Chief Medical Officer
JourneyCare
Palliative Care
405 Lake Zurich Rd
Barrington
ILUSA
60010-3141
Biographical Sketch: After graduating summa cum laude from Purdue University, Dr. Twaddle received her medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, and completed a residency in internal medicine through Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine at Evanston Hospital, where she was also chief resident. She was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in September 1988 and the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in July 1999 and 2006.
A nationally recognized expert in hospice and palliative medicine, Dr. Twaddle has served as a medical director of Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter since 1989 and became chief medical officer of the organization in 2004. She created the Midwest Hospice and Palliative Medicine Integrated Fellowship,ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂx serving as program director from 2001 to 2010 and guiding the program to formal recognition and accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (2009). The fellowship is now the Rush University Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Dr. Twaddle continues as associate program director.Dr. Twaddle is active in research, speaks regularly to local and national groups, and has been published extensively in peer-reviewed articles and other publications on the importance and benefits of hospice and palliative medicine. She is a senior attending physician at NorthShore University HealthSystem and attending staff at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Northwest Community Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.