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Research interests
Dr. Michael Green joined the faculty of Penn State College of Medicine in 1996. His research has focused on decision-making, bioethics and communication, and has received funding through the NIH, the American Cancer Society and several foundations.
Most recently, Dr. Green’s research has focused on helping patients and their family members make informed decisions at the end-of-life. Together with long-time collaborator Dr. Benjamin Levi, Dr. Green is the co-creator of “Making Your Wishes Known,” an interactive computer-based decision aid that helps individuals be better prepared to make medical decisions when they can no longer speak for themselves. In diverse populations and settings, this decision aid has been shown to reliably and accurately represent patients’ wishes for life-sustaining care, to help physicians more accurately predict what patients would want, and to increase concordance between what spokespersons would choose on behalf of patients and what patients say they would actually want.
Dr. Green also is a pioneer in the use of comics in medical education. He helped establish the field of “Graphic Medicine” and has published landmark articles on the topic as well as being one of the authors of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto from Penn State University Press. He is guest editor of the Graphic Medicine section of the Annals of Internal Medicine, and he teaches a course on Comics and Medicine to 4th-year medical students, whose comics can be viewed online.
In the area of professionalism and medical training, Dr. Green has authored several important articles on truth-telling, professional identify formation, informed consent and communication, and is co-author of the book Breaking the Cycle: How to Turn Conflict into Collaboration When You and Your Patients Disagree from ACP Press.
Clinical interests
In addition to his research interests, Dr. Michael Green is a physician and bioethicist. He is Chair of the Hershey Medical Center’s Ethics Committee, Director of the Program in Bioethics and cares for patients in the primary care setting.
Education/Academic qualification
General Internal Medicine and Bioethics, Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1993 → 1995
Clinical Medical Ethics, Fellowship, University of Chicago
1992 → 1993
Internal Medicine, Residency, Northwestern University
1989 → 1992
MD, University of Illinois
1983 → 1988
MS, University of Illinois
1983 → 1987
BS, University of Illinois
1979 → 1983
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Projects
- 2 Finished
Preparing Family Caregivers of Very Ill Patients for End-of-Life Decision Making
National Institute of Nursing Research
9/27/12 → 6/30/13
Project: Research project
A Computer-Based Decision Aid for Advance Care Planning
National Institute of Nursing Research
8/1/03 → 7/31/04
Project: Research project
Research Output
Association of Participation in an End-of-Life Conversation Game With Advance Care Planning Behavior and Perspectives Among African American Individuals
Van Scoy, L. J., Levi, B. H., Witt, P., Bramble, C., Richardson, C., Putzig, I., Levi, A. R., Wasserman, E., Chinchilli, V., Tucci, A. & Green, M. J., May 1 2020, In : JAMA network open. 3, 5, p. e204315Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Advance care planning among patients with advanced cancer
Schubart, J. R., Levi, B., Bain, M. M., Farace, E. & Green, M., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of oncology practice. 15, 1, p. E65-E73Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Scopus
citations
An Analysis of Recruitment Efficiency for an End-of-Life Advance Care Planning Randomized Controlled Trial
Stewart, R. R., Dimmock, A. E. F., Green, M. J., Van Scoy, L. J., Schubart, J. R., Yang, C., Farace, E., Bascom, R. & Levi, B. H., Jan 1 2019, In : American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 36, 1, p. 50-54 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Evaluating an Advance Care Planning Curriculum: a Lecture, a Game, a Patient, and an Essay
Van Scoy, L., Green, M. & Volpe, R., Jun 15 2019, In : Medical Science Educator. 29, 2, p. 453-462 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Scopus
citations
Graphic Medicine - The Best of 2019
Green, M. J., Plotkin, L. H. & Noe, M. N., Dec 24 2019, In : JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 322, 24, p. 2368-2370 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Open Access