ChristopherCoxMD

Pulmonology • Durham, NC

Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

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Office
2301 Erwin Rd
Durham, NC 27705
Phone+1 919-681-7232

Education & Training

University of North CarolinaMHA, 2007 - 2010
Duke University HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 - 2005
University of North Carolina HospitalsPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2000 - 2002
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2000
NYU Grossman School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 1998
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2000 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Clinical Trials

Informing Decisions in Chronic Critical Illness: A Randomized Control Trial (RCT) Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Improving Decision Making for Patients With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Improving Psychological Distress Among Critical Illness Survivors and Their Caregivers Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Mobile Mindfulness to Improve Psychological Distress After Critical Illness Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Prediction of Functional Outcomes From Chronic Critical Illness Start of enrollment: 2017 Apr 17
Completed
Optimizing a Mobile Mindfulness Intervention for ICU Survivors Start of enrollment: 2019 Aug 15
Completed
Not Applicable
Mobile Coping Skills Training to Improve Cardiorespiratory Failure Survivors' Psychological Distress Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 03
Completed
Not Applicable
Lift Mobile Mindfulness for COVID-19 Distress Symptoms Start of enrollment: 2021 Jan 25
Completed
Not Applicable
Ganciclovir to Prevent Reactivation of Cytomegalovirus in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure and Sepsis Start of enrollment: 2021 Jun 29
Recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Contact
A Self-directed Mobile Mindfulness Intervention to Address Distress and Burnout in Frontline Healthcare Workers Start of enrollment: 2021 May 19
Completed
Not Applicable
Multi-component Family Support Tool Intervention (FST) Start of enrollment: 2021 Nov 11
Recruiting
Not Applicable
A Needs-focused Palliative Care Intervention for Older Adults in ICUs Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 22
Completed
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

767 citations
Guidelines for Family-Centered Care in the Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ICU.
Judy E. Davidson, Rebecca A. Aslakson, Ann C. Long, Kathleen Puntillo, Erin K. Kross
Critical Care Medicine. 2017-01-01
239 citations
Effect of Palliative Care–Led Meetings for Families of Patients With Chronic Critical Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Shannon S. Carson, Christopher E. Cox, Sylvan Wallenstein, Laura C. Hanson, Marion Danis
JAMA. 2016-07-05
79 citations
Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for surrogates of patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation.
Christopher E. Cox, Carmen L. Lewis, Laura C. Hanson, Catherine L. Hough, Jeremy M. Kahn
Critical Care Medicine. 2012-08-01

Press Mentions

ICUconnect App Helped Clinicians Address Unmet Palliative Care Needs Across Course of ICU CareMay 23rd, 2023
Covid-19: For Families of Patients Who Died in ICUs, the Experience Was TraumaticJune 22nd, 2021
'Stolen Moments': Families Anguish over Separation from Dying COVID PatientsJune 22nd, 2021
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Grant Support

R01National Heart Lung Blood Institute2012–2017
PFAPatient Centered Outcomes Research Institute2013–2016