JoshuaRLakinMD

Internal Medicine • Boston, MA

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Physician

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450 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
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Summary

Dr. Joshua Lakin is an internist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He received his medical degree from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and has been in practice 8 years. He specializes in hospice & palliative medicine.

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco) School of MedicineFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2012 - 2013
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 2009

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2013 - 2024
CA State Medical License 2010 - 2016
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Adding Pals to KidneyPal: Creating a Virtual Patient and Family Advisory Council for Kidney Palliative Care.
Kimberly Mendoza, Kelsey Killeen, Joshua R Lakin, Richard E Leiter, Kate R Sciacca, Samantha L Gelfand> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Forms or Free-Text? Measuring Advance Care Planning Activity Using Electronic Health Records.
Sophia N Zupanc, Joshua R Lakin, Angelo E Volandes, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Edward T Moseley, Daniel A Gundersen, Sophiya Das, Akhila Penumarthy, Diana Martins-Welch,...> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2023 Nov 1
2 citations
Structural Barriers to Well-grounded Advance Care Planning for the Seriously Ill: a Qualitative Study of Clinicians' and Administrators' Experiences During a Pragmatic...
Genevra F Murray, Joshua R Lakin, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, James A Tulsky, Angelo Volandes, Aretha Delight Davis, Sophia N Zupanc, Maria T Carney, Edith Burns, Diana M...> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2023 Dec 1
4 citations
"The simple life experiences that every other human gets": Desire for normalcy among adolescents and young adults with advanced cancer.
Puja J Umaretiya, Lauren Fisher, Andrea Altschuler, Lawrence H Kushi, Chun R Chao, Brenda Vega, Gilda Rodrigues, Isabel Josephs, Katharine E Brock, Susan Buchanan, Mal...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Communication Training and Code Status Conversation Patterns Reported by Emergency Clinicians.
Thidathit Prachanukool, Emily L Aaronson, Joshua R Lakin, Masaya Higuchi, Rachel S Lee, Ilianna Santangelo, Mohammad A Hasdianda, Wei Wang, Naomi George, Shan W Liu, M...> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Who Gets (and Who Should Get) a Serious Illness Conversation in the Hospital? An Analysis of Readmission Risk Score in an Electronic Health Record.
Myrna K Serna, Julie Fiskio, Catherine Yoon, Savanna Plombon, Joshua R Lakin, Jeffrey L Schnipper, Anuj K Dalal> ;The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2023 Jun 1
5 citations
Creating KidneyPal: A Specialty-Aligned Palliative Care Service for People with Kidney Disease.
Joshua R Lakin, Kate Sciacca, Richard Leiter, Kelsey Killeen, Samantha Gelfand, James A Tulsky, Shelly Anderson, Sophia N Zupanc, Trey Williams, Ernest I Mandel> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2022 Dec 1
5 citations
Specialty-Aligned Palliative Care: Responding to the Needs of a Tertiary Care Health System.
Samantha L Gelfand, Joshua R Lakin, Kate R Sciacca, Emily R Rivkin, Jessica C Eves, Shelly Anderson, Ernest I Mandel, Akshay S Desai, Nelia Jain, Michael J Landzberg, ...> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2022 Dec 1
2 citations
Patient, Family, and Clinician Perspectives on Location of Death for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer.
Oreofe O Odejide, Lauren Fisher, Lawrence H Kushi, Chun R Chao, Brenda Vega, Gilda Rodrigues, Isabel Josephs, Katharine E Brock, Susan Buchanan, Mallory Casperson, Rob...> ;JCO Oncology Practice. 2022 Oct 1
3 citations
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Solid Organ Transplantation.
Naoka Murakami, Nathan D Baggett, Margaret L Schwarze, Keren Ladin, Andrew M Courtwright, Hilary J Goldberg, Eric P Nolley, Nelia Jain, Michael Landzberg, Kirsten Went...> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2022 Jul 1
3 citations
A Retrospective Observational Study Exploring 30- and 90-Day Outcomes for Patients With COVID-19 After Percutaneous Tracheostomy and Gastrostomy Placement.
Stephanie B Kiser, Kate Sciacca, Nelia Jain, Richard Leiter, Emanuele Mazzola, Samantha Gelfand, Jonathan Jehle, Rachelle Bernacki, Daniela Lamas, Zara Cooper, Joshua ...> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2022 May 1
2 citations
Video Images about Decisions for Ethical Outcomes in Kidney Disease (VIDEO-KD): the study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial.
Nwamaka D Eneanya, Joshua R Lakin, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Charlotta Lindvall, Edward T Moseley, Lori Henault, Amresh D Hanchate, Ernest I Mandel, Susan P Y Wong, Sop...> ;BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 8
3 citations
": Qualitative interviews with bereaved caregivers reveal complexity in measuring goal-concordant care at the end of life.
Brigitte N Durieux, Anna Berrier, Hannah Z Catzen, Tamryn F Gray, Joshua R Lakin, Rebecca Cunningham, Sue E Morris, James A Tulsky, Justin J Sanders> ;Palliative Medicine. 2022 Apr 1
17 citations
Association of an Advance Care Planning Video and Communication Intervention With Documentation of Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults: A Nonrandomized Controlled...
Angelo E Volandes, Sophia N Zupanc, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Joshua R Lakin, Yuchiao Chang, Edith A Burns, Nancy A LaVine, Maria T Carney, Diana Martins-Welch, Kaitlin...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2022 Feb 1
9 citations
Inpatient Kidney Palliative Care for Kidney Transplant Recipients With Failing Allografts.
Naoka Murakami, Samantha L Gelfand, Kate R Sciacca, Kelsey Killeen, Richard E Leiter, Joel T Adler, Anil K Chandraker, Joshua R Lakin> ;Kidney Medicine. 2022 Feb 1
12 citations
Enhancing the use of EHR systems for pragmatic embedded research: lessons from the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory.
Rachel Richesson, Keith Marsolo, Brian J Douthit, Karen L Staman, P Michael Ho, Dana Dailey, Andrew D. Boyd, Kathleen M. McTigue, Miriam O. Ezenwa, Judith M. Schlaeger...> ;Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2021 Oct 1
24 citations
Patient, Family, and Clinician Perspectives on End-of-Life Care Quality Domains and Candidate Indicators for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer.
Jennifer W. Mack, Lauren B. Fisher, Lawrence H. Kushi, Chun Chao, Brenda Vega, Gilda Rodrigues, Isabel Josephs, Katharine E. Brock, Susan Buchanan, Mallory Casperson, ...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2021 Aug 2
28 citations
Natural Language Processing to Identify Advance Care Planning Documentation in a Multisite Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Charlotta Lindvall, Chih-Ying Deng, Edward T. Moseley, Nicole D Agaronnik, Areej El-Jawahri, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Joshua R Lakin, Angelo E. Volandes> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2021 Jul 14
14 citations
A Yet Unrealized Promise: Structured Advance Care Planning Elements in the Electronic Health Record
Joshua R Lakin, Daniel A. Gundersen, Charlotta Lindvall, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, James A. Tulsky, Elise N Brannen, Kathryn I. Pollak, Danielle Kennedy, Jody-Ann McLe...> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2021 Apr 7
3 citations
Clinical Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Boston.
Areej El-Jawahri, Hacho B Bohossian, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Joshua R Lakin, P. Connor Johnson, Zara Cooper, Annemarie D. Jagielo, Elise N Brannen, Matthew J. Reynol...> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021 Feb 24
15 citations
Communication Tools to Support Advance Care Planning and Hospital Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Design Process.
Joanna Paladino, Suzanne Mitchell, Namita Seth Mohta, Joshua R Lakin, Nora Downey, Erik K. Fromme, Sue Gullo, Evan M. Benjamin, Justin J. Sanders> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2021 Feb 1
16 citations
Early serious illness communication in hospitalized patients: A study of the implementation of the Speaking About Goals and Expectations (SAGE) program.
Joshua R Lakin, Catherine Arnold, Hannah Z. Catzen, Arjun Rangarajan, Rebecca S. Berger, Elise N Brannen, Rebecca Cunningham, Adam C. Schaffer, Jan Lamey, Olesya Baker...> ;Healthcare. 2021 Jan 28
9 citations
Time Out Before Talking: Communication as a Medical Procedure.
Joshua R Lakin, James A. Tulsky, Rachelle Bernacki> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2021 Jan 1
5 citations
Trends in Place of Death for Individuals With Deaths Attributed to Advanced Chronic or End-Stage Kidney Disease in the United States
Sarah H. Cross, Joshua R Lakin, Mallika L. Mendu, Ernest I. Mandel, Haider J. Warraich> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2021 Jan 1
8 citations
Earlier identification of seriously ill patients: An implementation case series
Joshua R Lakin, Meghna Desai, Kyle Engelman, Nina O'Connor, Winifred G Teuteberg, Alison Coackley, Laurel Kilpatrick, Atul A. Gawande, Erik K. Fromme> ;BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 2020 Dec 1
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