Oscar A Cepeda, MD

Languages Spoken
  • English
  • Spanish

Appointments

Sees Patients For

Treat and support patients with severe and incurable illnesses, with the goal of providing them with excellent symptom management, emotional and spiritual support to help them understand and accept their disease trajectory, and also provide education to their families and loved ones about how to approach this difficult situation; also to identify resources within the health care system or the community to better support them.

Hospital Affiliations

  • VA Medical Center - St. Louis - John Cochran Division

Experience

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Palliative Care and Hospice

Academic Title(s)

Assistant Professor, Medicine
Palliative Medicine

Education

Residency: Internal Medicine

2009 Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Fellowship: Geriatric Medicine

2006 Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Residency: Internal Medicine

1999 Fundacion Santafe de Bogota University Hospital, Bogota-Colombia

Medical Degree

1994 Escuela Colombiana de Medicine ( El Bosque University), Bogota-Colombia