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Isaac Chua, M.D.

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Biography
education and training
Rice University, Houston, TXBA05/2005Music
McGovern Medical School at UT Health, Houston, TXMD05/2010
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH06/2013Residency in Internal Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA06/2017Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MAMPH05/2019Clinical Effectiveness
CRICO / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA06/2019Fellowship in Patient Safety and Quality
awards and honors
2013
Excellence in Teaching Award - Department of Medicine
2022
AAHPM Research Scholar
2023
AGING Initiative Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs) Scholar

Overview
overview
Dr. Isaac Chua is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a palliative care physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. His research focuses on improving care for seriously ill patients with concurrent substance use disorder, evaluating and implementing digital health applications (i.e., telehealth and artificial intelligence) to improve palliative care delivery, and developing novel quality measures in palliative care. He recently received a mentored patient-oriented research career development award (K23) from the National Institute on Aging to develop a patient-reported experience measure that measures goal-concordant care among seriously ill older adults with multimorbidity.

Research
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  1. 1K23AG075250-01 (Isaac Chua) Jun 1, 2022 - May 31, 2027
    NIH/NIA
    A Novel Method for Measuring Goal-Concordant Care in Seriously Ill Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. (Athena Petrides) Dec 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020
    Brigham and Women's Hospital / McGraw Family Opioid Innovator Grant
    DigiToxRx: Treating Pain is No Longer Painful
    Role: Co-Investigator
  3. (Isaac Chua) Oct 10, 2017 - Mar 31, 2019
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Friends of Dana-Farber
    Palliative Telemedicine for Women's Cancer Patients at Dana-Farber
    Role: Principal Investigator

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