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Dr. Shoshana  Ungerleider

Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider

Redesigning what it means to live well until the very end.

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$10,001 - $15,000
Traveling from:
California
DR. SHOSHANA UNGERLEIDER – The End Well Project (A Cultural Shift)

Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider

Redesigning what it means to live well until the very end.

In-Person Fee Range:
$10,001 - $15,000
Fee Details
Traveling from:
California

Why Book

  • She is a physician, founder, philanthropist and speaker
  • She founded End Well, a first of its kind media platform and annual symposium on human- centered design and innovation to improve the end of life experience
  • She was named 2018 Woman of the Year by Women Healthcare Executives of Northern California

Biography

Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider is a physician, founder, philanthropist and speaker. She works as an internist practicing hospital medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She received her medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR and completed residency at California Pacific Medical Center where she is now on the teaching faculty and serves on the Executive Board of the Foundation Board of Trustees.

Shoshana started the Ungerleider Palliative Care Education Fund to support innovative programs that further palliative care education at every level. The Ungerleider Fund initiated a comprehensive education program to enhance medical training around advanced illness and end of life care, physician communication and wellness for healthcare providers at Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center.

She funded Extremis, a short documentary about end of life decision making in the intensive care unit by Academy Award-nominated director, Dan Krauss. The film world premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016 and won Best Documentary Short. The film was nominated for a 2016 Academy Award and nominated for 2 Emmy Awards. She executive produced End Game, a short documentary on hospice and palliative care by Academy Award winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman which premiered at Sundance Film Festival this year and was acquired by Netflix. The film was nominated for a 2018 Academy Award.

She founded End Well, a first of its kind media platform and annual symposium on human- centered design and innovation to improve the end of life experience.

As a writer and speaker, Shoshana has been featured as an expert on PBS NewsHour, CBS News, Fox News Radio as well as in Vox and STAT. She has spoken at Google, Exponential Medicine, The Schwartz Center’s Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference, The Coalition to Transform Advance Care Summit, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Columbia University, Chapman University, Sutter Health, Cambia Health and Stanford University School of Medicine.

Shoshana was named to the 2018 40 Under 40 class by the San Francisco Business Times, Becker’s Hospital Review Rising stars: 90 healthcare leaders under 40 and listed in Huffington Post’s 99 “Limit Breaking Female Founders.” She was named 2018 Woman of the Year by Women Healthcare Executives of Northern California.

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Ending well: Redesigning the end of life experience for patients and families

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The future is female: Looking ahead at the role of women in caregiving and health care

Aging in America: What the “silver tsunami” means for health care and caregiving in the United States

A Rx for burnout: How can we bring back joy and meaning to health care?

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