James F. Cleary, MBBS, FAChPM. Assoc Professor of Medicine (Division of Heme/Onc) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Director of the Palliative Care Program at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Program Leader of the UW Paul P Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Cancer Control Program; Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Policy and Communication in Cancer Care. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Adelaide Medical School, South Australia, Dr. Cleary did his Internal Medicine Residency and Oncology fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and three years of research in opioid pharmacology at the University of Adelaide. He moved to the University of Wisconsin in 1994, where he has developed global ties in Palliative Care. Dr. Cleary has been a Master Facilitator for the Education of Physicians in End-of-Life Care Program (EPEC) and EPEC-Oncology and a Faculty Scholar of the OSI’s Project on Death in America. He was the 2004 President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). He serves as a North American Editor of Palliative Medicine, the Research Journal and the European Association of Palliative Care. He continues to develop and implement educational initiatives in palliative care for faculty, residents, and medical students within the UW Health System and UW Medical School partners throughout Wisconsin, particularly HospiceCare, Inc. Madison WI. The UW Health Palliative Care program has recently expanded to include a 10 bed inpatient unit. He has current grant funding from the NCI through the UW Center of Excellence of Cancer Communication Research.
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