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Jennifer A. Blechman, M.D., HMDC, FAAHPM (she/her)

Accepting new patients

  • Doctor
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Hospice and Palliative Care

About me

I am a palliative care doctor who provides care most often for patients with solid tumors or hematologic malignancies. I also see any patient with a serious, life-threatening illness who is admitted to the hospital and needs palliative care support.

I am passionate about learning about what matters most to my patients as they navigate serious illness to help support them to get the best care possible and live the best and most fully they can. As such, I have two main areas of focus. First, I focus on quality of life by treating any symptom related to their illness, whether physical, emotional or spiritual, to help them live and feel the best they can. 

Second, I help support patients and their families figure out what is most important to them and what they care about most in order to help align treatments with what makes the most sense, so they get the best care possible.

Initially from Washington, DC, I have split my time going back and forth between the East and West coasts. After working as a family medicine doctor for eleven years, I had a number of experiences that led me to retrain in hospice and palliative medicine, and I have been working in this realm since 2012. Before coming to OHSU, I split my time doing palliative medicine embedded in a community oncology practice and working as a hospice doctor in Bend, Oregon. I have been lucky to call Oregon home since 2002.

When not working, I love to travel, Nordic ski, hike and try my best to keep up with my two amazing college-aged sons.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 1997, Albany Medical College

  • Residency

    • Family Medicine, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 2000

  • Fellowship

    • Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Stanford University, 2012

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
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