Alana Sagin, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Penn Medicine Hospice, Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse
Director, Medical Student Palliative Care Elective, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Director, Undergraduate Palliative Care Education, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director, CARE-7 Curriculum in Palliative Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Director, Penn VitalTalk, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Attending Physician, Penn Medicine Hospice, Pennsylvania Hospital
Department: Medicine
Contact information
2018 White Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-460-7723
Education:
BA
Middlebury College, 2004.
pre-med
Bryn Mawr College, 2005.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2010.
Permanent linkBA
Middlebury College, 2004.
pre-med
Bryn Mawr College, 2005.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 2010.
Selected Publications
Alana Sagin, MD Dorene Balmer, PhD Rosie Musheno, MD Jennifer M. Olenik, MD Laura Dingfield, MD, MSEd C. Jessica Dine, MD, MSHP Nadia Bennett, MD, MSEd : Use of the Context Input Process Product Model for Evaluation of a Novel Palliative Care Curriculum for Medical Students. Poster Presentation, Learn Serve Lead 2023: The AAMC Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA November 2023.Sagin A, Dingfield L, Savinese S.: Letter to the Editor: The Hospice Crisis: An Educator's Viewpoint. Journal of Palliative Medicine Page: 750, June 2023.
E. Chan , S. Wallace , M. Paniagua , J. Olenik , A. Sagin: A Novel Educational Session for Primary Palliative Education in Undergraduate Medical Education Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting May 2023.
Sagin A, Balmer D, Rose S, et al. : Evaluation of a Palliative Care Longitudinal Curriculum for Medical Students Using the Context-Input-Process-Product Model. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® March 2023 Notes: doi:10.1177/10499091231165504.
Merley C, Sagin A, Olenik J. : Qualitative Analysis of Student Reflections After Completion of Palliative Care Assessment. Poster Presentation, Department of Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania Health System 2023.
Sagin A, Davis N, Ganta N: "Improving Opioid Use Disorder Risk Assessment on an Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Service" Poster Presentation, Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Virtual Presentation) February 2022.
Alana Sagin, MD, Sharon M. Kimberly, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Jill P. Farabelli MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Kava Schafer, MDiv, MA, Pallavi Kumar, MD, MPH, Tanya J. Uritsky, PharmD, CPE : "Teaching Pain Management in the Era of the Opioid Epidemic: A Team-based Intervention" Poster Presentation, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly (Virtual Presentation) February 2021.
Alana Sagin, MD, Matthew S. Ellman, MD, Ruhi R. Shariff, MD, FACP, Christopher A Jones, MD, MBA, Kate Tindall, MD, Caitlin H. Siropaides, DO, : A Multicenter Qualitative Analysis of Medical Student Narratives After a Palliative Care Elective American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Robert E Enck (eds.). SAGE Journals, November 2020 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909120971565.
Alana Sagin, MD, Sharon M. Kimberly, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Jill P. Farabelli MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Kava Schafer, MDiv, MA, Pallavi Kumar, MD, MPH, Tanya J. Uritsky, PharmD, CPE : Teaching Pain Management in Serious Illness in the Era of the Opioid Epidemic: A Team Based Intervention. MedEdPortal 16(11006): https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11006 October 2020.
Alana Sagin M.D., Amy Moore MSN, RN, ACNS-BL, Rebecca Stamm MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN, Nina O’Connor M.D., Rachel Mea MSN, RN, OCN, Samantha Schad BSN, RN, OCN, Michael Scott M.D., Tanya Uritsky PharmD, CPE : Patient Controlled Analgesia Documentation Quality Improvement Project. Poster Presentation, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Safety Week, Abstract Presentation, Department of Medicine Research Day, University of Pennsylvania Health System June 2020.