Joseph Fins, MD, MACP, FRCP
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2024
Awakenings of the Mind: An Interview with Joseph Fins
Fins J, Mukherjee P, Yuh E. Awakenings of the Mind: An Interview with Joseph Fins. 2024, 00 DOI: 10.1089/ains.2024.0004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIs Medical Assistance in Dying Part of Palliative Care?
Chochinov H, Fins J. Is Medical Assistance in Dying Part of Palliative Care? JAMA 2024, 332: 1137-1138. PMID: 39259560, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.12088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEchoes of Concern—AI and Moral Agency in Medicine
Hull S, Fins J. Echoes of Concern—AI and Moral Agency in Medicine. JAMA Cardiology 2024, 9 PMID: 39221501, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness
Bodien Y, Allanson J, Cardone P, Bonhomme A, Carmona J, Chatelle C, Chennu S, Conte M, Dehaene S, Finoia P, Heinonen G, Hersh J, Kamau E, Lawrence P, Lupson V, Meydan A, Rohaut B, Sanders W, Sitt J, Soddu A, Valente M, Velazquez A, Voss H, Vrosgou A, Claassen J, Edlow B, Fins J, Gosseries O, Laureys S, Menon D, Naccache L, Owen A, Pickard J, Stamatakis E, Thibaut A, Victor J, Giacino J, Bagiella E, Schiff N. Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness. New England Journal Of Medicine 2024, 391: 598-608. PMID: 39141852, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2400645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingTask-based fMRICognitive motor dissociationDisorders of consciousnessComa Recovery Scale-RevisedCognitive tasksMotor dissociationObserved responseBrain injuryVerbal commandsBrain traumaScale-RevisedMagnetic resonance imagingDisordersBrainParticipantsEtiological factorsAssociated with younger ageElectroencephalographyCohort of personsResonance imagingProspective cohort studyTaskElectroencephalography dataMedian ageNeuroethics, Covert Consciousness, and Disability Rights: What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Meets Cognitive Motor Dissociation?
Fins J, Shulman K. Neuroethics, Covert Consciousness, and Disability Rights: What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Meets Cognitive Motor Dissociation? Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2024, 36: 1667-1674. PMID: 38579252, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive motor dissociationCovert consciousnessBrain injuryRight-to-die movementOvert behaviorEEG studiesCognitive activityMotor dissociationSevere brain injuryNormative challengesModes of assessmentDisability biasClinical practiceNormative reasonsGenerate speechEthical challengesArtificial intelligenceAlphabet soupAnticipatory governanceTranslational researchWhat Happens After a Neural Implant Study? Neuroethics Expert Workshop on Post-Trial Obligations
Dasgupta I, Klein E, Cabrera L, Chiong W, Feinsinger A, Fins J, Haeusermann T, Hendriks S, Lázaro-Muñoz G, Kubu C, Mayberg H, Ramos K, Roskies A, Sankary L, Walton A, Widge A, Goering S. What Happens After a Neural Implant Study? Neuroethics Expert Workshop on Post-Trial Obligations. Neuroethics 2024, 17: 22. DOI: 10.1007/s12152-024-09549-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain injury, medical progress, and the disability paradox: Towards an Americans with Abilities Act
Fins J, Shulman K, Wright M, Shapiro Z. Brain injury, medical progress, and the disability paradox: Towards an Americans with Abilities Act. Neurorehabilitation 2024, 54: 141-147. PMID: 38217618, DOI: 10.3233/nre-230118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisability lawLegal protection of patientsInterface of medicineProtection of patientsAmerican jurisprudenceConstitutional protectionLegal protectionLawConstitutive elementsNewfound abilityMedical progressProtectionJurisprudenceLegislationBrain injuryAmericanModerate to severe brain injuryDisabilityParadoxBrain injury professionalsProfessionalsADASevere brain injuryBrainIdentity Theft, Deep Brain Stimulation, and the Primacy of Post‐trial Obligations
Fins J, Merner A, Wright M, Lázaro-Muñoz G. Identity Theft, Deep Brain Stimulation, and the Primacy of Post‐trial Obligations. The Hastings Center Report 2024, 54: 34-41. PMID: 38390681, PMCID: PMC11022755, DOI: 10.1002/hast.1567.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
The Scholarly and Pedagogical Benefits of the Legal Laboratory: Lessons from the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury at Yale Law School.
Shapiro Z, Deb C, Lawrence C, Golden A, Wright M, Kraschel K, Fins J. The Scholarly and Pedagogical Benefits of the Legal Laboratory: Lessons from the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury at Yale Law School. The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2023, 51: 672-683. PMID: 38088597, DOI: 10.1017/jme.2023.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThalamic deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury: a phase 1, randomized feasibility study
Schiff N, Giacino J, Butson C, Choi E, Baker J, O’Sullivan K, Janson A, Bergin M, Bronte-Stewart H, Chua J, DeGeorge L, Dikmen S, Fogarty A, Gerber L, Krel M, Maldonado J, Radovan M, Shah S, Su J, Temkin N, Tourdias T, Victor J, Waters A, Kolakowsky-Hayner S, Fins J, Machado A, Rutt B, Henderson J. Thalamic deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury: a phase 1, randomized feasibility study. Nature Medicine 2023, 29: 3162-3174. PMID: 38049620, PMCID: PMC11087147, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02638-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraumatic brain injuryDeep brain stimulationExecutive controlProcessing speedBrain stimulationImprove executive controlCentral lateral (CL) nucleusTrail-Making TestChronic phase of recoveryBrain injuryYears post-injuryFrontostriatal networkEfficacy of deep brain stimulationExecutive functionConverging evidenceLimit quality of lifeEfficacy measuresMsTBIPhase of recoveryPost-injuryRandomized feasibility studyThalamic deep brain stimulationQuality of lifeParticipantsProtocol non-compliance