Shila Pandey is palliative care nurse practitioner on the Supportive Care Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Currently, she is practicing in the outpatient setting after years of inpatient palliative care experience. As a registered nurse, she worked on medical-surgical, step-down, and intensive care units. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of New Rochelle, Master of Science in Nursing with subspecialty in palliative care from New York University and is currently completing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Rutgers University. Shila is the current president for the local New York City Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association chapter. She is adjunct faculty in the graduate department of New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Shila is board certified as an Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse. Her academic interests include primary palliative care education, management of pain in patients with a history of substance use disorder, and communication skills training.