Former Chief, Division of Adult Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
| 1966-1969 | University of California, Berkeley |
| 1970 | BS, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical School |
| 1973 | MD, UCSF Medical School |
| 1973-1974 | Straight Medical Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston |
| 1974-1976 | Medical Resident and Fellowship in Hematology, MGH |
| 1976-1977 | Chief Medical Resident, Moffitt Hospital, UCSF |
| 1977-1980 | Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) |
| 1980-2000 | Staff Physician, HUP and Philadelphia VA Medical Center |
| 1994-1996 | Chief, Medical Service, Philadelphia VA Medical Center |
| 1996-1997 | Associate Chief of Staff, Primary Care and Consultative Medicine, Philadelphia VA Medical Center |
| 1997-2000 | Fellowship Director, Palliative Care Fellowship, HUP |
| 1998-2000 | Director, Education and Research and Medical Director, Wissahickon Hospice of the University of Pennsylvania Health System |
| 2001- | Staff Physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) |
| 2001-2007 | Director, Pain and Palliative Care Fellowship, BWH and DFCI |
| 2001-2008 | Director, Pain and Palliative Care Service, DFCI/BWH |
| 2001-2011 | Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School (HMS) |
| 2008-2013 | Division Chief, Adult Palliative Care, DFCI/BWH |
| 2011- | Professor, Medicine, HMS |
Janet L. Abrahm, MD's teaching and research concentration within palliative care is pain and symptom management of patients with cancer.
The fourth edition of her book, A Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care For Patients with Cancer, was published in 2022 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
She was a co-investigator of R01 and PCORI-funded studies designed to improve oncologists' ability to provide better symptom control for their cancer patients and to enhance patient self-management of symptoms. She also teaches about difficult conversations and has a great deal of experience in palliative care program development.