DavidY.HwangMDFAAN, FCCM, FNCS

Neurocritical Care

Professor and Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, UNC School of Medicine

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Research website

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2007 - 2010
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2007
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2006

PubMed

Research Priorities in Neuropalliative Care: A Consensus Statement From the International Neuropalliative Care Society.
Winnie K Lau, Corey R Fehnel, Zachary A Macchi, Ambereen K Mehta, Manon Auffret
JAMA Neurology. 2025-03-01
Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Family-Centered Care for Adult ICUs: 2024.
David Y Hwang, Simon J W Oczkowski, Kimberley Lewis, Barbara Birriel, James Downar
Critical Care Medicine. 2025-02-01
Executive Summary: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Family-Centered Care for Adult ICUs.
David Y Hwang, Simon J W Oczkowski, Kimberley Lewis, Barbara Birriel, James Downar
Critical Care Medicine. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

Assessment of Brain Injury Using Portable, Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the Bedside of Critically Ill Patients
Kevin N Sheth, Emily J Gilmore, Guido J Falcone, Nils Petersen, Firas Kaddouh, David Y Hwang, Joseph Schindler, Lauren Sansing, Charles Matouk, Gordon Sze, Jonathan Si..., JAMA Neurology

Lectures

Understanding Priorities of Surrogate Decision Makers for Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
New Haven, CT - 2/12/2014

How Should Neurologists Talk to Decision-Makers for Patients in the Neuroscience ICU?: There's Room for Improvement, Surveys FoundMay 18th, 2017
Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia Benefit When “Goals of Care” Are EstablishedJanuary 5th, 2017
UNC Neurology Joins NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials NetworkJanuary 11th, 2024

Duke-University of North Carolina (UNC) Eastern North Carolina and Southern Virginia RegIonal Stroke trIal cONsortium (ENVISION)DUKE UNIVERSITY2023–2028