Bob Gramling, MD, DSc

Bob Gramling, MD, DSc

Bob Gramling, M.D., D.Sc.is the Holly & Bob Miller Chair in Palliative Medicine and Division Chief of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Vermont. Bob and his team are implementing the Serious Illness Care Program at multiple sites within the University of Vermont Health Network (much of Vermont and Adirondack region of New York). Bob’s research focuses on prognosis & decision-making conversations in serious illness care settings, most recently focused on developing Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning approaches for automating communication measurement. He has authored more than 85 publications and received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Palliative Care Research Center, the Greenwall Bioethics Foundation and the American Cancer Society. Bob received his undergraduate degree from Colby College, his Doctor of Medicine from Dartmouth Medical School, and his Doctor of Science (Epidemiology) from Boston University School of Public Health.