Center for Surgery and Public Health

Medicare Advance Care Planning Uptake Study

Our Team

The ACP team includes a mix of investigators with expertise in health services research, palliative and end-of-life care, surgery, Medicare billing/coding, statistical and qualitative methods. For our supplemental research, our consultants also have experience studying dementia and sexual and gender minority populations. Collaborators span across the US, including investigators based at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan, University of Colorado and Fenway Health.

Joel Weissman, PhD

Principal Investigator

Amanda Reich, PhD, MPH

Project Director

Priscilla K. Gazarian, PhD, RN

Co-Investigator

Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE

Co-Investigator

Scott Halpern, MD, PhD

Co-Investigator

Keren Ladin, PhD, MSc

Co-Investigator

Zara Cooper, MD, MSc

Co-Investigator

Holly G. Prigerson, PhD

Co-Investigator

Samir K. Shah, MD, MPH

Co-Investigator

Dae Kim, MD, MPH, ScD

Co-Investigator

Carey Candrian, PhD

Consultant

Julia Fleming, MD, MHS

Consultant

Phil Rodgers, MD

Consultant

Biostatistical Consultants

Stuart Lipsitz, ScD

Tanujit Dey, PhD

 

Affiliate Fellows

Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA

Elizabeth (Libby) Luth, PhD

 

Previous Team Members

Adoma Manful, MPH

Robert Semco

Ginger Jin, MS

Avni Gupta, BDS, MPH

Dan Sturgeon, MS