LindaGanziniMD

Professorof Psychiatry and Medicine, OHSU Staff Psychiatrist, Consult-Liaison Psychiatry Serviceand Outpatient Mental Health, VA Portland HCS Director of Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, OHSU Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, OHSU Director, VA Advanced Fellowship in Health ServicesResearch, VA Portland

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Office
3710 Sw Us Veterans Hospital Rd
Mental Health Division, P3mhdc
Portland, OR 97239
Phone+1 503-220-8262

Fax+1 503-220-3499
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Education & Training

Oregon Health & Science UniversityFellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry, 1987 - 1989
Oregon Health & Science UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1987
Oregon Health & Science UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
Oregon Health and Science University School of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 1984 - 2023
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Relationships among clinicians are crucial to successful palliative care integration: a qualitative study in lung cancer.
Donald R Sullivan, Kelly C Vranas, Molly Delorit, Sara E Golden, Christopher G Slatore, Linda Ganzini, Lissi Hansen> ;Future Oncology. 2023 Jan 1
9 citations
Risk of Suicidal Self-directed Violence Among US Veteran Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer.
Shannon M. Nugent, Benjamin J. Morasco, Robert Handley, Daniel R. Clayburgh, Elizabeth R. Hooker, Linda Ganzini, Sara J. Knight, Jason I. Chen, Donald R. Sullivan, Chr...> ;JAMA Otolaryngology-- Head & Neck Surgery. 2021 Nov 1
18 citations
Association of Palliative Care Use and Setting With Health-care Utilization and Quality of Care at the End of Life Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer
Kelly C. Vranas, Jodi Lapidus, Linda Ganzini, Christopher G. Slatore, Donald R. Sullivan> ;Chest. 2020 Jun 23
83 citations
Association of Early Palliative Care Use With Survival and Place of Death Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Receiving Care in the Veterans Health Administration
Donald R. Sullivan, Benjamin Chan, Jodi Lapidus, Linda Ganzini, Lissi Hansen, Patricia A. Carney, Erik K. Fromme, Miguel Marino, Sara E. Golden, Kelly C. Vranas, Chris...> ;JAMA Oncology. 2019 Sep 19
4 citations
Clinical Strategies for the Treatment and Management of Patients Prescribed Long-term Opioid Therapy.
Jessica J. Wyse, Linda Ganzini, Steven K. Dobscha, Erin E. Krebs, Janet Zamudio, Benjamin J. Morasco> ;Pain Medicine. 2019 Sep 1
5 citations
Efficacy of the Home-Based Mental Health Evaluation (HOME) Program for Engaging Patients in Care After Hospitalization
Bridget B. Matarazzo, Jeri E. Forster, Trisha A. Hostetter, Melodi Billera, Geri Adler, Linda Ganzini, David W. Oslin, Lisa A. Brenner> ;Psychiatric Services. 2019 Aug 27
15 citations
Setting Expectations, Following Orders, Safety, and Standardization: Clinicians’ Strategies to Guide Difficult Conversations About Opioid Prescribing
Jessica J. Wyse, Linda Ganzini, Steven K. Dobscha, Erin E. Krebs, Benjamin J. Morasco> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2019 Jul 15
9 citations
POLST Registration and Associated Outcomes Among Veterans With Advanced-Stage Lung Cancer.
Shannon M. Nugent, Christopher G. Slatore, Linda Ganzini, Sara E. Golden, Dana Zive, Kelly C. Vranas, Donald R. Sullivan> ;The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2019 Jan 30
Dr Yager and Colleagues Reply.
Joel Yager, Linda Ganzini, Dan H. Nguyen, Erica K. Rapp> ;The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2018 Nov 27
15 citations
Incidence of Suicide and Association with Palliative Care among Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer.
Donald R. Sullivan, Christopher W. Forsberg, Sara E. Golden, Linda Ganzini, Steven K. Dobscha, Christopher G. Slatore> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018 Nov 1
7 citations
Physician-Assisted Death Psychiatric Assessment: A Standardized Protocol to Conform to the California End of Life Option Act.
James A. Bourgeois, Maria Theresa Mariano, James M. Wilkins, Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, Lawrence D. Kaplan, Linda Ganzini> ;Psychosomatics. 2018 Sep 1
3 citations
Working With Decisionally Capable Patients Who Are Determined to End Their Own Lives.
Joel Yager, Linda Ganzini, Dan H. Nguyen, Erica K. Rapp> ;The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2018 May 22
Voluntary Stopping and Eating and Drinking Among Patients With Serious Advanced Illness-A Label in Search of a Problem?-Reply.
Timothy E. Quill, Linda Ganzini, Robert D. Truog, Thaddeus Mason Pope> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2018 May 1
14 citations
Improvements in hospice utilization among patients with advanced‐stage lung cancer in an integrated health care system
Donald R. Sullivan, Linda Ganzini, Jodi Lapidus, Lissi Hansen, Patricia A. Carney, Molly L. Osborne, Erik K. Fromme, Seiko Izumi, Christopher G. Slatore> ;Cancer. 2018 Jan 15
34 citations
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking Among Patients With Serious Advanced Illness-Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects.
Timothy E. Quill, Linda Ganzini, Robert D. Truog, Thaddeus Mason Pope> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2018 Jan 1
7 citations
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of methylphenidate for the treatment of depression in SSRI-treated cancer patients receiving palliative care
Donald R. Sullivan, Solange Mongoue-Tchokote, Motomi Mori, Elizabeth R. Goy, Linda Ganzini> ;Psycho-Oncology. 2017 Nov 1
12 citations
Association of Decision-making with Patients’ Perceptions of Care and Knowledge during Longitudinal Pulmonary Nodule Surveillance
Donald R. Sullivan, Sara E. Golden, Linda Ganzini, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Karen Eden, Christopher G. Slatore> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2017 Nov 1
27 citations
Longitudinal Assessment of Distress among Veterans with Incidental Pulmonary Nodules.
Christopher G. Slatore, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Sara E. Golden, David H. Au, Linda Ganzini> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016 Nov 10
85 citations
Longitudinal Changes in Depression Symptoms and Survival Among Patients With Lung Cancer: A National Cohort Assessment
Donald R. Sullivan, Christopher W. Forsberg, Linda Ganzini, David H. Au, Michael K. Gould, Dawn Provenzale, Christopher G. Slatore> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2016 Oct 31
35 citations
Depression symptom trends and health domains among lung cancer patients in the CanCORS study
Donald R. Sullivan, Christopher W. Forsberg, Linda Ganzini, David H. Au, Michael K. Gould, Dawn Provenzale, Karen S. Lyons, Christopher G. Slatore> ;Lung Cancer. 2016 Oct 1
4 citations
Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema after Electroconvulsive Therapy.
David Mansoor, Christina Trevino, Linda Ganzini, Mark Zornow> ;The Journal of ECT. 2016 Jun 1
16 citations
The Challenge of New Legislation on Physician-Assisted Death
Linda Ganzini, Anthony L. Back> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2016 Apr 1
13 citations
Military Veterans' Experiences with Suicidal Ideation: Implications for Intervention and Prevention
Lauren M Denneson, Alan R. Teo, Linda Ganzini, Drew A. Helmer, Matthew J. Bair, Steven K. Dobscha> ;Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior. 2015 Aug 1
19 citations
'I still don't know diddly': A longitudinal qualitative study of patients' knowledge and distress while undergoing evaluation of incidental pulmonary nodules
Donald R. Sullivan, Sara E. Golden, Linda Ganzini, Lissi Hansen, Christopher G. Slatore> ;NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 2015 Apr 16
12 citations
Decision making among Veterans with incidental pulmonary nodules: A qualitative analysis
Christopher G. Slatore, David H. Au, Nancy Press, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Sara E. Golden, Linda Ganzini> ;Respiratory Medicine. 2015 Apr 1
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Press Mentions

OHSU Is Part of National Institute to Advance Artificial Intelligence in AgingAugust 4th, 2021
Assessing Competency in Aid-in-Dying PatientsOctober 27th, 2018
Oregonians' Reasons for Requesting Physician Aid in DyingOctober 21st, 2016
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Hospital Affiliations

Portland HCSPortland, Oregon
OHSU HospitalPortland, Oregon