Surgical Palliative Care

Edited by Anne C. Mosenthal, Chair and Professor of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Edited by Geoffrey P. Dunn, Medical Director of the Palliative Care Consultation Service, Department of Surgery, UPMC Hamot Medical Center

Anne Mosenthal MD, FACS, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery, and the Benjamin F Rush Jr. MD Endowed Chair of Surgery, at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. At the time of her appointment in 2011, Anne was one of only six women surgery chairs in the 141 medical schools in the US. A trauma surgeon most of her career, she has spent the last 25 years caring for those affected by traumatic injury in and around Newark, and advocating nationally for improvements in trauma and critical care. After graduating Cornell in 1979, Anne did research in microbiology, received her MD at Dartmouth Medical School and then completed her surgical training at the University of Massachusetts and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Geoffrey P. Dunn, MD, FACS, received a BA in religion at Haverford College and his surgical training with the Harvard Surgical Service, New England Deaconess Hospital. His surgical experience included trauma, burns, pediatrics, and cancer in his country and abroad. He was Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Hamot Medical Center before working full time in the field of palliative and hospice care with Great Lakes Hospice and at Hamot Medical Center. He has previously served on the Board of Governors, American College of Surgeons and chaired its Committee on Surgical Palliative Care from 2001 through 2014.

John Anagnostakos, MD
Resident, Department of Surgery
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Brian Badgwell, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Surgery
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Jessica H. Ballou, MD, MPH
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, & Acute Care Surgery
Department of Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Ana Berlin, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Columbia University Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
New York, NY

Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Yvonne M. Carter, MD
Department of Surgery
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Rebecca Carr, MBBCH
Resident, Department of Surgery
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Dhaval Chauhan, MD
General Surgery Resident
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ

Joshua T. Cohen, MD
Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital
Warren Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Providence, RI

Zara Cooper, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
The Center for Surgery and Public Health
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Alexandra M. Easson, MSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Kristin Edwards, MD, FACP, CPE, FAAHPM
Medical Director of Palliative Care
Yale New Haven Health System-Bridgeport Hospital
New Haven, CT

Bridget N. Fahy, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology and Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Palliative Medicine,
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Michele Fiorentino, MD
Benjamin F. Rush Jr. Surgical Research Fellow
General Surgery Resident
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ

Daniel B. Hinshaw, MD, FACS
Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Geriatrics Center
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Sessional Professor of Palliative Care
St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Yonkers, NY

Melissa Red Hoffman, MD, ND
Acute Care Surgeon, Mission Health
Co-director, Surgical Clerkship
University of North Carolina
Asheville, NC

Fabian M. Johnston, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Enas Kandil, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Management
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Healthcare Systems
Dallas, TX

Mark R. Katlic MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Kimberly Kopecky, MD
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Palo Alto, CA

Robert S. Krouse, MD, FACS
Chief, Surgical Services and Associate Chief of Staff for Surgery, Cpl. Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Associate Chief of Staff for Surgery, Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Anastasia Kunac, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ

Sangeeta Lamba, MD, MS HPEd
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Dean of Education
Director, Emergency Palliative Care
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ

Katherine Lee, MD, MSc
The Center for Surgery and Public Health
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Karunasai Mahadevan
Clinical Research Assistant
Department of Surgery
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Richmond VA

Susan D. McCammon, MD, FACS
John W. Poynor Endowed Professor in Otolaryngology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL

Pringl Miller, MD, FACS





Assistant Professor Departments of Medicine and Surgery
Section of Palliative Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Thomas J. Miner, MD
Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital
Warren Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Providence, RI

Andrea K. Nagengast, MD
Surgical Critical Care Fellow
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Danielle Noreika, MD
Associate Clinical Professor and Medical Director, Inpatient Palliative Care Services
Palliative Medicine Physician, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Richmond, VA

Amy Pearson, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, IA

Jennifer Pruskowski, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CPE
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacist
UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute
Pittsburgh, PA

James B. Ray, PharmD, CPE
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Adult Supportive and Palliative Care Consult Service
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
Iowa City, IA

Emily B. Rivet, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
Divisions of Colon & Rectal Surgery and Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Richmond, VA

Jessica M. Ruck, MD
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Erin M. Sadler BSc, BPHE, MSc, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Alisa Savetamal, MD, FACS
General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Yale New Haven Health System-Bridgeport Hospital
New Haven, CT

Myrick C. Shinall Jr., MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medicine
Division of General Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Timothy R. Siegel, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Jeffrey Stern, MD
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Richmond, VA

Christine Toevs, MD, FACS, MA (Bioethics)
Trauma Medical Director, Envision Healthcare
Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Terre Haute, IN
Clinical Faculty, Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Jackie Weisbein, DO
Interventional Pain Management
Napa Valley Orthopaedic Medical Group
Napa, CA

David H. Zonies, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
Associate Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Director, Extracorporeal Life Support Program Surgery School of Medicine
Medical Director, Trauma/Surgical ICU Surgery
Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

"I would recommend this book to any surgeon so that they might recognize the opportunities that exist to provide better (palliative care-inclusive) care for their patients. And I would make it compulsory reading for every surgical trainee and also those training to be palliative care specialists, the latter because they need insight into the surgeon's position and difficulties when the referrals do come." - Roger Woodruff, IAHPC

"This unique book is unparalleled in its thorough coverage of this topic [...] Surgeons are often faced with hard decisions about the care they deliver in terminal or life-limiting situations, and this book acknowledges those issues and provides useful guidance for navigating them." - Jennifer Hrabe, MD, Doody's Reviews