This study is completed.
Madison, Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin)
Principal Investigator: Margaret “Gretchen” Schwarze, MD, MPP
Dr. Schwarze is a vascular surgeon in Madison who cares for patients with aneurysms, arterial blockages and varicose veins. She is a trained bioethicist who has several funded research projects studying how doctors and patients communicate and ways to improve communication.
Boston, Massachusetts (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
Co-Investigator: Zara Cooper, MD, MSc
Dr. Cooper is an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and an acute care surgeon, trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist certified in palliative medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Newark, New Jersey (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School)
Co-Investigator: Anne Mosenthal, MD
Dr. Mosenthal is a trauma surgeon, professor and chair at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Department of Surgery.
Co-Investigator: Nina Glass, MD
Dr. Glass is an assistant professor and a trauma and critical care surgeon at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Department of Surgery.
San Francisco, California (University of California San Francisco)
Co-Investigator: Emily Finlayson, MD, MS
Dr. Finlayson is an associate professor of surgery and colorectal surgeon at the University of California San Francisco, and the director of the UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults.
Portland, Oregon (Oregon Health and Sciences University)
Co-Investigator: Karen Brasel, MD, MPH, FACS
Dr. Brasel is a professor of surgery and the general surgery residency director at Oregon Health and Sciences University.