Heidi Yen Hallam, MD

Description

I strive to understand the whole person in order to improve quality of life for patients and their families. I bring compassion, empathy, and an open heart to every patient encounter.

Keywords artificial nutrition and hydration, palliative care management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als), palliative care management of lung disease, palliative care comfort measures only (cmo), palliative care management of movement disorders, transportable physician orders for patient preferences, hospice care, death with dignity, end of life decision making, terminal illness, life limiting illness, respite care, advance care planning, total parenteral nutrition (tpn), palliative care & hospice therapy, palliative care & hospice counseling, death & dying counseling, palliative care management of intestinal obstruction, palliative care management of delirium, palliative care management of nausea and vomiting, palliative care management of anxiety, palliative care management of depression, palliative care management of fatigue, palliative care management of myoclonus, palliative care management of weight loss, palliative care management of chronic pain, palliative care management of pain, palliative care management of dyspnea, palliative care for symptom management, palliative care for wound management, palliative care for treatment side effects, palliative care for advance illness symptoms, palliative care for cancer symptoms, treatment appropriateness discussion, hospice and palliative care for advance illness, hospice and palliative care for cancer patients, curative to palliative care transition, spiritual and psychological support, patient and family palliative care support, patient and family end of life care support, artificial nutrition and hydration discussion, molst discussion and documentation, code status discussion and documentation, advance directives discussion, quality of life discussion and management, goals of care discussion, palliative management of chronic kidney disease (ckd), palliative care, nutrition and supplement issues, grief, death and dying, cancer pain, bereavement.