Ascension Resurrection

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

The Ascension Resurrection Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship teaches the next generation of physicians how to provide compassionate palliative and end-of-life care to a diverse population. This one-year program gives you the opportunity to participate in a variety of disciplines, including intensive care, radiation oncology, geriatrics, neurology, cardiology, ethics and more.

Why choose us?

Diverse experience

The Ascension Resurrection Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship is a one-year program that gives you the opportunity to participate in a variety of electives, including:

  • Intensive care
  • Radiation oncology
  • Geriatrics
  • Neurology
  • Cardiology
  • Ethics
  • Pediatrics
  • Pulmonology
  • Oncology

Affiliated with Ascension Illinois Rainbow Hospice

The fellowship has a valued affiliation with Ascension Illinois Rainbow Hospice, providing patient care integration through interdisciplinary team participation, dedicated inpatient units and community palliative and hospice services, and optimizes the number and diversity of fellowship patient encounters. Furthermore, Ascension Resurrection has coordinated relationships with nursing and social work bereavement and spiritual care professionals. This helps ensure that fellows obtain experience managing patients longitudinally and across settings.

“Dr. Nick Parise is a very good leader in hospice and palliative care in the Chicago area.”

Brian Medley, DO
Class of 2018–2019

State-of-the-art hospitals

In addition to Ascension Illinois Rainbow Hospice and other nursing facilities throughout Cook County and its surrounding counties, fellows will get to operate at two participating institutions:

Ascension Resurrection

One of the top 250 hospitals for clinical excellence and one of only twelve recognized in Illinois, Ascension Resurrection is an award-winning, 337-bed academic teaching hospital located on the city’s northwest side that offers private patient rooms and world-class healthcare. As a full-service, comprehensive medical center, we have offered state-of-the-art tertiary-type care in a community-based setting since 1953, and remain a proven leader in telehealth technology. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality and compassionate care close to home.

Ascension Holy Family

Our award-winning long-term acute care facility in Des Plaines, IL, gives you hands-on experience managing the pain of patients with some of the most medically complex conditions you will encounter, including cancer, post-traumatic conditions, respiratory failure and more.

Affordable housing in an amazing city

Located on the northwest side of Chicago (near O’Hare International Airport and the intersection of I-90 and I-294), Ascension Resurrection puts its fellows within convenient distance of one of the nation’s great cities, while still retaining the comfort and quiet suburban vibe of Edison Park. The city’s amazing cultural activities and 29 miles of pristine shoreline are all just a 15-minute L train ride away.

A wide variety of housing options is available close to the hospital and in the neighboring suburbs. Rent and housing prices in Chicago are affordable, making it quite feasible for residents to buy homes here during your fellowship.