Susan W. Tolle, M.D.

  • Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, School of Medicine
  • Cornelia Hayes Stevens Chair, Academic Affairs
  • Center for Ethics in Health Care, School of Medicine

Education and training

  • Residency

    • Internal medicine-University of California, San Diego
  • Fellowship

    • Clinical medical ethics-University of Chicago, Chicago
  • Certifications

    • Internal medicine

Memberships and associations:

  • Internal medicine, 1980; medical ethics, 1989

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Effectiveness of Advance Care Planning

    The Journal of clinical ethics
    1. Susan W. Tolle
    2. Katrina Hedberg
  • Social Determinants of Health May Predict End of Life Portable Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Form Completion and Treatment Selections

    American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
    1. Ladawna Gievers
    2. Sheevaun Khaki
    3. Abby Dotson
    4. Zunqiu Chen
    5. Robert C. Macauley
    6. Susan Tolle
  • The Association of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment With Intensity of Treatment Among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department

    Annals of emergency medicine
    1. Kelly C. Vranas
    2. Amber L. Lin
    3. Dana Zive
    4. Susan W. Tolle
    5. Scott D. Halpern
    6. Christopher Slatore
    7. Craig Newgard
    8. Robert Y. Lee
    9. Erin K. Kross
    10. Donald R. Sullivan
  • Changes over Time in the Oregon Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Registry

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Dana M. Zive
    2. Valerie M. Jimenez
    3. Erik K. Fromme
    4. Susan W. Tolle
  • The Oncology Specialist’s Role in POLST Form Completion

    American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
    1. Austin J. Lammers
    2. Dana M. Zive
    3. Susan W. Tolle
    4. Erik K. Fromme
  • The Role of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in the Completion of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Sophia A. Hayes
    2. Dana Zive
    3. Betty Ferrell
    4. Susan W. Tolle
  • Implementation of a Novel Electronic Health Record-Embedded Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment System

    Journal of Medical Systems
    1. Dana Zive
    2. Jennifer Cook
    3. Charissa Yang
    4. David Sibell
    5. Susan W. Tolle
    6. Michael Lieberman
  • End-of-life advance directive

    New England Journal of Medicine
    1. Susan W. Tolle
    2. Anthony L. Back
    3. Diane E. Meier
  • Timing of POLST Form Completion by Cause of Death

    Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
    1. Dana M. Zive
    2. Erik K. Fromme
    3. Terri A. Schmidt
    4. Jennifer N.B. Cook
    5. Susan W. Tolle
  • Association between physician orders for life-sustaining treatment for scope of treatment and in-hospital death in Oregon

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    1. Erik K. Fromme
    2. Dana Zive
    3. Terri A. Schmidt
    4. Jennifer N.B. Cook
    5. Susan W. Tolle
  • Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    Resuscitation
    1. Terri A. Schmidt
    2. Dana Zive
    3. Erik K. Fromme
    4. Jennifer N.B. Cook
    5. Susan W. Tolle
  • The oregon physician orders for life-sustaining treatment registry

    Journal of Emergency Medicine
    1. Terri A. Schmidt
    2. Elizabeth A. Olszewski
    3. Dana Zive
    4. Erik K. Fromme
    5. Susan W. Tolle
  • POLST registry do-not-resuscitate orders and other patient treatment preferences

    JAMA
    1. Erik K. Fromme
    2. Dana Zive
    3. Terri A. Schmidt
    4. Elizabeth Olszewski
    5. Susan W. Tolle
  • Adverse experiences with implantable defibrillators in Oregon hospices

    American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
    1. Erik K. Fromme
    2. Tanya Stewart
    3. Margaret Jeppesen
    4. Susan W. Tolle
  • A comparison of methods to communicate treatment preferences in nursing facilities

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    1. Susan E. Hickman
    2. Christine A. Nelson
    3. Nancy A. Perrin
    4. Alvin H. Moss
    5. Bernard J. Hammes
    6. Susan W. Tolle
  • Incorporating routine survival prediction in a U.S. hospital-based palliative care service

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Erik K. Fromme
    2. Mary Denise Smith
    3. Paul B. Bascom
    4. Tawni Kenworthy-Heinige
    5. Karen S. Lyons
    6. Susan W. Tolle