Meet the VitalTalk Community.
Our growing global community of healthcare professionals is leading the cultural shift in patient-clinician communication. Our community includes exceptional faculty, premier institutions, and generous funders.
Together, we are at the forefront of improving serious illness communication.
Distinguished Faculty
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Cardi Smith MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
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Wendy Anderson MD
University of California San Francisco Medical Center, CA
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Michael Barnett MD
University of Alabama, AL
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Stephen Berns MD
University of Vermont, VT
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Elise Carey MD
Mayo Clinic, MN
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Kristen Chasteen MD
Henry Ford Health System, MI
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Julie Childers MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
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Rene Claxton MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
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Amelia Cullinan MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH
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Lyle Fettig MD
Indiana University School of Medicine, IN
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Jillian Gustin MD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OH
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Caroline Hurd MD
University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, WA
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Juan Iregui MD
CHI Franciscan Health System, WA
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Sara Johnson MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
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Amy Kelley MD
Mount Sinai Hospital, NY
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Jessica McFarlin MD
University of Kentuky Health, KY
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Erin Newton MD
Indiana University School of Medicine, IN
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Kevin Nguyen MD
Kaiser Permanente East Bay, CA
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Tessie October MD
Children's National Hospital, D.C.
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Devin Odom MD
Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, MO
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Lynn O'Neill MD
Emory University, GA
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Abby Rosenberg MD
Seattle Children's, WA
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Jane Schell MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
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Katie Stowers DO
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, OR
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Shaida Talebreza MD
University of Utah, UT
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Max Vergo MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH
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Gordon Wood MD
Northwestern University and Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center, IL
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Holly Yang MD
Scripps Health, CA
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Michael Mendez MD
University of Michigan Health, MI
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Kavitha Norton DO
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OH
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Jonathan Fischer MD
Duke University, NC
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Andrew Lawton MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA
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Stephanie Harman MD
Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
SENIOR FACULTY
Sarah Merrifield | Providence | |
Jacqueline Yuen | The University of Hong Kong | |
Bridget Tracy | Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation Inc | |
Grady Paden | VA Puget Sound Health Care System | |
Elizabeth Weinstein | Cleveland Clinic | |
Susie Chun | Straub Medical Center | |
Lillian Emlet | University of Pittsburgh – Medical Center | |
Janet Leahy | University of Pittsburgh – Medical Center | |
Caitlin Siropaides | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | |
Craig Tanner | Legacy Health | |
Craig Jackson | University of Washington | |
Josie Amory | University of Washington | |
Amy Trowbridge | University of Washington | |
Jessica Montalvo | Northwestern University | |
Daniel Cox | Ventura County Medical Center | |
Linda Bulman | Alameda Health System | |
Ashley Nichols | University of Alabama | |
Kerri Bevis | University of Alabama | |
Monique Schaulis | Kaiser Permanente – Northern California | |
Holly Spraker-Perlman | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | |
Megan Thorvilson | Mayo Clinic | |
Amanda Roze des Ordons | University of Calgary | |
Brook Calton | University of California – San Francisco | |
Kristen Schaefer | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |
Bonnie Chen | Kaiser Permanente – Oakland | |
Katy Hyman | Long Beach Medical Center | |
Laura Gelfman | Mount Sinai Health System | |
Elizabeth Lindenberger | Mount Sinai Health System | |
Jay Horton | Mount Sinai Health System | |
Lindsay Dow | Mount Sinai Health System | |
Matthew Wilson | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | |
Maie El-Sourady | Vanderbilt University | |
Mary Buss | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | |
Mark Beiter | Virginia Mason Medical Center | |
Winifred Teuteberg | Stanford University | |
Julie Cooper | Christiana Care Health System | |
Jared Chiarchiaro | OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center | |
Joanne Kuntz | Emory University | |
Jonna Goulding | University of Vermont | |
Kacey Boyle | University of Vermont | |
Lucia Wocial | Indiana University | |
Areeba Jawed | Indiana University | |
Holli Martinez | University of Utah | |
Anna Beck | University of Utah |
VitalTalk has Faculty across the United States and around the globe.
Partners
Together with the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Ariadne Labs, we are changing the serious illness conversation through the Communication Skills Pathfinder.
The Communication Skills Pathfinder portal will enable every clinician to have high-quality conversations with the seriously ill patients they serve. By scaling best practices in clinician-patient communication—for both individual clinicians and organizations—we have a new national strategy for accelerating improvement in the care of serious illness.
Visit the Communication Skills Pathfinder.