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Dr. Joseph F. O’Neill
Joseph F. O’Neill, MD, MPH

Staff Clinician


Pain and Palliative Care


BS, University of California, Berkley
MS, University of California, Berkeley
MPH, University of California, Berkeley
MD, University of California, San Francisco


Email: joe.oneill@nih.gov
Phone:301-980-8295

Dr. Joseph F. O’Neill
Joseph F. O’Neill, MD, MPH

Staff Clinician


Pain and Palliative Care


BS, University of California, Berkley
MS, University of California, Berkeley
MPH, University of California, Berkeley
MD, University of California, San Francisco


Email: joe.oneill@nih.gov
Phone:301-980-8295


Dr. Joseph F. O’Neill has extensive experience in palliative medicine, HIV/AIDS and global health.


Dr. O’Neill completed his internship, residency and chief residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington, from 1985 to 1989. He completed a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2014 to 2015.

He is the former director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy which was responsible for the creation and launch of the Presidents Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

He is a happily married gay man.

Co-Editor, Principles and Practices of Palliative and Supportive Oncology, 5th Edition 2021


  • National Hospice and Palliative Care Association, Person of the Year, 2003
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Lifetime Member (National Academic Honor Society for Medicine) University of Washington
  • Beta Gamma Sigma Lifetime Member (National Academic Honor Society for Business Administration) University of California at Berkeley

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