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Susan
Merel
MD
FACP

Faculty
Hospitalist
Pinned
Academic
Associate Professor
Professional
Associate Clerkship Director for Explore and Focus Phase, Department of Medicine
Director of Education, Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence

Education & Training 

  • MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (2005)
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2005–2008)
  • Fellow, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2008–2009)

Honors

  • Award for Excellence in Clinician Education, SGIM Northwest Region (2016)
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians (2018)

research & clinical interests

  • Decisional Capacity
  • Geriatrics
  • Improving the care of hospitalized elderly patients
  • Improving physician-patient communication
  • Palliative Care
  • Physician-Patient Communication
  • Teaching serious illness communication to learners at all levels

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