Timothy Mark Corbett MD, MA, FAAHPM

Highly accomplished and results oriented physician director with over 10 years of progressive leadership experience in geriatric, hospice, and palliative medicine. Proven ability to lead and inspire teams, drive operational excellence, and improve patient outcomes.

• 2023-Present American Association of Physician Leadership
• 2015-Present Center to Advance Palliative Care
• 2012-Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

• 2025 Chief Medical Officer Academy Certificate, American Association of Physician Leadership
• 2015 Board Certified, Hospice Medical Director Certification
• 2012 Board Certified, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2012 Board Certified, Geriatric Medicine
• 2010 Board Certified, Family Medicine

• 2020-Current Hospice Medicine Council Leadership Team American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2020-Current HMDCB Ambassador Committee Hospice Medical Director Certification Board
• 2018-Current Policy and Procedures Committee Trellis Supportive Care Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• 2015-Current Adjunct Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• 2015-2022 Performance Evaluation and Clinical Competency Committee Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• 2017-2020 Associate Editor PC-FACS (Palliative Care-Fast Article Critical Summaries) Section on Bioethics, Humanities, and Spirituality American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2017-2018 Chair, Ethics SIG (Special Interest Group) American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2014-2015 Medical Director, Brookridge Retirement Community Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• 2013-2014 Medical Director, Bermuda Village Retirement Community Bermuda Run, North Carolina

2018 Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Awarded to physicians whose professional activity is devoted to the practice of hospice and palliative medicine.

• September 2024 “Finding Support Through Hospice and Palliative Care Services” Navigating ALS Symposium, ALS United North Carolina.
• February 2024 “Ethical Issues at End of Life” Geriatric and Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellows Combined Core Conference Series. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• August 2022 “Hospice Care Medicine” Preserving Quality in Life Certificate Program for Medical Students. Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• January 2021 “Billing, Hospice Formularies, Audits and Appeals: HMD Series” Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Core Conference Series. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• September 2020 “Hospice Eligibility, Length of Stay, and Death Certificates: HMD Series” Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Core Conference Series. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• September 2020 “Imminently Dying Patients: Signs, Symptoms, & Management of the Dying Process” Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Core Conference Series. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• October 2018 “Medical Futility and Physician Aid in Dying” Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Core Conference Series. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• September 2018 “VSED: Death with Dignity or Without?” The Carolina’s Center Annual Conference. Charlotte NC.
• April 2018 “The Intersection of Bioethics and Palliative Medicine” Bioethics at Work Course Lecture Series. Master of Arts in Bioethics Program, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• April 2016 “Clinical Pearls in Geriatric Pain Management” 11th Annual Erik Lie-Nielsen Geriatrics Symposium. Northwest Area Health Education Center and Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• September 2015 “Clinical Implications of Advance Directives: What Physicians Want Every Attorney to Know.” Wake Forest School of Law.
• November 2014 “Can this patient consent? Issues of cognition and capacity” Wake Forest Geriatrics Principles for Specialists (Wake-GPS) Retreat. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• June 2014 “Pain Assessment and Management at End-of-Life” Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Curriculum.
• March 2014 “Prognostication” Grand Rounds, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Care Program, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• October 2013 “Identifying and Managing Pain in the Elderly” Geriatric Resource Nurse (GRN) Core Curriculum NICHE Program. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• May 2013 “Introduction to Palliative Care” Grand Rounds, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
• August 2020 “Best Practices in Opioid Prescribing and Management: Vulnerable Populations and Opioid Prescribing and Management – Hospice” Northwest AHEC and Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
• October 2014 “Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care for the Primary Care Physician” 34th Annual Mountain Medical Meeting, Wake Forest School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education, Asheville, NC.
• October 2014 “Palliative Care: The Basics - What a Primary Care Physician Needs to Know” 34th Annual Mountain Medical Meeting, Wake Forest School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education, Asheville, NC.
• June 2022 “Session 2: Symptom Management in Different Care Settings.” For HMDCs, by HMDCs Webinar Series. Hospice Medical Director Certification Board.
• February 2015 “Palliative Sedation: Clinical and Ethical Controversies” Case Presentation. Annual meeting of American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Philadelphia PA.

• Corbett T. (2021). PC-FACS: Use of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Critically Ill Patients with ESKD. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 62(2):427.
• Corbett T. (2020). PC-FACS: Ethical Obligations to Guide Truly Informed Choices for the Patient’s Future Self. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 59(5):1158.
• Corbett T. (2020). PC-FACS: Divergence in Meaning in Patient-Physician Communications. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 59(2):385-386.
• Corbett T. (2019). PC-FACS: Using Clinician-Family Communication about Patients’ Values and Preferences to Make Treatment Decisions. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 58(3):550-557.
• Gabbard J, Jordan A, Mitchell J, Corbett T, White P, Childers J. (2019). Dying on Hospice in the Midst of an Opioid Crisis: What Should We Do Now? American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 36(4):273-281.
• Corbett T. (2019). PC-FACS: Examining How Better Language Can Impact End-of-Life Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 57(5):1035-1041.
• Corbett T. (2018). PC-FACS: Analyzing the Relationship between Palliative Care Access and Nurses’ Moral Distress. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 57(1):176-182.
• Corbett T. (2018). PC-FACS: Determining Medical Decisions for Incompetent Older Adults Using a Proxy vs. an Advance Directive. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 56(2):302-308.
• Corbett T. (2016). VSED: Death with Dignity or Without? Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 6(2):109-113.
• Corbett T, Hanson L, King N, Moskop J. (2014). Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of Hospice Care in Nursing Homes. ProQuest Electronic Thesis Dissertation Publishing.