I’m Aware That I’m Rare: Laura Rhee, MD (310)

The phaware® interview

Dr. Laura Rhee is a senior associate consultant and instructor in medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Rhee is currently the co-director of the outpatient palliative medicine practice. She has an interest in sub-specialty palliative care and practice development. In this episode Dr. Rhee discusses the impact of palliative care in pulmonary hypertension.

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My name is Laura Rhee. I’m a physician in palliative medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. I serve as the co-director of our outpatient palliative practice. I just recently got involved with the pulmonary hypertension group here at Mayo, as they came to us with a research study that they wanted to do on their patients with advanced pulmonary hypertension.

We know that patients with advanced pulmonary hypertension often have a poor quality of life and has a profound impact on just their…