In Memoriam: Carlos F. Gomez (1958-2010)
Carlos Gomez, PhD’90, a clinical professor of pediatrics and medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, died in Washington, DC, on June 12, 2010. He was 52 years old.
A past member of the American Hospice Foundation and former medical director at the University of Virginia Health System’s Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Gomez recently served as the medical director of the District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration, which provides end-of-life care to children with life-threatening illnesses.
He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1991 and completed his residency in internal medicine three years later. Gomez also studied medical ethics and earned a doctorate in public policy from the Harris School, where he wrote a thesis on regulating death called “An Analysis of the Practice of Euthanasia in the Netherlands.”
His work has been instrumental in making palliative care part of the curriculum for medical students and all residents at medical schools around the country.
Gomez is survived by his mother, three brothers, one sister, and four children.
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