Purnima Garg

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Purnima

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Garg

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<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India<br />Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (Family Medicine)</p>

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Sameen Farooq

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Sameen

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Farooq

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Serife Eti

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Serife

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<p><strong>SERIFE ETI, MD</strong></p>
<p><strong>Clinical Associate Professor</strong></p>
<p><strong>Department of Family and Social Medicine</strong></p>
<p><strong>Medical Director<br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>Palliative Medicine Program<br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>Montefiore Medical Center<br /></strong></p>
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<p>Department: Family and Social Medicine</p>
<p>Practice Hospice &amp; Palliative Medicine</p>
<p>Medical Education: University of Istanbul , School of Medicine</p>
<p>Residency: Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center</p>
<p>University of Istanbul, School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology</p>
<p>Fellowship: Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, NY</p>
<p>Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, NY, NY</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">RECENT PUBLICATIONS:</span></span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Salomon%20S%5BAuthor%5D&amp;c… S</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Frankel%20H%5BAuthor%5D&amp;c… H</a>^, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Chuang%20E%5BAuthor%5D&amp;ca… E</a>^, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Eti%20S%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauth… S</a>^, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Selwyn%20P%5BAuthor%5D&amp;ca… P</a>. Implementing Routine Palliative Care Consultation Before LVAD Implantation: A Single Center Experience. <a title="Journal of pain and symptom management." href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29307849">J Pain Symptom Manage.</a> 2018 May; 55(5):1350-1355</p>
<p>Liantonio J<strong>, Eti S : </strong>When it is beneficial to defer dialysis<strong>?</strong> J Fam. Pract. Dec 64(12) E:1-2, 2015</p>
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<p>Nevadunsky NS, Gordon S, Spoozak L, VanArsdale A, Houa Y, Klobocista M, <strong>Eti S</strong>, Rapkin B, Goldberg GL. The role and timing of palliative medicine consultation for women with gynecologic malignancies: Association with end of life interventions and direct hospital costs. Gynecologic Oncology 132:3-7, 2014 Lead Article PMID 24183728</p>
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<p><strong>Eti S, </strong>O'Mahony S, McHugh M, Guilbe R, Blank A, Selwyn P. Outcomes of the Acute Palliative Care Unit in an Academic Medical Center. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2013 May 10</p>
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<p>Nevadunsky, N<strong>, </strong>Brodt, Z, <strong>Eti, S,</strong> Rapkin, B, Rivera, E, Selwyn, P, Goldberg, G. <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/ygyno/article/pii/S0090825811012558"><span style="color: #6b9f25;">Differences in the use of palliative medicine consultation in gynecologic malignancies in an urban hospital system</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Gynecologic Oncology,Volume 125, Supplement 1, March 2012, Page S117</p>
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<p>Nevadunsky, N, <strong>Eti, S,</strong> Rivera, E, Harris, K, Chudnoff, S, Selwyn, P, Rapkin, B, Goldberg, G. <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/ygyno/article/pii/S0090825811012625"><span style="color: #6b9f25;">Palliative medicine educational initiative for trainees in gynecologic oncology</span></a><br />Gynecologic Oncology, Volume 125, Supplement 1, March 2012, S119-S120</p>
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<p>Serife <strong>Eti,</strong> Guest Editor. Palliative Care, Prim Care Clin Office Pract, 38(2), 2011 PMID: 21628032</p>
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<p><strong>Eti</strong>, S. Palliative Care: Evolving field of Medicine, Prim Care Clin Office Pract. 38(2) 159-171, 2011 PMID: 21628031</p>
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Elizabeth J. Chuang

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Elizabeth

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<p>Dr. Elizabeth Chuang is the Director of the Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics. The Center provides bioethics education, research and clinical support for Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Dr. Chuang joined the faculty in 2013 after completing fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Montefiore. She joined the Bioethics Center in 2018 and became the Director in 2023.</p>
<p>Dr. Chuang's research interests include improving clinician communication with patients and families facing end-of-life choices, ethical approaches to learning healthcare systems, ethical implementation of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, approaches to triage during disasters, and community engagement in research and in clinical ethics.</p>
<p>Dr. Chuang also enjoys teaching medical students, residents, fellows and faculty principles of bioethics, research ethics and approaches to emotionally difficult communication tasks. <br>
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<li>Using sequential decision-making modeling techniques to evaluate the performance of disaster triage protocols during the COVID19 surge</li>
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Steven Ira Berk

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Nomeda Balcetis

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