ROBERT ALLAN PEARLMAN MD MPH Professor University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Adjunct Professor Health Services, School of Public Health University of Washington Adjunct Professor Medical History and Ethics University of Washington Staff Physician VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division Information Dissemination Coordinator HSR&D, VA Puget Sound Health Care System Field Program Director Northwest Ethics Center for Veterans Health Care VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle VAPSHCS GRECC 182B 1660 S Columbian Way Box 358280 Seattle WA 98108 Phone: (206) 764-2862 Fax: (206) 764-2569 E-mail: rap@u.washington.edu
Licensure: State of Washington Board Certification: Diplomate, The American Board of Internal Medicine   American Board of Internal Medicine Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine     1971 BA Psychology, University of California, Berkeley CA 1975 MD Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA 1980 MPH University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle WA 1991-1992 Fellowship, Program in Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1982 Summer workshop, Informed Consent, National Foundation for the Humanities Workshop, Purchase NY 1978-1980 Fellowship, VA Clinical Scholars Program, Seattle WA 1977-1978 Residency, Medicine, University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle WA 1976-1977 Residency, Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta GA 1975-1976 Internship, Categorical Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta GA Pearlman RA, Inui TS, Carter WB. Variability in physician bioethical decision-making: a case study of euthanasia. Annals of Internal Medicine 97:420-425, 1982 Uhlmann RF, Pearlman RA, Cain KC. Ability of physicians and spouses to predict resuscitation preferences for elderly patients. Journal of Gerontology 43(5):M115-M121, 1988 Curtis JR, Parks DR, Krone MR, Pearlman RA. Use of medical futility rationale in do not attempt resuscitation orders. JAMA 273(2):124-128, 1995 Back AL, Wallace JI, Starks HE, Pearlman RA. Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Washington State: patient requests and physician responses. JAMA 275(12):919-925, 1996 Patrick DL, Pearlman RA, Starks HE, Cain KC, Cole WG, Uhlmann RF. Validation of life-sustaining treatment preferences: implications for advance care planning. Ann Int Med 509-517:1997.

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