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Yael Schenker

Chief Academic Officer · Denver Health Medical Center

Credentials: · · · · · · · ·

History

CU Anschutz School of Medicine
Present
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Present

University of California-San Francisco
2008–2010
University of California-San Francisco
2009–2010
Infectious Disease
2006–2008
Internal Medicine
University of California-San Francisco
2004–2007
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2005–2006
Univ of California, San Francisco Sch of Med
2000–2004
Harvard University
1996–2000

Research

Association Between Palliative Care and Patient and Caregiver Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Systematic review or meta-analysis · JAMA · 2016 · Last of 14 authors · 880 citations
Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians
Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2009 · 326 citations
Interventions to improve patient comprehension in informed consent for medical and surgical procedures: a systematic review
Systematic review or meta-analysis · Medical Decision Making · 2011 · First of 4 authors · 274 citations

Robert Arnold
67 papers
Douglas White
32 papers
MR
Margaret Rosenzweig
25 papers
Jessica Merlin
14 papers
Kenneth Smith
12 papers
Alicia Fernandez
11 papers
Rebecca Sudore
9 papers
Amy Houtrow
8 papers
Gina Piscitello
8 papers
Justin Yu
8 papers
Jane Liebschutz
7 papers
Abby Rosenberg
6 papers

Grants

Policies to Inform Safe and Equitable Opioid Access for Patients with Advanced Cancer Near End of Life
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · R01
PI · $800K · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2023–2027
Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research: Yael Schenker, MD, MAS
National Institute on Aging · K24
Contact PI · $841.3K · Denver Health and Hospital Authority
2021–2026
Randomized Trial of Specialty Palliative Care Integrated with Critical Care for Critically Ill Older Adults at High Risk of Death or Severe Disability
National Institute on Aging · R01
PI · $3.4M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2020–2026
Patient-Centered and Efficacious Advance Care Planning in Cancer: The PEACe Comparative Effectiveness Trial
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $3.1M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2019–2026

Clinical trials

Integrated Supportive and Palliative Care for Older Adults in the ICU
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Pittsburgh
2021–2026
Patient-centered and Efficacious Advance Care Planning in Cancer: the PEACe Comparative Effectiveness Trial
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Pittsburgh
2019–2025
Primary Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Hematologic Malignancies
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Pittsburgh
2017–2020
A Primary Palliative Care Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Pittsburgh
2016–2020

Honors

FAAHPM

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