Joseph Lin
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Joseph Lin received MD and MPH degrees at Johns Hopkins University before joining the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program. He completed a clinical fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and a research fellowship in Surgical Education at UCSF. His interests include surgical palliative care, surgical education, and colorectal surgery.

Education & Training

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• MD MPH Johns Hopkins University 06/2016

Publications (25)

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Teaching RoundsNeeds AssessmentMedicarePersonal SatisfactionPalliative CareCommunicationSurgeonsInternship and ResidencyTruth DisclosureClinical ClerkshipPhysician-Patient RelationsHypertension, PortalGeneral SurgeryAdvance Care PlanningPeer Group

• "It Gives Me Peace of Mind So I Can Focus on Healing": Views on Advance Care Planning for Older Surgical Patients.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2024 Colley A, Broering J, Lee K, Lin JA, Pierce L, Finlayson E, Sudore RL, Wick EC
• Clinician Review of Advanced Care Planning for Older Surgical Patients Requiring Intensive Care.
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2023 Lin JA, Colley A, Pierce L, Finlayson E, Sudore RL, Wick EC
• Disparities in advance care planning rates persist among emergency general surgery patients: Current state and recommendations for improvement.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2023 Johnson CL, Colley A, Pierce L, Lin JA, Bongiovanni T, Roman S, Sudore RL, Wick E
• Missed Opportunities and Health Disparities for Advance Care Planning Before Elective Surgery in Older Adults.
  JAMA surgery 2022 Colley A, Lin JA, Pierce L, Finlayson E, Sudore RL, Wick E
• How Can We Improve Surgical Care of Patients Who Are Homeless?
  JAMA surgery 2022 Abel MK, Lin JA, Wick EC

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• Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance in Homeless Patients: A Case Report and Policy Recommendations.
  Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches 2022 Schwartz HEM, Abel MK, Lin JA, Decker HC, Kushel MB, Wick EC
• Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.
  JAMA network open 2022 Greenberg AL, Lin JA, Colley A, Finlayson E, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC
• Utilization and Delivery of Specialty Palliative Care in the ICU: Insights from the Palliative Care Quality Network.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2022 Chapman AC, Lin JA, Cobert J, Marks A, Lin J, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• Enhancing robotic efficiency through the eyes of robotic surgeons: sub-analysis of the expertise in perception during robotic surgery (ExPeRtS) study.
  Surgical endoscopy 2022 Green CA, Lin JA, Huang E, O'Sullivan P, Higgins RM
• Surgical Care of Patients Experiencing Homelessness: A Scoping Review Using a Phases of Care Conceptual Framework.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2022 Abel MK, Schwartz H, Lin JA, Decker HC, Wu CL, Grant MC, Kushel M, Wick EC
• Invited Commentary: Back to Basics in Colectomy Quality Improvement: Refocusing on the Patient.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2022 Lin JA, Wick EC
• Assessing the role of robotic proctectomy in obese patients: a contemporary NSQIP analysis.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2022 Glencer AC, Lin JA, Trang K, Greenberg A, Kirkwood KS, Adam MA, Sarin A
• ASO Visual Abstract: Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for the Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2022 Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Lin JA, Mohamedaly S, Kim A, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Sosa JA, Sarin A, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2021 Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Lin JA, Mohamedaly S, Kim A, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Sosa JA, Sarin A, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• The surgical resident experience in serious illness communication: A qualitative needs assessment with proposed solutions.
  American journal of surgery 2021 Lin JA, Im CJ, O'Sullivan P, Kirkwood KS, Cook AC
• Estimation of Surgical Resident Duty Hours and Workload in Real Time Using Electronic Health Record Data.
  Journal of surgical education 2021 Lin JA, Pierce L, Murray SG, Soleimani H, Wick EC, Sosa JA, Hirose K
• Trends in Palliative Care Consultations in Critically Ill Patient Populations, 2013-2019.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2021 Cobert J, Cook AC, Lin JA, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• Pandemic Recovery: Persistent Disparities in Access to Elective Surgical Procedures.
  Annals of surgery 2021 Lin JA, Braun HJ, Schwab ME, Pierce L, Sosa JA, Wick EC
• Surgical, Interventional, and Medical Palliation of Portal Hypertension.
  The American surgeon 2020 Lin JA, Gardner JM, Kolli KP, Cook AC
• Impact of near-peer teaching rounds on student satisfaction in the basic surgical clerkship.
  American journal of surgery 2016 Lin JA, Farrow N, Lindeman BM, Lidor AO
• A novel, validated risk score to predict surgical site infection after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
  HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2016 Poruk KE, Lin JA, Cooper MA, He J, Makary MA, Hirose K, Cameron JL, Pawlik TM, Wolfgang CL, Eckhauser F, Weiss MJ
• Continuity of Private Health Insurance Coverage After Traumatic Brain Injury.
  JAMA surgery 2016 Lin JA, Canner JK, Schneider EB
• Time to Surgery and Outcomes in Cauda Equina Syndrome: An Analysis of 45 Cases.
  World neurosurgery 2015 Bydon M, Lin JA, De la Garza-Ramos R, Macki M, Kosztowski T, Sciubba DM, Wolinsky JP, Witham TF, Gokaslan ZL, Bydon A
• Moving from data collection to application: a systematic literature review of surgical capacity assessments and their applications.
  World journal of surgery 2015 Carlson LC, Lin JA, Ameh EA, Mulwafu W, Donkor P, Derbew M, Rodas E, Mkandawire NC, Dhanaraj M, Yangni-Angate H, Sani R, Labib M, Barbero R, Clarke D, Smith MD, Sherman L, Mutyaba FA, Alexander P, …
• The role of spinal fusion in the treatment of cervical synovial cysts: a series of 17 cases and meta-analysis.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Spine 2014 Bydon M, Lin JA, de la Garza-Ramos R, Sciubba DM, Wolinsky JP, Witham TF, Gokaslan ZL, Bydon A