Patrick N. Dwyer

2-5-10

Patrick N. Dwyer has been appointed as Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care’s first full-time medical director, as well as its chief medical officer.
He will oversee the medical aspects of patient care and serve as liaison with the local medical community.
Dr. Dwyer has been affiliated with hospice since 1989, when he became associate medical director and volunteered to attend interdisciplinary team meetings and perform patient consultations as needed.
Dr. Dwyer is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology.  A graduate of Notre Dame, he received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and he completed his residency in Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. 
He also trained as a clinical associate at the National Institutes of Health in the National Cancer Institute and completed fellowships in both medical oncology and hematology at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.  He was a hematologist-oncologist for 25 years at Bassett Healthcare.