Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Sharon L. Camhi, MD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine Phone: 412-802-8594 |
Bio
Sharon Camhi received her M.D. from New York University School of Medicine in 1988. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA and her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. While at Hopkins, she worked under the mentorship of Augustine M.K. Choi, MD. After fellowship, Dr. Camhi joined the faculty at the University of Arizona and the Southern Arizona VA Health Care Systems in Tucson, AZ where she served at the Director of the Tucson VA Medical ICU. She subsequently moved to Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY where she was Medical Director of the Respiratory Care Unit. Dr. Camhi joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 2007 and serves as the Director of the Medical ICU at the Pittsburgh VA.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Camhi’s clinical interests include the care of patients with acute lung injury, the care of chronically critically ill patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation, and palliative care and end of life decision-making. She is involved in redesigning and improving the resident training program in the ICU at the Pittsburgh VA.
Academic and Research Interests
In the last few years, Dr. Camhi’s research has focused on communication and end of life decision-making in chronically critically ill patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation. She is currently involved in a VA-funded effort to enhance palliative care services in the critical care units at the Pittsburgh VA.
Key Publications
Camhi SL, Mercado AF, Morrison RS, Du Q, Platt DM, August GI, Nelson JE. Deciding in the dark: advance directives and continuation of treatment in chronic critical illness. Crit Care Med. 2009 Mar;37(3):919-25.
Nelson JE, Mercado AF, Camhi SL, Tandon N, Wallenstein S, August GI, Morrison RS. Communication about chronic critical illness. Arch Int Med. 167:2509-2515, 2007.
Nelson JE, Tandon N, Mercado AF, Camhi SL, Ely EW, Morrison RS. Brain dysfunction: another burden for the chronically critically ill. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Oct 9;166(18):1993-9
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News
Dr. Camhi contributed to the following book chapter:
Camhi SL, Nelson JE. Chronic Critical Illness. In: Vincent J-L (ed) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 908-917, 2007.