About Susan
Dr. Nelson is the current Board President of the National POLST Collaborative. Susan E. Nelson MD, FACP, FAAHPM is board certified in internal medicine, geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine and currently serves as System Chair, Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care and Bioethics, Ochsner Health. She is also Medical Director for Palliative Care Initiatives, Ochsner Health Network.
Her career has focused on patients with multiple chronic conditions and frailty regardless of their place of residence as well as improving advance care planning conversations among patients and health care professionals. She chairs the Palliative Care Advisory Board, advising the Louisiana Department of Health. Dr. Nelson chaired the workgroup which developed the LaPOST legislation and program and currently chairs the LaPOST Coalition, an initiative of the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum.
She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine as well as an advocate for senior health. She is a faculty member for Respecting Choices and completed the master’s program in Bioethics and Health Care Policy at Loyola University-Chicago.