Dr. Dulce Zunilda Taveras Uceta supervises clinical care for patients nearing the end of life as a medical director for VITAS® Healthcare. “My passion is patient care, treating each patient as a unique individual with a unique plan of care according to their wishes and values,” says Dr. Taveras Uceta.
Board certified in hospice and palliative medicine and internal medicine, she earned her medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. She completed her residency at Saint Barnabas Hospital, an affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and the New York-Presbyterian Hospital of Medicine.
