Abraham Nussbaum, MD

Professional Titles

• Senior Medical Director of Humanities and Bioethics

Research Interests

Publications

• Eberly JB, Kinghorn W, Lysaught MT, Nussbaum AM, Curlin F, Davis JE, Johnson DB, Matous M, McCarty B, Michel A, Tu J, Chisolm MS. "We Can Run but We Can't Hide": Applying the Perspectives Model to What Ails Medicine. Perspect Biol Med. 2026;69(3):367-382. PubMed PMID: 42831311
• Haber LA, Nussbaum AM. Integrating Surgical Faculty Into Medical Student Coaching: Barriers and Opportunities. J Surg Educ. 2026 Nov 4;83(12):104228. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 42981795
• Eberly JB Jr, Curlin F, Kinghorn W, Frush BW, Antiel RM, Dugdale LS, Hardt J, Kornu K, Michel A, Moyse A, Nussbaum AM, Pickell T, Stonerook E, McCarty B. The Healer's Heartache: Reforming Medicine from the Rough Ground. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 42834284
• Eberly JB, Kinghorn W, Lysaught MT, Nussbaum AM, Curlin F, Davis JE, Johnson DB, Matous M, McCarty B, Michel A, Tu J, Chisolm MS. "We Can Run but We Can't Hide": Applying the Perspectives Model to What Ails Medicine. Perspect Biol Med. 2026;69(3):367-382. PubMed PMID: 42831311
• Nussbaum AM. Courting Inspiration: How the Health Humanities Can Pattern the Imagination of Physicians to Resolve Medicine's Epistemic Crisis. J Med Humanit. 2026 May 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 42159969
• Nussbaum AM: Teaching Medicine for the Joy of Mullah. Virtues and Vocations, Spring 2026: 92-103 https://socialconcerns.nd.edu/research/virtues/magazine-home-spring-2026/teaching-medicine/
• Hilt R, Nussbaum AM: DSM-5-TR Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing 2025 ISBN: 9781615365462 NLM ID: TBD
• Nussbaum AM: Review of Sant’Egidio’s Dream: How a Catholic People’s Movement Is Meeting the Challenge of AIDS in Africa and Shaping the Future of Global Health. Journal of Moral Theology 14(2): 179-81, 2025
• Nussbaum AM: What Singing for Blood Taught Me. Health Progress, Spring 2025: 11-16
• Nussbaum AM: Sharon Leaves the House. Plough, Summer 2025: 26-31.
• Nussbaum AM: Bagels, Cream Cheese, and Xanax. CLOSLER, August 5, 2025
• Zha J, Fung P, Portillo S, Fish L, Karra L, Mondie W-S, Beitscher A, Bull L, Nussbaum AM: Untapped Workforce – Preparing Immigrant Physicians for Primary Care Residency. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah 2025
• Drumright B, Sacro Y, Nussbaum A. Enriching Spiritual Care in Medical Residents Through Cultural Humility and Courage. MedEdPORTAL. 2024;20:11423. PubMed PMID: 39070542
• Nussbaum AM: Progress Notes: One Year In The Future of Medicine. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 2024 ISBN: 9781421448947 NLM ID: 9918646388306676.
• Hilt R, Nussbaum AM: DSM-5-TR Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing 2024 ISBN: 9781615365462
• Nussbaum AM: Why do we burn out new physicians? Plough, February 2, 2024 https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/work/why-do-we-burn-out-new-physicians
• Nussbaum AM: Taylor Swift on the psych ward. CLOSLER, March 29, 2024 https://closler.org/passion-in-the-medical-profession/taylor-swift-on-the-psych-ward
• Nussbaum AM: Playlists for Practitioners. Virtues and Vocations, Spring 2024: 72-73
• Nussbaum AM: The kids aren’t all aright? Plough, June 25, 2024 https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/technology/the-kids-arent-alright
• Nussbaum AM: Takeaways from the book ‘Progress Notes’. CLOSLER, July 10 , 2024 https://closler.org/lifelong-learning-in-clinical-excellence/takeaways-from-the-book-progress-notes
• Nussbaum AM: How the restaurant drama ‘The Bear’ mirrors working in a hospital. Stat, August 6, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/06/restaurant-drama-the-bear-mirrors-working-in-a-hospital/
• Nussbaum AM: Medical training doesn’t have to be a bear. The Boston Globe, August 9, 2024 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/09/opinion/medical-training-abuse-the-bear/
• Nussbaum AM: The Two Josh Problem. Virtues and Vocations, Fall 2024: 94-101
• Nussbaum AM: Should ER Doctors Treat Bodies or Peoples?. Plough, October 30, 2024 https://www.plough.com/en/topics/community/education/should-er-doctors-treat-bodies-or-people
• Buchanan J, Meadows S, Whitehead J, Sungar W, Angerhofer C, Nussbaum AM, Blok B, Guth T, Bakes K, Millner M, Salazar L, Stephens M, Kaplan B. Implementation of Dedicated Social Worker Coaching for Emergency Medicine Residents—Lessons Learned. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2023 May 17;4(3):e12971. doi:10.1002/emp2.12971. PMCID: PMC10192721.
• Buchanan JA, Meadows S, Whitehead J, Sungar WG, Angerhofer C, Nussbaum A, Blok B, Guth T, Bakes K, Millner M, Salazar L, Stephens M, Kaplan B. Implementation of dedicated social worker coaching for emergency medicine residents - Lessons learned. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2023 Jun;4(3):e12971. PubMed PMID: 37215312
• Nussbaum AM. Foreword. In: Understanding Mental Disorders: Your Guide to DSM-5. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2023: vii-x.
• Nussbaum AM. The Wayback Machine. Perspect Biol Med. 2022;65(3):484-498. PubMed PMID: 36093779
• Nussbaum AM, Allen M. Health Equity Is No Spectator Sport: The Radical Rooting of a Post-Pandemic Bioethics. Perspect Biol Med. 2022;65(4):586-595. PubMed PMID: 36468386
• Buchanan J, Meadows S, Whitehead J, Sungar W, Angerhofer C, Nussbaum AM, Blok B, Guth T, Bakes K, Millner M, Salazar L, Stephens M, Kaplan B. Implementation of a Dedicated Social Worker/Coach for Emergency Medicine (EM) Residents. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 23(4.1).
• Nussbaum AM: The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Exam. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing 2022 NLM ID: 9918250630306676
• Nussbaum AM. Foreword. In: Thant T, Riggs P, editors. Cannabis in psychiatric practice: a practical guide. Psychiatry Update. Switzerland: Springer; 2022.
• Winston HR, Nussbaum AM: Anxiety disorders and sleep. In: Kushida, ed. The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 2nd ed. Waltham, MA: Academic Press 2022
• Nussbaum AM: I’m a doctor and I don’t my student debt forgiven. Times Higher Education, 2518: 24-25, September 29, 2022
• Kinghorn WA, Nussbaum AM: Prescribing Together: A Relational Guide to Psychopharmacology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing 2021 NLM ID: 101776817
• Gonzalo JD, Dekhtyar M, Caverzagie KJ, Grant BK, Herrine SK, Nussbaum AM, Tad-Y D, White E, Wolpaw DR. The triple helix of clinical, research, and education missions in academic health centers: A qualitative study of diverse stakeholder perspectives. Learn Health Syst. 2021 Oct;5(4):e10250. PubMed PMID: 34667874
• Conklin M, Nussbaum AM. Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression in Patient With Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulator. J ECT. 2021 Jun 1;37(2):e22-e23. PubMed PMID: 34029307
• Williams JTB, Miller A, Nussbaum AM. Combating Contagion and Injustice: The Shared Work for Public Health and Faith Communities During COVID-19. J Relig Health. 2021 Jun;60(3):1436-1445. PubMed PMID: 33772686
• Nussbaum AM. Questionable Agreement: The Experience of Depression and DSM-5 Major Depressive Disorder Criteria. J Med Philos. 2020 Nov 30;45(6):623-643. PubMed PMID: 33206179
• Thant T, Nussbaum A. What You Need to Know About Cannabis: An Evidence-Based Crash Course for Mental Health Trainees. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 Jul 15;16:10923. PubMed PMID: 32704537
• Williams JTB, O'Leary ST, Nussbaum AM. Caring for the Vaccine-Hesitant Family: Evidence-Based Alternatives to Dismissal. J Pediatr. 2020 Sep;224:137-140. PubMed PMID: 32446723
• Nussbaum AM. Held Against Our Wills: Reimagining Involuntary Commitment. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 May;39(5):898-901. PubMed PMID: 32364875
• Nussbaum AM, Wynia MK. "When They Restrain You They Ignore You"-What We Should Learn From the People We Restrain in Emergency Departments. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jan 3;3(1):e1919582. PubMed PMID: 31977054
• Nussbaum AM. Questionable Agreement: The Experience of Depression and DSM-5 Major Depressive Disorder Criteria. J Med Philos. 2020 Nov 30;45(6):623-643. PubMed PMID: 33206179
• Thant T, Nussbaum A. What You Need to Know About Cannabis: An Evidence-Based Crash Course for Mental Health Trainees. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 Jul 15;16:10923. PubMed PMID: 32704537
• Williams JTB, O'Leary ST, Nussbaum AM. Caring for the Vaccine-Hesitant Family: Evidence-Based Alternatives to Dismissal. J Pediatr. 2020 Sep;224:137-140. PubMed PMID: 32446723
• Nussbaum AM. Held Against Our Wills: Reimagining Involuntary Commitment. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 May;39(5):898-901. PubMed PMID: 32364875
• Nussbaum AM, Wynia MK. "When They Restrain You They Ignore You"-What We Should Learn From the People We Restrain in Emergency Departments. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jan 3;3(1):e1919582. PubMed PMID: 31977054
• Gonzalo JD, Dekhtyar M, Caverzagie KJ, Grant BK, Herrine SK, Nussbaum AM, Tad-y D, White E, Wolpaw DR: The triple helix of clinical, research, and education missions in academic health centers: a qualitative study of diverse stakeholder perspectives. Learning Health Systems 2020 DOI: 10.1002.lrh2.102050
• Nussbaum AM: “Death is here, and I am thinking of an appendix!: on rereading ‘The death of Ivan Ilyich’. In Stagno SJ and Blackie M, eds. From Reading to Healing. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press 2019: 123-127, NLM: 101731971.
• Williams JTB, Nussbaum AM, O'Leary ST. Building Trust: Clergy and the Call to Eliminate Religious Exemptions. Pediatrics. 2019 Oct;144(4). PubMed PMID: 31501235
• Nussbaum AM, Miller BF: Let’s let Colorado be a leader be a leader for mental health. The Colorado Sun April 14, 2019 https://coloradosun.com/2019/04/14/mental-health-illness-jared-polis-opinion/
• Nussbaum AM. Alternatives to War Within Medicine: <i>From Conscientious Objection to Nonviolent Conflict About Contested Medical Practices</i>. Perspect Biol Med. 2019;62(3):434-451. PubMed PMID: 31495790
• Williams JTB, Nussbaum AM, O'Leary ST. What about clergy? A surprisingly absent "Cue to Action" in McCoy et al. (2018). Vaccine. 2019 Sep 10;37(38):5665-5666. PubMed PMID: 31455553
• Williams JTB, Nussbaum AM. Reverend Rowland Hill and a Role for Religious Leaders in Vaccine Promotion. Am J Public Health. 2019 May;109(5):697-698. PubMed PMID: 30896997
• DSM-5 pocket guide for elder mental health / Sophia Wang, Abraham M. Nussbaum. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101690366
• DSM-5 pocket guide for child and adolescent mental health / by Robert J. Hilt, Abraham M. Nussbaum. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101665958
• The finest traditions of my calling : one physician's search for the renewal of medicine / Abraham M. Nussbaum, M.D https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101695143
• Nussbaum AM, Thurstone C, McGarry L, Walker B, Sabel AL. Use and diversion of medical marijuana among adults admitted to inpatient psychiatry. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2014 Nov 6;:1-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25375878
• Nussbaum AM. "I am the Author and Must Take Full Responsibility": Abraham Verghese, Physicians as the Storytellers of the Body, and the Renewal of Medicine. J Med Humanit. 2014 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25301696
• Nussbaum AM. Medicine and the arts. White noise: [excerpt] by Don DeLillo. Commentary. Acad Med. 2014 Sep;89(9):1228-9. PubMed PMID: 25160835
• Rylander M, Valdez C, Nussbaum AM. Does the legalization of medical marijuana increase completed suicide?. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2014 Jul;40(4):269-73. PubMed PMID: 24949839
• The pocket guide to the DSM-5 diagnostic exam / Abraham M. Nussbaum. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101602178

Professional Memberships

• American Psychiatric Association, Distinguished Fellow
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Member

Practice Locations

• Denver Health Medical Center

• Center for Bioethics and Humanities

Specialty Information

• Psychiatry, Board Certification
• Teaching Scholars Program, Certificate (2011)
• Faculty Scholars Program, Certificate (2014)
• Leadership in Educational Administration Program, Certificate (2017)
• MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Fellowship, Specialized Training (2012)
• Lighthouse Book Project, Specialized Training (2026)