Ira Byock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American physician
Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1951
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Profession: physician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Ira Byock
- Ira Robert Byock (born February 13, 1951, Newark, New Jersey) is an American physician, author, and advocate for palliative care.
- He is founder and chief medical officer of the Providence St.
- Joseph Health Institute for Human Caring in Torrance, California, and holds appointments as active emeritus professor of medicine and professor of community health and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
- He was director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, from 2003–14, and associate director for patient and family-centered care at the affiliated Norris-Cotton Cancer Center. Dr.
- Byock's early career focused on emergency medicine and rural practice in parallel with an interest in hospice care dating back to 1978 when the field was just beginning to be established.
- After 15 years of practice of emergency medicine, mostly in Montana, he focused on palliative and hospice care and the lived experience of people who were seriously ill.
- He was principal investigator and founder of the Missoula Demonstration Project and national director for the Robert Wood Johnson Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care initiative. Dr.
- Byock's books include Dying Well (Riverhead, 1997), The Four Things That Matter Most (Simon & Schuster, 2004, 2014), and The Best Care Possible (Avery, 2012).
- He is author or coauthor of more than 100 scholarly journal articles and book chapters, on topics ranging from clinical tools and techniques, to personal reflections, to policy agenda statements and position papers.
- He is also frequently published in trade newspapers, online and print magazines.
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- Byock has appeared as a featured guest on numerous national television and radio programs, including NPR: “Talk of the Nation” (March 1997, August 1997, 2009 & 2012); “All Things Considered” (June 1997, November 1997, March 2009) and “Fresh Air” (1997); American Public Media: “On Being”; CBS 60 Minutes (November 2009, Oct 2014); ABC Nightline; and PBS NewsHour (August 2010, October 2014, August 2015).
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