Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) /Harvard Medical School in Boston. Clinically, she practices both as a medical oncologist, specializing in gynecologic malignancies, and a palliative medicine specialist at BIDMC. She opened and now directs the BIDMC outpatient palliative care clinic, staffed by a multi-disciplinary team. Her scholarly work focuses on improving the integration of palliative care into the care of patients with cancer and other serious illnesses.