Center for Bioethics / People / Karlawish
Jason Karlawish
Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, Presbyterian Hospital, 1month/year
Fellow, Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Associate Director, Penn Memory Center (Core B, Alzheimer's Disease Center), University of Pennsylvania
Director, Education, Recruitment and Retention Core (Core E, Alzheimer's Disease Center) , University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Penn Memory Center 1 afternoon/week
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty, Penn Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Division of Geriatrics
Ralston-Penn Center
3615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ralston-Penn Center
3615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-8997
Fax: 215-573-8684
Fax: 215-573-8684
Links
Univeristy of Pennsylvania's Alzheimer's Disease Center
Jason Karlawish's public web page for writing and lectures.
Primary Work Website
Univeristy of Pennsylvania's Alzheimer's Disease Center
Jason Karlawish's public web page for writing and lectures.
Primary Work Website
Education:
B.S. (Honors Program in Medical Education)
Northwestern University, 1987.
M.D. (Medicine)
Northwestern University School of Medicine, 1991.
B.S. (Honors Program in Medical Education)
Northwestern University, 1987.
M.D. (Medicine)
Northwestern University School of Medicine, 1991.
Certifications
Recertification American Board of Internal Medicine (original certification 1994), 2004.
Recertification of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine (1998 original certification), 2008.
Permanent linkRecertification American Board of Internal Medicine (original certification 1994), 2004.
Recertification of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine (1998 original certification), 2008.
Selected Publications
Link JN, Kropf M, Hirsch MA, Hammon FM, Karlawish J, Schur L, Kruse D, Davis CS: Assessing Voting Competence and Political Knowledge: Comparing Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries and "Average" College Students. Election Law Journal 11(1), January 2012.Tsou AY, Karlawish J, McCluskey L, Xie S, Long J: Predictors of emergent gastronomy and tracheostomy in ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis In press 2012.
Lui WCV, Lam CWL, Chau CMR, Fung WTA, Wong MLB, Leung TYG, Leung KF, Chiu FKH, Karlawish JHT, Appelbaum PS: Capacity to Make Decisions on Medication Management in Chinese Older Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer Disease. International Psychogeriatrics In press 2012.
Grill JD, Karlawish J, Elashoff D, Vickrey BG: Risk disclosure and preclinical Alzheimer's disease clinical trial enrollment. Alzheimer's and Dementia In press 2012.
Jefferson AL, Carmona H, Gifford K, Sarinana SL, Byerly LK, Cantwell N, Tripodis Y, Karlawish J: Clinical Research Risk Assessment Among Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry In press 2012.
Hu W, Holtzman D, Fagan AM, Shaw LM, Perrin R, Arnold SE, Grossman M, Xiong C, Craig-Schapiro R, Clark CM, Pickering E, Kuhn M, Chen Y, Van Deerlin V, McCluskey L, Elman LB, Karlawish JHT, Chen-Plotkin AS, Hurtig H, Siderowf AD, Swenson F, Lee VM-Y, Morris JC, Trojanowski JQ, Soares H: Plasma multi-analyte profiling in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Neurology In press 2012.
Meisel ZF, Karlawish J: Narrative vs Evidence-Based Medicine-- And, Not Or. Journal of the American Medical Association 306(18): 2022-2023, November 2011.
Karlawish J: Addressing the ethical, policy, and social challenges of pre-clinical Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology 77(15): 1487-93, Oct 2011.
Xie SX*, Baek Y*, Grossman M, Arnold SE, Karlawish J, Siderowf A, Hurtig H, Elman L, McCluskey L, Van Deerlin V, Lee VM-Y, Trojanowski JQ *Co-first authors. : Building an integrated neurodegenerative disease database at an academic health center. Alzheimer's and Dementia 7(4): e84-e93, July 2011.
Kasner SE, Baren JM, Le Roux PD, Nathanson PG, Lamond K, Rosenberg S, Karlawish JH.: Community Views on Neurological Emergency Treatment Trials. Annals of Emergency Medicine 57(4): 346-354, Apr 2011 Notes: Editorial: Biros, M.H. The People Speak: Community Consultation in Emergency Research. Annals Emer Med