Laura Schoenherr • UCSF Profiles (original) (raw)
| Title(s)Associate Professor, MedicineSchoolSchool of MedicineAddress521 Parnassus Avenue, #5311San Francisco CA 94117PronounsShe/Her/HersvCardDownload vCard |
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Biography
| Harvard College | AB | 2008 | Chemistry, Public Health |
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| 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 |
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| University of California, San Francisco | - | 2019 | UCSF Health Lean Champion |
| University of California, San Francisco | - | 2020 | Great Experience Award |
Overview
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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- 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.
View in: PubMed Mentions: Fields: - 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.
View in: PubMed Mentions: Fields: - 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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Translation:HumansCellsCTClinical Trials - 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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Translation:Humans - 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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Translation:Humans - 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.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 9 Fields:
Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health - 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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Translation:HumansPHPublic Health - 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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Translation:HumansPHPublic Health - 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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