She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She then completed her fellowship training in medical oncology at the Dana Farber Partners Cancer Care Training Program. Dr. El-Jawahri’s research interest include investigating patient-reported outcomes, implementing patient-centered decision-making interventions, and designing palliative and supportive care interventions to improve the care of patients with hematologic malignancies and their caregivers. She is also interested in exploring models of health care delivery to improve patients’ quality of life and end-of-life care and to enhance their prognostic awareness.