Allison Kestenbaum, BCC-PCHAC, ACPE

Allison Kestenbaum is the Supervisor of Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at UC San Diego Health. She is a Board Certified Chaplain (NAJC and APC) with Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care. She is also a Certified Pastoral Educator (ACPE). Allison conducts research about palliative and spiritual care and education and is a founding faculty at SpiritualAIM.org. She has worked at UC San Francisco Health, Jewish Theological Seminary and UJA-Federation of New York. She was the first chaplain to receive a Sojourns Scholar Award for palliative care leaders.