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Jessica Zitter, MD, Pulmonology, Oakland, CA

JessicaZitterMDMPH

Pulmonology Oakland, CA

Critical Care Medicine

Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Highland Hospital

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  • Office

    1411 E 31st St
    Oakland, CA 94602
    Phone+1 510-437-4800

Education & Training

  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1996 - 2000
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Occupational Medicine, 1995 - 1996
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyMPH, Epidemiology, 1995 - 1996
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1995
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyM.P.H., 1995
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1992
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityB.A.S., 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1995 - 2026
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2012 - 2013
  • NJ State Medical License
    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

Journal Articles

  • How Storytelling Can Help Young Doctors Become More Resilient  
    Zitter 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 Metrics  
    Zitter 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 Life
    Santo 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 Residency
    Vieux J, Santo LS, Zitter JN, Stanford Medicine X- Ed, Stanford, CA, 1/1/2018
  • A Multimedia Approach to Palliative Care Education in Residency Training
    Santo L, Vieaux J, Zitter JN, American Medical Women's Association, 103rd Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2018
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Lectures

  • Extreme Measures Chosen 
    Boston, MA - 1/1/2018
  • The Measure of Our Days 
    St. John's On The Lake, Milwaukee, WI - 1/1/2018
  • In Conversation with Pastor Corey Kennard: Finding Humanism at the End of Life 
    San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2018
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Other

  • Autonomy Run Amok 
    Zitter JN, LinkedIn Healthcare Channel
    1/28/2018
  • Locked in and Shut Out 
    Zitter JN, LinkedIn Healthcare Channel
    1/21/2018
  • What's Ignored in the Debate Over Aid in Dying 
    Zitter JN, San Francisco Chronicle
    1/18/2018
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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 Workers
    What We Get Wrong About Death, According to End-of-Life WorkersApril 5th, 2023
  • End of Life Care for People with Developmental Disabilities
    End of Life Care for People with Developmental DisabilitiesNovember 30th, 2022
  • Reckoning with Medicine’s Rescue Fantasy
    Reckoning with Medicine’s Rescue FantasyFebruary 1st, 2022
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Committees

  • Member, Ethics Committee, Highland Hospital 2015 - 2019

Professional Memberships