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Education & Training
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1982 - Present
MA State Medical License 1978 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2008-2014
- Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2008-2013
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2007-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Serious Illness Communication Project Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Correction: "The patient as teacher" - thematic analysis of undergraduate medical students' experiences with an experiential learning project in palliative care.Stephanie Stocklassa, Susan Block, Piret Paal, Frank Elsner
BMC Palliative Care. 2025-02-27 - 1 citations"The patient as teacher" - thematic analysis of undergraduate medical students' experiences with an experiential learning project in palliative care.Stephanie Stocklassa, Susan Block, Piret Paal, Frank Elsner
BMC Palliative Care. 2024-10-09 - 1 citationsThe differences in code status conversation approaches reported by emergency medicine and palliative care clinicians: A mixed-method study.Kei Ouchi, Thidathit Prachanukool, Emily L Aaronson, Joshua R Lakin, Masaya Higuchi
Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024-01-01
Journal Articles
- Effect of the Serious Illness Care Program in Outpatient OncologyJoshua Lakin, Susan D Block, Rachelle Bernacki, Atul A Gawande, JAMA
Lectures
- Practical Aspects of Palliative Care: Integrating Palliative Care into Clinical PracticeHarvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts - 10/12/2012
Other
- Grief and bereavementBlock SD
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/grief-and-bereavement
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-19 - Psychosocial issues at the end of lifeBlock SD, Rosenblatt L
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/psychosocial-issues-at-the-end-of-life
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-06
Press Mentions
‘This One Hit Close to Home’: Philadelphia Theatre Company Opens a Musical About CancerFebruary 20th, 2025- Dr. Eric Cassell, Bioethicist Who Put the Patient First, Dies at 93October 14th, 2021
Salon Addresses Post-Trump Sex DisorderFebruary 15th, 2019- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Palliative Care Role Model ProgramNational Cancer Institute1998–2002
- Hospice In General Medical Education And Primary CareNational Cancer Institute1994–1996
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