Two Sessions – Mondays 3/27 & 4/10, 7:00-8:30, in person at Beth David
Join us for this interactive discussion led by Cantor Lauren Goodlev and her husband Dr. Eric Goodlev (Palliative Care Physician) about issues many of us ponder and might face about serious illness in our lives or the lives of those we love. We will explore how Jewish texts and traditions might inform our choices and also emerge with some practical skills to apply to these difficult situations.
Each session is a different curriculum, you need not attend both sessions.
Eric Goodlev, MD is the Program Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, as well as an associate hospice medical director at Einstein Montgomery Hospice. A graduate of Brandeis University, where he studied social determinants of health and the basics of medical sociology and anthropology, he has long been an advocate for a biopsychosocial and spiritual model in medicine. Dr. Goodlev received his MD from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and subsequently trained in Internal Medicine at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus.
Following residency, Dr. Goodlev initially pursued a career in academic hospital medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where his academic focus was on safe care transitions, population health, and teaching quality improvement. In this practice, he found profound meaning and purpose in the care of the most seriously ill patients and their families, leading him to his ultimate calling in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He and his wife made the move to Philadelphia where he pursued fellowship training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced palliative care across all care settings (inpatient, outpatient, and in the hospice setting) and have found the ability to partner with patients and families longitudinally to be among the most fulfilling aspects of my clinical practice. In this spirit, he was thrilled to join the Einstein Montgomery Palliative Care family in 2019 given our group’s focus on care continuity. Dr. Goodlev was honored to lead a fellowship program uniquely focused on the intersection of palliative care and population health outreach and community-based palliative care integration. His hope is to empower the future leaders in our field as we work towards the vision of universal access to early palliative care for all patients with serious illness, independent of their site of care.
Outside of Einstein, he is an active member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, where he serves on the Quality Committee and the Editorial Board for AAHPM Quarterly. He is the chair-elect of the education Special Interest Group for 2022-2023. His research interests are in proving the value proposition in community-based palliative care and further refining definitions of the “serious illness denominator.” He is passionate about primary palliative care education and empowering all trainees to embrace difficult conversations. Most importantly, he is blessed with a wonderful wife, who serves as Jewish clergy, as well as three vibrant and adorable sons ages 3 and under. Dr. Goodlev fills his spare time with exercising with Peloton, vegetable gardening, and cooking.