Komal Patel Murali

Komal Patel Murali, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FPCN is an Assistant Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing dedicated to advancing palliative and hospice care for seriously ill persons across care settings. Overall, she aims to illuminate and address the challenges of end-of-life decision-making through improved care delivery, communication, and education surrounding the care of persons with serious illness.

Prof. Murali is currently supported by the National Institute on Aging (K23AG083125) to develop a care management intervention aimed at reducing disparities in hospice care utilization and improving care transitions at the end of life for persons with dementia and their family caregivers in home healthcare. Another area of her research includes exploring and designing family-centered programs for caregiving support of South Asian older adults with multiple chronic conditions in faith- and community-based settings (P50MD017356).

Drawing directly on a decade of clinical experience as an ICU nurse and nurse practitioner, Murali has also focused on clinician-informed palliative care integration in the ICU. These foundational nursing experiences shaped Murali’s scholarship and consistently inform the “why” behind her work. She is dedicated to teaching and mentoring nursing students, clinicians, leaders, and scholars focused on end-of-life care for seriously ill older adults and their families.