Dr. Kimel is the Physician Program Director for Palliative Care for Providence Health Care. His clinical practice is focused on palliative medicine at St. Paul's Hospital, Mount St. Joseph Hospital and St. John Hospice at UBC. He has completed subspecialty training in medical oncology and a fellowship in palliative medicine at UBC. His area of interest is heart failure supportive care and he has established, along with the heart transplant team, a multidisciplinary clinic specializing in the care of patients with advanced heart failure. He is the UBC principal investigator for the CIHR-funded qualitative study assessing the experience of patients being treated for heart failure. Gil is very active in teaching medical students and residents with a focus on communication skills.