Robert Morehead, MD

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
9888 Genesee Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037
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Expertise

Geriatric MedicineHospice and Palliative Medicine

Languages

  • French
  • English

Biography

Robert (Clint) Morehead, MD, is an internal medicine specialist with a strong focus on hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Morehead believes in treating the whole person.


Dr. Morehead has an interest in incorporating reflective writing into undergraduate and graduate medical education in an effort to produce a new generation of thoughtful, empathetic doctors.


He is a recipient of the Al Smith Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction from the Kentucky Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts. In 2008, he founded The Kentucky Books for Patients Project, a non-profit that places books by Kentucky writers in cancer centers across the state. His own work has been published in journals and produced in an anthology of essays for National Public Radio.


When he is not caring for patients, he enjoys running, hiking and writing.

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2012American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2011

Medical Education

University of Louisville School of Medicine, MD, 2008

Residencies

University of Louisville Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2011

Fellowships

University of Louisville Hospital, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2012

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