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Palliative Care in Neuro Intensive Care Unit
Editors
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Matthew N. Jaffa, DO
Dr. Jaffa is a neurointensivist and the associate director of the NeuroRecovery Clinic at the Ayer Neuroscience Institute of Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. His research and clinical interests focus on quality of life, communication, and shared decision making (SDM) following severe acute brain injury. He has edited a textbook on SDM in the intensive care unit with Dr. David Hwang. Dr. Jaffa is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine after completing training in neurology and neurocritical care at the University of Maryland and R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
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Claire J. Creutzfeldt, MD
Dr. Creutzfeldt completed her medical degree at Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Germany and post-graduate training at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She is board-certified in Neurology, Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical care and has a certificate in Palliative Care. Her research focuses on integrating palliative care into the emergent and ongoing care of those with severe acute brain injury (SABI). She has edited a textbook and authored many peer-reviewed articles on neuropalliative care, communication and decision-making for people facing SABI. She has funding from the Cambia Health Foundation, NINDS, and the NINR.
