Ira ByockIra Byock, MD, is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. He serves as executive director and chief medical Officer for the Institute for Human Caring of Providence Health and Servies, a 35 hospital health system serving communities across 5 western states. Dr. Byock advances efforts to measure, monitor and improve whole-person health care systemwide. He is a practicing physician and is based in Torrance, California. Read More Read Less