Suzana K.E. Makowski, MD, CPE, FACP, FAAHP: Internist and Palliative Care Specialist

Dr. Suzana K.E. Makowski is a Board-certified Internist and Palliative Care Specialist with Exeter Hospital. Dr. Makowski has 22 years of professional experience. She serves as the Chief of Palliative Care at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire for the past three years and oversees the palliative care program. She assists patients and their families with long term planning, helping to craft and design healthcare to the individual patient’s needs. She is a Voluntary Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. She is also the Founder of the Lois Green Learning Community. This online community supports the education of clinicians across the globe who are committed to alleviating suffering through thoughtful patient-centered interdisciplinary palliative care. Dr. Makowski speaks several languages including English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Dr. Makowski received her Bachelor of Science degree in comparative political philosophy from Bowden College. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Rochester and an Internal medicine residency completed at Bay State Medical Center. She completed a Palliative care fellowship at San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care (UCSD) and an Integrative medicine Fellowship at the University of Michigan. She then earned her Master of Medical Management degree from the University of Southern California. She is Board certified in hospice and palliative care by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Makowski has maintained active affiliations and memberships with professional organizations. She is an invited Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and of the American College of Physicians. She is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) by the American Association of Physician Leadership. Civically, she is a volunteer board member for Homecare Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire, and Compassionate Care ALS. Dr. Makowski is the recipient of the Leonard Tow Award for Medical Humanism in 2010 and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award in 2013. She has also been named one of the most Exceptional Women in Medicine by Castle Connolly in 2017, a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly from 2013 to 2018, and a Top Doctor by New Hampshire Magazine from 2018 to 2019.