Senior Physician, Division of Pediatric Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital
Program Director and Co-Founder, Robert's Program on Sudden Unexpected Death In Pediatrics (SUDP)
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
| 1983 | BA, Wesleyan University |
| 1989 | MD, Harvard Medical School |
| 1989-1992 | Internship and Residency in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) |
| 1992-1993 | Fellowship, Behavioral-Developmental Pediatrics, CHB |
| 1994-2010 | Primary Care Pediatrics Practice |
| 2005-2008 | Associate Program Director, Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics |
| 2008-2010 | Clinical Scholar in Palliative Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) |
| 2008-2014 | Medical Director, Massachusetts Center for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Massachusetts Infant and Child Bereavement Program |
| 2010- | Attending Physician, Pediatric Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, DFCI |
| 2014- | Program Director, Robert's Program on Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital |
In Richard Goldstein, MD’s training and career, he has been interested in the impact of illnesses on children and families, and promoting a practice of medicine that tries to understand and integrate a family-centered approach. This has animated Dr. Goldstein's time in primary care practice, his teaching, and it is what drew him to the challenges of palliative care.
Dr. Goldstein's research has centered on the role of the primary care pediatrician when children die, critical communications and the skills involved, and the challenges of understanding and addressing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. A current area of research is the grief responses of young mothers following the sudden unexpected death of their infants.