Vicki Jackson

Since completing her clinical training in Internal Medicine at The Cambridge Hospital, Palliative Care at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Hospital, as well as her research training through the Harvard Medical School General Medicine Fellowship and the Harvard University School of Public Health, Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH, has focused her effort as a clinician, educator, and leader in palliative medicine locally and nationally.

In the clinical arena, she spearheaded the development of a novel outpatient palliative care clinic in the MGH Cancer Center and is the palliative care lead for an NIH study to further evaluate the benefits of this delivery model.

As an educator, Dr. Jackson received extensive training in medical education through several fellowships. Her educational work has focused on the development and evaluation of communication curricula for palliative care fellows and attending physicians caring for seriously ill patients. Along with Dr. David Ryan, Chief of Oncology at MGH, she published a book for patients living with cancer in 2017 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

In her role as Chief of Palliative Care for Massachusetts General Hospital, she oversees all clinical, educational, and research initiatives related to Palliative Care.

Educational and professional experience

• 1990 BS, Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• 1995 MD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 1995-1998 Medical Resident, The Cambridge Hospital (TCH), Cambridge, MA
• 1998-1999 Chief Resident in Medicine, TCH
• 1999-2001 Research Fellow, Harvard General Medicine
• 2001 MPH Harvard School of Public Health-Concentration in Clinical Effectiveness
• 2001-2002 Pain and Palliative Care, Clinical Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital
• 2002-2004 Research Fellow, Program in Cancer Outcomes Research Training
• 2004-2006 Director, Palliative Care Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
• 2006-2010 Director, Harvard Palliative Medicine Fellowship
• 2009-2010 Acting Chief, Palliative Care Service, MGH
• 2010- Chief, Palliative Service, MGH
• 2015- Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care
• 2016- Chief, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatrics, MGH