Mark R. Tonelli, M.D., M.A.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Fellowship Training Director
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine


OFFICE ADDRESS
University of Washington Medical Center
1959 N.E. Pacific, Campus Box 356522
Seattle, WA 98195-6522

tonelli@u.washington.edu
Academic Office: (206) 543-3166
Fax: (206) 685-8673
Clinic Appointments: (206) 598-4615


EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.A. in Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1984.

M.D., University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 1989.

M.A. in Medical Ethics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996.

Internship in Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1990.

Residency in Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1992.

Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Medical epistemology, particularly the philosophical limits to an evidence-based medicine. Specifically focused on the value and content of non-evidentiary forms of medical knowledge.

General interest in the care and ethics-of-care in cystic fibrosis and in critically ill patients.


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Tonelli MR; Pulling the plug on living wills: A critical analysis of advance directives. Chest 1996; 110:816-822.

Tonelli MR; The philosophical limits of evidence-based medicine. Acad Med 1998; 73:1234-1240.

Tonelli MR and Callahan T; Why alternative medicine cannot be evidence-based. Acad Med 2001; 76:1213-1220.

Tonelli MR; Waking the dying: Must we always attempt to involve critically ill patients in end-of-life decisions. Chest. 2005 127(2):637-42.

Tonelli MR; Integrating evidence into clinical practice: An alternative to evidence-based approaches. J Eval Clin Pract. 2006; 12:248-56.

OUTSIDE INTERESTS
Rowing.



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