Academic Writing

  • Natarajan S, Drutchas A, Davila C, et al. Advancing Inclusive Care: Embedding Health Equity in Palliative Care Fellowship Training. Palliative Medicine Reports. 2026;7. doi:10.1177/26892820251408397

  • Malecha P, Drutchas A, Klintman J, Lindenberger E, Jacobsen J. Vocational Awe is (not) Enough: Learnings From Early Adopters of Serious Illness Communication. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Aug;70(2):198-204. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.05.006. Epub 2025 May 19. PMID: 40398543.

  • Drutchas A, Rusch R, Leiter R. The Palliative Story Exchange: An innovative storytelling intervention to build community, foster shared meaning, and improve sustainability. Palliat Support Care. 2024 Sep 30:1-8. doi: 10.1017/S1478951524001226. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39344265.


  • Roberts TJ, McGuire J, Clark JW, Drutchas AE, Photopoulos R, Das D, Mulvey TM. Preventing Future Harm: Identifying the Drivers of an Unsafe Discharge to Improve Safety on an Inpatient Oncology Service. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Sep;19(9):724-730. doi: 10.1200/OP.23.00103. Epub 2023 Jul 13. PMID: 37441742; PMCID: PMC10538937.

  • Gelfand SL, Drutchas A, Rosenberg LB. Things We Do for No Reason™: Opioid infusions as initial therapy for symptoms at the end of life. J Hosp Med. 2024 Apr;19(4):320-322. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13225. Epub 2023 Oct 24. PMID: 37876361.

  • Keeney T, Shameklis J, Drutchas A, Paladino J, Lindenberger E, Ritchie C, Calton B. Breaking the Cycle: Using Serious Illness Communication to Optimize Care Transition Planning in Serious Illness. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Jul;25(7):104853. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.10.004. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 37949431.

  • Drutchas A, Lee DS, Levine S, Greenwald JL, Jacobsen J. Aging is not an Illness: Exploring Geriatricians' Resistance to Serious Illness Conversations. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Sep;66(3):e313-e317. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.05.004. Epub 2023 May 18. PMID: 37209998.

  • Drutchas A, Kavanaugh A, Cina K, et al. Innovation in a Crisis: Lessons Learned from the Rapid Development of an End-of-Life Palliative Care Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2021;24(9):1280-1283. doi:10.1089/jpm.2021.0035