ScottKennethEpsteinMD

Pulmonology • Brighton, MA

Critical Care Medicine

Dean for Educational Affairs & Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Tufts Medical Center

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Office
736 Cambridge St
Brighton, MA 02135
Phone+1 617-789-3000

Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1989 - 1992
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1986 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Call to Action: Using Curriculum Mapping at Four Medical Schools in Massachusetts to Advance Serious Illness Communication Training in Undergraduate Medical Education.
Jennifer A Reidy, Stephanie H Chan, Kris M Boelitz, Melissa Chavez, Melissa A Clark
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2024-01-01
3 citations
Differences in directives to limit treatment and discontinue mechanical ventilation between elderly and very elderly patients: a substudy of a multinational observatio...
Karen E A Burns, Deborah J Cook, Keying Xu, Peter Dodek, Jesús Villar
Intensive Care Medicine. 2023-10-01
61 citations
Ventilator Weaning and Discontinuation Practices for Critically Ill Patients
Karen E. A. Burns, Leena Rizvi, Deborah J. Cook, Gerald Lebovic, Peter Dodek
JAMA. 2021-03-23

Other

Management of the difficult-to-wean patient
Epstein SK, Joyce-Brady MF
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-the-difficult-to-wean-patient
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-25
Methods of weaning from mechanical ventilation
Epstein SK, Walkey A
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/methods-of-weaning-from-mechanical-ventilation
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-24
Weaning from mechanical ventilation: Readiness testing
Epstein SK
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/weaning-from-mechanical-ventilation-readiness-testing
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-23
Weaning from mechanical ventilation: The rapid shallow breathing index
Epstein SK
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/weaning-from-mechanical-ventilation-the-rapid-shallow-breathing-ind
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-23
Respiratory muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disease: Clinical manifestations and evaluation
Epstein SK
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/respiratory-muscle-weakness-due-to-neuromuscular-disease-clinical-m
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-23
Respiratory muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disease: Management
Epstein SK
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/respiratory-muscle-weakness-due-to-neuromuscular-disease-management
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-01
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