Palliative Medicine Physician, Ascension Health
Dr. Jim Cleary, MD, FAChPM has extensive experience in palliative care in the US and globally. He is an Australian trained Medical Oncologist and Palliative Medicine Physician who has been engaged in global palliative care since he was a medical student. Following 3 years of opioid pharmacology research, he moved to the Carbone Cancer Center in Madison Wisconsin in 1994, establishing the palliative care program and working as a Hospice Medical Director. He was the 2004 President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. IN 2011, he assumed leadership of the Pain and Policy Studies Group, continuing his work on improving global palliative care and access to cancer pain relief medicines around the world. He has most recently retired from IU Simon Cancer Center where he was Director of Supportive Oncology. He continues his work both in the US and globally as Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin and as a Palliative Medicine Physician for Ascension Health. He is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.