Joel E. Frader, MD

Division Head, The Bridges Program - Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: General pediatrics, medical ethics, hospice and palliative care

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Palliative Care >

Education & Training

Education: Tufts University School of Medicine, 1974

Postgraduate Training: University of Pennsylvania, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, 1976-1979; Residency in pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1976-1978; Internship and residency in pediatrics, Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children/Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1974-1976

Board Certifications: General Pediatrics

Research

Research Interests: Medical ethics; palliative care; decision making

Publications

Most recent publications

The OHRP and SUPPORT N Engl J Med368 (25): e36
Re-evaluating the Recipient Criteria for Organ Transplants Pediatr Ann41 (4): 135-6
Are we ready to expand donation after cardiac death to the newborn population? J Pediatr158 (1): 6-8
Ethics rounds. Symbolic resuscitation, medical futility, and parental rights Pediatrics126 (4): 769-72
The personal is political, the professional is not: conscientious objection to obtaining/providing/acting on genetic information Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet151C (1): 62-7
Approaching parents for organ donation: who and when? Pediatr Crit Care Med9 (2): 234-5
Holding on and letting go: ethical issues regarding the care of children with cancer Cancer Treat Res140173-94
A Descriptive Study of Decision-Making Conversations during Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Conferences J Palliat Med21 (9): 1290-1299
Training the Workforce: Description of a Longitudinal Interdisciplinary Education and Mentoring Program in Palliative Care J Pain Symptom Manage53 (4): 728-737
In response to: Testa et al. 'Elective surgical patients as living organ donors: a clinical and ethical innovation' Am J Transplant10 (3): 704-5; author reply 706

Joel E. Frader, MD

Joel E. Frader, MD

Division Head, The Bridges Program - Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Education & Training

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