Steven Pantilat, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Pantilat has published over 120 peer-reviewed scientific papers, authored two dozen book chapters, and co-edited with colleagues at UCSF two textbooks on palliative care titled, “Care at the Close of Life” and “Hospital Based Palliative Medicine.” Dr. Pantilat is the Board Chair for the Palliative Care Quality Collaborative, an national organization dedicated to improving the quality of care for seriously ill people and their families. He chairs the Advisory Board for the Cambia Health Foundation’s Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program and co-directs the UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center. He is the author of, “Life After the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and their Caregivers” published by DaCapo Lifelong Books in 2017. Dr. Pantilat and the palliative care team at UCSF are featured in the Academy Award-nominated, Netflix documentary, “End Game.”

Dr. Pantilat is Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and in Internal Medicine with Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine. Dr. Pantilat was elected a Master of Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine in 2014 in recognition of his many contributions to the field and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. In 2007 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar studying palliative care at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, and Curtin University in Sydney, Australia. He served as President of the Society of Hospital Medicine in 2005-6, and is a past member of the Board of Directors, and the former Chair of the Ethics committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Pantilat serves on the UCSF Medical Center Ethics Committee.

In 2011 Dr. Pantilat received a James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award in recognition of his work to improve the lives of Californians and in 2014 Dr. Pantilat received the Ritz E. Heerman Award from the California Hospital Association in recognition of his work to improve the quality of palliative care. Dr. Pantilat was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at UCSF and is a Faculty Scholar of the Project on Death in America. He has received five teaching awards from the medical students at UCSF for outstanding lectures and lecture series.

• Does a novel community-based outpatient palliative care intervention for Parkinson's disease and related disorders improve care? Qualitative results from patients and care partners.
  Palliative medicine 2024 Bock MA, Macchi ZA, Harrison KL, Katz M, Dini M, Jones J, Ayele R, Kutner JS, Pantilat SZ, Martin C, Sillau S, Kluger B
• Patient and Family Outcomes of Community Neurologist Palliative Education and Telehealth Support in Parkinson Disease.
  JAMA neurology 2024 Kluger BM, Katz M, Galifianakis NB, Pantilat SZ, Hauser JM, Khan R, Friedman C, Vaughan CL, Goto Y, Long SJ, Martin CS, Dini M, McQueen RB, Palmer L, Fairclough D, Seeberger LC, Sillau SH, Kutner JS
• The Pediatric Palliative Care Quality Network: Palliative Care Consultation and Patient Outcomes.
  Hospital pediatrics 2024 Postier AC, Root MC, O'Riordan DL, Purser L, Friedrichsdorf SJ, Pantilat SZ, Bogetz JF
• The "Surprise Question" for Prognostication in People With Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2023 Mahes A, Macchi ZA, Martin CS, Katz M, Galifianakis NB, Pantilat SZ, Kutner JS, Sillau S, Kluger BM
• "At the End I Have a Say": Engaging the Chinese Community in Advance Care Planning.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2023 Nouri S, Li L, Huang C, Chung A, Stokes SC, Pan S, Wong EC, Newman J, Woo JW, Cheng J, Tan CH, Wertz M, Wood-Hughes E, Quinn M, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL
• Palliative care to support the needs of adults with neurological disease.
  The Lancet. Neurology 2023 Kluger BM, Hudson P, Hanson LC, Bužgovà R, Creutzfeldt CJ, Gursahani R, Sumrall M, White C, Oliver DJ, Pantilat SZ, Miyasaki J
• A Systematic Approach to Assessing and Addressing Palliative Care Needs in an Outpatient Population.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2023 Bischoff KE, Vanegas G, O'Riordan DL, Sumser B, Long J, Lin J, Berkey AR, Kobayashi E, Zapata C, Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ
• Differential Use of Outpatient Palliative Care by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2023 Digitale JC, Nouri SS, Cohen EL, Calton BA, Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Bischoff KE
• Hispanic/Latinx and Spanish Language Concordance Among Palliative Care Clinicians and Patients in Hospital Settings in California.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2023 Zapata C, Poore T, O'Riordan D, Pantilat SZ
• "We've Got to Bring Information to Where People Are Comfortable": Community-Based Advance Care Planning with the Black Community.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Nouri S, Quinn M, Doyle BN, McKissack M, Johnson N, Wertz M, Tan C, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL
• "Advocating for what we need": A CBPR approach to advance care planning in the Latinx older adult community.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Nouri S, Tan CH, Rangel M, Wertz M, Sanchez A, Alvarado A, Arreola E, Quinn M, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL
• Honoring What We Say We Do: Developing Real-World Tools for Routine Family Caregiver Assessment and Support in Outpatient Palliative Care.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2023 Zapata CB, Dionne-Odom JN, Harris HA, Kalanithi L, Lin J, Bischoff K, Fazzalaro K, Pantilat SZ
• Aggression Towards Caregivers in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders: A Mixed Methods Study.
  Movement disorders clinical practice 2022 Macchi ZA, Seshadri S, Ayele R, Bock M, Long J, Coats H, Miyasaki J, Pantilat SZ, Katz M, Santos EJ, Sillau SH, Lum HD, Kluger BM
• Inpatients With Dementia Referred for Palliative Care Consultation: A Multicenter Analysis.
  Neurology. Clinical practice 2022 Goss A, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• 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
• Outpatient Palliative Care for Noncancer Illnesses: One Program's Experience with Implementation, Impact, and Lessons Learned.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2022 Bischoff KE, Lin J, Cohen E, O'Riordan DL, Meister S, Zapata C, Sicotte J, Lindenfeld P, Calton B, Pantilat SZ
• Development and Dissemination of a Neurology Palliative Care Curriculum: Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Neurology.
  Neurology. Clinical practice 2022 Kluger BM, Kramer NM, Katz M, Galifianakis NB, Pantilat S, Long J, Vaughan CL, Foster LA, Creutzfeldt CJ, Holloway RG, Sillau S, Hauser J
• Embedded Palliative Care for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Pilot Program and Lessons Learned.
  Neurology. Clinical practice 2022 Fahrner-Scott K, Zapata C, O'Riordan DL, Cohen E, Rosow L, Pantilat SZ, Lomen-Hoerth C, Bischoff KE
• What's in the Sauce? The Specific Benefits of Palliative Care for Parkinson's Disease.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2022 Bock M, Katz M, Sillau S, Adjepong K, Yaffe K, Ayele R, Macchi ZA, Pantilat S, Miyasaki JM, Kluger B
• Generalist versus Specialist Palliative Medicine.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2022 Periyakoil VS, Gunten CFV, Fischer S, Pantilat S, Quill T
• Recommendations for Integrating Antiracist Practice at the JPSM.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2022 Goto Y, Kojimoto G, Pantilat SZ, Sumser BM
• Frailty is strongly associated with self-reported symptom burden among patients with cirrhosis.
  European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 2021 Deng LX, Bischoff KE, Kent DS, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Lai JC
• Web Exclusive. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Palliative Care Consultation-What a Hospitalist Should Know.
  Annals of internal medicine 2021 Poore TC, Pantilat SZ
• Symptom Burden Is Associated with Increased Emergency Department Utilization among Patients with Cirrhosis.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2021 Deng LX, Kent DS, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Lai JC, Bischoff KE
• 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
• Specialty Palliative Care in COVID-19: Early Experiences from the Palliative Care Quality Collaborative.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2021 Kamal AH, Thienprayoon RM, Aldridge M, Bull J, Fazzalaro K, Meier DE, Mueller L, Rodgers PE, McKenna KA, Pantilat SZ
• Experience of Community Neurologists Providing Care for Patients With Neurodegenerative Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Neurology 2021 Ayele R, Macchi ZA, Dini M, Bock M, Katz M, Pantilat SZ, Jones J, Kluger BM
• Better Together: A Mixed-Methods Study of Palliative Care Co-Management for Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2021 Bischoff KE, Choi S, Su A, Cohen E, O'Riordan DL, Oettel E, Blachman M, Meister S, Zapata C, Lindenfeld P, Calton B, Witt L, Pantilat SZ, Shah RJ
• Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for improving outpatient neuropalliative care: A qualitative study of patient and caregiver perspectives.
  Palliative medicine 2021 Macchi ZA, Ayele R, Dini M, Lamira J, Katz M, Pantilat SZ, Jones J, Kluger BM
• Availability of Palliative Care in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals.
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2021 Sumarsono N, Sudore RL, Smith AK, Pantilat SZ, Anderson WG, Makam AN
• Patient and Caregiver Experience with Outpatient Palliative Care Telemedicine Visits.
  Palliative medicine reports 2020 Calton B, Shibley WP, Cohen E, Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, O'Riordan DL, Bischoff KE
• Comparing the Palliative Care Needs of Patients Seen by Specialty Palliative Care Teams at Home Versus in Clinic.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Smith GM, Calton BA, Rabow MW, Marks AK, Bischoff KE, Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL
• "I Just Need to Hold His Hand": Telemedicine Is Powerful, But Not Perfect.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2020 Calton BA, Bischoff K, Pantilat SZ
• Palliative Care in Parkinson Disease-Is It Beneficial for All?-Reply.
  JAMA neurology 2020 Kluger BM, Pantilat S, Miyasaki J
• Surgery and Palliative Care: A Shared History and Integrated Future.
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2020 Cook AC, Stein DM, Pantilat SZ
• Proactive Identification of Palliative Care Needs Among Patients With COVID-19 in the ICU.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Schoenherr LA, Cook A, Peck S, Humphreys J, Goto Y, Saks NT, Huddleston L, Elia G, Pantilat SZ
• Comparison of Integrated Outpatient Palliative Care With Standard Care in Patients With Parkinson Disease and Related Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
  JAMA neurology 2020 Kluger BM, Miyasaki J, Katz M, Galifianakis N, Hall K, Pantilat S, Khan R, Friedman C, Cernik W, Goto Y, Long J, Fairclough D, Sillau S, Kutner JS
• Rapid Implementation of Inpatient Telepalliative Medicine Consultations During COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Humphreys J, Schoenherr L, Elia G, Saks NT, Brown C, Barbour S, Pantilat SZ
• Response to Bharadwaj et al., Challenges of Promoting Uniformity in Programs within a Health Care System (DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0404).
  Journal of palliative medicine 2020 Rogers MM, Kamal AH, Rodgers PE, Meier DE, Pantilat SZ
• A Comparison of Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure and Cancer Referred to Palliative Care.
  JAMA network open 2020 Liu AY, O'Riordan DL, Marks AK, Bischoff KE, Pantilat SZ
• Drivers of care costs and quality in the last 3 months of life among older people receiving palliative care: A multinational mortality follow-back survey across England, Ireland and the United States.
  Palliative medicine 2020 Yi D, Johnston BM, Ryan K, Daveson BA, Meier DE, Smith M, McQuillan R, Selman L, Pantilat SZ, Normand C, Morrison RS, Higginson IJ
• End of life care for patients with meningioma.
  Handbook of clinical neurology 2020 Elia G, Mayors Woods LE, Pantilat SZ
• Trends in Hospital-Based Specialty Palliative Care in the United States From 2013 to 2017.
  JAMA network open 2019 Schoenherr LA, Bischoff KE, Marks AK, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• Outcomes of Palliative Care Consultations for Hospitalized Patients With Liver Disease.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2019 Ufere NN, O'Riordan DL, Bischoff KE, Marks AK, Eneanya N, Chung RT, Jackson V, Pantilat SZ, El-Jawahri A
• Development of the Pediatric Palliative Care Quality Network.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 Bogetz JF, Marks A, Root MC, Purser L, Pantilat SZ
• Feasibility of Implementing a Palliative Care Intervention for People with Heart Failure: Learnings from a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 O'Riordan DL, Rathfon MA, Joseph DM, Hawgood J, Rabow MW, Dracup KA, De Marco T, Pantilat SZ
• Inpatients with neurologic disease referred for palliative care consultation.
  Neurology 2019 Taylor BL, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Creutzfeldt CJ
• Palliative care and imaging utilisation for patients with cancer.
  BMJ supportive & palliative care 2019 Raghavan K, Copeland TP, Rabow M, Ladenheim M, Marks A, Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan D, Seidenwurm D, Franc B
• Does outpatient palliative care improve patient-centered outcomes in Parkinson's disease: Rationale, design, and implementation of a pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2019 Kluger BM, Katz M, Galifianakis N, Pantilat SZ, Kutner JS, Sillau S, Gritz M, Jones J, Fairclough D, Sumrall M, Hall K, Miyasaki J
• Reply to: Social Causes of Rational Suicide in Older Adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Dzeng E, Pantilat SZ
• Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2018 Katz M, Goto Y, Kluger BM, Galifianakis NB, Miyasaki JM, Kutner JS, Jones CA, Pantilat SZ
• Reply to Rational Suicide in Older Adults: Not by Default an Ageist Concept.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Dzeng E, Pantilat SZ
• Social Causes of Rational Suicide in Older Adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Dzeng E, Pantilat SZ
• Care Planning for Inpatients Referred for Palliative Care Consultation.
  JAMA internal medicine 2018 Bischoff K, O'Riordan DL, Marks AK, Sudore R, Pantilat SZ
• A Person-Centered, Registry-Based Learning Health System for Palliative Care: A Path to Coproducing Better Outcomes, Experience, Value, and Science.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2017 Kamal AH, Kirkland KB, Meier DE, Morgan TS, Nelson EC, Pantilat SZ
• Identifying Opportunities to Improve Pain Among Patients With Serious Illness.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Bischoff KE, O'Riordan DL, Fazzalaro K, Kinderman A, Pantilat SZ
• A Video Is Worth a Thousand Words.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2017 Bischoff K, Anderson W, Pantilat SZ
• Outcomes That Define Successful Advance Care Planning: A Delphi Panel Consensus.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Sudore RL, Heyland DK, Lum HD, Rietjens JAC, Korfage IJ, Ritchie CS, Hanson LC, Meier DE, Pantilat SZ, Lorenz K, Howard M, Green MJ, Simon JE, Feuz MA, You JJ
• Palliative Care Professional Development for Critical Care Nurses: A Multicenter Program.
  American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2017 Anderson WG, Puntillo K, Cimino J, Noort J, Pearson D, Boyle D, Grywalski M, Meyer J, O'Neil-Page E, Cain J, Herman H, Barbour S, Turner K, Moore E, Liao S, Ferrell B, Mitchell W, Edmonds K, Fairman N…
• Characteristics and Outcomes of In-Hospital Palliative Care Consultation among Patients with Renal Disease Versus Other Serious Illnesses.
  Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2017 Grubbs V, O'Riordan D, Pantilat S
• The Palliative Care Quality Network: Improving the Quality of Caring.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2017 Pantilat SZ, Marks AK, Bischoff KE, Bragg AR, O'Riordan DL
• How empowering is hospital care for older people with advanced disease? Barriers and facilitators from a cross-national ethnography in England, Ireland and the USA.
  Age and ageing 2017 Selman LE, Daveson BA, Smith M, Johnston B, Ryan K, Morrison RS, Pannell C, McQuillan R, de Wolf-Linder S, Pantilat SZ, Klass L, Meier D, Normand C, Higginson IJ
• Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition From a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Sudore RL, Lum HD, You JJ, Hanson LC, Meier DE, Pantilat SZ, Matlock DD, Rietjens JAC, Korfage IJ, Ritchie CS, Kutner JS, Teno JM, Thomas J, McMahan RD, Heyland DK
• Let Us Talk About It: Heart Failure Patients' Preferences Toward Discussions about Prognosis, Advance Care Planning, and Spiritual Support.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Gordon NA, O'Riordan DL, Dracup KA, De Marco T, Pantilat SZ
• Self-Reported California Hospital Palliative Care Program Composition, Certification, and Staffing Level Are Associated with Lower End-of-Life Medicare Utilization.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Thygeson NM, Wang M, O'Riordan D, Pantilat SZ
• Etiology of Pain and Its Association with Quality of Life among Patients with Heart Failure.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Rathfon MA, Dracup KA, De Marco T
• Starting and Sustaining Palliative Care in Public Hospitals: Lessons Learned from a Statewide Initiative.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Kinderman AL, Harris HA, Brousseau RT, Close P, Pantilat SZ
• Use of Palliative Care Consultation for Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease: Survey of Liver Transplant Service Providers.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2016 Beck KR, Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Peters MG
• ICU Bedside Nurses' Involvement in Palliative Care Communication: A Multicenter Survey.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2015 Anderson WG, Puntillo K, Boyle D, Barbour S, Turner K, Cimino J, Moore E, Noort J, MacMillan J, Pearson D, Grywalski M, Liao S, Ferrell B, Meyer J, O'Neil-Page E, Cain J, Herman H, Mitchell W, …
• Improving the Quality of Palliative Care Through National and Regional Collaboration Efforts.
  Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center 2015 Kamal AH, Harrison KL, Bakitas M, Dionne-Odom JN, Zubkoff L, Akyar I, Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Bragg AR, Bischoff KE, Bull J
• Hope to reality: The future of hospitalists and palliative care.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2015 Pantilat SZ
• Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness: a randomized clinical trial.
  JAMA internal medicine 2015 Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Taylor DH, Ritchie CS, Bull JH, Fairclough DL, Hanson LC, LeBlanc TW, Samsa GP, Wolf S, Aziz NM, Currow DC, Ferrell B, Wagner-Johnston N, Zafar SY, Cleary JF, Dev S, Goode PS…
• A Strategy to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions and Inpatient Costs.
  Cardiology research 2015 Howie-Esquivel J, Carroll M, Brinker E, Kao H, Pantilat S, Rago K, De Marco T
• Learning from those without: identifying barriers and creating solutions to establishing hospital palliative care services.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2014 Bertain CJ, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• A statewide survey of adult and pediatric outpatient palliative care services.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Rabow MW, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• Pediatric palliative care consultation services in California hospitals.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Reid T, O'Riordan DL, Mazzini A, Bruno KA, Pantilat SZ
• Two steps forward, one step back: changes in palliative care consultation services in California hospitals from 2007 to 2011.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Bruno KA
• The quality imperative for palliative care.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2014 Kamal AH, Hanson LC, Casarett DJ, Dy SM, Pantilat SZ, Lupu D, Abernethy AP
• Unanswered questions in malignant bowel obstruction.
  Journal of palliative care 2014 Bischoff K, Currow DC, Corvera C, Pantilat SZ
• Management of moderate-to-severe dyspnea in hospitalized patients receiving palliative care.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2012 Gomutbutra P, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• When it's the right care, more is better: comment on "palliative care and quality of life" and "pain as a cause of agitated delirium".
  Archives of internal medicine 2012 Pantilat SZ
• Interpretation for discussions about end-of-life issues: results from a National Survey of Health Care Interpreters.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2012 Schenker Y, Fernandez A, Kerr K, O'Riordan D, Pantilat SZ
• An assessment of the screening performance of a single-item measure of depression from the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale among chronically ill hospitalized patients.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2012 Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Dibble SL, Landefeld CS
• Depression is a common and chronic comorbidity in patients with interstitial lung disease.
  Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) 2012 Ryerson CJ, Arean PA, Berkeley J, Carrieri-Kohlman VL, Pantilat SZ, Landefeld CS, Collard HR
• Characteristics of palliative care consultation services in California hospitals.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2012 Pantilat SZ, Kerr KM, Billings JA, Bruno KA, O'Riordan DL
• A multifaceted approach to spreading palliative care consultation services in California public hospital systems.
  Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality 2012 Brousseau RT, Jameson W, Kalanj B, Kerr K, O'Malley K, Pantilat S
• Longitudinal assessment of symptom severity among hospitalized elders diagnosed with cancer, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2012 Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Dibble SL, Landefeld CS
• Dyspnea in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2012 Ryerson CJ, Donesky D, Pantilat SZ, Collard HR
• Leveraging external resources to grow and sustain your palliative care program: a call to action.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2011 Pantilat SZ, Kerr KM, Kutner JS, Ferris FD, Rathfon MA, Rabow MW
• Prevalence and characteristics of outpatient palliative care services in California.
  Archives of internal medicine 2011 Berger GN, O'Riordan DL, Kerr K, Pantilat SZ
• Palliative care services in California hospitals: program prevalence and hospital characteristics.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2011 Pantilat SZ, Kerr KM, Billings JA, Bruno KA, O'Riordan DL
• Hospital-based palliative medicine consultation: a randomized controlled trial.
  Archives of internal medicine 2010 Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Dibble SL, Landefeld CS
• A strategy to advance the evidence base in palliative medicine: formation of a palliative care research cooperative group.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2010 Abernethy AP, Aziz NM, Basch E, Bull J, Cleeland CS, Currow DC, Fairclough D, Hanson L, Hauser J, Ko D, Lloyd L, Morrison RS, Otis-Green S, Pantilat S, Portenoy RK, Ritchie C, Rocker G, Wheeler JL, …
• Code status discussions between attending hospitalist physicians and medical patients at hospital admission.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2010 Anderson WG, Chase R, Pantilat SZ, Tulsky JA, Auerbach AD
• The intersection of need and opportunity: assessing and capitalizing on opportunities to expand hospital-based palliative care services.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2010 Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Kerr K, Enguidanos S, Ferrell B, Goldstein R, Pankratz C, Picchi T, Rosenfeld KE, Stone SC
• Palliative care programs: the challenges of growth.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2010 Ritchie CS, Ceronsky L, Coté TR, Herr S, Pantilat SZ, Smith TJ, Yosick L
• Code status discussions at hospital admission are not associated with patient and surrogate satisfaction with hospital care: results from the multicenter hospitalist study.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2010 Anderson WG, Pantilat SZ, Meltzer D, Schnipper J, Kaboli P, Wetterneck TB, Gonzales D, Arora V, Zhang J, Auerbach AD
• Depression and functional status are strongly associated with dyspnea in interstitial lung disease.
  Chest 2010 Ryerson CJ, Berkeley J, Carrieri-Kohlman VL, Pantilat SZ, Landefeld CS, Collard HR
• Management of dyspnea in interstitial lung disease.
  Current opinion in supportive and palliative care 2010 Ryerson CJ, Collard HR, Pantilat SZ
• Palliative care consultation and hospital length of stay.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2010 Cassel JB, Kerr K, Pantilat S, Smith TJ
• Hospitalization as an opportunity to integrate palliative care in heart failure management.
  Current opinion in supportive and palliative care 2009 Widera E, Pantilat SZ
• Communicating with seriously ill patients: better words to say.
  JAMA 2009 Pantilat SZ
• Factors associated with discussion of care plans and code status at the time of hospital admission: results from the Multicenter Hospitalist Study.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2008 Auerbach AD, Katz R, Pantilat SZ, Bernacki R, Schnipper J, Kaboli P, Wetterneck T, Gonzales D, Arora V, Zhang J, Meltzer D
• Reach and impact of a mass media event among vulnerable patients: the Terri Schiavo story.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2008 Sudore RL, Landefeld CS, Pantilat SZ, Noyes KM, Schillinger D
• Dyspnea in interstitial lung disease.
  Current opinion in supportive and palliative care 2008 Collard HR, Pantilat SZ
• Engagement in multiple steps of the advance care planning process: a descriptive study of diverse older adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008 Sudore RL, Schickedanz AD, Landefeld CS, Williams BA, Lindquist K, Pantilat SZ, Schillinger D
• Concepts within the Chinese culture that influence the cancer pain experience.
  Cancer nursing 2008 Chen LM, Miaskowski C, Dodd M, Pantilat S
• End-of-life care for the hospitalized patient.
  The Medical clinics of North America 2008 Pantilat SZ, Isaac M
• Palliative care for frail older adults: "there are things I can't do anymore that I wish I could".
  JAMA 2006 Markowitz AJ, Pantilat SZ
• Discussing resuscitation preferences with patients: challenges and rewards.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2006 Chittenden EH, Clark ST, Pantilat SZ
• Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services.
  Archives of internal medicine 2006 Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Citko J, von Gunten CF, Auerbach AD, Ferris FD
• Palliative care and hospitalists: a partnership for hope.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2006 Pantilat SZ
• Adjustment for do-not-resuscitate orders reverses the apparent in-hospital mortality advantage for minorities.
  The American journal of medicine 2005 Bardach N, Zhao S, Pantilat S, Johnston SC
• Palliative care for patients with heart failure.
  JAMA 2004 Pantilat SZ, Steimle AE
• End-of-life care in a voluntary hospitalist model: effects on communication, processes of care, and patient symptoms.
  The American journal of medicine 2004 Auerbach AD, Pantilat SZ
• The comprehensive care team: a controlled trial of outpatient palliative medicine consultation.
  Archives of internal medicine 2004 Rabow MW, Dibble SL, Pantilat SZ, McPhee SJ
• Responding to requests regarding prayer and religious ceremonies by patients near the end of life and their families.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2003 Lo B, Kates LW, Ruston D, Arnold RM, Cohen CB, Puchalski CM, Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Schreiber RS, Tulsky JA
• Prevalence and structure of palliative care services in California hospitals.
  Archives of internal medicine 2003 Pantilat SZ, Billings JA
• End-of-life care for the hospitalized patient.
  The Medical clinics of North America 2002 Pantilat SZ
• How do patients view the role of the primary care physician in inpatient care?
  Disease-a-month : DM 2002 Hruby M, Pantilat SZ, Lo B
• Passing the clinical baton: 6 principles to guide the hospitalist.
  Disease-a-month : DM 2002 Goldman L, Pantilat SZ, Whitcomb WF
• Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists.
  Disease-a-month : DM 2002 Pantilat SZ, Lindenauer PK, Katz PP, Wachter RM
• The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care.
  Disease-a-month : DM 2002 Wachter RM, Pantilat SZ
• The impact of follow-up telephone calls to patients after hospitalization.
  Disease-a-month : DM 2002 Dudas V, Bookwalter T, Kerr KM, Pantilat SZ
• The patient provider relationship and the hospitalist movement. Introduction.
  Disease-a-month : DM 2002 Pantilat SZ, Wachter RM
• Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physicians.
  JAMA 2002 Lo B, Ruston D, Kates LW, Arnold RM, Cohen CB, Faber-Langendoen K, Pantilat SZ, Puchalski CM, Quill TR, Rabow MW, Schreiber S, Sulmasy DP, Tulsky JA, Working Group on Religious and Spiritual Issues at…
• How do patients view the role of the primary care physician in inpatient care?
  The American journal of medicine 2001 Hruby M, Pantilat SZ, Lo B
• Passing the clinical baton: 6 principles to guide the hospitalist.
  The American journal of medicine 2001 Goldman L, Pantilat SZ, Whitcomb WF
• Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists.
  The American journal of medicine 2001 Pantilat SZ, Lindenauer PK, Katz PP, Wachter RM
• The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care.
  The American journal of medicine 2001 Wachter RM, Pantilat SZ
• The impact of follow-up telephone calls to patients after hospitalization.
  The American journal of medicine 2001 Dudas V, Bookwalter T, Kerr KM, Pantilat SZ
• Steven Pantilat: a palliative care specialist. (Interview by Barbara Boughton).
  The Lancet. Oncology 2001 Pantilat S
• Hospitalists' perceptions of their residency training needs: results of a national survey.
  The American journal of medicine 2001 Plauth WH, Pantilat SZ, Wachter RM, Fenton CL
• Perspectives on care at the close of life. Initiating end-of-life discussions with seriously ill patients.
  JAMA 2001 Pantilat SZ, Markowitz AJ
• Survey of palliative care programs in United States teaching hospitals.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2001 Billings JA, Pantilat S
• Physician attitudes toward and prevalence of the hospitalist model of care: results of a national survey.
  The American journal of medicine 2000 Auerbach AD, Nelson EA, Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Katz PP, Wachter RM
• Finding our way--perspectives on care at the close of life.
  JAMA 2000 McPhee SJ, Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Markowitz AJ, Winker MA
• Care of dying patients: beyond symptom management.
  The Western journal of medicine 1999 Pantilat SZ
• Just say yes: the use of opioids for managing pain at the end of life.
  The Western journal of medicine 1999 Pantilat SZ
• A new doctor in the house: ethical issues in hospitalist systems.
  JAMA 1999 Pantilat SZ, Alpers A, Wachter RM
• Effect of incentives on the use of indicated services in managed care.
  The Western journal of medicine 1999 Pantilat SZ, Chesney M, Lo B
• Hospitalists and the practice of inpatient medicine: results of a survey of the National Association of Inpatient Physicians.
  Annals of internal medicine 1999 Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Katz PP, Wachter RM
• Time and the patient-physician relationship.
  Journal of general internal medicine 1999 Dugdale DC, Epstein R, Pantilat SZ
• When asked, patients tell: disclosure of sensitive health-risk behaviors.
  Medical care 1999 Gerbert B, Bronstone A, Pantilat S, McPhee S, Allerton M, Moe J
• Development and testing of an HIV-risk screening instrument for use in health care settings.
  American journal of preventive medicine 1998 Gerbert B, Bronstone A, McPhee S, Pantilat S, Allerton M
• Improving primary care residents' proficiency in the diagnosis of skin cancer.
  Journal of general internal medicine 1998 Gerbert B, Bronstone A, Wolff M, Maurer T, Berger T, Pantilat S, McPhee SJ
• Primary care physicians as gatekeepers in managed care. Primary care physicians' and dermatologists' skills at secondary prevention of skin cancer.
  Archives of dermatology 1996 Gerbert B, Maurer T, Berger T, Pantilat S, McPhee SJ, Wolff M, Bronstone A, Caspers N
• Patient-physician communication: respect for culture, religion, and autonomy.
  JAMA 1996 Pantilat SZ