Jean Kutner, MD, MPH/MSPH
Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine

Professional Titles

• Distinguished Professor of Medicine
• Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
• Chief Medical Officer, University of Colorado Hospital

Recognition & Awards

• Presidential Citation, AAHPM (2019)
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2017)
• Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2017)
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2016)
• Aspire Award: Denver's Women of Distinction, Trilogy Financial Services (2015)
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2015)
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2014)
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2013)
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2012)
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2011)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2010)
• Pioneer Award , University of Colorado Hospital (2009)
  
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2009)
  
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2008)

Research Interests

Publications

• Kluger BM, Katz M, Galifianakis NB, Pantilat SZ, Hauser JM, Khan R, Friedman C, Vaughan CL, Goto Y, Long SJ, Martin CS, Dini M, McQueen RB, Palmer L, Fairclough D, Seeberger LC, Sillau SH, Kutner JS. Patient and Family Outcomes of Community Neurologist Palliative Education and Telehealth Support in Parkinson Disease. JAMA Neurol. 2023 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37955923
• Scott MC, Morrison KT, Gillette R, Harnke B, Kutner JS, Colborn KL. Primary Author Characteristics Associated With Publication in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37863371
• Mahes A, Macchi ZA, Martin CS, Katz M, Galifianakis NB, Pantilat SZ, Kutner JS, Sillau S, Kluger BM. The "Surprise Question" for Prognostication in People With Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Oct 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37838080
• Arch JJ, Bright EE, Finkelstein LB, Fink RM, Mitchell JL, Andorsky DJ, Kutner JS. Anxiety and Depression in Metastatic Cancer: A Critical Review of Negative Impacts on Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Decision Making With Practical Recommendations. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Dec;19(12):1097-1108. PubMed PMID: 37831973
• Siddiqi A, Monton O, Woods A, Masroor T, Fuller S, Owczarzak J, Yenokyan G, Cooper LA, Freund KM, Smith TJ, Kutner JS, Colborn KL, Joyner R, Elk R, Johnston FM. Dissemination and Implementation of a Community Health Worker Intervention for Disparities in Palliative Care (DeCIDE PC): a study protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial. BMC Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 18;22(1):139. PubMed PMID: 37718442
• Gupta MND, Hantzmon SV, Kutner JS, Arnold RM, Duck V, Mahoney H, Willis E, Pollak KI. Patient and Caregiver Expression of Reluctance and Ambivalence During Palliative Care Encounters. J Palliat Med. 2023 Jul 6;26(10):1391-4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37410538
• Mroz EL, McDarby M, Kutner JS, Arnold RM, Bylund CL, Pollak KI. Empathic communication between clinicians, patients, and care partners in palliative care encounters. Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Sep;114:107811. PubMed PMID: 37244131
• Rolfzen ML, Wick A, Mascha EJ, Shah K, Krause M, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Kutner JS, Ho PM, Sessler DI, Bartels K. Best Practice Alerts Informed by Inpatient Opioid Intake to Reduce Opioid Prescribing after Surgery (PRIOR): A Cluster Randomized Multiple Crossover Trial. Anesthesiology. 2023 Aug 1;139(2):186-196. PubMed PMID: 37155372
• Lum HD, Ressalam J, Kini V, Kessler ER, DeCamp M, Kutner JS, Campbell EG. Use and Influence of Medical Aid in Dying Service on Physician Experiences. J Palliat Med. 2023 Jan;26(1):110-113. PubMed PMID: 36409540
• Wan S, Lorenz KA, Fischer SM, Liao S, Lee MC, Kutner JS. Local Area Hospice Capacity and Rural Disparities in Hospice Use among Older Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer. J Palliat Med. 2023 Feb;26(2):182-190. PubMed PMID: 36190490
• Lum HD, Ressalam J, Kini V, Kessler ER, DeCamp M, Kutner JS, Campbell EG. Use and Influence of Medical Aid in Dying Service on Physician Experiences. J Palliat Med. 2022 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36409540
• Arch JJ, Mitchell JL, Schmiege SJ, Levin ME, Genung SR, Nealis MS, Fink RM, Bright EE, Andorsky DJ, Kutner JS. A randomized controlled trial of a multi-modal palliative care intervention to promote advance care planning and psychological well-being among adults with advanced cancer: study protocol. BMC Palliat Care. 2022 Nov 17;21(1):198. PubMed PMID: 36384735
• Wan S, Lorenz KA, Fischer SM, Liao S, Lee MC, Kutner JS. Local Area Hospice Capacity and Rural Disparities in Hospice Use among Older Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer. J Palliat Med. 2022 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36190490
• Reed SM, Austin E, Colborn K, Schilling LM, Kutner JS. Modeling of an alternative reimbursement method for palliative care. Am J Manag Care. 2022 Jun 1;28(6):e221-e227. PubMed PMID: 35738229
• DeCamp M, Alasmar A, Fischer S, Kutner JS. Meeting ethical challenges with authenticity when engaging patients and families in end-of-life and palliative care research: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care. 2022 May 16;21(1):74. PubMed PMID: 35578262
• Mroz EL, McDarby M, Arnold RM, Bylund CL, Kutner JS, Pollak KI. Empathic Communication in Specialty Palliative Care Encounters: An Analysis of Opportunities and Responses. J Palliat Med. 2022 Nov;25(11):1622-1628. PubMed PMID: 35426742
• Gray NA, Kamal AH, Hanson LC, Bull J, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Johnson KS. Clinician Perspectives Guiding Approach to Comprehensiveness of Palliative Care Assessment. J Palliat Med. 2022 Feb;25(2):307-311. PubMed PMID: 34788574
• Plys E, Vaughan CL, Kutner JS, Berk J, Kolva E. Interdisciplinary neuropalliative care: A unique and valuable clinical training experience for geropsychology trainees. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2022 Oct-Dec;43(4):551-563. PubMed PMID: 34044751
• Lin SY, Schneider CE, Bristol AA, Clancy M, Sprague SA, Aldridge M, Cortes T, Goldfeld KS, Kutner JS, Mitchell SL, Shega JW, Wu B, Zhu CW, Brody AA. Findings of Sequential Pilot Trials of Aliviado Dementia Care to Inform an Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial. Gerontologist. 2022 Feb 9;62(2):304-314. PubMed PMID: 33377138
• Tevis SE, Patel H, Singh S, Ehrenfeucht C, Little C, Kutner J, Persoff J. Impact of a Physician Clinical Support Supervisor in Supporting Patients and Families, Staff, and the Health-Care System During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Feb;16(1):328-332. PubMed PMID: 32907663
• Gray NA, Kamal AH, Hanson LC, Bull J, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Johnson KS. Clinician Perspectives Guiding Approach to Comprehensiveness of Palliative Care Assessment. J Palliat Med. 2021 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34788574
• Singh S, Lum HD, Kutner J, Fischer S. The patient-driven payment model: A missed opportunity for patient-centered cancer care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Nov;69(11):3267-3272. PubMed PMID: 34523127
• Dans M, Kutner JS, Agarwal R, Baker JN, Bauman JR, Beck AC, Campbell TC, Carey EC, Case AA, Dalal S, Doberman DJ, Epstein AS, Fecher L, Jones J, Kapo J, Lee RT, Loggers ET, McCammon S, Mitchell W, Ogunseitan AB, Portman DG, Ramchandran K, Sutton L, Temel J, Teply ML, Terauchi SY, Thomas J, Walling AM, Zachariah F, Bergman MA, Ogba N, Campbell M. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 Jul 28;19(7):780-788. PubMed PMID: 34340208
• Dickman Portz J, Powers JD, Casillas A, Baldwin M, Bekelman DB, Palen TE, Bull S, Kutner JS, Bayliss E. Characteristics of Patients and Proxy Caregivers Using Patient Portals in the Setting of Serious Illness and End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2021 Nov;24(11):1697-1704. PubMed PMID: 34061675
• Plys E, Vaughan CL, Kutner JS, Berk J, Kolva E. Interdisciplinary neuropalliative care: a unique and valuable clinical training experience for geropsychology trainees. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2021 May 27;:1-13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34044751
• Sottile PD, Albers D, DeWitt PE, Russell S, Stroh JN, Kao DP, Adrian B, Levine ME, Mooney R, Larchick L, Kutner JS, Wynia MK, Glasheen JJ, Bennett TD. Real-time electronic health record mortality prediction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 Oct 12;28(11):2354-2365. PubMed PMID: 33973011
• Akbar U, McQueen RB, Bemski J, Carter J, Goy ER, Kutner J, Johnson MJ, Miyasaki JM, Kluger B. Prognostic predictors relevant to end-of-life palliative care in Parkinson's disease and related disorders: a systematic review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33789923
• Knoepke CE, Allen LA, Sepucha K, Masoudi FA, Kutner J, Varosy P, Magid D, Matlock DD. Development of a measure of decision quality for implantable defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Apr;44(4):677-684. PubMed PMID: 33555044
• Portz JD, Powers JD, Baldwin M, Bekelman DB, Casillas A, Kutner JS, Bayliss E. Patient Portal Use Near the End-of-Life. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33506403
• Sottile PD, Albers D, DeWitt PE, Russell S, Stroh JN, Kao DP, Adrian B, Levine ME, Mooney R, Larchick L, Kutner JS, Wynia MK, Glasheen JJ, Bennett TD. Real-Time Electronic Health Record Mortality Prediction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort Study. medRxiv. 2021 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 33469601
• Brungardt A, Wibben A, Tompkins AF, Shanbhag P, Coats H, LaGasse AB, Boeldt D, Youngwerth J, Kutner JS, Lum HD. Virtual Reality-Based Music Therapy in Palliative Care: A Pilot Implementation Trial. J Palliat Med. 2021 May;24(5):736-742. PubMed PMID: 33227225
• Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2021 Apr;30(4):520-528. PubMed PMID: 33217070
• Schenker Y, Ellington L, Bell L, Kross EK, Rosenberg AR, Kutner JS, Bickel KE, Ritchie C, Kavalieratos D, Bekelman DB, Mooney KB, Fischer SM. The National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative: History, Activities, Challenges, and Future Goals. J Palliat Med. 2021 Apr;24(4):545-553. PubMed PMID: 32955969
• Reed SM, Smith MC, Kutner JS. Experiences of Caring Through Providing Touch Near End-of-Life. Int J Human Caring. 2021. 25(1): 142-155. DOI: 10.20467/HumanCaring-D-20-00020.
• Singh S, Lum HD, Kutner J, Fischer S. The patient-driven payment model: A missed opportunity for patient-centered cancer care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Nov;69(11):3267-3272. PubMed PMID: 34523127
• Dans M, Kutner JS, Agarwal R, Baker JN, Bauman JR, Beck AC, Campbell TC, Carey EC, Case AA, Dalal S, Doberman DJ, Epstein AS, Fecher L, Jones J, Kapo J, Lee RT, Loggers ET, McCammon S, Mitchell W, Ogunseitan AB, Portman DG, Ramchandran K, Sutton L, Temel J, Teply ML, Terauchi SY, Thomas J, Walling AM, Zachariah F, Bergman MA, Ogba N, Campbell M. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 Jul 28;19(7):780-788. PubMed PMID: 34340208
• Dickman Portz J, Powers JD, Casillas A, Baldwin M, Bekelman DB, Palen TE, Bull S, Kutner JS, Bayliss E. Characteristics of Patients and Proxy Caregivers Using Patient Portals in the Setting of Serious Illness and End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2021 Nov;24(11):1697-1704. PubMed PMID: 34061675
• Sottile PD, Albers D, DeWitt PE, Russell S, Stroh JN, Kao DP, Adrian B, Levine ME, Mooney R, Larchick L, Kutner JS, Wynia MK, Glasheen JJ, Bennett TD. Real-time electronic health record mortality prediction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 Oct 12;28(11):2354-2365. PubMed PMID: 33973011
• Akbar U, McQueen RB, Bemski J, Carter J, Goy ER, Kutner J, Johnson MJ, Miyasaki JM, Kluger B. Prognostic predictors relevant to end-of-life palliative care in Parkinson's disease and related disorders: a systematic review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 31;92(6):629-36. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33789923
• Knoepke CE, Allen LA, Sepucha K, Masoudi FA, Kutner J, Varosy P, Magid D, Matlock DD. Development of a measure of decision quality for implantable defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Apr;44(4):677-684. PubMed PMID: 33555044
• Portz JD, Powers JD, Baldwin M, Bekelman DB, Casillas A, Kutner JS, Bayliss E. Patient Portal Use Near the End-of-Life. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33506403
• Sottile PD, Albers D, DeWitt PE, Russell S, Stroh JN, Kao DP, Adrian B, Levine ME, Mooney R, Larchick L, Kutner JS, Wynia MK, Glasheen JJ, Bennett TD. Real-Time Electronic Health Record Mortality Prediction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort Study. medRxiv. 2021 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 33469601
• Brungardt A, Wibben A, Tompkins AF, Shanbhag P, Coats H, LaGasse AB, Boeldt D, Youngwerth J, Kutner JS, Lum HD. Virtual Reality-Based Music Therapy in Palliative Care: A Pilot Implementation Trial. J Palliat Med. 2021 May;24(5):736-742. PubMed PMID: 33227225
• Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2021 Apr;30(4):520-528. PubMed PMID: 33217070
• Schenker Y, Ellington L, Bell L, Kross EK, Rosenberg AR, Kutner JS, Bickel KE, Ritchie C, Kavalieratos D, Bekelman DB, Mooney KB, Fischer SM. The National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative: History, Activities, Challenges, and Future Goals. J Palliat Med. 2021 Apr;24(4):545-553. PubMed PMID: 32955969
• Candrian C, Lasker Hertz S, Matlock D, Flanagan L, Tate C, Kutner JS, Lum HD. Development of a Community Advance Care Planning Guides Program and the RELATE Model of Communication. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Jan;37(1):5-11. PubMed PMID: 31030524
• Lin SY, Schneider CE, Bristol AA, Clancy M, Sprague SA, Aldridge M, Cortes T, Goldfeld KS, Kutner JS, Mitchell SL, Shega JW, Wu B, Zhu CW, Brody AA. Sequential Pilot Trials of Aliviado Dementia Care to Inform an Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial. Gerontologist. 2020 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33377138
• Brungardt A, Wibben A, Tompkins AF, Shanbhag P, Coats H, LaGasse AB, Boeldt D, Youngwerth J, Kutner JS, Lum HD. Virtual Reality-Based Music Therapy in Palliative Care: A Pilot Implementation Trial. J Palliat Med. 2020 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33227225
• Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2020 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33217070
• Schenker Y, Ellington L, Bell L, Kross EK, Rosenberg AR, Kutner JS, Bickel KE, Ritchie C, Kavalieratos D, Bekelman DB, Mooney KB, Fischer SM. The National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative: History, Activities, Challenges, and Future Goals. J Palliat Med. 2020 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32955969
• Tevis SE, Patel H, Singh S, Ehrenfeucht C, Little C, Kutner J, Persoff J. Impact of a Physician Clinical Support Supervisor in Supporting Patients and Families, Staff, and the Health-Care System During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 Sep 10;:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32907663
• Lum HD, Dukes J, Daddato AE, Juarez-Colunga E, Shanbhag P, Kutner JS, Levy CR, Sudore RL. Effectiveness of Advance Care Planning Group Visits Among Older Adults in Primary Care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Oct;68(10):2382-2389. PubMed PMID: 32726475
• Portz JD, Brungardt A, Shanbhag P, Staton EW, Bose-Brill S, Lin CT, Kutner JS, Lum HD. Advance Care Planning Among Users of a Patient Portal During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Aug 11;22(8):e21385. PubMed PMID: 32716900
• Portz JD, Ford KL, Doyon K, Bekelman DB, Boxer RS, Kutner JS, Czaja S, Bull S. Using Grounded Theory to Inform the Human-Centered Design of Digital Health in Geriatric Palliative Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Dec;60(6):1181-1192.e1. PubMed PMID: 32615298
• Kluger BM, Miyasaki J, Katz M, Galifianakis N, Hall K, Pantilat S, Khan R, Friedman C, Cernik W, Goto Y, Long J, Fairclough D, Sillau S, Kutner JS. Comparison of Integrated Outpatient Palliative Care With Standard Care in Patients With Parkinson Disease and Related Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2020 May 1;77(5):551-560. PubMed PMID: 32040141
• Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Pollak KI. Better Together: The Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group as a Model for Increasing Equity in the Science of Hospice and Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2020 May;23(5):601-602. PubMed PMID: 31977271
• Arch JJ, Fishbein JN, Ferris MC, Mitchell JL, Levin ME, Slivjak ET, Andorsky DJ, Kutner JS. Acceptability, Feasibility, and Efficacy Potential of a Multimodal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention to Address Psychosocial and Advance Care Planning Needs among Anxious and Depressed Adults with Metastatic Cancer. J Palliat Med. 2020 Oct;23(10):1380-1385. PubMed PMID: 31905307
• Pollak KI, Gao X, Arnold RM, Arnett K, Felton S, Fairclough DL, Kutner JS. Feasibility of Using Communication Coaching to Teach Palliative Care Clinicians Motivational Interviewing. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Apr;59(4):787-793. PubMed PMID: 31765759
• Akgün KM, Krishnan S, Feder SL, Tate J, Kutner JS, Crothers K. Polypharmacy Increases Risk of Dyspnea Among Adults With Serious, Life-Limiting Diseases. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Apr;37(4):278-285. PubMed PMID: 31550901
• Dickman Portz J, Ford K, Bekelman DB, Boxer RS, Kutner JS, Czaja S, Elsbernd K, Bull S. "We're Taking Something So Human and Trying to Digitize": Provider Recommendations for mHealth in Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2020 Feb;23(2):240-247. PubMed PMID: 31526220
• Lillie KM, Dirks LG, Curtis JR, Candrian C, Kutner JS, Shaw JL. Culturally Adapting an Advance Care Planning Communication Intervention With American Indian and Alaska Native People in Primary Care. J Transcult Nurs. 2020 Mar;31(2):178-187. PubMed PMID: 31258037
• Candrian C, Lasker Hertz S, Matlock D, Flanagan L, Tate C, Kutner JS, Lum HD. Development of a Community Advance Care Planning Guides Program and the RELATE Model of Communication. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Jan;37(1):5-11. PubMed PMID: 31030524
• Lin SY, Schneider CE, Bristol AA, Clancy M, Sprague SA, Aldridge M, Cortes T, Goldfeld KS, Kutner JS, Mitchell SL, Shega JW, Wu B, Zhu CW, Brody AA. Sequential Pilot Trials of Aliviado Dementia Care to Inform an Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial. Gerontologist. 2020 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33377138
• Lum HD, Brungardt A, Jordan SR, Phimphasone-Brady P, Schilling LM, Lin CT, Kutner JS. Design and Implementation of Patient Portal-Based Advance Care Planning Tools. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 Jan;57(1):112-117.e2. PubMed PMID: 30595147
• Cumbler E, Kutner JS. Random Drug Testing of Physicians: A Complex Issue Framed in 7 Questions. J Hosp Med. 2019 Jan 8;14(1):56-57. PubMed PMID: 30379142
• Pollak KI, Gao X, Arnold RM, Arnett K, Felton S, Fairclough DL, Kutner JS. Feasibility of using communication coaching to teach palliative care clinicians Motivational Interviewing. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31765759
• Youngwerth J, Coats H, Jones A, Wibben A, Somes E, Felton S, Anderson A, Flarity K, Elliott K, Kutner JS. Integrating Creative Arts Therapy with Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2019 Nov;22(11):1306-1307. PubMed PMID: 31661396
• Goldstein NE, Mather H, McKendrick K, Gelfman LP, Hutchinson MD, Lampert R, Lipman HI, Matlock DD, Strand JJ, Swetz KM, Kalman J, Kutner JS, Pinney S, Morrison RS. Improving Communication in Heart Failure Patient Care. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Oct 1;74(13):1682-1692. PubMed PMID: 31558252
• Akgün KM, Krishnan S, Feder SL, Tate J, Kutner JS, Crothers K. Polypharmacy Increases Risk of Dyspnea Among Adults With Serious, Life-Limiting Diseases. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Sep 24;:1049909119877512. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31550901
• Portz JD, Ford K, Bekelman DB, Boxer RS, Kutner JS, Czaja S, Elsbernd K, Bull S. "We're Taking Something So Human and Trying to Digitize": Provider Recommendations for mHealth in Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2019 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31526220
• Ghesquiere A, Wyka K, Smith M, Kutner JS. Associations between psychological symptoms and treatment outcomes of a massage therapy intervention: Secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2019 Oct;46:116-122. PubMed PMID: 31519267
• Lillie KM, Dirks LG, Curtis JR, Candrian C, Kutner JS, Shaw JL. Culturally Adapting an Advance Care Planning Communication Intervention With American Indian and Alaska Native People in Primary Care. J Transcult Nurs. 2019 Jul 1;:1043659619859055. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31258037
• Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich Gilbertson S, Laudenslager ML, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BW, Kolva E, Joshi T, Amoyal Pensak N. Impact of a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Cancer. 2019 May 3;5(1):e11406. PubMed PMID: 31066678
• Kutner JS. "Taking to Bed": A Simple, and Important, Clinical Indicator. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Jun;67(6):1115-1116. PubMed PMID: 30829403
• Kluger BM, Katz M, Galifianakis N, Pantilat SZ, Kutner JS, Sillau S, Gritz M, Jones J, Fairclough D, Sumrall M, Hall K, Miyasaki J. Does outpatient palliative care improve patient-centered outcomes in Parkinson's disease: Rationale, design, and implementation of a pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2019 Apr;79:28-36. PubMed PMID: 30779960
• Schenker Y, Park SY, Jeong K, Pruskowski J, Kavalieratos D, Resick J, Abernethy A, Kutner JS. Associations Between Polypharmacy, Symptom Burden, and Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced, Life-Limiting Illness. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Apr;34(4):559-566. PubMed PMID: 30719645
• Lum HD, Brungardt A, Jordan SR, Phimphasone-Brady P, Schilling LM, Lin CT, Kutner JS. Design and Implementation of Patient Portal-Based Advance Care Planning Tools. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 Jan;57(1):112-117.e2. PubMed PMID: 30595147
• Kutner JS, Abernethy AP. Coding Error Resulting in Change in Secondary Outcome Scores in Trial of Safety and Benefit of Discontinuing Statin Therapy Among Terminally Ill Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Jan 1;179(1):126. PubMed PMID: 30508023
• Cumbler E, Kutner JS. Random Drug Testing of Physicians: A Complex Issue Framed in 7 Questions. J Hosp Med. 2019 Jan 8;14(1):56-57. PubMed PMID: 30379142
• Kutner JS, Abernethy AP. Coding Error Resulting in Change in Secondary Outcome Scores in Trial of Safety and Benefit of Discontinuing Statin Therapy Among Terminally Ill Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30508023
• Katz M, Goto Y, Kluger BM, Galifianakis NB, Miyasaki JM, Kutner JS, Jones CA, Pantilat SZ. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders. J Palliat Med. 2018 Oct;21(10):1507-1517. PubMed PMID: 30204543
• Candrian C, Tsantes A, Matlock DD, Tate C, Kutner JS. "I just need to know they are going to do what they say they're going to do with my mom." Understanding hospice expectations from the patient, caregiver and admission nurse perspective. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 Nov;101(11):2025-2030. PubMed PMID: 30098905
• Ritchie CS, Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Abernethy AP. Response to Davis and Behm (doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0608): Discontinuation of Statins. J Palliat Med. 2018 Mar;21(3):283. PubMed PMID: 29649384
• Kluger BM, Persenaire MJ, Holden SK, Palmer LT, Redwine H, Berk J, Anderson CA, Filley CM, Kutner J, Miyasaki J, Carter J. Implementation issues relevant to outpatient neurology palliative care. Ann Palliat Med. 2018 Jul;7(3):339-348. PubMed PMID: 29307208
• Kluger BM, Persenaire MJ, Holden SK, Palmer LT, Redwine H, Berk J, Anderson CA, Filley CM, Kutner J, Miyasaki J, Carter J. Implementation issues relevant to outpatient neurology palliative care. Ann Palliat Med. 2017 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29307208
• Portz JD, Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Ritchie CS. High Symptom Burden and Low Functional Status in the Setting of Multimorbidity. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct;65(10):2285-2289. PubMed PMID: 28857119
• Dans M, Smith T, Back A, Baker JN, Bauman JR, Beck AC, Block S, Campbell T, Case AA, Dalal S, Edwards H, Fitch TR, Kapo J, Kutner JS, Kvale E, Miller C, Misra S, Mitchell W, Portman DG, Spiegel D, Sutton L, Szmuilowicz E, Temel J, Tickoo R, Urba SG, Weinstein E, Zachariah F, Bergman MA, Scavone JL. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2017. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 Aug;15(8):989-997. PubMed PMID: 28784860
• Lum HD, Sudore RL, Matlock DD, Juarez-Colunga E, Jones J, Nowels M, Schwartz RS, Kutner JS, Levy CR. A Group Visit Initiative Improves Advance Care Planning Documentation among Older Adults in Primary Care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2017 Jul-Aug;30(4):480-490. PubMed PMID: 28720629
• Pensak NA, Joshi T, Simoneau T, Kilbourn K, Carr A, Kutner J, Laudenslager ML. Development of a Web-Based Intervention for Addressing Distress in Caregivers of Patients Receiving Stem Cell Transplants: Formative Evaluation With Qualitative Interviews and Focus Groups. JMIR Res Protoc. 2017 Jun 22;6(6):e120. PubMed PMID: 28642213
• Tjia J, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Blatchford PJ, Bennett Kendrick RE, Prince-Paul M, Somers TJ, McPherson ML, Sloan JA, Abernethy AP, Furuno JP. Perceptions of Statin Discontinuation among Patients with Life-Limiting Illness. J Palliat Med. 2017 Oct;20(10):1098-1103. PubMed PMID: 28520522
• Boersma I, Jones J, Coughlan C, Carter J, Bekelman D, Miyasaki J, Kutner J, Kluger B. Palliative Care and Parkinson's Disease: Caregiver Perspectives. J Palliat Med. 2017 Sep;20(9):930-938. PubMed PMID: 28520498
• Ritchie CL, Pollak KI, Kehl KA, Miller JL, Kutner JS. Better Together: The Making and Maturation of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group. J Palliat Med. 2017 Jun;20(6):584-591. PubMed PMID: 28448200
• Candrian C, Tate C, Broadfoot K, Tsantes A, Matlock D, Kutner J. Designing Effective Interactions for Concordance around End-of-Life Care Decisions: Lessons from Hospice Admission Nurses. Behav Sci (Basel). 2017 Apr 18;7(2). PubMed PMID: 28420191
• Matlock DD, Jones J, Nowels CT, Jenkins A, Allen LA, Kutner JS. Evidence of Cognitive Bias in Decision Making Around Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillators: A Qualitative Framework Analysis. J Card Fail. 2017 Nov;23(11):794-799. PubMed PMID: 28363805
• Miaskowski C, Barsevick A, Berger A, Casagrande R, Grady PA, Jacobsen P, Kutner J, Patrick D, Zimmerman L, Xiao C, Matocha M, Marden S. Advancing Symptom Science Through Symptom Cluster Research: Expert Panel Proceedings and Recommendations. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 Apr;109(4). PubMed PMID: 28119347
• Kluger BM, Fox S, Timmons S, Katz M, Galifianakis NB, Subramanian I, Carter JH, Johnson MJ, Richfield EW, Bekelman D, Kutner JS, Miyasaki J. Palliative care and Parkinson's disease: Meeting summary and recommendations for clinical research. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2017 Apr;37:19-26. PubMed PMID: 28108265
• Sudore RL, Lum HD, You JJ, Hanson LC, Meier DE, Pantilat SZ, Matlock DD, Rietjens JAC, Korfage IJ, Ritchie CS, Kutner JS, Teno JM, Thomas J, McMahan RD, Heyland DK. Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition From a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 May;53(5):821-832.e1. PubMed PMID: 28062339
• Liu Y, Kline D, Aerts S, Youngwerth JM, Kutner JS, Sillau S, Kluger BM. Inpatient Palliative Care for Neurological Disorders: Lessons from a Large Retrospective Series. J Palliat Med. 2017 Jan;20(1):59-64. PubMed PMID: 27898260
• Levy M, Smith T, Alvarez-Perez A, Back A, Baker JN, Beck AC, Block S, Dalal S, Dans M, Fitch TR, Kapo J, Kutner JS, Kvale E, Misra S, Mitchell W, Portman DG, Sauer TM, Spiegel D, Sutton L, Szmuilowicz E, Taylor RM, Temel J, Tickoo R, Urba SG, Weinstein E, Zachariah F, Bergman MA, Scavone JL. Palliative Care Version 1.2016. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2016 Jan;14(1):82-113. PubMed PMID: 26733557
• Lum HD, Jones J, Matlock DD, Glasgow RE, Lobo I, Levy CR, Schwartz RS, Sudore RL, Kutner JS. Advance Care Planning Meets Group Medical Visits: The Feasibility of Promoting Conversations. Ann Fam Med. 2016 Mar;14(2):125-32. PubMed PMID: 26951587
• Kamal AH, Bull J, Ritchie CS, Kutner JS, Hanson LC, Friedman F, Taylor DH Jr. Adherence to Measuring What Matters Measures Using Point-of-Care Data Collection Across Diverse Clinical Settings. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Mar;51(3):497-503. PubMed PMID: 26854995
• Levy M, Smith T, Alvarez-Perez A, Back A, Baker JN, Beck AC, Block S, Dalal S, Dans M, Fitch TR, Kapo J, Kutner JS, Kvale E, Misra S, Mitchell W, Portman DG, Sauer TM, Spiegel D, Sutton L, Szmuilowicz E, Taylor RM, Temel J, Tickoo R, Urba SG, Weinstein E, Zachariah F, Bergman MA, Scavone JL. Palliative Care Version 1.2016. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2016 Jan;14(1):82-113. PubMed PMID: 26733557
• Pollak KI, Jones J, Lum HD, De La Cruz S, Felton S, Gill A, Kutner JS. Patient and Caregiver Opinions of Motivational Interviewing Techniques in Role-Played Palliative Care Conversations: A Pilot Study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25701055
• Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Abernethy AP. Selecting the Optimal Design for Drug Discontinuation Trials in a Setting of Advanced, Life-Limiting Illness-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct;175(10):1725-6. PubMed PMID: 26436751
• Combs SA, Culp S, Matlock DD, Kutner JS, Holley JL, Moss AH. Update on End-of-Life Care Training During Nephrology Fellowship: A Cross-sectional National Survey of Fellows. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Feb;65(2):233-9. PubMed PMID: 25245300
• McNeil MJ, Kamal AH, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Abernethy AP. The Burden of Polypharmacy in Patients Near the End of Life. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26432571
• Lum HD, Jones J, Lahoff D, Allen LA, Bekelman DB, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Unique challenges of hospice for patients with heart failure: A qualitative study of hospice clinicians. Am Heart J. 2015 Sep;170(3):524-30.e3. PubMed PMID: 26385036
• Lum HD, Horney C, Koets D, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Availability of Heart Failure Medications in Hospice Care. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2015 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26329799
• Overholser LS, Moss KM, Kilbourn K, Risendal B, Jones AF, Greffe BS, Garrington T, Leonardi-Warren K, Yamashita TE, Kutner JS. Development of a Primary Care-Based Clinic to Support Adults With a History of Childhood Cancer: The Tactic Clinic. J Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Sep-Oct;30(5):724-31. PubMed PMID: 26278341
• Waldrop D, Meeker MA, Kutner JS. The Developmental Transition From Living With to Dying From Cancer: Hospice Decision Making. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2015;33(5):576-98. PubMed PMID: 26176303
• Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Taylor DH Jr, Ritchie CS, Bull JH, Fairclough DL, Hanson LC, LeBlanc TW, Samsa GP, Wolf S, Aziz NM, Currow DC, Ferrell B, Wagner-Johnston N, Zafar SY, Cleary JF, Dev S, Goode PS, Kamal AH, Kassner C, Kvale EA, McCallum JG, Ogunseitan AB, Pantilat SZ, Portenoy RK, Prince-Paul M, Sloan JA, Swetz KM, Von Gunten CF, Abernethy AP. Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 May;175(5):691-700. PubMed PMID: 25798575
• Pollak KI, Jones J, Lum HD, De La Cruz S, Felton S, Gill A, Kutner JS. Patient and Caregiver Opinions of Motivational Interviewing Techniques In Role-Played Palliative Care Conversations: A Pilot Study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Jul;50(1):91-8. PubMed PMID: 25701055
• Jones J, Nowels C, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Shared decision making and the use of a patient decision aid in advanced serious illness: provider and patient perspectives. Health Expect. 2015 Dec;18(6):3236-47. PubMed PMID: 25439268
• Caverly TJ, Prochazka AV, Combs BP, Lucas BP, Mueller SR, Kutner JS, Binswanger I, Fagerlin A, McCormick J, Pfister S, Matlock DD. Doctors and numbers: an assessment of the critical risk interpretation test. Med Decis Making. 2015 May;35(4):512-24. PubMed PMID: 25378297
• Combs SA, Culp S, Matlock DD, Kutner JS, Holley JL, Moss AH. Update on end-of-life care training during nephrology fellowship: a cross-sectional national survey of fellows. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Feb;65(2):233-9. PubMed PMID: 25245300
• Fischer SM, Cervantes L, Fink RM, Kutner JS. Apoyo con Cariño: a pilot randomized controlled trial of a patient navigator intervention to improve palliative care outcomes for Latinos with serious illness. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Apr;49(4):657-65. PubMed PMID: 25240788
• Jones J, Nowels C, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Shared decision making and the use of a patient decision aid in advanced serious illness: provider and patient perspectives. Health Expect. 2014 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25439268
• Caverly TJ, Prochazka AV, Combs BP, Lucas BP, Mueller SR, Kutner JS, Binswanger I, Fagerlin A, Matlock DD. Doctors and Numbers: An Assessment of the Critical Risk Interpretation Test. Med Decis Making. 2014 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25378297
• Levy MH, Smith T, Alvarez-Perez A, Back A, Baker JN, Block S, Codada SN, Dalal S, Dans M, Kutner JS, Kvale E, Misra S, Mitchell W, Sauer TM, Spiegel D, Sutton L, Taylor RM, Temel J, Tickoo R, Urba SG, Van Zyl C, Weinstein SM, Bergman MA, Scavone JL. Palliative care, Version 1.2014. Featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 Oct;12(10):1379-88. PubMed PMID: 25313178
• Fischer SM, Cervantes L, Fink RM, Kutner JS. Apoyo con Cariño: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Patient Navigator Intervention to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Latinos With Serious Illness. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25240788
• Kessler ER, Moss A, Eckhardt SG, Laudenslager ML, Kilbourn K, Mauss IB, Bowles DW, Hecker S, Fairclough DL, Kutner JS. Distress among caregivers of phase I trial participants: a cross-sectional study. Support Care Cancer. 2014 Dec;22(12):3331-40. PubMed PMID: 25120010
• Boersma I, Miyasaki J, Kutner J, Kluger B. Palliative care and neurology: time for a paradigm shift. Neurology. 2014 Aug 5;83(6):561-7. PubMed PMID: 24991027
• Abernethy AP, Capell WH, Aziz NM, Ritchie C, Prince-Paul M, Bennett RE, Kutner JS. Ethical conduct of palliative care research: enhancing communication between investigators and institutional review boards. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Dec;48(6):1211-21. PubMed PMID: 24879998
• Hanson LC, Bull J, Wessell K, Massie L, Bennett RE, Kutner JS, Aziz NM, Abernethy A. Strategies to support recruitment of patients with life-limiting illness for research: the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Dec;48(6):1021-30. PubMed PMID: 24863152
• Goldstein NE, Kalman J, Kutner JS, Fromme EK, Hutchinson MD, Lipman HI, Matlock DD, Swetz KM, Lampert R, Herasme O, Morrison RS. A study to improve communication between clinicians and patients with advanced heart failure: methods and challenges behind the working to improve discussions about defibrillator management trial. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Dec;48(6):1236-46. PubMed PMID: 24768595
• Caverly TJ, Prochazka AV, Binswanger IA, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Confusing Relative Risk with Absolute Risk Is Associated with More Enthusiastic Beliefs about the Value of Cancer Screening. Med Decis Making. 2014 Apr 14;34(5):686-692. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24732049
• Lindquist LA, Covinsky K, Langa KM, Petty BG, Williams BC, Kutner JS. Making general internal medicine research relevant to the older patient with multiple chronic comorbidities. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jun;29(6):915-9. PubMed PMID: 24557510
• Hutt E, Fink RM, Nelson-Marten P, Jones J, Kutner JS. Measuring pain perceptions and medication taking behavior at the end of life: a pilot study. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Nov;31(7):726-9. PubMed PMID: 24065272
• Matlock DD, Keech TA, McKenzie MB, Bronsert MR, Nowels CT, Kutner JS. Feasibility and acceptability of a decision aid designed for people facing advanced or terminal illness: a pilot randomized trial. Health Expect. 2014 Feb;17(1):49-59. PubMed PMID: 22032553

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Past President
• Society of General Internal Medicine, Past-President