CONTOURS OF MEMORY | Danielle Chammas

 

© Contours of Memory by Danielle Chammas. Oil on Canvas. Spring 2025 Intima


Danielle Chammas, M.D., is a palliative care physician and psychiatrist who works in the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Symptom Management Clinic. She completed her medical school, general adult psychiatry residency, chief resident year, and hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at UCSF. In addition to providing clinical care, her professional and scholarly interests include medical humanities, the psychological and existential dimensions of life-limiting illness, the intersection of psychiatry and palliative care, therapeutic communication, medical education and clinician wellness.