Michael W. Rabow, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF

Phone: (415) 353-7300 (appts)
Box 1732, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-1732

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory
• Symptom Management Service

Education

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1983-1987, B.A., summa cum laude (Anthropology)
Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA, 1987-1988, No degree sought
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1989-1993, M.D., (Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1993-1994, Primary Care Internal Medicine Internship
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1994-1996, Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1996-1997, Clinician-Educator Fellowship in General Internal Medicine

Professional Experience

• 1997-2003
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• 1998-2003
  Co-director, Behavioral Medicine Training, Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF
• 2003-2009
  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF
• 2004-present
  Founding Director, Symptom Management Service
• 2006-present
  Founding Director, Center for the Study of the Healer's Art, Institute for the Study of Health and Illness
• 2007-present
  Associate Director, Palliative Care Leadership Center
• 2009-present
  Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF
• 2010-present
  Site Director, Palliative Care Fellowship Program, Department of Medicine

Honors & Awards

• 1987
  Summa Cum Laude, Harvard University Department of Anthropology


• 1987
  Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University Chapter


• 1993
  Alpha Omega Alpha, UCSF School of Medicine


• 1999
  UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Residency Teaching Award


• 2000
  Robert H. Crede Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF


• 2002
  Project on Death in America Faculty Scholarship, Soros Foundation


• 2002
  David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Education Award, Society of General Internal Medicine


• 2004
  Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Outstanding Lecture Award, UCSF Class of 2006


• 2004
  UCSF Academy of Medical Educators


• 2004
  Best Research Poster, AAMC Western Regional GEA/GSA Annual Conference


• 2005
  Society of General Internal Medicine Clinician-Educator of the Year Award, California


• 2007
  Circle of Life Award, American Hospital Association, to the UCSF Palliative Care Service


• 2008
  Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Innovation in Education Award to the Healer’s Art


• 2008
  Fellow, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine


• 2009
  American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Paper Award


• 2010
  Essential Core Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecture from the UCSF Class of 2012


• 2011
  Geriatrics Abstract Award, Society of General Internal Medicine


• 2012
  Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award

Selected Publications

1. Smith AK, Thai JN, Bakitas MA, Meier DE, Spragens LH, Temel JS, Weissman DE, Rabow MW. The diverse landscape of palliative care clinics. J Palliat Med. 2013 Jun; 16(6):661-8.
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2. Rabow MW, Evans CN, Remen RN. Professional formation and deformation: repression of personal values and qualities in medical education. Fam Med. 2013 Jan; 45(1):13-8.
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3. Rawdin B, Evans C, Rabow MW. The Relationships among Hope, Pain, Psychological Distress, and Spiritual Well-Being in Oncology Outpatients. J Palliat Med. 2013 Feb; 16(2):167-72.
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4. Fried TR, Vaz Fragoso CA, Rabow MW. Caring for the older person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JAMA. 2012 Sep 26; 308(12):1254-63.
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5. Rabow MW, Lee MX. Palliative care in castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Urol Clin North Am. 2012 Nov; 39(4):491-503.
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6. Gilbertson-White S, Aouizerat BE, Jahan T, Paul SM, West C, Schumacher K, Dodd MJ, Rabow M, Abu Raddaha AH, Miaskowski C. Determination of cutpoints for low and high number of symptoms in patients with advanced cancer. J Palliat Med. 2012 Sep; 15(9):1027-36.
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7. Pantilat SZ, Kerr KM, Kutner JS, Ferris FD, Rathfon MA, Rabow MW. Leveraging external resources to grow and sustain your palliative care program: a call to action. J Palliat Med. 2012 Jan; 15(1):25-8.
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8. Baker M, Wrubel J, Rabow MW. Professional development and the informal curriculum in end-of-life care. J Cancer Educ. 2011 Sep; 26(3):444-50.
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9. Casey C, Chen LM, Rabow MW. Symptom management in gynecologic malignancies. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2011 Jul; 11(7):1077-89.
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10. Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Kerr K, Enguidanos S, Ferrell B, Goldstein R, Pankratz C, Picchi T, Rosenfeld KE, Stone SC. The intersection of need and opportunity: assessing and capitalizing on opportunities to expand hospital-based palliative care services. J Palliat Med. 2010 Oct; 13(10):1205-10.
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11. Swarm R, Abernethy AP, Anghelescu DL, Benedetti C, Blinderman CD, Boston B, Cleeland C, Coyle N, Deleon-Casasola OA, Eilers JG, Ferrell B, Janjan NA, Karver SB, Levy MH, Lynch M, Moryl N, Murphy BA, Nesbit SA, Oakes L, Obbens EA, Paice JA, Rabow MW, Syrjala KL, Urba S, Weinstein SM. Adult cancer pain. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2010 Sep; 8(9):1046-86.
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12. Rabow MW, Goodman S, Chang S, Berger M, Folkman S. Filming the family: a documentary film to educate clinicians about family caregivers of patients with brain tumors. J Cancer Educ. 2010 Jun; 25(2):242-6.
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13. Rabow MW, Spiegel D, Rosenbaum EH. Compassionate care during the endless hours. J Support Oncol. 2010 May-Jun; 8(3):134-6.
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14. Rabow MW, Smith AK, Braun JL, Weissman DE. Outpatient palliative care practices. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Apr 12; 170(7):654-5.
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15. Rabow MW, Remen RN, Parmelee DX, Inui TS. Professional formation: extending medicine's lineage of service into the next century. Acad Med. 2010 Feb; 85(2):310-7.
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16. Rabow MW, Wrubel J, Remen RN. Promise of professionalism: personal mission statements among a national cohort of medical students. Ann Fam Med. 2009 Jul-Aug; 7(4):336-42.
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17. Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW. Palliative care for patients with head and neck cancer: "I would like a quick return to a normal lifestyle". JAMA. 2008 Jun 11; 299(22):2679.
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18. Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW. Management of intractable nausea and vomiting in patients at the end of life: "I was feeling nauseous all of the time . . . nothing was working". JAMA. 2008 Apr 16; 299(15):1826.
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19. Fernandes R, Shore W, Muller JH, Rabow MW. What it's really like: the complex role of medical students in end-of-life care. Teach Learn Med. 2008 Jan-Mar; 20(1):69-72.
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20. Remen RN, O'Donnell JF, Rabow MW. The Healer's art: education in meaning and service. J Cancer Educ. 2008 Jan-Mar; 23(1):65-7.
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