NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
2024-present Palliative Care Quality Collaborative
Advisory Board
2022-2024 Cambia Health Foundation
Sojourns Scholar
2022-2024 American Board of Emergency Medicine
Certification Exam Writer
2020-2022 American College of Emergency Physicians
Palliative Care Section Chair
2020, 2022 American Academy of Palliative Medicine
Facilitator, National Leadership Training Forum
2015-2020 American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care Committee Founding Chair
NATIONAL LECTURES
A Deep Dive Into the Advancements Driving Success In Value Based Care Models
2024, Reuters Total Health
Integrating Palliative Care into EMS Systems: Opportunities and Strategies
2024, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly
Electronic Consent: From Birth to End of Life
2022, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Leveraging Resources in Emergency Medical Services to Deliver Palliative Care
2022, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly
Practical Tips in Geriatric Pharmacology
2022, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
State-of-the-Art Research Forum Showcase: Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine
2021, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
It's What You Say, Not How You Say It: The 5-Minute ED Goals of Care Conversation
2021, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
Homeward Bound: A Tale of Two Hospice Patients in Your ED
2021, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
The Emergency Department Goals of Care Procedure
2021, American College of Emergency Physicians Virtual Grand Rounds
Expanding Electronic Consent: Advance Care Planning in the 21st Century
2021, Interoperability Institute
Compassionate Extubation: Not Just Pulling the PluG
2019, American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly
Joining Forces with the Emergency Department: Successful Initiatives and Emerging Practices
2018, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly
Your Team’s Code Does Not End With “Time of Death"
2017, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
The Difficult Abdomen: Approaches to Chronic Abdominal Disorders
2017, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
Not Why, But How: Next Steps for Palliative Care in the ED
2017, American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly
The Code Does Not End With “Time of Death”
2017, American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly
Palliative Care Starts in the Emergency Department
2016, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly
Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine: Why Now?
2015, American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly
LCME Accreditation: Student Analysis Project Planning and Best Practices
2012, Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Wang DH, Dunn C, Brooten JK, et al. "Asynchronous education improves EMS clinician confidence and knowledge in caring for patients near the end-of-life." JACEP Open 2024. [epub ahead of print]
Breyre AM, Wang DH, et al. “EMS Care of Adult Hospice Patients– a Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP and AAHPM.” Prehospital Emergency Care 2023; 27(5):560-565.
Wang DH, Heidt RA. "Emergency Department Embedded Palliative Care Service Creates Value for Health Systems." J Palliat Med 2023; 26(5): 646-652.
Wang DH, Breyre AM, Brooten JK, Hanson KC. "Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Improving Partnerships with Emergency Medical Services." J Palliat Med 2023; 26(5): 704-710.
Loffredo T, Chan G, Wang D, Goett R, Isaacs E, Pearl R, Aberger K, Rosenberg M, Lamba S. "United States Best Practice Guidelines for Primary Palliative Care in the Emergency Department." Annals of Emergency Medicine 2021; 78(5): 658-669.
Wang DH, Heidt RA. "Emergency Department Admission Triggers for Palliative Consultation May Decrease Length of Stay and Costs." J Palliat Med 2021; 24(4): 554-560.
Wang DH, Kuntz J, Aberger K, DeSandre P. "Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Patients in the Emergency Department." J Palliat Med 2020; 22(12): 1597-1602.
Wang D, Creel-Bulos C. "A Systematic Approach to Comfort Care Transitions in the Emergency Department." J Emerg Med 2019; 56(3): 267-274.
Vinson DR, Mark DG, Chettipally UK, Huang J, Rauchwerger AS, Reed ME, Lin JS, Kene MV, Wang DH, et al. "Increasing Safe Outpatient Management of Emergency Department Patients With Pulmonary Embolism: A Controlled Pragmatic Trial." Annals of Internal Medicine 2018; 169(12): 855-865.
Wang DH. "No Easy Way Out: A Case of Physician-Assisted Dying in the Emergency Department." Annals of Emergency Medicine 2018;72(2): 206-210.
Vinson DR, Ballard DW, Huang J, Reed ME, Lin JS, Kene MV, Sax DR, Rauchwerger AS, Wang DH, McLachlan DI, Pleshakov TS, Silver MA, Clague VA, Klonecke AS, Mark DG. “Outpatient management of emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism: variation, patient characteristics and outcomes.” Annals of Emergency Medicine 2018;72(1):62-72
Simon JR, Kraus C, Rosenberg M, Wang DH, Clayborne EP, Derse AR. "‘Futile Care’-An Emergency Medicine Approach: Ethical and Legal Considerations." Annals of Emergency Medicine 2017;70(5): 707-713.
Wang DH. "Beyond Code Status: Palliative Care Begins in the Emergency Department." Annals of Emergency Medicine 2017;69(4): 437-443.