Faculty

Steven Pantilat, MD, FACP

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Alan M. Kates and John M. Burnard Endowed Chair in Palliative Care
Director, Palliative Care Leadership Center
Medical Director, Palliative Care Service
Department of Medicine

Email: stevep@medicine.ucsf.edu

Click here to view bio and Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Areas of Specialization/Research Interests

End-of-life care
Palliative care outcomes and quality

Selected Publications/Presentations

Pantilat SZ. Communicating with Seriously Ill Patients: Better Words to Say. JAMA. 2009;301(12):1279-1281.

Collard HS, Pantilat SZ. Dyspnea in interstitial lung disease. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2008;2(2):100-104.

Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Citko J, von Gunten CF, Auerbach AD, Ferris FD. Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(2):227-230.

Pantilat SZ, Steimle AE. Palliative care for patients with heart failure. JAMA. 2004;291(20):2476-24782.

Auerbach AD, Pantilat SZ. End-of-life care in a voluntary hospitalist model: effects on communication, processes of care, and patient symptoms. Am J Med. 2004;116(10):669-675.

Pantilat SZ, Billings JA. Prevalence and structure of palliative care services in California hospitals. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163(9):1084-1088.