Alberto Burgos-Tiburcio, M.D

Thank you for your interest in our Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship program at Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus. We are excited to offer an ACGME-accredited fellowship program that provides a variety of clinical experiences for fellows. Our program works closely with different fellowship specialties and offers combined noon conferences for enhanced learning opportunities.

Our program is proud to welcome fellows from diverse backgrounds, including recent residency graduates. We offer robust clinical training that is supplemented with a comprehensive didactic curriculum spanning the academic year. Our mission is to prepare physicians as providers, consultants, and leaders of tomorrow in hospice and palliative medicine.

At Larkin Community Hospital, we are a community-based practice with a strong Hispanic population. Our fellows get the opportunity to train in an inpatient consult service and hospice and palliative care unit, as well as outpatient facilities. Our program’s objectives include functioning as a hospice medical director, participating in a leadership role in a palliative care consult service, providing support to palliative care patients in outpatient and home-based settings, and offering effective teaching to physicians in training, primary physicians, staff, and the community.

We look forward to the opportunity to work with you and help prepare you for a fulfilling career in hospice and palliative medicine.

Sincerely,

Alberto Burgos-Tiburcio, M.D

Program Director

Dr. Alberto Burgos-Tiburcio is a highly accomplished medical professional who received his medical school training in Lima, Peru. He graduated in the top 5% of his medical school class and then moved to Boston for further medical training. While in Boston, Dr. Burgos completed a research visiting fellowship at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and an Internal Medicine Residency at Tuft University-Carney Hospital, where he received the Best PGY3 Teaching Award.

Later, Dr. Burgos completed his Palliative Care and Hospice Training at the University of Miami and became a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Since 2017, he has been serving as Hospice Medical Director at Gentiva Hospice Miami, where he has been working on improving system Palliative Care practices. He has also been involved in community outreach programs through Palliative Care training. Dr. Burgos has been leading interactive workshops and electives in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Oncology, and Family Medicine. Currently, he is leading the Larkin Health System Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship.

MEDICAL EDUCATION

• Steward Carney Hospital – Residency, Internal Medicine
• Damas Hospital Internship, Internal Medicine, 2003-2004
• National University of Federico Villarreal Faculty Of Medicine Medical School

CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Internal Medicine – Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine – Certified in Internal Medicine