Dr. Straton is board certified in family medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. He completed medical school and residency at Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine and joined the Penn Medicine faculty in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health after residency. At Penn, Dr. Straton started the palliative care service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, then joined Penn Wissahickon Hospice as chief medical officer. He then continued his primary care and palliative medicine work in other settings. Currently, Dr. Straton is the senior medical director for the complex care management program at Tandigm Health, where he and his team take care of hundreds of people with advanced illness throughout southeast Pennsylvania.