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Author Interview: How Should Surgical Palliative Success Be Defined?

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Drs Pringl Miller, Preeti John, and Sabha Ganai join Ethics Talk to discuss their article: “How Should Surgical Palliative Success Be Defined?” 

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Pringl Miller, MD is board certified in general surgery and hospice and palliative medicine with fellowship training in clinical medical ethics. She is an associate member of the American College of Surgeon’s Academy of Master Surgeon Educators and the founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization Physician Just Equity. 

Preeti R. John, MD, MPH practices at the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System. She is triple board certified in general surgery, surgical critical care, and hospice and palliative medicine. Certified as a health care ethics consultant by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, she has interests in narrative medicine, end-of-life care, and pain management. 

Sabha Ganai, MD, PhD, MPH is board certified in general surgery and complex general surgical oncology with fellowship training in clinical medical ethics from the University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She is a member of the American College of Surgeon’s Commission on Cancer and is an associate professor of surgery at University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks. 

Recorded August 12, 2021.

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Dr Ganai serves on the advisory board of Castle Biosciences. The other interviewees had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.