Laura E Dingfield, MD, MSEd
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Inpatient Attending, Penn Medicine Hospice, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Inpatient Attending, Penn Medicine Hospice, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Director of Palliative Care Education, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Co-Director, Medical Education and Leadership Track, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Internal Medicine Residency
Co-Director, Measey STeP to Residency Program, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS
Vanderbilt University, 2005.
MD
University of Michigan, 2009.
MSEd (Medical Education)
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, 2018.
Permanent linkBS
Vanderbilt University, 2005.
MD
University of Michigan, 2009.
MSEd (Medical Education)
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, 2018.
Selected Publications
Briana Ketterer, Laura Dingfield, Katie H. Stowers, Katherine Morrison, Amos Bailey,Hilary Flint, Gary Buckholz, Laura J. Morrison, Holly Yang, Stephen Berns : AAHPM Assessment Workgroup: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Assessment Needs & Directions. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 69(3): e220-e227, March 2025.Janae Heath, Shannon Devlin, Richard Leiter, Elizabeth Lindenberger, Jaclyn Shameklis, Laura Dingfield: Innovating in Graduate Medical Specialty Training Targeting Mid-Career Physicians: A Novel Time Variable Competency-Based Fellowship Program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Academic Medicine February 2025.
Shameklis J, Devlin S, Mullin J, Shalman D, Leiter RE, Biewald MA, Nijjar A, Martin R, Doyle KP, Cipta A, and Dingfield L.: Competency Based Fellowship Impact on Traditional HPM Fellowship Experience. Poster Presentation, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly. Phoenix, AZ. February 2025.
Biewald M, Cipta A, Leiter A, Shameklis J, Dingfield L: Trainee Perceptions of a Competency-Based Mid-Career Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Journal of Palliative Medicine 27(11): 1522-1526, November 2024.
Hachem Y, Lakin J, Teuteberg W, Cullinan A, Gonzales MJ, Lindvall C, Kumar P, Dingfield L, Kilpatrick L, Greenwald J, Miller A, Keeney T, Fromme EK, and Paladino J: Electronic Health Record Serious Illness Conversation Dashboards: An Implementation Case Series. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management November 2024.
Kosinski E, Dingfield L, and Bird A.: Improving Rates of Advanced Care Planning in a Resident Primary Care Clinic. Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. May 2024.
Muenzen R, Dingfield L.: Symptom Management in a Patient with Adrenocortical Carcinoma – Targeting Glucocorticoid and Androgen Excess. Poster Presentation, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly. Phoenix, AZ. March 2024.
Sagin A, Balmer D, Musheno R, Olenik JM, Dingfield L, Bennett NL, Dine CJ.: Lifelong Learning Indicators in Medical Students After a Novel Communication Skills Session. J Pain Symptom Management January 2024.
Sagin A, Balmer D, Musheno R, Olenik J, Dingfield L, Dine CJ, Bennett N: Use of the Context Input Process Product Model for Evaluation of a Novel Palliative Care Curriculum for Medical Students. Poster Presentation, Learn Serve Lead 2023: The AAMC Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. Nov 2023.
Dingfield, L: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Advisory Committee Guides Specialty Physician Certification. AAHPM Quarterly. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, November 2023.