David Harris, MD
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David Harris, MD is a Palliative Medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio. He is board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and specializes in palliative oncology and in providing palliative medicine to hospitalized or critically ill patients. He finds meaning in his work when he is able to relieve suffering (physical and non-physical) that his patients experience from serious illness.
Dr. Harris is a medical educator, focusing on teaching clinicians how to better communicate with their patients. He is an assistant professor at the Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine and serves as the Associate Program Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship program.
Dr. Harris earned his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then completed his Internal Medicine residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed a Palliative Medicine fellowship here at Cleveland Clinic.
Outside of work David spends as much time as possible with his wonderful wife Julia and their pet dog, Goji. He enjoys reading and writing poetry and is trying (unsuccessfully) to learn how to garden.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2018
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Cleveland,
OH
2018
Residency - Tufts Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Boston,
MA
2017
Medical Education - Thomas Jefferson Med. College
Philadelphia,
PA
2014
Undergraduate - Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore,
MD
2009
Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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As of 4/1/2024, Dr. Harris has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. In general, patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about Cleveland Clinic's policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.
Public Health Service-Reportable Financial Conflicts of Interest. Cleveland Clinic scientists and physicians engage in basic, translational and clinical research activities, working to solve health problems, enhance patient care and improve quality of life for patients. Interactions with industry are essential to bringing the researchers' discoveries to the public, but can present the potential for conflicts of interest related to their research activities. Click here to view a listing of instances where Cleveland Clinic has identified a Public Health Service (PHS)-Reportable Financial Conflict of Interest and has put measures in place to ensure that, to the extent possible, the design, conduct and reporting of the research is free from bias.
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