Medical Director Dr. Mostafa Mirhaidari
He Cares with Compassion
Dr. Mostafa Mirhaidari has a singular goal in end-of-life care to help patients be comfortable and to minimize suffering.
He has been the full-time Medical Director at Crossroads in Northeast Ohio since 2021, but his working relationship with Crossroads began more than 10 years earlier when he began working for Crossroads part-time in 2009.
In those days, caring for Crossroads patients was part of his busy primary care medical practice where he cared for local patients of all ages and saw patients both those receiving Crossroads end-of-life care and general patients at 12 different long-term care facilities.
Dr. Mirhaidari’s interest in end-of-life care began to grow, especially as he observed how much better nursing home patients were cared for and how more positive their end-of-life care experience was if they were receiving hospice services.
When both his dear mother and father received end-of-life care from Crossroads, Dr. Mirhaidari also gained personal hospice experience.
After Dr. Mirhaidari closed his practice, he had many options. So why did he decide to dedicate his medical career to hospice and palliative care and rejoin Crossroads this time in a full-time capacity?
Nurses are the Reason!
“Crossroads’ nurses,” was his answer.” This is definitely the reason,” Dr. Mirhaidari said, “Crossroads’ nurses are really compassionate. They aren’t just 9 to 5. They go beyond working hard to meet all the patients’ needs. It’s their duty and their calling.”
Dr. Mirhaidari knows this because he personally goes on patient visits every week to check on patients, meet families and observe their care teams in action.
Beyond his busy professional life, Dr. Mirhaidari is proud that his two daughters have chosen psychology as a field of interest with his older daughter in a graduate program and his younger daughter earning an undergraduate degree.
Dr. Mirhaidari knows he has set a good example for them by working hard and being a fierce advocate for patients.
