Nathan Adelson Hospice hires chief medical officer

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March 11, 2012 - 4:30 pm

Nathan Adelson Hospice hired Brian W. Murphy, M.D., M.B.A., as its chief medical officer. He will oversee medical services and the pharmacy.

Murphy was a hospice and palliative medicine physician at Capital Hospice & Capital Palliative Care Consultants in Washington, D.C. He earned his undergraduate degree at Loyola College in Maryland and studied medicine at University of Colorado School of Medicine. He completed a hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at Capital Hospice & Capital Palliative Care Consultants.

Carole Fisher, the nonprofit hospice's president and chief executive officer, announced the hire in a statement on Feb. 27.

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