EMRA Difficult Conversations Guide
1st Edition
Julie J. Cooper, MD
Editor-in-Chief
University of Pennsylvania
Senior Editors
Lillian Liang Emlet, MD, MS, CHSE, CPC, ELI-MP
University of Pennsylvania
Eric D. Isaacs, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Joanne Gould Kuntz, MD, FAAHPM
Retire, Emory University School of Medicine
Goals of Care Conversation in the Emergency Department (ED)
Dannielle Allen, DO | ChristianaCare
Kei Ouichi, MD, MPH | Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ashley Panicker, MD | ChristianaCare Health System
Delivering Serious News
Omonivie Agboghidi, MD, MPH | Alameda Health System – Highland Hospital
Josephine Lo Bello, MD | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Balakrishna Vemula, MD | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Julie D. Gesch, MD | Alameda Health System – Highland Hospital
Demonstrating Empathy/Responding to Emotion
Zubin Hussain, MD | University of Pennsylvania
Carrie Harvey, MD | University of Michigan
Prognosis and Trajectory
Andrew Washington, MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, FACEP, FCCM | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Justine McGiboney, MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Values Mapping
Caroline H. Lee, MD | University of California, San Francisco
Rita A. Manfredi, MD, FACEP | The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Emily Earl-Royal, MD, MPH | Kaiser Permanente
Making a Plan: Discussing Recommendations and Code Status
Francesco Sergi, MD, MPH | University of California, San Francisco
Monique Schaulis, MD, MPH, FAAHPM | The Permanente Medical Group
Death Notification
Alexander E. Ayala, MD, MPH | Alameda Health System – Highland Hospital
Amelia M. Breyre, MD | University of California, San Francisco-ZSFGH
Jessica Fleischer-Black, MD | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Pediatric content review: Maren Lunoe, MD, MS | University of Pittsburgh
Navigating Conflict
Sarah Pajka, MD | University of Washington
Michael C. Ross, MD, FACEP | Boise VA Medical Center, Univ. of Washington Palliative Care Training Center
Disclosing Medical Errors
Spencer Wallace Matson, MD | Yale New Haven Hospital
Karen Jubanyik, MD | Yale University School of Medicine
