Heather A. Harris, MD, FAAHPM

Heather A. Harris, MD FAAHPM is the Associate Chief in the Division of Palliative Care and the Medical Director of Community-Based Serious Illness Care within the Alameda Health System. Prior to this role she was the Medical Director of Care Management and Palliative Care within Stanford Health Care – Stanford Medicine Partners where she led the serious illness care program in the Accountable Care Division supporting patients within a Medicare Shared Savings Program. She was also a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco where she co-founded the palliative care program within the San Francisco Health Network to ensure access to palliative care within the safety-net health system serving San Francisco. She has held several leadership positions within the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine including serving as the Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Chair of the Safety-Net Special Interest Group, and as a member of the Next Gen Scholars Committee spearheading efforts to enhance the diversity of the national palliative care workforce.