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Eric Lewis Krakauer, MD
- Phone: 617-724-9197
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- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical Education
- MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Gender
- Male
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- French
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- Patient Age Group
- Adult
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Biography
Dr. Krakauer is an internist and palliative medicine specialist on the Palliative Care Service at MGH where he also co-chairs the ethics consultation committee. At Harvard Medical School, he directs International Programs at the Center for Palliative Care and teaches in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine. He currently is assisting major hospitals and cancer centers in Vietnam to integrate palliative care into comprehensive cancer, HIV, geriatric and primary care.
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114-2696
Phone: 617-724-9197
Fax: 617-724-8693
55 Fruit Street
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Phone: 617-724-9197
Fax: 617-724-8693
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