UCSF End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) care is provided by a team of healthcare professionals dedicated to serving our patients with serious, life-limiting illnesses.
What we do
The End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) is housed within the Division of Palliative Medicine. The division works to advance and innovate in clinical care, education and research in palliative care.
EOLOA Physician Lead Dr. Carolyn Rennels
Dr. Carolyn Rennels is the physician lead of the UCSF End of Life Option Act. She supervises a team of compassionate colleagues who provide EOLOA care to qualifying patients at UCSF, as well as support to their loved ones as they navigate this season of life.
Dr. Rennels is a palliative medicine physician with a passion for excellence in clinical care, medical education and operational leadership at the intersection of these three fields. She is passionate about providing interdisciplinary, gold-standard palliative care to seriously ill people.
She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Stanford University in California and attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she also completed her Internal Medicine residency training, followed by a fellowship in Palliative Medicine. She is now a faculty member in the Division of Palliative Medicine.
- Phone: (415) 353-7711
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