Laura Schoenherr • UCSF Profiles (original) (raw)

Photo of Laura Schoenherr, MD Title(s)Associate Professor, MedicineSchoolSchool of MedicineAddress521 Parnassus Avenue, #5311San Francisco CA 94117PronounsShe/Her/HersvCardDownload vCard

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Harvard College AB 2008 Chemistry, Public Health
University of California, San Francisco MD 2014
University of California, San Francisco 2017 Internal Medicine Residency
University of California, San Francisco 2018 Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
University of California, San Francisco 2019 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
University of California, San Francisco 2019 Lean and Continuous Improvement Training
AAHPM - 2019 Health Research Poster Award
University of California, San Francisco - 2019 UCSF Health Lean Champion
University of California, San Francisco - 2020 Great Experience Award

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Dr. Laura Schoenherr is a palliative care physician who treats patients with serious illness in the inpatient setting. Together with the other members of the transdisciplinary inpatient palliative care team, she helps maximize patients' quality of life through symptom management, advance care planning, and emotional and psychosocial support. Dr. Schoenherr also participates in educational efforts to improve the primary palliative care skillsets of non-specialty trained providers and conducts quality improvement and health systems research focused on optimizing the practice and delivery of palliative care.

Dr. Schoenherr earned her medical degree from UCSF, where she also completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine.

Dr. Schoenherr is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

In her free time, Dr. Schoenherr enjoys travel, yoga, going on walks with her dog, and spending time with her family.

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  1. Stopping, Starting, and Continuing: The Benefits and Risks of Comfort Care Order Sets. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2026 Feb; 71(2):e211-e212. Vossler K, Sharpless J, Schoenherr LA, Goto Y, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 41197972.
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  2. Psychosocial Screening by Inpatient Palliative Care Teams: Patient Characteristics and Outcomes. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 May 14; 10499091251343213. Brown CK, Schoenherr LA, Pantilat SZ, Wallace CL, Sumser B, Peck S, O'Riordan DL. PMID: 40366206.
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  3. A Randomized Control Trial Investigating the Effect of Different Treatment Strategies on Mitochondrial Function in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Study Protocol. J Surg Res. 2025 Mar; 307:78-85. Schoenherr L, Heidler J, Kluckner M, Lobenwein D, Pesta D, Frese JP, Wipper SH, Gratl A. PMID: 39987612.
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  4. A Validated Electronic Medical Record-Based Algorithm to Identify Hospitalized Patients with Serious Illness. J Palliat Med. 2025 Feb; 28(2):201-206. Schoenherr LA, Goto Y, Sharpless J, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 39607739.
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  5. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Leveraging the Electronic Health Record for Data Collection and Quality Improvement. J Palliat Med. 2023 06; 26(6):849-855. Huber MT, Ling DY, Rozen AS, Terauchi SY, Sharma P, Fleischer-Black J, Schoenherr LA, Hutchinson RN, Lindvall C, Jones CA, Guerry RT, Berlin A. PMID: 36525521.
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  6. Proactive Identification of Palliative Care Needs Among Patients With COVID-19 in the ICU. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 09; 60(3):e17-e21. Schoenherr LA, Cook A, Peck S, Humphreys J, Goto Y, Saks NT, Huddleston L, Elia G, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 32544647; PMCID: PMC7293759.
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  7. COVID-19 Lessons: The Alignment of Palliative Medicine and Trauma-Informed Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Aug; 60(2):e26-e30. Brown C, Peck S, Humphreys J, Schoenherr L, Saks NT, Sumser B, Elia G. PMID: 32439516; PMCID: PMC7234954.
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  8. Rapid Implementation of Inpatient Telepalliative Medicine Consultations During COVID-19 Pandemic. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Jul; 60(1):e54-e59. Humphreys J, Schoenherr L, Elia G, Saks NT, Brown C, Barbour S, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 32283219; PMCID: PMC7151239.
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  9. Trends in Hospital-Based Specialty Palliative Care in the United States From 2013 to 2017. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 12 02; 2(12):e1917043. Schoenherr LA, Bischoff KE, Marks AK, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 31808926; PMCID: PMC6902777.
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