Kathryn A. McGrath, MD (she/her)

Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

5.0 with 55 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Kathryn A. McGrath, MD (she/her)

Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

5.0 with 55 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
Dr. McGrath is a Penn Medicine physician.

Call 800-789-7366 Request Appointment

Advance Care Planning
Advance Directives Discussion
All Cancer Types
Cancer Pain
Cancer-Related Fatigue
Coping with Chronic Illness
Dyspnea in Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Care for Cancer Patients
Nausea
Oral Complications of Cancer
Palliative Care
Palliative Care & Hospice Counseling
Palliative Care for Advance Illness Symptoms
Palliative Care for Cancer Symptoms
Palliative Care for Symptom Management
Palliative Care for Treatment Side Effects

Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. McGrath is part of these programs:

Penn Palliative Care Program

Board Certification

Family Medicine - Geriatric Medicine, 2016
Family Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2020
Family Medicine, 2015

Education and Training

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Penn Palliative and Supportive Oncology Clinic Perelman

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
West Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Map Call 800-789-7366

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Penn Palliative Care - Inpatient HUP

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
White Building, 2nd Floor
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Preferred Care
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Reid Muenzen MD, Tamar Pounardjian MD, Ann Soliman MD, Kathryn McGrath MD: Chosen Family: Improving Surrogate Decision Maker Documentation in the EMR Poster Presentation at Department of Medicine Research Day 2024 : 2024.

Temel JS, Jackson VA, El-Jawahri A, Rinaldi SP, Petrillo LA, Kumar P, McGrath KA, LeBlanc TW, Kamal AH, Jones CA, Rabideau DJ.: Stepped Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA : 2024.

Swarm RA, Youngwerth JM, Agne JL, Anitescu M, Are M, Buga S, Chwistek M, Cleary J, Copenhaver D, Coyne C, Craig D, Finnes H, Greenlee H, Gupta M, Hansen E, Javed S, Kamdar MM, Kandil E, Mackey S, McDonald A, McGrath K, Moryl N, Nesbit S, Norris J, Paice JA, Poe L, Prsic E, Rabow MW, Rickerson E, Sag A, Sindt J, Smith M, Vorenkamp K, Yang Bruce J, Yoo S, Gurski LA, Jones F.: NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Adult Cancer Pain v1.2024. NCCN Guidelines : 2024.

Pallavi Kumar and Kate McGrath: ASCO-SEP Chapter 9: Palliative Care and Care at the End of Life eBook published by American Society of Clinical Oncology : 2023.

Vincent Vanston, Kathryn McGrath: Palliative Radiation Oncology Palliative Radiation Oncology : 11-20,2022.

McGrath K, Edi R.: Diabetic Kidney Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention. Am Fam Physician. 99 (12): 751-759,2019.

McGrath K, Rague A, Thesing C, Collins E, Seecof O, Liantonio J.: Migraine: Expanding our Tx arsenal. J Fam Pract. 68 (1): 10;14;16;24.,2019.

McGrath K, Hajjar ER, Kumar C, Hwang C, Salzman B.: Deprescribing: A simple method for reducing polypharmacy. J Fam Pract. 66 (7): 436-445,2017.

McGrath, K, Foster, K, Doggett, P, Altshuler, M, Osborne-Wu, J, Castellan, C, Lopez, K, Askie, P, Chung, D, Parente, L, Parra, Y.: EMR-Based Intervention Improves Pediatric Lead Screening at an Urban Family Medicine Practice. Fam Med. 48 (10): 801-804,2016.

Academic Contact Information

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
2 West Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, National
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), National