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Emma Jones, MD, joins Care Dimensions as hospice and palliative care physician

Care Dimensions welcomes Emma Jones, MD, to its hospice and palliative care physician team. She leads the pediatric interdisciplinary team as well as a home-care team serving Greater Boston.

Since 2016, she has been under contract with Care Dimensions as the medical director for the pediatric hospice team. Prior to joining Care Dimensions as a staff physician, she was a senior physician in Pediatric Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital, providing inpatient consultation and outpatient follow up for children with a wide range of serious illnesses.

Certified in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine, Dr. Jones completed a fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Palliative Care. She received both her medical and bachelor’s degrees from Louisiana State University Health Science Center. After completing fellowships at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Dr. Jones cared for patients with childhood cancer and blood disorders at the St. Jude Affiliate Clinic, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, in Baton Rouge, La. 

“I have worked for many years with Care Dimensions, as both a referring physician and most recently as a contracted physician, because I have admired Care Dimensions for their work with their patients and for their comprehensive pediatric hospice and palliative care program. I’m excited to work closer with this excellent team of clinicians and to extend my expertise to adult hospice patients at home.”

“Dr. Jones’s impressive focus and solid experience make her the ideal fit for Care Dimensions,” said Dr. Kristen Schaefer, Care Dimensions medical director for the Greater Boston service area and at the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln. “We welcome her to the Care Dimensions team.”

About Care Dimensions
Care Dimensions is the largest hospice and palliative care provider to adults and children in Massachusetts. As a nonprofit, community-based leader in advanced illness care, Care Dimensions provides comprehensive hospice, palliative care and grief support in more than 100 communities in Massachusetts. Founded in 1978 as Hospice of the North Shore, Care Dimensions cares for patients wherever they live – in their homes, in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities, in hospitals, or at our two inpatient hospice facilities, the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln and the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Additionally, Care Dimensions HomeMD program provides in-home primary care to patients over age 65 in select communities on the North Shore and Greater Boston who have difficulty leaving home. The Care Dimensions Learning Institute educates more than 7,000 health care professionals and community members each year on advanced illness and end-of-life topics. Please visit www.CareDimensions.org to learn more about Care Dimensions.