Amos Bailey

Amos Bailey serves as Director of the nation's first interprofessional Master of Science in Palliative Care program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, which he founded in 2014. His journey in palliative care began serendipitously in 1989 as a volunteer Medical Director for a home hospice program in West Virginia, where he discovered the profound impact of home-based care. After completing his medical education at the University of South Florida and fellowships at the University of Vermont and University of Alabama Birmingham, he established several groundbreaking palliative care programs, including the Balm of Gilead and Safe Harbor Palliative Care Program. As a Professor of Medicine at UC Colorado, he combines clinical work on the inpatient palliative care consult service with research focused on improving care for critically ill patients. His program addresses the critical healthcare gap created by the "silver tsunami" of aging baby boomers, training mid-career professionals through an innovative online platform. His research has been extensively published in prestigious journals, and his work was featured in Bill Moyers' PBS documentary "On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying." Under his leadership, the master's program has become a model for training the next generation of palliative care specialists, combining clinical expertise with compassionate, patient-centered care approaches.