Medical Specialty: Palliative Care

Medical School: McGill University, Canada, 1973

Training: Internship: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Canada, 1973-1974. Fellowship: Pain and Palliative Care Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, 1997-1999.

Law training: Masters Degree in Health Law, Sherbrooke University, Canada, 1989

Academic Appointment:
Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Board Certification:
American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2003

Membership:
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Canadian Bioethics Society
Quebec Society of Medicine and Law
Quebec Society of Palliative Care

Listing: Palliative Care Medicine

Pauline Lesage, MD, LLM is a full-time attending physician in the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care and is Associate Professor of Medicine on the faculty of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a recognized expert in the fields of palliative and hospice care, legal medicine and bioethics. Dr. Lesage has authored articles ranging from cancer pain management and palliative or end-of-life care to such topics as ethical and organizational aspects of medical practice. She is the author of a book on patient consent to medical care and the role of full disclosure and is an international lecturer.

Dr. Lesage provides consultations for patients with acute or chronic pain syndromes or those needing better symptom management. She is active as a primary physician on the specialized Palliative Care Unit at Beth Israel Medical Center where palliative or end-of-life care is provided. She also contributes to the Department's teaching program and research activities and collaborates with the Medical Center's bioethics program.