Attending Physician, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Board Certification:
Internal Medicine, 2015
Fellowship:
Harvard Interprofessional Palliative Care Program
Residency:
New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center
Medical School:
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Richard Leiter, MD, MA is an attending physician on the adult inpatient palliative care consult service at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Leiter assists patients with serious illness with symptom management, coping, and medical decision-making. He is also a research fellow in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, where his work is focused on the international patient population with cancer seen at Dana-Farber. Dr. Leiter is also interested in cross-cultural palliative care and the intersection of palliative care and medical ethics.