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Improving How People are Cared for Throughout the Continuum of Life 

Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, is a board certified, practicing internal medicine physician, journalist, producer, and leading voice on end-of-life care and the future of healthcare. She is the host and producer of the TED Health and Before We Go podcasts. She received her medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR and completed residency at California Pacific Medical Center where she serves on the Executive Board of the Foundation Board of Trustees. She is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of End Well and and on the advisory boards of the Providence Institute for Human Caring and JScreen.

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In 2017, Shoshana founded the End Well Foundation. End Well is a nonprofit focused on transforming the end of life into a human-centered experience. Learn more about End Well here.​

HONORS INCLUDE

  • 40 Under 40 by the San Francisco Business Times

  • Becker's Hospital Review Rising Stars: 90 Healthcare Leaders under 40

  • Huffington Post’s 99 “Limit Breaking Female Founders” 

  • 2018 Woman of the Year by Women Healthcare Executives of Northern California

  • 2020 Changemaker by Hospice News

Shoshana is Producer and Host of TED Health and Before We Go Podcasts. You can tune in wherever you listen to podcasts.

In recent years, years Shoshana was involved with two Academy Award-nominated Netflix short documentaries about the end of life experience: Extremis and End Game. Her most recent project is a biographical documentary film about the life of Robin Williams, Robin's Wish. Click here to learn more about the films she's worked with. ​

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