EllenCowen(Cowen)MeltzerMD

Internal Medicine • Scottsdale, AZ

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Office
13400 E Shea Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Phone+1 480-301-8000

Fax+1 602-301-8572
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Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 2007 - 2009
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2010 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 2018 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2019
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2013
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Ethics Education in Health Sciences Should Engage Contentious Social Issues: Here Is Why and How.
Hafferty, F., Leep Hunderfund, A., Tilburt, J., Meltzer, E., Thorsteinsdottir, B.> ;Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2024 Jan 4
1 citations
Use of the Electronic Health Record During Clinical Encounters: An Experience Survey.
Ellen C Meltzer, Kelly S Vorseth, Ivana T Croghan, Yu-Hui H Chang, Carolyn Mead-Harvey, Lori A Johnston, Racquel D Strader, Kathleen J Yost, Lisa A Marks, Kenneth G Poole> ;Annals of Family Medicine. 2022 Jul 25
Impact of "Defensive Medicine" on the Costs of Diabetes and Associated Conditions.
Austin T Pierce, William W Sheaffer, Patricia G Lu, Victor J Davila, Ina Y Soh, Ellen C Meltzer, Francesco Aiello, Stephen J Tarsa, William M Stone, Andrew J Meltzer> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2022 Nov 1
Should Long-Term Life-Sustaining Care Be Started in Emergency Settings?
Meltzer, E. C.,Ivascu, N. S.,Edwin, M. K.,Ingall, T. J.> ;AMA J Ethics. 2019 May 28
1 citations
Assessing Decision Making Capacity for Do Not Resuscitate Requests in Depressed Patients: How to Apply the "Communication" and "Appreciation" Criteria.
Benjamin D. Brody, Ellen C. Meltzer, Diana Feldman, Julie B. Penzner, Janna S. Gordon-Elliot> ;HEC Forum. 2017 Dec 1
5 citations
Teacher and Trustee: Examining the Ethics of Experiential Learning in Transesophageal Echocardiography Education.
Natalia S. Ivascu, Ellen C. Meltzer> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2017 Nov 1
7 citations
Improving Communication With Surrogate Decision-Makers: A Pilot Initiative.
Ellen C. Meltzer, Zhenzhen Shi, Alexandra Suppes, Jennifer Hersh, Jay D. Orlander, Aaron W. Calhoun, Judy Tung, Lia S. Logio, Ruth Manna, Philip A. Bialer, Cathleen A....> ;Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2017 Aug 1
41 citations
A Survey of Physicians' Attitudes toward Decision-Making Authority for Initiating and Withdrawing VA-ECMO: Results and Ethical Implications for Shared Decision Making.
Ellen C. Meltzer, Natalia S. Ivascu, Meredith Stark, Alexander V Orfanos, Cathleen A. Acres, Paul J. Christos, Thomas W. Mangione, Joseph J. Fins> ;The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2016 Jan 1
5 citations
A Woman With Major Depression With Psychotic Features Requesting a Termination of Pregnancy
Benjamin D. Brody, Simriti K. Chaudhry, Julie B. Penzner, Ellen C. Meltzer, Marc J. Dubin> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2016 Jan 1
19 citations
Impact of “Do Not Resuscitate” Status on the Outcome of Major Vascular Surgical Procedures
Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Douglas W. Jones, Ellen C. Meltzer, Ashley Graham, Gregory G. Salzler, Peter H. Connolly, Darren B. Schneider, Andrew J. Meltzer> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2015 Oct 1
13 citations
Outcomes and risk factors of cardiac arrest after vascular surgery procedures
Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Ellen C. Meltzer, Heather L. Gill, Ashley Graham, Darren B. Schneider, Peter H. Connolly, Andrew J. Meltzer> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2015 Jan 1
14 citations
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults: a brief review and ethical considerations for nonspecialist health providers and hospitalists.
Ellen C. Meltzer, Natalia S. Ivascu, Cathleen A. Acres, Meredith Stark, James N. Kirkpatrick, Subroto Paul, Art Sedrakyan, Joseph J. Fins> ;Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2014 Dec 1
12 citations
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Chemotherapy in an Orthodox Jewish Patient
Ellen C. Meltzer, Natalia S. Ivascu, Cathleen A. Acres, Meredith Stark, Richard R. Furman, Joseph J. Fins> ;The Oncologist. 2014 Sep 1
ECMO as an emergency medical countermeasure.
Paul, S.,Campbell, B.,Meltzer, E. C.,Sedrakyan, A.> ;Lancet Respir Med. 2014 Sep 12
11 citations
DNR and ECMO: a paradox worth exploring.
Ellen C. Meltzer, Natalia S. Ivascu, Joseph J. Fins> ;The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2014 Jan 1
34 citations
Stigmatization of Substance Use Disorders Among Internal Medicine Residents
Ellen C. Meltzer, Alexandra Suppes, Sam Burns, Andrew G. Shuman, Alex Orfanos, Christopher V. Sturiano, Pamela Charney, Joseph J. Fins> ;Substance Abuse. 2013 Jul 5
5 citations
Error and Bias in the Evaluation of Prescription Opioid Misuse: Should the FDA Regulate Clinical Assessment Tools?
Ellen C. Meltzer, Wayne Hall, Joseph J. Fins> ;Pain Medicine. 2013 Jul 1
48 citations
The Comprehensive Risk Assessment for Bypass (CRAB) facilitates efficient perioperative risk assessment for patients with critical limb ischemia
Andrew J. Meltzer, Ashley Graham, Peter H. Connolly, Ellen C. Meltzer, John K. Karwowski, Harry L. Bush, Darren B. Schneider> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2013 May 1
39 citations
Clinical, demographic, and medicolegal factors associated with geographic variation in inferior vena cava filter utilization: an interstate analysis.
Andrew J. Meltzer, Ashley Graham, Joon Hyung Kim, Peter H. Connolly, John K. Karwowski, Harry L. Bush, Ellen C. Meltzer, Darren B. Schneider> ;Surgery. 2013 May 1
17 citations
Aberrant drug-related behaviors: unsystematic documentation does not identify prescription drug use disorder.
Ellen C. Meltzer, Dennis Rybin, Lidia Z. Meshesha, Richard Saitz, Jeffrey H. Samet, Sonia L. Rubens, Jane M. Liebschutz> ;Pain Medicine. 2012 Nov 1
23 citations
Discrepancy in Diagnosis and Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Treatment for the Wrong Reason
Ellen C. Meltzer, Tali Averbuch, Jeffrey H. Samet, Richard Saitz, Khelda Jabbar, Christine Lloyd-Travaglini, Jane M. Liebschutz> ;The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2012 Apr 1
8 citations
Lip-reading and the ventilated patient.
Ellen C. Meltzer, James J. Gallagher, Alexandra Suppes, Joseph J. Fins> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2012 May 1
3 citations
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ARDS in adults.
Meltzer, E. C., Fins, J. J.> ;The New England journal of medicine. 2012 Feb 10
108 citations
Identifying prescription opioid use disorder in primary care: Diagnostic characteristics of the Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM)
Ellen C. Meltzer, Denis Rybin, Richard Saitz, Jeffrey H. Samet, Sonia Schwartz, Stephen F. Butler, Jane M. Liebschutz> ;Pain. 2011 Feb 1
87 citations
Clinical factors associated with prescription drug use disorder in urban primary care patients with chronic pain.
Jane M. Liebschutz, Richard Saitz, Roger D. Weiss, Tali Averbuch, Sonia Schwartz, Ellen C. Meltzer, Elizabeth Claggett-Borne, Howard Cabral, Jeffrey H. Samet> ;The Journal of Pain. 2010 Nov 1
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