Diane E. Meier
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Diane E. Meier, M.D., is an American
geriatrician
and the Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care
(CAPC) at the Mount Sinai Medical Center
in New York City
. As an internationally recognized expert on palliative medicine, Meier has appeared in media including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
, ABC World News Tonight, The Open Mind with Richard Heffner
, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times
, USA Today
, the New York Daily News, Newsday
, The New Yorker
and Newsweek
. She was featured in the Bill Moyers
series On Our Own Terms: Dying in America, a four-part PBS documentary in 2002.
Meier is the Director of the Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Professor of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine and the Cather Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
. She has published more than 100 articles, 4 books and 29 book chapters. She has completed 15 grant projects and is currently the principal investigator on 2 grants. Under Meier's leadership, since 2004 CAPC doubled the number of palliative care programs in the U.S. She is one of four resident 2009-2010 Health and Aging Policy Fellows working with the U.S. Senate HELP committee
.
Meier is a 2008 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
, and is listed among New York Magazine
’s Best Doctors of 2009.
in 1952. She earned a B.A. in psychology from Oberlin College
in 1973 and earned her M.D. at Northwestern University School of Medicine
in Chicago
in 1977. She completed both an internship and a residency at Oregon Health Sciences from 1977 to 1981 and completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the V.A. Medical Center in Portland, Oregon
.
In 1983, Meier joined the Mount Sinai School of Medicine as an instructor in the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development. She was named Associate Professor in 1990 and Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine as well as Professor of Medical Ethics in 1998. From 1995 until 2003 she served as Chief of the Division of Geriatrics in Mount Sinai's Department of Medicine, and from 1995 to the present she has directed Mount Sinai's Palliative Care Program. In 1999 she was named director of both the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute and the Center to Advance Palliative Care.
Meier served on the Board of Directors for Choice in Dying from 1994–1998 and on the Board of Directors for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2006-2007. Since 2000 she has sat on the board of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Hospice Care. She serves or has served on national committees including the National Palliative Care Research Center (Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee) and the U.S. Senate’s Heath Care Services Task Force. She sits on the editorial boards of the journals Drugs and Aging, Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology, Journal of Palliative Medicine
, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
and Internal Medicine News.
United States
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geriatrician
Geriatrics
Geriatrics is a sub-specialty of internal medicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician, or...
and the Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care
Palliative care
Palliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...
(CAPC) at the Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is one of the oldest and largest teaching hospitals in the United States. In 2011-2012, Mount Sinai Hospital was ranked as one of America's best hospitals by U.S...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. As an internationally recognized expert on palliative medicine, Meier has appeared in media including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer
James Charles "Jim" Lehrer is an American journalist and the executive editor and former news anchor for PBS NewsHour on PBS, known for his role as a frequent debate moderator during elections...
, ABC World News Tonight, The Open Mind with Richard Heffner
Richard Heffner
Richard Douglas Heffner is the creator and host of The Open Mind, a public affairs television show first broadcast in 1956. He is a University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers University and also teaches an honors seminar at New York University...
, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, the New York Daily News, Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
, The New Yorker
The New Yorker
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and Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
. She was featured in the Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson Administration from 1965 to 1967. He worked as a news commentator on television for ten years. Moyers has had an extensive involvement with public...
series On Our Own Terms: Dying in America, a four-part PBS documentary in 2002.
Meier is the Director of the Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Professor of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine and the Cather Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....
. She has published more than 100 articles, 4 books and 29 book chapters. She has completed 15 grant projects and is currently the principal investigator on 2 grants. Under Meier's leadership, since 2004 CAPC doubled the number of palliative care programs in the U.S. She is one of four resident 2009-2010 Health and Aging Policy Fellows working with the U.S. Senate HELP committee
United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions generally considers matters relating to health, education, labor, and pensions...
.
Meier is a 2008 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship
MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
, and is listed among New York Magazine
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
’s Best Doctors of 2009.
Biography
Meier was born in Princeton, New JerseyPrinceton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
in 1952. She earned a B.A. in psychology from Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
in 1973 and earned her M.D. at Northwestern University School of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and situated near Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile, is one of Northwestern University's 11 schools and colleges...
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in 1977. She completed both an internship and a residency at Oregon Health Sciences from 1977 to 1981 and completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the V.A. Medical Center in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
.
In 1983, Meier joined the Mount Sinai School of Medicine as an instructor in the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development. She was named Associate Professor in 1990 and Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine as well as Professor of Medical Ethics in 1998. From 1995 until 2003 she served as Chief of the Division of Geriatrics in Mount Sinai's Department of Medicine, and from 1995 to the present she has directed Mount Sinai's Palliative Care Program. In 1999 she was named director of both the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute and the Center to Advance Palliative Care.
Meier served on the Board of Directors for Choice in Dying from 1994–1998 and on the Board of Directors for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2006-2007. Since 2000 she has sat on the board of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Visiting Nurse Service of New York is the largest and oldest not-for-profit home health care provider in the United States.Lillian Wald, the founder of VNSNY, began making home nursing visits in 1893....
Hospice Care. She serves or has served on national committees including the National Palliative Care Research Center (Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee) and the U.S. Senate’s Heath Care Services Task Force. She sits on the editorial boards of the journals Drugs and Aging, Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology, Journal of Palliative Medicine
Journal of Palliative Medicine
The Journal of Palliative Medicine is the official academic journal of both the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, covering aspects of end of life medical care. It is known in the field by the acronym 'JPM.' Until 2008 it was the official journal...
, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1986. It is a continuation of the PRN Forum , a bimonthly journal published from 1982 to 1985...
and Internal Medicine News.
Honors and awards
- Dean’s List. Oberlin College, 1973
- Phi Beta Kappa. Oberlin College, 1973
- Faculty Scholar, Open Society Institute Project on Death in America, 1995–1998
- Alexander Richman Commemorative Award for Humanism in Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1998
- Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics, September 1998
- Eleventh Faculty Achievement Award in Clinical Science, Committee of 1000, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1998
- Co-chair, National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, 2002–2007
- Jacobi Medallion for Outstanding Achievement, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, March 2005
- Project on Death in America National Leadership Award of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineAmerican Academy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineThe American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is a professional organization for physicians specializing in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, headquartered in Glenview, IL. Membership is open to all health care providers committed to improving the care of patients with serious or...
, February 2007 - Founders Award of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, April 2007
- MacArthur FellowshipMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
, September 2008 - Gold Humanism Honor SocietyGold Humanism Honor SocietyThe Gold Humanism Honor Society, commonly abbreviated GHHS, is a national honor society that honors senior medical students, residents, role-model physician teachers and other exemplars recognized for demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to...
National Honoree, November 2008 - AARPAARPAARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is the United States-based non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, PhD, a retired educator from California, and based in Washington, D.C. According to its mission statement, it is "a...
50th Anniversary Social Impact Award, November 2008 - American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award, March 2009
- Mount Sinai Alumni Association Dr. Sidney Grossman Distinguished Humanitarian Award, January 2009
- Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year Award 2009
- Health and Aging Policy Fellowship, 2009–2010
Grants
Meier has completed 15 grants. Active grants include:- Archstone Foundation; Donaghue Foundation; John A. Hartford Foundation; Brookdale Foundation; Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation; Mill Park Foundation; New York Community Trust; New York State Health Foundation; Olive Branch Fund; Partnership for Palliative Care; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; The Atlantic Philanthropies; United Hospital Fund; U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs; Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation. December 1999- November 2011; Total direct costs: $36.5 million
- Palliative care for hospitalized cancer patients: National Cancer InstituteNational Cancer InstituteThe National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
NCI-NIH (R01 CA116227-01); August 2006 – August 2011; Direct costs: $5.2 million
Books
- Hughes RG, Isaacs SL, Meier DE, (eds). Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness. Wiley/Jossey-Bass: March 2010. ISBN 9780470527177
- Cassel CK, Leipzig RM, Cohen HJ, Larson EB, Meier DE, (eds). Geriatric Medicine. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0387955143
- Cassel CK, Leipzig RM, Cohen HJ, Larson EB, Meier DE, eds. Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach. 4th ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2003. ISBN 0387955143
- Morrison RS, Meier DE (eds). Geriatric Palliative Care. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0195141911
Publications
Partial list:- Meier DE, Lim B, Carlson MD. Raising the standard: palliative care in nursing homes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Jan-Feb;29(1):136-40. PMID 20048372
- Meier DE, Casarett DJ, von Gunten CF, Smith WJ, Storey CP. Palliative Medicine: Politics and Policy. J Palliat Med. 31 December 2009. PMID 20043709
- Adler ED, Goldfinger JZ, Kalman J, Park ME, Meier DE. Palliative care in the treatment of advanced heart failure. Circulation. 22 December 2009;120(25):2597-606. Review. PMID 20026792
- Weissman D, Morrison RS, Meier DE. Center to Advance Palliative Care Palliative Care Clinical Care and Customer Satisfaction Metrics Consensus Recommendations. J Palliat Med. 18 November 2009. PMID 19922199
- Meier DE, Beresford L. Palliative care seeks its home in national health care reform. J Palliat Med. 2009 Jul;12(7):593-7. PMID 19594342
- Meier DE. Finding my place. J Palliat Med. 2009 Apr;12(4):331-5. PMID 19327069
- Horton JD, Lee S, Brown SR, Bader J, Meier DE. Survival trends in children with hepatoblastoma. Pediatr Surg Int. 2009 May;25(5):407-12. Epub 24 March 2009. PMID 19308432
- Weissman DE, Meier DE. Center to advance palliative care inpatient unit operational metrics: consensus recommendations. J Palliat Med. 2009 Jan;12(1):21-5. PMID 19284258
- Meier DE, Beresford L. Palliative care cost research can help other palliative care programs make their case. J Palliat Med. 2009 Jan;12(1):15-20. PMID 19284257
- Weissman DE, Meier DE, Spragens LH. Center to Advance Palliative Care palliative care consultation service metrics: consensus recommendations. J Palliat Med. 2008 Dec;11(10):1294-8. PMID 19115885
- Meier DE. Voices. Why palliative care matters to patients and to your bottom line. Interview by Bill Santamour. Hosp Health Netw. 2008 Nov;82(11):16, 19. PMID 19093402
- Weissman DE, Meier DE. Operational features for hospital palliative care programs: consensus recommendations. J Palliat Med. 2008 Nov;11(9):1189-94. PMID 19021479
- Meier DE, Beresford L. Palliative care professionals contribute to state legislative and policy initiatives. J Palliat Med. 2008 Oct;11(8):1070-3. PMID 18980444
- Ferrell B, Connor SR, Cordes A, Dahlin CM, Fine PG, Hutton N, Leenay M, Lentz J, Lund-Person J, Meier DE, Zuroski K. The national agenda for quality palliative care: The National Consensus Project and the National Quality Forum. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007;33:737-744. PMID 17531914
- Morrison RS, Meier DE, Fischberg D, Moore C, Degenholtz H, Litke A, Maroney-Galin C, Siu AL. Improving the management of pain in hospitalized adults. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1033-1039. PMID 16682579
- Meier DE. Palliative care as a quality improvement strategy for advanced, chronic illness. J Healthcare Quality 2005;27: 33-39. PMID 16416890
- Nelson JE, Meier DE, Litke A, Natale DA, Siegel RE, Morrison RS. The symptom burden of chronic critical illness. Crit Care Med 2004;32:1527-1534. PMID 15241097
- Morrison RS, Meier DE. Clinical Practice. Palliative care. N Engl J Med 2004;350(25):2582-90. PMID 15201415
- Meier, DE. United States: Overview of cancer pain and palliative care. J Pain Sympt Manage 2002;24:265-269. PMID 12231160
- Meier DE, Back A, Morrison RS. The inner life of physicians and the care of the seriously ill. JAMA 2001; 286:3007-3014. PMID 11743845
External links
- The Mount Sinai Hospital homepage
- The Mount Sinai School of Medicine homepage
- Medscape video editorial. Meier DE. “Palliative care is the job of every hospital.” July 6, 2007
- "Palliative Care Pioneer Dr. Diane Meier on How People Struggle with Serious, Sometimes Terminal, Illness", Democracy Now, March 24, 2010
- DianeEMeier twitter