Deborah Unger, MD
Deborah Unger, MD, FAAHPM is a board-certified palliative care physician and Director of Medical Informatics with Institute for Human Caring at Providence.She completed her medical degree at Texas A&M College of Medicine,followed by internal medicine residency with the University of Miami in West Palm Beach,then both research and clinical palliative care fellowships at Stanford University before taking a position as an attending physician at the Nashville VA Medical Center, as well as serving as faculty with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Hospice and Palliative Care fellowship. In early 2022, she transitioned to her current role as the health system’s Palliative Care Specialty Provider Informaticist, chairs the Palliative Care Clinical Decision Team, and is an active physician builder-analyst. She is also a chair emeritus for Epic’s Palliative Care Specialty Steering Board. She enjoys finding new escape rooms, building Lego, and underwater photography.