Allison Dobecka is an assistant professor and nurse practitioner at Baylor College of Medicine. In her ten years of experience as an adult nurse practitioner, she has focused her career in the home-based primary care setting. Her professional interests include chronic medical management, reduction of emergency room utilization, and palliative care. As assistant prrofessor at Baylor College of Medicine, she is responsible for teaching clinicals for medical and pharmacy students, internal and family medicine residents, and geriatric fellows.