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Dmitry Kozhevnikov, DO, FACP

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Assistant Professor
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Additional Titles

Director, Smilow Ambulatory Palliative Care

Contact Info

Palliative Care Program

PO Box 208028, 25 York St.

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

About

Titles

Assistant Professor

Director, Smilow Ambulatory Palliative Care

Biography

Dr. Kozhevnikov is currently the Director of Ambulatory Palliative Care at the Yale New Haven Hospital - Smilow Cancer Center and the Associate Program Director of the Yale Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship in New Haven, CT. 

In 2016, he received The Susan and Herman Merinoff Palliative Medicine Award, which honors those who exhibit knowledge of Palliative Medicine principles and practice and possess the professionalism and compassion needed to care for patients with advanced illness.  

Appointments

Education & Training

Fellow
Yale School of Medicine (2018)
Resident
Northwell Health- Lenox Hill hospital (2017)
DO
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine (2014)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Dmitry Kozhevnikov's published research.

Publications

2023

2022

2020

2018

Clinical Care

Overview

Dmitry Kozhevnikov, DO, is a Yale Medicine hospice and palliative medicine doctor and the director of outpatient palliative care, Smilow Hospital Care Centers. He is passionate about empowering patients with tools to maximize their quality of life, allowing them to make the best of every day.

“I enjoy providing help in managing difficult symptoms and spending time with patients and their families as they seek guidance in dealing with the many challenges that serious illness may bring,” he says. “In my work, I am constantly inspired by the immense strength, b­­­oth emotional and spiritual, that patients living with serious illness display throughout their cancer journey.”

It is his goal to provide medical care that closely matches patients’ values, hopes, and goals for the future. “I encourage patients to be in-tune with the things that are most important to them and to share that information with their medical providers,” Dr. Kozhevnikov says.

In addition to caring for patients, he is a clinician educator who teaches medical students, residents, and fellows the importance of communication skills when working with patients who have advanced illnesses. To that end, he arranges simulated patient experiences using actors. “It’s a welcoming and safe space for physicians to learn and practice the communication skills required to care for patients with serious illness in an empathic and patient-centered way,” he says.

Clinical Specialties

Internal Medicine; Hospice & Palliative Care

Fact Sheets

Board Certifications

  • Hospice & Palliative Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2018
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2017

Get In Touch

Contacts

Mailing Address

Palliative Care Program

PO Box 208028, 25 York St.

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

Administrative Support

Locations

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