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Office
1411 E 31st St
Oakland, CA 94602Phone+1 510-437-4800
Education & Training
- University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1996 - 2000
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Occupational Medicine, 1995 - 1996
- University of California, BerkeleyMPH, Epidemiology, 1995 - 1996
- Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1995
- University of California, BerkeleyM.P.H., 1995
- Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1992
- Stanford UniversityB.A.S., 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1995 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2012 - 2013
- NJ State Medical License 2002 - 2011
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- IDEO Global Design Award 2016
- Poster Award American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Assembly, 2010
- Golden Apple Teaching Award New Jersey Medical School, 2009
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 15 citationsInhaled Dornase alfa (Pulmozyme) as a noninvasive treatment of atelectasis in mechanically ventilated patients.Jessica Nutik Zitter, Pierre D. Maldjian, Michael Brimacombe, Kevin P. Fennelly
Journal of Critical Care. 2013-04-01 - 45 citationsAircraft cabin air recirculation and symptoms of the common cold.Jessica Nutik Zitter, Peter Mazonson, Dave P. Miller, Stephen B. Hulley, John R. Balmes
JAMA. 2002-07-24 - 7 citationsExpenditures associated with preventive healthcareMatthew G. Marin, Jessica Nutik Zitter
Preventive Medicine. 2004-11-01
Journal Articles
- How Storytelling Can Help Young Doctors Become More ResilientZitter JN, Harvard Business Review, 1/1/2018
- How do you Handle End-Of-Life Care in a Patient Who Does Not Know They Are Dying?Zitter JN, Practical Pain Management, 1/1/2017
- Misleading MetricsZitter JN, Health Affairs, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Finding a Common Language Through Film: Uniting the Worlds of Healthcare and Spirituality in the Service of Patients at the End of LifeSanto LS, Zitter JN, Perrilliat C, Bell J, Joseph J, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Annual Assembly, 1/1/2019
- Narrative Medicine as a Vehicle for End of Life communication Skills Training in ResidencyVieux J, Santo LS, Zitter JN, Stanford Medicine X- Ed, Stanford, CA, 1/1/2018
- A Multimedia Approach to Palliative Care Education in Residency TrainingSanto L, Vieaux J, Zitter JN, American Medical Women's Association, 103rd Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2018
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Lectures
- Extreme Measures ChosenBoston, MA - 1/1/2018
- The Measure of Our DaysSt. John's On The Lake, Milwaukee, WI - 1/1/2018
- In Conversation with Pastor Corey Kennard: Finding Humanism at the End of LifeSan Francisco, CA - 1/1/2018
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Other
- Autonomy Run AmokZitter JN, LinkedIn Healthcare Channel
1/28/2018 - Locked in and Shut OutZitter JN, LinkedIn Healthcare Channel
1/21/2018 - What's Ignored in the Debate Over Aid in DyingZitter JN, San Francisco Chronicle
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Authored Content
- How the Rise of Medical Technology is Worsening Death11/6/2017
- A Physician Explores a 'Better Path' To the End of Life8/9/2017
- Should I Help My Patients Die?8/5/2017
- Pricey Technology is Keeping Patients Alive Who Don't Want to Live4/10/2017
- Maybe I Tried Too Hard to Save A Holocaust Survivor3/5/2017
- How to Die Well2/27/2017
- Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life2/21/2017
- Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life2/21/2017
- First, Sex Ed. Then Death Ed2/18/2017
- First Sex Ed, Then Death EdFebruary 2017
- First Sex Ed, Then Death EdFebruary 2017
- Should I Help My Patients Die?February 2017
- In the Hospital, Resisting the Urge to Do More4/14/2016
- Miracles Don't Come Cheap10/21/2015
- When Doing Everything is Way Too Much2/7/2015
- Food and the Dying Patient8/21/2014
- I Helped One Grandmother Live and Helped Another Die5/22/2014
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Press Mentions
- What We Get Wrong About Death, According to End-of-Life WorkersApril 5th, 2023
- End of Life Care for People with Developmental DisabilitiesNovember 30th, 2022
- Reckoning with Medicine’s Rescue FantasyFebruary 1st, 2022
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Committees
- Member, Ethics Committee, Highland Hospital 2015 - 2019
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