Dr. Tyler Tate

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Tyler Tate, MD, MA, is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford University, specializing in pediatric palliative care and bioethics. His academic interests encompass themes of suffering, flourishing, love, emotions, religion, and ethics in pediatric medicine, with a focus on pediatric palliative care as a clinical ethicist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. In addition to his clinical role, he is a core faculty member at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. Dr. Tate previously served as an assistant professor at Oregon Health Science University in Portland. His contributions to the field have been recognized by the Greenwall Faculty Scholar award (2024-2027) and the Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Early-Career Physician Award (2024). He has also been honored as a Top Doctor in Hospice Palliative Medicine by Portland Monthly from 2021 to 2024. Dr. Tate completed his fellowship in Hospice & Palliative Medicine at Duke University in 2018, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Bioethics and Clinical Ethics at the University of Washington in 2017. His residency in Pediatrics was completed at Seattle Children's Hospital in 2015. He holds a Master’s degree in Bioethics from the University of Washington (2017) and an M.D. from UAB Heersink School of Medicine (2012), as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Biology Philosophy from Maryville University of St. Louis (2008).

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