Alyssa Tilly, MD
Palliative Care Division Lead, UNC Project-Malawi Cancer Program
Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Areas of Interest
Adolescent and young adult palliative medicine, Palliative medicine in resource-constrained settings, Global oncology palliative care
About
Dr. Tilly’s research focuses on palliative care outcome measures and culturally relevant palliative medicine interventions, to further advance palliative medicine in low-resource settings.
Awards and Honors
- The Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Early Career Physician Award
- Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Faculty Member of the Year Award
- Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Chairman’s Award, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Harvey J. Hamrick Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine;
- Alpha Omega Alpha, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Whitehead Medical Society: Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award-Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Whitehead Medical Society: Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award-Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Memberships
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Palliative Care Association of Malawi
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Education
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Undergraduate
UNC Chapel-Hill
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Medical School
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
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Residency
Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine
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Fellowship
Hospice and Palliative Medicine, UNC School of Medicine