Robert M. Arnold

Division of General Internal Medicine

Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics

Montefiore University Hospital, USA

Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1983 Ph.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Medicine

1983 B.A., University of Missouri, Biology and Philosophy

Publications (Selected)

1. Ma, J. E., Piscitello, G., Schell, J., Lyons, K., Arnold, R. M., Eckert, E., & Casarett, D. (2026). Core Elements of Goals of Care Initiatives Across Eight Health Systems. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
2. Piscitello, G. M., Ellis, R., Arnold, R. M., & Schell, J. (2026). The association of goals of care note content with patient care plan decisions. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
3. Piscitello, G. M., Garcia-Fuentes, E., Arnold, R. M., Schell, J., & Hauschildt, K. E. (2025). Assessing Perceptions of Positive and Negative Content within Goals of Care Notes. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 70(5), 503-513.
4. Piscitello, G. M., Arnold, R. M., & Schell, J. (2025). Cost-related outcomes associated with documented goals of care conversations. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
5. Moody, K. M., Andersen, C. R., Arnold, R. M., Bradley, J., Carter, A., Draper, L., & Hendricks-Ferguson, V. L. (2025). In-person and virtual adaptation of an interprofessional palliative care communications skills training course for pediatric oncology clinicians. Advances in cancer education and quality improvement, 1(1), 10-52519.
6. Schwarze, M. L., Arnold, R. M., Clapp, J. T., & Kruser, J. M. (2024). Better conversations for better informed consent: talking with surgical patients. Hastings Center Report, 54(3), 11-14.
7. Schenker, Y., Abdullah, S., Arnold, R., & Schmitz, K. H. (2024). Conversational agents in palliative care: potential benefits, risks, and next steps. Journal of palliative medicine, 27(3), 296-300.
8. Loučka, M., Althouse, A. D., Arnold, R. M., Smith, T. J., Smith, K. J., White, D. B., & Schenker, Y. (2024). Hope and illness expectations: A cross-sectional study in patients with advanced cancer. Palliative medicine, 38(1), 131-139.
9. Schell, J. O., Schenker, Y., Piscitello, G., Belin, S. C., Chiu, E. J., Zapf, R. L., & Arnold, R. M. (2023). Implementing a serious illness risk prediction model: impact on goals of care documentation. Journal of pain and symptom management, 66(6), 603-610.
10. Zaza, S. I., Arnold, R. M., & Schwarze, M. L. (2023). Innovations in surgical communication 4—present the downsides of surgery, not just risks. JAMA surgery, 158(10), 998-1000.
11. Lincoln, T. E., Buddadhumaruk, P., Arnold, R. M., Scheunemann, L. P., Ernecoff, N. C., Chang, C. C. H., & White, D. B. (2023). Association between shared decision-making during family meetings and surrogates’ trust in their ICU physician. Chest, 163(5), 1214-1224.
12. Cohen, M. G., Althouse, A. D., Arnold, R. M., White, D., Chu, E., Rosenzweig, M., & Schenker, Y. (2023). Primary palliative care improves uptake of advance care planning among patients with advanced cancers. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 21(4), 383-390.
13. Kavalieratos, D., Harinstein, M. E., Rose, B., Lowers, J., Hoydich, Z. P., Bekelman, D. B., & Arnold, R. M. (2022). Primary palliative care for heart failure provided within ambulatory cardiology: a randomized pilot trial. Heart & Lung, 56, 125-132.
14. Fitzgerald Jones, K., Khodyakov, D., Arnold, R., Bulls, H., Dao, E., Kapo, J., & Merlin, J. (2022). Consensus-based guidance on opioid management in individuals with advanced cancer-related pain and opioid misuse or use disorder. JAMA oncology, 8(8), 1107-1114.
15. Zimmermann, C. J., Taylor, L. J., Tucholka, J. L., Buffington, A., Brasel, K., Arnold, R., & Schwarze, M. L. (2022). The association between factors promoting Nonbeneficial surgery and moral distress: a national survey of surgeons. Annals of surgery, 276(1), 94-100.
16. Schenker, Y., Althouse, A. D., Rosenzweig, M., White, D. B., Chu, E., Smith, K. J., & Arnold, R. M. (2021). Effect of an oncology nurse–led primary palliative care intervention on patients with advanced cancer: the CONNECT cluster randomized clinical trial. JAMA internal medicine, 181(11), 1451-1460.
17. Morrison, R. S., Meier, D. E., & Arnold, R. M. (2021). What’s wrong with advance care planning?. Jama, 326(16), 1575-1576.
18. Witteman, H. O., Ndjaboue, R., Vaisson, G., Dansokho, S. C., Arnold, B., Bridges, J. F., & Jansen, J. (2021). Clarifying values: an updated and expanded systematic review and meta-analysis. Medical Decision Making, 41(7), 801-820.
19. Thomas, T., Althouse, A., Sigler, L., Arnold, R., Chu, E., White, D. B., & Schenker, Y. (2021). Stronger therapeutic alliance is associated with better quality of life among patients with advanced cancer. Psycho‐Oncology, 30(7), 1086-1094.
20. Merlin, J. S., Young, S. R., Arnold, R., Bulls, H. W., Childers, J., Gauthier, L., & Liebschutz, J. M. (2020). Managing opioids, including misuse and addiction, in patients with serious illness in ambulatory palliative care: a qualitative study. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 37(7), 507-513.
21. Walter, J. K., Arnold, R. M., Curley, M. A., & Feudtner, C. (2019). Teamwork when conducting family meetings: concepts, terminology, and the importance of team-team practices. Journal of pain and symptom management, 58(2), 336-343.
22. Chang, J. C., Tarr, J. A., Holland, C. L., De Genna, N. M., Richardson, G. A., Rodriguez, K. L., & Arnold, R. M. (2019). Beliefs and attitudes regarding prenatal marijuana use: perspectives of pregnant women who report use. Drug and alcohol dependence, 196, 14-20.

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WoS Researcher ID: LHL-3118-2024