Joshua M. Hauser, MD
j-hauser@northwestern.edu
312-503-3478
Joshua Hauser is an Assistant Professor in Medicine and Palliative Care, Assistant Director of the Buehler Center, Director of the Education Section and Associate Physician with the Education for Physicians on End of Life Care (EPEC) Project. He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 with an AB in Social Studies, from the University of Cambridge in 1990 with an M.Phil. in Philosophy and received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1995. After graduation from medical school, Dr. Hauser completed his residency in primary care internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in 1998, and completed the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Clinical Scholars Program and a fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago in 2001. At Harvard, at the University of Chicago and at University of Illinois at Chicago, he helped to develop successful courses in end of life care, medical humanism and research ethics. His research interests are in understanding the experiences of family caregivers in palliative care and in evaluating professionalism in the teaching of palliative care. Clinically, he practices in the Palliative Care and Home Hospice Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH). In professional organizations for internists and for bioethicists, Dr. Hauser holds leadership roles in advancing the cause of palliative care. He is now co-Chair for the Precourse selection committee of the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting and runs the Palliative Medicine and Hospice Interest Group for the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.
Selected peer-reviewed publications
Hauser, J and Lantos, J (2000). Stories of caring and connecting: Four recent books on death and dying. Hastings Center Report, 30:43-47.
Berland, GK et al. incl. Hauser, J. Evaluation of English and Spanish Health Information on the Internet , RAND publication, May, 2001.
Hauser, J. (2001) Piece of My Mind: The Consultation. JAMA. 286:2781-2.
Lypson, ML and Hauser, J. Professionalism: What does it mean to third year medical students? Academic Medicine. 2002;77:1169.
Emanuel, L, Cruess, R, Cruess, S and Hauser, J (2002) Old values, new challenges: what is a professional to do? Int J Qual Health Care 14: 349-351.
Hauser, JM and Kramer, BJ. Family Caregivers in Palliative Care. Clin in Ger Med. 2004;20(4):671-88.
Rabow, MW, Hauser, JM, and Adams, J, (2004) Physician Opportunities to Support Family Caregiving at the End-of-Life: "They don't know what they don't know." JAMA Jan 2004; 291: 483 – 491.
Rabow, MW, Hauser, JM, and Adams, J. Physician Opportunities to Support Family Caregiving at the End-of-Life: "They don't know what they don't know." JAMA 2004;291:483 – 491.
Mehta, R and Hauser, J (2005). Hospital chaplains reflect on spirituality in end-of-life care. Healing Ministry 12:35-43.
Hauser, JM et al. (2005) Who’s caring for whom? Differing perspectives between seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. Accepted. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Hauser, JM, Chen, L, and Paice, J (2005). Down the drain: The cost of medications wasted in hospice. (Research Letter). In Press: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
Selected Book Chapter
Hauser, JM (2005). Beholding grace, In Press: Patient Education and Counseling.