The American Society of Anesthesiologists presented Rebecca Aslakson, MD, PhD, with its 2014 Presidential Scholar Award for her research work.
Dr. Aslakson serves as an associate professor in the anesthesiology and critical care department at Baltimore-based John Hopkins Medicine and is a core faculty member in the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She is a founding and current member of the ASA Subcommittee on Palliative Medicine.
As part of her research work, Dr. Aslakson has completed a two-year study exploring the palliative care-related experiences of patients and families in surgical critical care units, and she has examined the influence quality communication can have on the prognosis in long-stay surgical intensive care unit patients.
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