Laura Dingfield, MD, MSEd

Hospice and Palliative Care
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Palliative Care - Inpatient HUP
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
  • Director of Palliative Care Education
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Michigan
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Dingfield is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Liebling S, Lefler D, Aizenberg D, Bird A, Dingfield L, Barton T, Heath J Structured Behavioral Interview Questions as Predictors of ACGME Milestone Performance among Internal Medicine Residents , Poster Presentation, APDIM Fall Meeting. Atlanta, GA.: 2025

Lai D, Dingfield L Assessment of Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) Utilization Among Internal Medicine Residents, a Single-Institution Study , Poster Presentation, APDIM Fall Meeting. Atlanta, GA.: 2025

Briana Ketterer, Laura Dingfield, Katie H. Stowers, Katherine Morrison, Amos Bailey, Hilary Flint, Gary Buckholz, Laura J. Morrison, Holly Yang, Stephen Berns AAHPM Assessment Workgroup: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Assessment Needs & Directions , Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 69(3): 2025,e220-e227

Janae Heath, Shannon Devlin, Richard Leiter, Elizabeth Lindenberger, Jaclyn Shameklis, Laura Dingfield A Novel Competency-Based, Time-Variable Mid-Career Fellowship Program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine , Academic Medicine, 100(6): 2025,684-688

Shameklis J, Devlin S, Mullin J, Shalman D, Leiter RE, Biewald MA, Nijjar A, Martin R, Doyle KP, Cipta A, and Dingfield L. Competency Based Fellowship Impact on Traditional HPM Fellowship Experience , Poster Presentation, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly. Phoenix, AZ. : 2025

Biewald M, Cipta A, Leiter A, Shameklis J, Dingfield L Trainee Perceptions of a Competency-Based Mid-Career Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine , Journal of Palliative Medicine, 27(11): 2024,1522-1526

Hachem Y, Lakin J, Teuteberg W, Cullinan A, Gonzales MJ, Lindvall C, Kumar P, Dingfield L, Kilpatrick L, Greenwald J, Miller A, Keeney T, Fromme EK, and Paladino J Electronic Health Record Serious Illness Conversation Dashboards: An Implementation Case Series , Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 69(2): 2024,e139-e146

Kosinski E, Dingfield L, and Bird A. Improving Rates of Advanced Care Planning in a Resident Primary Care Clinic , Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.: 2024

Muenzen R, Dingfield L. Symptom Management in a Patient with Adrenocortical Carcinoma – Targeting Glucocorticoid and Androgen Excess , Poster Presentation, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly. Phoenix, AZ.: 2024

Sagin A, Balmer D, Musheno R, Olenik JM, Dingfield L, Bennett NL, Dine CJ. Lifelong Learning Indicators in Medical Students After a Novel Communication Skills Session , J Pain Symptom Management, 67(4): 2024,e467-e374