Oncology Palliative Care Session (2025)

Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, MACOI is a board certified hospice/palliative care physician. After graduating from William Jewell College with degrees in biology and chemistry, Dr. Hubbard earned his D.O. from the University of Health Sciences-College of Osteopathic Medicine (now the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine) in 1986 and served his internship at Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa. After internal medicine residencies at the University of Health Sciences in Kansas City and Normandy Osteopathic Hospitals in St. Louis, Dr. Hubbard completed his fellowship in medical oncology/hematology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, medical oncology, hematology, and hospice/palliative medicine. He was recognized by the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) as Physician of the Year in 2014, and received the Wilbur T. Hill, DO Distinguished Service Award in 2017. Dr. Hubbard has served as president of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI). He is the co-director for the annual internal medicine board review course sponsored by the ACOI, and is a member of the Gillum Society of Master Fellows of the ACOI. He received the Internist of the Year award from the ACOI in 2013. In recognition of his historical effort, the ACOI appointed him Historian for the College; he recently published the book A History of Osteopathic Internal Medicine: Celebrating The ACOI’s First 75 Years detailing the history of osteopathic internal medicine. In his spare time he enjoys a wide variety of interests including martial arts, photography, model railroading, and music and video production; he has two current band projects covering a wide variety of musical genres. Dr. Hubbard married his college sweetheart, Roxanne. They have a grown son and daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.