Adrienne Klement, M.D.
Fellowship Year: 2015-2016
Current role: Medical College of Wisconsin, Assistant Professor
Dr. Klement completed a BS in Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship at Duke. Dr. Klement’s career path began as an Academic Hospitalist at Durham VA Medical Center before becoming the Hospice Medical Director at Penn, and then heading to the Milwaukee VA Medical Center and MCW where she is an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Her clinical roles include Attending on Inpatient Medicine Wards, Palliative Care consults, and the Palliative Care Unit at the Milwaukee VA. Dr. Klement’s academic roles include lecturer for both the MCW Palliative Care fellowship and Internal Medicine residency academic half days, and she is an active participant in research, mentorship, and educational initiatives.
Career interests: Medical education and care delivery for hospitalized veterans with serious illness and narrative medicine.
Major accomplishments since completing fellowship: Dr. Klement was the Milwaukee VA Employee of the Year 2021, multiple teaching awards from the MCW Residency and Medical School, several publications and conference presentations. She also recently finished 6th in her age group for the Hyrox fitness competition (a hybrid of Crossfit and running), and now has 3 beautiful daughters.
What are you working on now? Dr. Klement is involved in the MCW Intern selection committee, working on a comprehensive educational initiative for VA Inpatient Medicine wards alongside fellows, housestaff, and medical students, and working with Ukrainian colleagues on end-of-life care delivery.
The fellowship had a major impact on my career and life. Through mentorship, modeling, coaching, and experience, Duke HPM fellowship provided me with many valuable lessons and lifelong skills which I use in both my career and in daily life. To name a few: I learned valuable tools for effective communication, strategies for complex symptom management, skills for writing and contributing quality work to the field, and models for successful leadership and teaching. I had many opportunities for growth in self-awareness and active listening, and I learned the necessary frameworks for providing and modeling exemplary patient care.
