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Office
3550 Terrace Street
Suite 933 West Muh Upmc General Internal Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-692-4822Fax+1 412-692-4825- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- University of California (San Francisco) School of MedicineFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2009 - 2010
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
- University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2006 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2010 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015
Clinical Trials
- Intervention Study of Communication in Oncologist-Patient Encounters Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 01
- Supportive Care Intervention-Pancreas Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
- A Primary Palliative Care Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 27
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Implementing a Palliative Care Junior Faculty Visiting Professor Program: Pearls and Pitfalls.Jennifer B Seaman, Teresa H Thomas, Risa L Wong, David I Lazris, Maria Belin, Yael Schenker> ;The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2024 Apr 5
- Associations of Health Care Utilization and Therapeutic Alliance in Patients with Advanced Cancer.Sarah G Bell, Andrew D Althouse, Shane C Belin, Robert M Arnold, Douglas B White, Edward Chu, Teresa H Thomas, Kenneth J Smith, Yael Schenker> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2024 Apr 1
- Defining the Time-limited Trial for Patients with Critical Illness: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.Thornton, D., Jacqueline M Kruser, Deepshikha C Ashana, Katherine R Courtright, Erin K Kross, Thanh H Neville, Eileen Rubin, Yael Schenker, Donald R Sullivan, J Daryl ...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2024 Feb 1
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Journal Articles
- Use of Palliative Care Earlier in the Disease Course in the Context of the Opioid EpidemicEducational, Research, and Policy IssuesTimothy E Quill, Yael Schenker, JAMA
Press Mentions
- Nurse-Led Palliative Care Improves Advance Care Planning for Patients with Advanced CancerApril 5th, 2023
- New Study in JNCCN Identifies Approach for Improving End-of-Life Conversations for People with CancerApril 4th, 2023
- False Hope: Better Than No Hope?October 24th, 2021
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Hospital Affiliations
- UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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