Palliative Care Leadership Center

The Palliative Care Leadership Center (PCLC) Initiative is a national program available at eight exemplary sites in the U.S. VCU Massey Cancer Center is one of these locations. Palliative care teams from small and large hospitals may attend two-day training sessions and receive a full year of mentoring at these leadership centers.

During the training session, PCLC faculty assist teams in developing business plans, conducting financial analyses and designing a program structure and implementation plan for their palliative care service. Unique attributes of Massey’s palliative care program include:

• Our program is part of a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center serving cancer patients and other hospital patients.

• We operate as a consult team and an inpatient unit, and we offer outpatient services. 

•  Our training center is most appropriate for academic medical centers and cancer centers. 

•  We have extensive experience in making the financial case for palliative care.

Our staff and our institution have long-standing experience serving medically underserved, minority and low-income patients.

Apply to the Center to Advance Palliative Care

For additional information on our training program, contact Carrie Cybulski at (804) 628-1918.