Katherine Doebler RN, BSN | The Grief-Sensitive Healthcare Project

Bio: Katherine Doebler RN, BSN (she/her) is a compassionate nurse and healthcare leader with over 15 years of experience in hospice, palliative, and serious illness care. She has held roles in palliative care, nephrology, advance care planning, hospice transitional care, and hospice leadership across rural, remote, and telehealth settings. Her expertise includes grief and bereavement, clinical ethics, community and clinician education, and program development. Known for empathetic communication and systems-level insight, she brings lived expertise as a COVID-19 widow to supporting patients, families, and providers through complex illness and loss.

Summary: Katherine Doebler RN, BSN (she/her) is a compassionate nurse and healthcare leader with over 15 years of experience in hospice, palliative, and serious illness care. She has held roles in palliative care, nephrology, advance care planning, hospice transitional care, and hospice leadership across rural, remote, and telehealth settings. Her expertise includes grief and bereavement, clinical ethics, community and clinician education, and program development. Known for empathetic communication and systems-level insight, she brings lived expertise as a COVID-19 widow to supporting patients, families, and providers through complex illness and loss.