Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Amber E. Barnato, MD, MPH, MS
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Associate Professor of Medicine

Associate Professor of Clinical and Translational Science

Director, Clinical Scientist Training Program

Co-Program Leader, Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship
Office: 200 Meyran Avenue
Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-4875
Fax: 412-246-6954
E-mail: barnatoae@upmc.edu
Education
MD, Harvard Medical School, 1994
MPH, University of California at Berkeley, 1997
MS, Stanford University, 2001
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
End-of-life care
Social determinants of health
Technology adoption and utilization
Quantitative policy and decision analysis
Reimbursement policy and cost-containment
Practice pattern variation and physician behavior
 
Profile
Dr. Barnato joined the faculty in 2001 after completion of a residency in preventive medicine and a fellowship in health care research and health policy. She teaches in the master of science (MS) program in clinical research and administers the dual MD/MS program in the School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the provider and organizational determinants of variation in Medicare beneficiaries' use of intensive care services at the end of life and on racial disparities in end-of-life and other health services utilization.
Recent Grants
Title: Using Simulation Game Technology to Improve End-of-Life Decision Making
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: $106,522
Funding Agency: Greenwall Foundation and the Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care
Start Year: 2010
End Year: 2012
Title: Developing a Robust Measure of Hospital End of Life Intensity
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $463,466
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2012
Title: Isolating Mechanisms Underlying Hospital Variation in End of Life ICU Use
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $384,278
Funding Agency: National Cancer Institute
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2012
Title: ICU Triage Communication and Decision Making: The Role of Race
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $381,362
Funding Agency: National Cancer Institute
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2012
Title: The Role of Long-term Acute Care Hospitals in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: $1,898,748
Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2013
Title: Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS)
Role: Project Leader
Amount: $8,400,000
Funding Agency: National Institute for General Medical Sciences
Start Year: 2008
End Year: 2013
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Title: Caring for the Seriously Ill: Cost and Public Policy
Author(s): TM Pope, RM Arnold, AE Barnato
Year: 2011
Journal: J Law Med Ethics
Volume: 39(2)
Page(s): 111-113
Title: Are the American College of Surgeons’ guidelines for the transfer of trauma patients feasible?
Author(s): D Mohan, MR Rosengart, C Farris, E Cohen, DC Angus, AE Barnato
Year: 2011
Journal: Arch Surg
Volume: Epub ahead of print
Page(s):
Title: A randomized trial of the effect of patient race on physician ICU and life-sustaining treatment decisions for an acutely unstable elder with end-stage cancer
Author(s): AE Barnato, D Mohan, J Downs, CL Bryce, DC Angus, RM Arnold
Year: 2011
Journal: Crit Care Med
Volume: Epub ahead of print
Page(s):
Title: Disability among elderly survivors of mechanical ventilation
Author(s): AE Barnato, SM Albert, DC Angus, JR Lave, HB Degenholtz
Year: 2011
Journal: Am J Respir Crit Care Med
Volume: 183
Page(s): 1037-1042
Title: The intensity and variation of surgical care at the end of life: a retrospective cohort study
Author(s): AC Kwok, ME Semel, SR Lipsitz, AM Bader, AE Barnato, AA Gawandre, AK Jha
Year: 2011
Journal: Lancet
Volume: 278(9800)
Page(s): 1408-1413
Title: The ethical implications of health spending: death and other expensive conditions. J Law Med Ethics
Author(s): D Crippen, AE Barnato
Year: 2011
Journal: J Law Med Ethics
Volume: 39(2)
Page(s): 121-129
Title: The effect of insurance status on mortality and procedure use in critically ill patients: an object lesson in financial incentives
Author(s): AE Barnato
Year: 2011
Journal: Am J Respir Crit Care Med
Volume: 184(7)
Page(s): 750-751
Title: Physician follow-up visits after acute care hospitalization among elderly Medicare beneficiaries discharged to non-institutional settings
Author(s): CY Lin, AE Barnato, HB Degenholtz
Year: 2011
Journal: J Am Geriatr Soc
Volume: 59(10)
Page(s): 1947-1954
Title: Infection Rate and Acute Organ Dysfunction Risk as Explanations for Racial Differences in Severe Sepsis
Author(s): FB Mayer, S Yende, WT Linde-Zwirble, OM Peck-Palmer, AE Barnato, LA Weisenfeld, DC Angus
Year: 2010
Journal: JAMA
Volume: 303(24)
Page(s): 2495-2503
Title: Communication practices in physician decision making for an unstable critically ill patient with end-stage cancer
Author(s): D Mohan, SC Alexander, SL Kennifer, RM Arnold, AE Barnato
Year: 2010
Journal: J Palliat Med
Volume: 13 (8)
Page(s): 949-956
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