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Sarah Friebert

Primary Position
Director, Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Division, Akron Children’s Hospital, Professor, Pediatrics, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Akron Children’s Hospital
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Education/Training
Other
Other Education/Training
Medicine
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
The director and founder of the Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center at Akron Children’s Hospital (ACH), where she directs the ACGME-accredited palliative care fellowship program.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
Akron Children’s Hospital
1 Perkins Square
Akron, Ohio 44308
eMAIL
sfriebert@akronchildrens.org
Phone(s)
330-543-3343
Keywords
Palliative care
ethics
program development
leadership
Publications of Interest

Feudtner C, Kang TI, Hexem K, Friedrichsdorf SJ, Osenga K, Siden H, Friebert S, Hays RM, Dussel VD, Wolfe J. Patients receiving pediatric palliative care consultations: a prospective multicenter cohort study.Pediatrics 2011 May

Feudtner C, Friebert S, Jewell J. Pediatric palliative care and hospice care commitments, guidelines, and recommendations. AAP Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Committee on Hospital Care. Pediatrics 2013;132(5);966-72. Originally published online October 28, 2013.

Feudtner C, Womer J, Augustin R, Remke S, Wolfe J, Friebert S, Weissman D. Pediatric palliative care programs in children’s hospitals: a cross-sectional national survey. Pediatrics 2013;132(6):1063-70.

Kaye EC, Friebert S, Baker JN. Early integration of palliative care for children with high-risk cancer and their families Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2016;63:593-7. DOI:10.1002/pbc.25848. Epub 2015 Nov 18.

Morris AT, Gabert-Quillen C, Friebert S, Carst N, Delahanty D L. The indirect effect of positive parenting on the relationship between parent and sibling bereavement outcomes following the death of a child. J Pain & Symptom Manage 2016 Jan;51(1):60-70. DOI:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.08.011. Epub 2015 Sept 18.