Dr. David Sine

Dr. David Sine received his Doctor of Medicine in 1993 and immediately pursued specialized credentialing in pediatric medicine, in which he became board certified in 1998. He received his board certification in 2002 from the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and began his career in providing compassionate care to the most critical of pediatric patients. He serves to guide both the patients, and their families, throughout their most difficult transition and has positively affected hundreds of families in the most grim of situations. Dr. Sine currently serves as the Medical Director of Pediatric Palliative Care for Central Valley Children’s Hospital, Hinds Hospice, and Tulare Hospice in Central California. He and his interdisciplinary care teams provide holistic care to children with life-threatening illnesses and those who are terminally ill. His program specializes in providing families with symptom management for chronically ill children and children at the end of life through communication, medical decision making, spiritual and psychosocial guidance. In addition to the clinical and administrative duties related to these palliative care programs, Dr. Sine is involved in Complementary Alternative Medicine and specializes in the use of medical cannabis in his pediatric patient populations. Dr. Sine also works closely with local regulators and law enforcement to help establish best practices for the use of cannabis in children.