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Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, M.Bioethics

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John M. Eisenberg, M.D. Professor in Medicine
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Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
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Fellow, Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
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Director, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center
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Director, Penn Roybal Center on Palliative Care in Dementia
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Director, Behavioral Economics to Transform Trial Enrollment Representativeness (BETTER) Center, University of Pennsylvania
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Director (with co-direction by mentees Drs. Meeta Kerlin and Mucio Delgado), University of Pennsylvania of Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning (Penn PORTAL)
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21 9 B.S. 25 (Psychology and Economics) c
28 Duke University, 1995.
21 d M.S.C.E. 19 (Epidemiology) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2001.
21 a Ph.D. 19 (Epidemiology) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
21 9 M.Be 16 (Bioethics) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2003.
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Description of Research Expertise

2c End of Life Decision Making
2e Critical Care Health Services Research
3e Methodological Innovations in Randomized Trial Designs
1b Empirical Bioethics
1d Organ Transplantation
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25 Allocation of Scarce Resources
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Description of Clinical Expertise

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Selected Publications

11b Halpern SD, Harhay MO, Saulsgiver KA, Brophy C, Troxel A, Volpp KG: A Pragmatic Trial of E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation. New England Journal of Medicine 378(24): 2302-2310, Jun 2018.

d8 Courtright, KR, Cassell JB, Halpern, SD: A Research Agenda for High-Value Palliative Care. Annals of Internal Medicine 168(7): 71-72, Jan 2018.

be Detsky ME, Harhay MO, Bayard DF, Delman AM, Buehler AE, Kent SA, Ciuffetelli IV, Cooney E, Gabler NB, Ratcliffe SJ, Mikkelsen ME, Halpern SD bf : Discriminative accuracy of physician and nurse predictions of survival and functional outcomes 6 months after ICU admission. JAMA 317(2): 2187-2195, Jun 2017.

f0 Rolnick, JA; Asch, DA; Halpern, SD: Delegalizing Advance Directives - Facilitating Advance Care Planning. New England Journal of Medicine 376(22): 2105-2107, Jun 2017.

f9 Rubin Emily B, Buehler Anna E, Halpern Scott D: States Worse Than Death Among Hospitalized Patients With Serious Illnesses. JAMA internal medicine 176(10): 1557-1559, Oct 2016.

c0 Halpern Scott D: Toward Evidence-Based End-of-Life Care. The New England journal of medicine 373(21): 2001-3, Nov 2015.

187 Halpern Scott D, French Benjamin, Small Dylan S, Saulsgiver Kathryn, Harhay Michael O, Audrain-McGovern Janet, Loewenstein George, Brennan Troyen A, Asch David A, Volpp Kevin G: Randomized trial of four financial-incentive programs for smoking cessation. The New England Journal of Medicine 372(22): 2108-17, May 2015.

16c Hart Joanna L, Harhay Michael O, Gabler Nicole B, Ratcliffe Sarah J, Quill Caroline M, Halpern Scott D: Variability Among US Intensive Care Units in Managing the Care of Patients Admitted With Preexisting Limits on Life-Sustaining Therapies. JAMA Internal Medicine 175(6): 1019-26, Jun 2015.

114 Auriemma CL, Nguyen CA, Bronheim R, Kent S, Nadigu S, Pardo D, Halpern SD. : Stability of end-of-life preferences: A systematic review of the evidence. JAMA Internal Medicine 174(7): 1085-1092, Jul 2014

107 Wagner J, Gabler NB, Ratcliffe SJ, Brown SES, Strom BL, Halpern SD.: Outcomes among patients discharged from busy intensive care units. Annals of Internal Medicine 159(7): 447-455, Oct 2013.

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