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Adjunct rank detailsDavid Y Hwang, MD, FAAN (Neurology), FCCM, FNCS
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Staff Neurointensivist, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Biography
Dr. Hwang has been in the Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology at the Yale School of Medicine and a neurointensivist at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut since 2012. His academic interests include how clinicians prognosticate outcome for severe acute brain injury patients, how surrogate decision making in Neuro ICUs can be improved, and how families of ICU patients can be best supported. He is a past recipient of the American Brain Foundation Practice Research Training Fellowship, the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) Research Training Fellowship, the Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award at the International Stroke Conference, the First-Place Patient and Family Support Abstract Award at the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Critical Care Congress, and an Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the NCS Research Conference. He is a recent Chair of the American Academy of Neurology Critical Care and Emergency Neurology Section, a member of the NCS Board of Directors, and a recent Chair of the SCCM Patient and Family Support Committee.
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
Departments & Organizations
- Stroke Telemedicine Program
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Clinical and Research Fellow
- Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2012)
- Chief Resident
- Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2010)
- Resident
- Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2009)
- Intern
- Massachusetts General Hospital (2007)
- MD
- Harvard Medical School (2006)
- BS
- Emory University (2001)
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Medical Research Interests
Attitude to Death; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Critical Care; Critical Illness; Decision Making; Decision Support Techniques; Education, Medical; Family; Intensive Care Units; Neurology; Nursing Research; Palliative Care; Palliative Medicine; Patient Satisfaction; Prognosis; Sociology, Medical; Stroke
Public Health Interests
Cardiovascular Diseases; Bioethics; End-of-life Care; Ethics; Health Care Management; Health Systems Reform; Mental Health
ORCID
0000-0002-2150-4289
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Guido J. Falcone, MD, ScD, MPH
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Emily J. Gilmore, MD, FNCS, FACNS
Nils Petersen, MD, PhD, MSc
Rachel Beekman, MD
76Publications
1,096Citations
Intensive Care Units
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Family
Decision Making
Prognosis
Critical Illness
Publications
2025
Proceedings of the First Neuropalliative Care Research Summit (NeuroCARES)
Creutzfeldt C, Bogetz J, Candrian C, Colborn K, Crooms R, Fehnel C, Fleisher J, Hasnain-Wynia R, Hopfgarten M, Hwang D, Kluger B, Leeper H, Lemmon M, Muehlschlegel S, Ritchie C, Saadi A, Sumrall M, Treat L, Vranceanu A, Zahuranec D. Proceedings of the First Neuropalliative Care Research Summit (NeuroCARES). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2025 PMID: 40876664, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.08.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsNeuropalliative careResearch SummitCare partner involvementCommunity advisory boardU.S. healthcare systemQuality of lifeNational InstituteNational Institute of Neurological DisordersCare partnersCare deliveryCare-partnersHealthcare inequalitiesCare researchIntervention developmentPartner involvementBiopsychosocial approachComplex needsCare investigatorsFamily advocatesHealthcare systemCareMethodological rigorAdvisory BoardCare SocietyMentoring workshopsCharacterizing Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Caregivers of Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury by Level of Distress
Meurer K, Presciutti A, Bannon S, Kubota R, Baskaran N, Kim J, Zhang Q, Reichman M, Fishbein N, Lichstein K, Motta M, Muehlschlegel S, Reznik M, Jaffa M, Creutzfeldt C, Fehnel C, Tomlinson A, Williamson C, Vranceanu A, Hwang D. Characterizing Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Caregivers of Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury by Level of Distress. Neurocritical Care 2025, 1-10. PMID: 40481284, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-025-02294-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCaregivers of patientsLevels of distressSevere acute brain injuryIntensive care unit dischargeCoping strategiesEmotional distressDistress levelsHigh distressHospital Anxiety and Depression Scale subscalesBackgroundFamily caregivers of patientsFamily caregivers of patientsHospital Anxiety and Depression ScaleAnxiety and Depression ScaleLevels of emotional distressSelf-care strategiesLong-term caregiversReducing emotional distressHealth care systemChronic emotional distressTime points of assessmentBackgroundFamily caregiversFamily caregiversDepression ScaleConclusionsPsychosocial interventionsConceptual content analysisOrgan Procurement Organization Approach of ICU Families in Person Versus by Phone for Donation Authorization
Zhang Q, McKown B, Lau W, Strohm T, Paolillo L, Glazier A, Stinebring J, Hwang D. Organ Procurement Organization Approach of ICU Families in Person Versus by Phone for Donation Authorization. Critical Care Explorations 2025, 7: e1277. PMID: 40505005, PMCID: PMC12160739, DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsSupporting Families of Patients in Neuroscience Intensive Care Units
Huang A, Hwang D. Supporting Families of Patients in Neuroscience Intensive Care Units. 2025, 243-253. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-83786-9_17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResearch Priorities in Neuropalliative Care
Lau W, Fehnel C, Macchi Z, Mehta A, Auffret M, Bogetz J, Fleisher J, Graber J, Leeper H, Manglani-Terranova H, Muehlschlegel S, Mroz E, Pedowitz E, Ramanathan U, Sarmet M, Shlobin N, Sokol L, Weeks S, Xu J, Medsger H, Creutzfeldt C, Vranceanu A, Zahuranec D, Hwang D. Research Priorities in Neuropalliative Care. JAMA Neurology 2025, 82: 295-302. PMID: 39899319, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.4932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNeuropalliative careCare partnersIntegration of palliative careSpecialty palliative care servicesGoal-concordant carePalliative care servicesInterdisciplinary panel of expertsArea of practiceImprove quality of lifeQuality of lifePalliative careCare interventionsCare servicesPanel of expertsDelivery modelsPriority research areasCareInterdisciplinary panelImprove qualityCare SocietyResearch prioritiesResearch funding mechanismsResearch CommitteeSpecialized communicationNeurological diseasesPsychosocial Support Needs and Preferences Among Family Caregivers of ICU Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis
Hwang D, Reichman M, Bannon S, Meurer K, Kubota R, Kim J, Baskaran N, Zhang Q, Fishbein N, Lichstein K, Presciutti A, Woodworth E, Motta M, Muehlschlegel S, Reznik M, Jaffa M, Creutzfeldt C, Fehnel C, Tomlinson A, Williamson C, Vranceanu A. Psychosocial Support Needs and Preferences Among Family Caregivers of ICU Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. Neurocritical Care 2025, 43: 223-231. PMID: 39821565, PMCID: PMC12451860, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-024-02202-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCaregivers of patientsPsychosocial support servicesSevere acute brain injuryNeuroscience intensive care unitFamily caregiversIntensive care unitSupport servicesFamily caregivers of ICU patientsEmotional distressBackgroundFamily caregivers of patientsFamily caregivers of patientsICU admissionPsychosocial support needsIncreased caregiver burdenPatient care teamAdaptation of interventionsQualitative thematic analysisChronic emotional distressLongitudinal qualitative studyAnalyzed qualitative dataTime of ICU dischargeBehavioral coping skillsBackgroundFamily caregiversCaregiver burdenNursing staff
2024
Challenges with Formulating Accurate Prognosis for Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury
Carhuapoma L, Hwang D. Challenges with Formulating Accurate Prognosis for Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury. Neurocritical Care 2024, 42: 772-779. PMID: 39627563, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-024-02170-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsSevere acute brain injuryAcute brain injuryBrain injurySelf-Fulfilling ProphecyClinical grading scaleCritically ill patientsEarly withdrawalPrognostic outcomesGrading scaleIll patientsPatientsAccurate prognosisHigher mortalityPredicting OutcomeLack of complete dataWithdrawal of life-sustaining treatmentComplete dataOutcomesPrognosticationInjuryLife-sustaining treatmentCorrection: Common Data Elements for Disorders of Consciousness: Recommendations from the Working Group on Goals-of-Care and Family/Surrogate Decision-Maker Data
Jaffa M, Kirsch H, Creutzfeldt C, Guanci M, Hwang D, LeTavec D, Mahanes D, Natarajan G, Steinberg A, Zahuranec D, Muehlschlegel S. Correction: Common Data Elements for Disorders of Consciousness: Recommendations from the Working Group on Goals-of-Care and Family/Surrogate Decision-Maker Data. Neurocritical Care 2024, 42: 1130-1131. PMID: 39407076, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-024-02098-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGuidelines for Neuroprognostication in Critically Ill Adults with Moderate–Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Muehlschlegel S, Rajajee V, Wartenberg K, Alexander S, Busl K, Creutzfeldt C, Fontaine G, Hocker S, Hwang D, Kim K, Madzar D, Mahanes D, Mainali S, Meixensberger J, Sakowitz O, Varelas P, Weimar C, Westermaier T. Guidelines for Neuroprognostication in Critically Ill Adults with Moderate–Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocritical Care 2024, 40: 448-476. PMID: 38366277, PMCID: PMC10959796, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01902-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsTraumatic brain injuryBrain injuryFunctional outcomesSurrogate decision-makersSurrogates of patientsSystematic narrative reviewIMPACT lab modelQuality of evidenceClinical variablesDesirability of outcomesClinically relevant predictorsCritically Ill AdultsRecommendations AssessmentComfort measuresIn-Hospital MortalityConclusionsThese guidelinesMsTBIEligibility criteriaPoor outcomeIll adultsPatient triagePractice recommendationsIndividual predictorsInternational Mission for PrognosisNarrative review
2023
Guidelines for neuroprognostication in adults with traumatic spinal cord injury
Mahanes D, Muehlschlegel S, Wartenberg K, Rajajee V, Alexander S, Busl K, Creutzfeldt C, Fontaine G, Hocker S, Hwang D, Kim K, Madzar D, Mainali S, Meixensberger J, Varelas P, Weimar C, Westermaier T, Sakowitz O. Guidelines for neuroprognostication in adults with traumatic spinal cord injury. Neurocritical Care 2023, 40: 415-437. PMID: 37957419, PMCID: PMC10959804, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01845-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsSpinal cord injuryTraumatic spinal cord injuryCord injuryFunctional outcomeRecommendations AssessmentIndependent ambulationClinical variablesAmerican Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) grade conversionBest practice recommendationsPractice recommendationsReliable predictorCandidate clinical variablesPatient-centered prioritiesClinical prediction ruleQuality of evidenceLow-quality studiesGuideline development processAbility of cliniciansSeverity of injuryLong-term qualityFull-text reviewMagnetic resonance imagingTime of assessmentNarrative systematic reviewConclusionsThese guidelines
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activity Society of Critical Care Medicine
2012 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMemberactivity American Stroke Association
08/20/2012 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMemberactivity Neurocritical Care Society
07/01/2011 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMemberactivity American Academy of Neurology
07/01/2007 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMemberactivity American Neurological Association
07/01/2014 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMember
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honor Yale-New Haven Hospital Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Recognized With National Family-Centered Care Award
01/23/2017National AwardSociety of Critical Care MedicineDetailsUnited States
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