About Me

David Pepper, MS, MD (retired)

"Pepper" practiced and taught full spectrum Family Medicine for over 30 years. From births (over 1,000) to deaths (hundreds) in the ER, the hospital, and the clinic, he's been there. He saw too many people die alone, unconnected, and behind hospital doors. Now retired from clinical practice, he is dedicated to helping families have a good "last chapter." He endorses hospice, death doulas, and is passionate about Assisted Decision Making using graphic decision tools. 

David is not currently licensed to practice medicine and does not provide medical advice or treatment. He brings his decades of experience to this work in an educational and supportive capacity, connecting people to a multitude of dying resources, even as they embrace life.

Pepper co-authored an e-book on dying, And One To Grow On, about a family whose child gets leukemia. 

His father, mother, and grandmother all died in their family home.