Denise Mohess is a geriatric medicine and palliative care physician affiliated with the Yale New Haven Health System and Bridgeport Hospital. She earned her medical degree from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, completed her internal medicine residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Abington Memorial Hospital, and went on to fellowships in geriatric medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and in hospice and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She holds additional certifications in bioethics, executive education, lifestyle and wellness, and grief support.
Her clinical and leadership work aims to improve the lives of patients across the care continuum, with a focus on advancing integrated geriatric and palliative care models that emphasize goal-concordant care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and interprofessional education. She is a strong advocate for recognizing caregivers as important members of the care team.
A communication expert and certified diversity professional, she is a national speaker who coaches in relationship-centered communication, leadership development, and health equity. She is engaged in several international collaborations that reflect her commitment to service and global health. She shares updates on LinkedIn.
The cost of health care in America is extraordinarily high, too often funding the wrong type of care. As a geriatric medicine and palliative care physician, I sit with patients and families making end-of-life decisions, weighing life-prolonging measures, optimizing quality of life, defining what matters most to them.
Recently, a 100-year-old man with severe dementia, limited mobility, hearing impairment, requiring assistance for his daily needs, was admitted to the hospital with …
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When the right end-of-life care is hardest to access
