Testimonials for Dr. Gazelle’s work:

“Dr. Gazelle provided a true, constant guiding light that my family could count on during my mother's illness. Dr. Gazelle was able to translate the doctor's "medical speak" into language we could understand so we could decide what actions would be best to pursue. She was always available at any hour of the day. Her Harvard expertise was evident. She also showed a level of caring and compassion that showed she cared about all of us -- this clearly wasn't "just a job." We were blessed to have had her guidance.”

“It was a pleasure working collaboratively with Dr. Gazelle in my patient’s care. It would be wonderful if all patients could have someone like her to help them work through their problems and as an extra physician resource.”

“My dad’s stroke was so sudden and a lot of decisions had to be made. Dr. Gazelle was immediately available. She spoke with the neurosurgeon then explained things to us in a way that we could understand. Dr. Gazelle gave me so much comfort that I was making the decisions my dad would want. To think some people have to go it alone, without her unique combination of professional expertise and compassion, is unfathomable. I was able to navigate and ultimately accept an unbearable situation because of Dr. Gazelle.” 

“Your insight was tremendously helpful. We thought we knew what we were dealing with but had never considered the options you thought of. You pointed us in the right direction and we now know the next steps we need to take. My whole family thanks you for your time and expertise.”

“It is always a pleasure working collaboratively with Dr. Gazelle. She is a very skilled and compassionate physician. Her expertise is a great asset to my patients.”

"I have worked with Dr. Gazelle for almost 10 years- she combines her breadth of 20 years of experience in caring for individuals and their loved ones who face life limiting illness with her compassion and communication skills to successfully navigate an often overwhelmingly complex medical system. She is an advocate in the best sense of the word. Not only have my patients benefited from her work on their behalf, but I can also speak from personal experience- she is now helping me through my family member's illness and has given me quite a bit of peace of mind. Thank you Dr Gazelle!"

“When my husband got ill, I had no knowledge of the system and was exhausted and overwhelmed. I panicked and felt like I needed a boot camp on how to handle everything. Thankfully, Dr. Gail Gazelle was there for us as a personal advocate. Dr. Gazelle put us on the right track, gave us sound advice, a lot of support and helped us every step of the way. She was truly a Guide on the Side.

It’s the reassurance that you have an advocate. Dr. Gazelle took the technical stuff off our plate, so I could focus on my husband. She was available to us anytime we needed her. She would immediately respond to all our questions and needs. I knew I could call her at any point.”

"When my sister had cancer, we were both overwhelmed. The ebooks are simple and easy to read. They help to calm things down. We were handed so many things but Dr. Gazelle's tips were the ones that made a difference."

“Dr. Gazelle:  Just wanted to shoot off a quick message to you and let you know that I was speaking to a new potential client yesterday who will be admitted to the hospital for surgery in the coming week.  She expressed concern for the hospitalization stay, the procedure, the follow up, etc. and we began to discuss your booklet.  She thought that it was very helpful and insightful and requested that I send her a copy.  It was a very helpful tool and allowed us to discuss further the need for advocates and the SeniorBridge model to assist in the coordination of care and the navigation of the healthcare maze. We are so pleased to be using your booklet with our clients.”

Testimonials for Dr. Gazelle’s public speaking:

"Dr. Gazelle’s workshop on empowering patients was great! Out of the entire conference, hers was the most lively, humorous, thought provoking and full of insights. To see a doctor this impassioned about treating people as partners rather than simply as patients is very inspiring. Dr. Gazelle has a lot to share and she does so in a way that draws the audience right in. I highly recommend her!"

“I have had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Gazelle speak on many occasions. She has a gift for connecting with her audience, mastering the subject matter and conveying it in a way that is enjoyable and memorable. When listening to and learning from Dr. Gazelle It is apparent that she is very knowledgeable about and committed to patient advocacy and palliative care

“Dr. Gazelle's recent presentation to the Brookline community highlighted every patient's need - really every person's need - for an advocate in our increasingly complex medical system. With a physician's mind and with a clear passion for excellence, Dr. Gazelle demonstrated the challenges that clinicians themselves face, so that we, as consumers, understand that it is the system, not the individuals treating us, that need repair. With her words, body language, humor, and compassion, Dr. Gazelle provided guidance for patients so we can enter the system armed with information, skills, questions, and whenever possible, an advocate by our side. The audience was so engaged that we had a hard time getting them to leave at the end!”

“Dr. Gazelle is at the cutting edge of encouraging the public to inform themselves, to ask the proper questions, and become partners in their care. She has the credentials and experience to understand the problems patients experience firsthand and a level of credibility that is huge. She is a gifted and engaging public speaker. Hearing her speak gave me a whole new sense of the power that patients can have. She really motivated the group in a wonderful way.”

“Dr. Gazelle is a wonderful speaker with deep resources of competence, compassion and passion who empowers her audience to move to new heights in their daily practice and in their advocacy for their field.”

“I have yet to meet a more skillful, knowledgeable, and impassioned practitioner and teacher of palliative care than Dr. Gail Gazelle.  She engages the audience on many different levels: intellectual, emotional, spiritual.  Her presentations are always clear-headed, backed with solid research, and enriched with vignettes from her extensive practice.  I would recommend her most highly.”

"Dr. Gazelle gives wonderful talks about care which she can make suitable for patients and relatives or professionals in the field. She has a confident relaxed manner that makes her easy to listen to. What she says is informed both by state-of-the-art technical knowledge and a deep apprecitaion for old fashioned kindness and common sense. Her suggestions for patients and family members go well beyond her specialty and provide wisdom for all of us who will see our own doctors."

“I would like to formally thank you for your presentation on End of Life Care for the Core Curriculum Course.  Your presentation was very well received, mostly 5 on a scale of 1 to 5 (excellent) in terms of quality of the presentation. The major feedback, in terms of how primary care providers will change their practice as a result of the presentation, was that they will refer earlier, and consider referral for noncancer patients more frequently.”

"Dr. Gail Gazelle is such an inspiring and engaging speaker! Her commitment to patient care and her passion for excellence shines through. The conference participants were energized by her clear, and sometimes humorous, presentation. If you are looking for an excellent guide through a complicated area,Dr. Gazelle would be a great choice."

“Gail Gazelle demonstrates a wonderful ability to deliver very important information framed beautifully around their underlying conceptual basis.  I have been fortunate to watch her on many occasions and have never been disappointed.  As an experienced clinician she understands the subtleties of the physician-patient interaction and is able to apply her knowledge to more clearly portray complex topics in healthcare.”

“Thank you kindly for your wonderful presentation to the hospitalist group at Newton Wellesley Hospital. Your extensive experience in hospice and palliative medicine provided a framework for hospitalists to begin to think about the broader role that hospice can provide. The specific topics you covered, including issues related to hospice reimbursement, hospice eligibility criteria, and the skill that hospice providers have in order to relieve suffering were very helpful in arming hospitalists with a better overall understanding of hospice. Additionally, by demonstrating to the group your non-threatening, supportive manner in speaking to patients about hospice for the first time, the hospitalists began to develop a more successful approach to speaking with patients in the future about hospice. We thank you very much for providing such a wonderful introduction to an important topic with which we wrestle every day in our clinical practice.”

“great speaker, excellent expertise on the topic”
“excellent, wonderful, full of information”
“huge success”

Overall rating based on 371 evaluations: 4.56 out of 5.0
Sample comments:
“this was the best teleseminar NHPCO has ever provided”
“the presenter was excellent and made a very complex topic easy to understand. This will help with further education of nurses and physicians who may not have heard the seminar”
“the presenter was outstanding in her ability to clearly transmit this relevant but complicated material”