Local physician named Medical Director of Palliative Care and Hospice for Advocate

Advocate Health Care’s Post Acute Network and Advocate Medical Group (AMG) are pleased to announce the appointment of Kimberly M. Battle-Miller, MS, MD, as system medical director of hospice and palliative care.

In this role, she will lead Advocate Health Care’s systemwide palliative care program, which provides care across the spectrum of inpatient, outpatient and home care settings, and will work with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to guide Advocate Hospice patients’ medical care. She will also have a clinical practice and be on staff at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Battle-Miller,” says Denise Keefe, president of Advocate Post Acute Network and Advocate at Home. “She brings a wealth of post acute expertise and experience, and her insights will help us further our mission to provide the best possible care in every setting.”

Most recently, Dr. Battle Miller worked as a palliative medicine consultant for Northwestern Medicine at Central DuPage Hospital, and currently serves as a disease-specific palliative care physician reviewer for The Joint Commission. She previously served as Hospice and Palliative Medicine Medical Director for Vitas Healthcare’s Chicago Central Program where her responsibilities included administrative and patient care oversight as well as program development of the home health team and inpatient hospice unit at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.

“Leadership from Dr. Battle-Miller will help fulfill our commitment to expand the palliative care program and continue our role in providing outstanding end of life care,” says Kevin McCune, MD, senior medical director, Advocate at Home and Post Acute Network and chief medical officer, AMG.

Dr. Battle-Miller earned her medical degree and a Masters in Biochemistry from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences (formerly University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School), North Chicago, and completed a residency in pediatrics and a pediatric critical care fellowship at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. She also earned a Masters of Business Administration from University of Saint Frances, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics—in both pediatrics and hospice and palliative medicine.