The palliative care team at Riley Children’s Health provides expert care for symptom management and shared decision- making for children with lifespan-limiting or life-threatening illness. Amplifying our patient’s voice with other medical teams, we support families in medical decision-making, goals of care discussions, advance directives, and complicated pain and symptom management. With a goal to help patients experience the best possible quality of life, our team also oversees end-of-life care for patients in pediatric hospice. PALLIATIVE CARE
The palliative care team at Riley Children’s offers inpatient and outpatient clinical visits, as well as home-based care in partnership with hospice services.
Palliative Care Volume: 2024 – 2025
2024
1,970
392
2025
1,295
328
TOP DISTINCTIONS
Patient visits
New consultations
■ International reputation for teaching end-of-life education curricula ■ Serves as the medical leadership group for home-based pediatric hospice services in Indiana ■ Offers training tracks for clinical palliative care fellows
Palliative care services are integrated across specialties at Riley Children’s. Our team receives referrals for new consultations from several clinical departments.
15% Hematology and oncology
13% Pediatric intensive care unit
22% Maternal fetal medicine
6%
Cardiology
Palliative Care Referral Sources 2025
4% Developmental medicine 4% Other
3% Pulmonology
2% Neurology
1% Rehabilitation 1% Stem cell transplant
29% Neonatal intensive care unit
DIVISION CHIEF A. Ioana Cristea, MD, MS, ATSF Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine > Connect with Dr. Cristea on Doximity.
Palliative care graduate training Riley Palliative Care offers an ACGME-accredited pediatric palliative care fellowship .
5 board certified physicians
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