He directs the IUSM Palliative Medicine Fellowship and is a team physician with the Eskenazi Health Palliative Care Team. His interests include education to improve the communication skills of clinicians and care of underserved populations. Dr. Fettig directs IU Talk which provides VitalTalk based communication skills training to a variety of trainees and providers. The project started with a focus on IUSM trainees, including critical care and oncology fellows. In 2014, IU Talk joined Encompass, an IU Health palliative care education projected funded by the Methodist Health Foundation. Through Encompass, IU Talk has been able to expand to IU Health Faculty Physicians. He is a Senior Associate with VitalTalk. Dr. Fettig has written for the blog Pallimed and a few of his blogs have been featured on the popular site KevinMD. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two kids.