Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF
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(415) 353-7300 (appts) Box 1732, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-1732 |
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| EDUCATION | |
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Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1983-1987, B.A., summa cum laude (Anthropology)
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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1997-2003 |
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco |
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2003-present |
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco |
| HONORS & AWARDS | |
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1983-1984 |
Harvard College Scholarship, Harvard University |
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1985-1986 |
John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University |
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1986-1987 |
John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University |
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1987 |
Summa cum laude, Harvard University |
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1993 |
Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California, San Francisco |
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2002-2004 |
Project on Death in America Faculty Scholar, Soros Foundation |
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Teaching Honors: |
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1998 |
Nominated, UCSF Medical School Class Teaching Award |
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1998 |
Nominated, UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Residency Teaching Award |
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1999 |
Nominated, Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching |
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1999 |
UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Residency Teaching Award |
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2000 |
Nominated, Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching |
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2000 |
Robert H. Crede Award for Excellence in Teaching |
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2002-03 |
UCSF Teaching Scholars Program |
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2002 |
David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Education Award, Society of General Internal Medicine |
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2004 |
Outstanding Lecture Award from the UCSF Class of 2006 |
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2004 |
Nominated, Inspirational Teacher Award from the UCSF Class of 2006 |
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2004-06 |
UCSF Academy of Medical Educators/Office of Educational Research and Development Fellowship in Medical Education Research |
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2004 |
Selected as a member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators |
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2005 |
California Clinician-Educator Award, California Region Society of General Internal Medicine |
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2005 |
Nominated, Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching |
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Research Honors: |
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2003 |
Nominated, Robert H. Crede Award for Clinical Research |
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2004 |
Best Research Poster, AAMC Western Regional GEA/GSA Annual Conference |
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2004 |
Fellowship in Medical Education Research, UCSF Office of Educational Research and Development and the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators |
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Clinical Honors: |
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1998 |
Highest Rating, Overall Performance, Brown & Toland Medical Group |
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2000 |
Nominated, Robert H. Crede Award for Clinical Care |
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Service Honors: |
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2003 |
UCSF Medical Center Thanks Star Award |
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2003 |
UCSF Medical Center Thanks Star Award |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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Rabow MW, McPhee SJ. Beyond breaking bad news: Helping Patients Who Suffer. Western Journal of Medicine. 1999;171:260-263. |
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Rabow MW, Hardie GE, Fair JM, McPhee SJ. An evaluation of end-of-life care content in 50 textbooks from multiple specialties. JAMA. 2000;283:771-778. |
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Rabow MW. What cancer patients want to know: National strategies and individual needs. Western Journal of Medicine. 2000;173:31-32. |
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Rabow MW, Fair JM, Hardie GE, McPhee SJ. An evaluation of end-of-life care content in leading neurology textbooks. Neurology. 2000;55:893-894. |
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Rabow MW, McPhee SJ. Doctoring to heal: fostering well-being among physicians through personal reflection. Western Journal of Medicine. 2000;174;66-69. |
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Lo B, Ruston D, Kates LW, Arnold R, Cohen C, Faber-Langendoen K, Puchalski C, Pantilat SZ, Quill TR, Rabow MW, Schreiber S, Sulmasy DP, Tulsky J. Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physicians. JAMA. 2002;287:749-754. |
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Rabow MW, Petersen JA, Schanche K. Volunteer patient advocacy: an interdisciplinary course on attending to patients at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2002;5:754-755. |
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Rabow MW, Petersen JJ, Schanche K, Dibble SL, McPhee SJ. The Comprehensive Care Team: a description of a controlled trial of care at the beginning of the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2003;6:489-499. |
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Lo B, Kates LW, Ruston D, Arnold RM, Cohen CB, Puchalski CM, Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Schreiber S, Tulsky J. Responding to requests regarding prayer and religious ceremonies by patients near the end of life and their families. J Palliat Med. 2003;6:409-415. |
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Bookwalter TC, Rabow MW, McPhee SJ. Content on end-of-life care in major pharmacy textbooks. Am J Health-Syst Pharmacy. 2003;60:1246-50. |
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Rabow MW, Schanche K, Petersen JJ, Dibble SL, McPhee SJ. Patient perceptions of an outpatient palliative care intervention: ÒIt had been on my mind before, but I did not know how to start talking about deathÉÓ J Pain Symptom Mgmt. 2003;26:1010-1015. |
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Rabow, MW. Drawing on experience: physician artwork in a course on professional development. Med Educ. 2003;37:1040-1041. |
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Rabow MW, Dibble SL, Pantilat SZ, McPhee SJ. The Comprehensive Care Team: a controlled trial of outpatient palliative medicine consultation. Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:83-91. |
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Rabow MW, Hauser JM, Adams J. Supporting family caregivers at the end of life: ÒThey donÕt know what they donÕt know.Ó JAMA. 2004:291;483-491. |
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Rabow MW, Dibble SL. Ethnic differences in pain among outpatients with terminal and end-stage chronic illness. Pain Medicine. 2005;6:235-241. |
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Remen NR, Rabow MW. The HealerÕs Art: Professionalism, Service and Mission. Med Educ. 2005;39:1172. |
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Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Citko J, vonGunten CF, Auerbach AD, Ferris FD. Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services (CHIPS). Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:227-230. |
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Homes SM, Rabow MW, Dibble SL. Screening the soul: communication regarding spiritual concerns among primary care physicians and seriously-ill patients at the Òbeginning of the end of life.Ó Amer J Hospice Palliat Med. 2006;23:25-33. |
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