Welcome to the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.
Training compassionate physician-leaders in serious illness care through mentorship, longitudinal relationships, and humanistic academic medicine.
Program Mission:
Our fellowship was built upon the belief that excellent palliative medicine requires not only strong clinical knowledge, but also thoughtful communication, compassion, mentorship, and meaningful longitudinal relationships with patients and families.
As a community-based academic program within the Stony Brook Medicine system, fellows benefit from the close mentorship, collegiality, and individualized support of a community hospital while also gaining exposure to the complexity and breadth of tertiary academic medicine.
We strive to train future physician leaders who deliver high-quality, evidence-based care while advancing the integration of palliative medicine principles throughout healthcare systems and communities.
Message from the Program Director:
Welcome to the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.
One of the greatest privileges in medicine is the opportunity to help train and mentor the next generation of physicians. Our fellowship was built around the belief that excellent palliative medicine training should combine strong academic structure with thoughtful mentorship, progressive autonomy, meaningful human connection, and a supportive learning environment that allows fellows to grow both professionally and personally.
Palliative medicine is, at its core, conversational medicine. It is the ability to listen deeply, understand a patient’s goals and values, recognize the emotional and social impact of serious illness, and help patients and families navigate difficult moments with honesty, compassion, and dignity.
At Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, we strive to cultivate physicians who are not only skilled in symptom management and serious illness communication, but who also understand the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural humility, patient advocacy, and relationship-based care. Rooted in the biopsychosocial model and principles of social medicine, our fellowship encourages fellows to thoughtfully incorporate cultural, spiritual, religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic perspectives into the care of every patient and family they encounter.
Our fellows train within a close-knit, collaborative environment where mentorship and collegiality remain central to the fellowship experience. Through meaningful longitudinal relationships with patients, interdisciplinary teamwork, scholarly activity, and progressive clinical independence, fellows develop the confidence, clinical judgment, and leadership skills necessary to practice across both academic and community healthcare settings.
Equally important to us is fellow wellness and sustainability within medicine. We believe physicians learn best within environments that value balance, reflection, support, and personal growth. Located on the East End of Long Island, Southampton provides a unique setting that combines rigorous clinical training with an exceptional quality of life and strong sense of community.
Most importantly, our faculty remain deeply invested in helping fellows achieve their personal and professional goals while fostering the next generation of compassionate physician leaders in hospice and palliative medicine.
We appreciate your interest in our fellowship and look forward to sharing more about the community we have built together at Stony Brook Southampton.
Sony Modayil, DO, FACOI
Program Director, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
Sony.Modayil@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Fellowship Overview:
The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital provides a comprehensive and longitudinal experience across inpatient consultation, outpatient palliative care, hospice medicine, home-based care, and interdisciplinary team collaboration.
The fellowship combines the mentorship, continuity, and collegiality of a community hospital environment with the clinical breadth and resources of the Stony Brook Medicine system.
Fellows train across multiple clinical settings, including:
- Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
- Stony Brook University Hospital
- East End Hospice
- Peconic Landing Rehabilitation Center
- Phillips Family Cancer Center
- Meeting House Lane Medical Practice
Our fellows care for patients with complex oncologic, neurologic, pulmonary, cardiac, renal, and multisystem disease processes while developing expertise in symptom management, goals-of-care discussions, family meetings, interdisciplinary leadership, and longitudinal serious illness care.
The fellowship emphasizes:
- Progressive clinical autonomy
- Longitudinal patient relationships
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Humanistic communication
- Social medicine and the biopsychosocial model
- Academic growth and scholarly activity
- Fellow wellness and mentorship
Upon completion of training, fellows are prepared for careers in community hospitals, tertiary care centers, hospice organizations, and outpatient palliative medicine.
Prospective Applicants:
The Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital participates in ERAS and the NRMP Match.
We seek applicants who are compassionate, collaborative, intellectually curious, and committed to providing thoughtful, patient-centered care to individuals and families facing serious illness.
At Stony Brook Southampton, we believe palliative medicine represents the heart of medicine itself — listening deeply, communicating honestly, relieving suffering, and helping patients and families navigate serious illness with compassion, dignity, and humanity.
Our fellowship strives to cultivate thoughtful physician leaders who are prepared to advance hospice and palliative medicine across both academic and community healthcare environments while fostering meaningful relationships with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams.
Through strong mentorship, progressive autonomy, broad clinical exposure, and a supportive learning environment, fellows develop the skills, confidence, and clinical judgment necessary to become compassionate and well-rounded palliative care physicians.
Fellowship Highlights
- 3 Fellowship Positions Per Year
- 100% Board Pass Rate
- No Call Schedule
- Strong Mentorship Model
- Longitudinal Community & Hospice Experience
- Broad Clinical Exposure
- Home-Based Palliative Care
- Research & Quality Improvement Opportunities
- AAHPM & CAPC Educational Support
- Community + Academic Hybrid Training Model
- Exceptional Fellow Wellness & Work-Life Balance
Criteria for Applicants
- Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) applications only
- All applicants will be ranked and matched through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Medical School Certificate
- Residency Training Certificate (if applicable) OR Letter of Good Standing (with expected completion of residency training).
- Your personal statement
- USMLE or COMLEX transcript with Step I, Step II CS and CK, and Step 3 (must pass on 2nd attempt for each test.)
- A photograph is highly recommended by the Ranking Committee
- Each application is reviewed on the basis of its own merits
We appreciate your interest in our fellowship and look forward to sharing more about the unique community we have built together at Southampton.
How to Apply
- Program Name: Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Institution: Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
- ACGME ID (in ERAS): 5403512114
- NRMP Program Code: 2919540F1
Fellowship Contact
For additional information regarding the fellowship application process, please contact:
Erika Wayne-Larkin
(631) 726-0409 ext. 108
Erika.Wayne@stonybrookmedicine.edu