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    David Y Hwang, MD, FAAN (Neurology), FCCM, FNCS

    Associate Professor Adjunct
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    Staff Neurointensivist, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit

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    Associate Professor Adjunct

    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.

    Appointments

    • Neurology

      Associate Professor Adjunct
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    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)

    Research

    Overview

    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

    Bioethics; End-of-life Care; Ethics; Cardiovascular Diseases; Health Care Management; Health Systems Reform; Mental Health

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of David Y Hwang's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      Society of Critical Care Medicine

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      American Stroke Association

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      Neurocritical Care Society

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      American Academy of Neurology

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      American Neurological Association

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