Diane Meier is immediate past CEO of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC.org), a national organization devoted to increasing access to quality palliative care for people living with a serious illness and their families in the United States. Under her leadership the number of palliative care programs in U.S. hospitals has more than tripled in the last 10 years. She is co-director of the Patty and Jay Baker National Palliative Care Center; Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine; and was the founder and Director of the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, 1997-2011, all at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Dr. Meier was named one of 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better in the U.S. by HealthLeaders Media 2010. Recognition includes election to the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2013. Awards include: Gustav O. Lienhard Award of the National Academy of Medicine, 2017; AHA-HRET TRUST Award, 2017; MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 2008.
Dr. Meier served as a Health and Aging Policy Fellow in Washington DC in 2009-2010, working both on the Senate’s HELP Committee and at the Department of Health and Human Services. She has over 200 peer-reviewed publications in the medical literature. Her most recent book, Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Reform, was published in 2014.