Physicians

Departments / Divisions

• Medicine / Medicine-Pulmonary
• Community and Family Medicine / Comm & Family Medicine-General

Address
DUMC 2827
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-7630

Office Telephone
919-660-2372

Fax Telephone
919-660-2294

Training

• MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, 1985

Residency

• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1986-1987,1988-1989

Clinical Interests
Advanced lung disease, COPD, interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, atypical infections, critical care

Research Interests
The majority of my effort is devoted to clinical care of patients with advanced lung disease and teaching. I am the Vice-Chair for Continuing Medical Education for the Department of Medicine.

My current research efforts focus on examining the relationship between poetry and the practice of medicine. My particular interest is in evaluating the utility of poetry in improving communication skills of physicians in training. I am involved in on-going collaboration with Duke faculty in the liberal arts and other health professionals.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
4. Govert JA, Kopita JM, Matchar D, Kussin PS, Samuelson WM. Cost-effectiveness of collecting routine cytologic specimens during fiberoptic bronchoscopy for endoscopically visible lung tumor Chest 109:451-456, 1996 (1996)

5. Connors AF, Dawson NV, Thomas C, Harrell FE Jr., Desbiens N, Fulkerson WJ, Kussin P, Bellamy P, Goldman L, Knaus WA. Outcomes following acute exacerbation of severe chronic obstructive lung disease. Am. J Respir Crit Care Med 154:959-967, 1996 6. Galanos AN, Pieper CE, Kussin PS, Winchell MT, Fulkerson WJ, Harrell FE , Teno JM, Layde P, Connors AF Jr., Phillips R, Wenger NS. The relationship of body mass index to subsequent mortality among seriously ill patients. Crit Care Med 25:1962-1968, 1997. (1996)

1. Margolis JO, McGrath BJ, Kussin PS and Schwinn DA. Do not resuscitate orders during surgery: ethical foundations for institutional policies in the United States Anesthesia and Analgesia 80:806-809, 1995 (1995)

2. Hamel MB, Goldman L, Teno J, Davis RB, Harrell FJ, Conners AF, Califf R, Kussin PS, Bellamy P, et al. Identification of comatose patients at high risk for death or severe disability JAMA 273:1842-1848, 1995 (1995)

3. Kussin PS. Beginning a Conversation on Medical Futility in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal 56: 418-420, 1995 (1995)