your child's other medical team members including physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and child life specialists.

Our team can help as soon as your child is diagnosed with a serious illness. We meet with your family for the first time in the hospital or in any clinic at Vanderbilt. Once our team is involved, we continue to support your child and family during hospitalizations, at regularly scheduled clinic appointments and at home if desired.

The pediatric palliative care team

  • Communicates regularly with children, families, and medical teams
  • Helps support families with medical decision-making
  • Assists with acute and chronic pain and symptom management
  • Honors family beliefs, values and preferences
  • Provides emotional support for the whole family
  • Arranges hospice and end-of-life care when needed

Meet Your Care Team

Tracy J. Hills

Tracy J. HillsDO

    Pediatric Palliative Care, Pediatric Specialties
Michaela G. Ibach

Michaela G. IbachMD

    Pediatric Palliative Care
Molly K. Casey

Molly K. CaseyAPRN

    Pediatric Palliative Care

Location

2200 Children's Way, Doctors' Office Tower, 11th Floor
Nashville, TN 37232
Today's hours:8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.