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Professor of Clinical
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Biography
G. Patricia Cantwell, MD, FCCM is Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Holtz Children’s Hospital/the University of Miami. She spearheaded the formation of the Holtz Children’s Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care Team in 2008. Dr. Cantwell provides medical oversight of the Holtz Children’s Hospital PediPals Team, an interdisciplinary palliative care initiative.
She received her medical degree at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine/Wake Forest University, completed her pediatric residency at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital; and pursued her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the Jackson Memorial Hospital and remained on the attending staff since 1990. Dr. Cantwell has received multiple awards for teaching.
Dr. Cantwell has been a Medical Manager for the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue South Florida Task Force 2 since 1994. She has deployed with the team numerous times including to the 2001 World Trade Center, multiple hurricane responses, the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and the 2021 Surfside Building Collapse.
Dr. Cantwell recognized the importance of palliative medicine early in her pediatric critical care career. She seized the opportunity to become board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine in 2010. She served as Medical Director for TiLLiKids, a State of Florida Partners in Care: Together for Kids program from 2009-2015. This role involved oversight of the Pediatric Palliative Care program with Heartland Hospice. She is currently the Chair of the Steering Committee for the Florida Pediatric Palliative Care Consortium which is functioning under the umbrella of the Florida Palliative Care Coalition.
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