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Office
450 Brookline ave
Boston, MA 02115Phone+1 617-763-7263Fax+1 617-632-6180
Education & Training
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1982 - Present
MA State Medical License 1978 - 2025- 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
- 105 citationsImproving Communication About Serious Illness in Primary Care: A ReviewJoshua R Lakin, Susan D. Block, J. Andrew Billings, Luca A. Koritsanszky, Rebecca Cunningham
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2016-09-01 - 61 citationsAdvance Care Planning Documentation in Electronic Health Records: Current Challenges and Recommendations for Change.Daniela Lamas, Natalie Panariello, Natalie Henrich, Bernard J. Hammes, Laura C. Hanson
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2018-04-01 - 4 citationsA Pilot Study of the Serious Illness Conversation Guide in a Dialysis Clinic.Ernest I Mandel, Francine L Maloney, Nathan J Pertsch, Jonathon D Gass, Justin J Sanders
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2023-10-01
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
Dr. Eric Cassell, Bioethicist Who Put the Patient First, Dies at 93October 14th, 2021
Salon Addresses Post-Trump Sex DisorderFebruary 15th, 2019
Let’s Rank Hospitals by the Quality of Their End-of-Life CareNovember 9th, 2017- 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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