Marcos L Montagnini
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About
Dr. Montagnini is the director of the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System Palliative Care Program. He also developed and directs the University of Michigan Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship program which was accredited in 2008. Dr. Montagnini oversees palliative care program development for the VA Integrated Service Network (VISN)11, which includes eight hospitals in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. He belongs to several professional organizations, and leads regional and national geriatrics and palliative care committees. He has authored several publications in palliative care and has presented his work nationally and internationally. His academic interests include hospice and palliative medicine education, rehabilitation in palliative care, palliative care program development and palliative care applied to geriatric populations.
Clinical Interests: Geriatrics pain management, rehabilitation and palliative medicine
Qualifications
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ResidencyIrmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Internal Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
Residency
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ResidencyHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Internal Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
Residency
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ResidencyHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation, São Paulo, Brazil
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ResidencyBoston Medical Center, VA- Internal Medicine, Boston, United States
Residency
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FellowshipUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, United States
Clinical Fellowship
Center Memberships
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Center MemberGlobal REACH
Research Overview
Utilization of hospice and palliative care among geriatric patients, medical education and home care
Recent Publications
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Dewar S, Denny R, Kumar N, Kabeto M, Montagnini M. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2023 Nov 6;Journal ArticleEnd-of-life Care for Hospitalized Patients with Severe Obesity
DOI:10.1177/10966218251409804 -
Bravata DM, Schubert CC, Kilbourne AM, Hartronft SR, Schwartzkopf AL, Myers JL, Flanagan ME, Donnelly CE, Taylor SE, Reeves MJ, Perkins AJ, Myers LE, Roy I, Burke RE, Beard RA, Montagnini M, Jindal SK, Arling G, Madrigal C, Rattray NA. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2025 Jan 1;Journal ArticleLeading Learning Health Systems: Strategies Used to Establish and Conduct a Learning Health System
DOI:10.1007/s11606-025-09849-0 PMID: 40999263 -
Ziegler KM, Connolly RT, Benavides E. Journal of the American Dental Association, 2024 Aug 1; 155 (8): 644Journal ArticleAuthors’ Response
DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2024.06.010 PMID: 38944800 -
Montagnini M, Wilson CM. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2024 Jan 1; 5:Journal ArticleEditorial: Rehabilitation within the context of palliative care
DOI:10.3389/fresc.2024.1490057 -
Ayres DVM, Uchiyama SST, Prates AO, Lopes RAF, Silva ABS, Tsukimoto DR, Amorim RA, Ribeiro TS, Santos ACA, Sugawara AT, Montagnini M, Battistella LR, Imamura M. Frontiers in Medicine, 2024 Jan 1; 11:Journal ArticleThe Knee-SCHOOL: a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for knee osteoarthritis
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2024.1497774 -
Koets V, Montagnini M. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2023 Jun 1; 40 (6): 597 - 600.Journal ArticleAcute Myeloid Leukemia: Challenges in Delivering End-of-Life Care
DOI:10.1177/10499091221124110 PMID: 36036374 -
Foulk M, Montagnini M, Fitzgerald J, Ingersoll-Dayton B. Clinical Gerontologist, 2023 Jan 1;Journal ArticleMindfulness-Based Group Therapy for Chronic Pain Management in Older Adults
DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2229307 -
Montagnini M, Smith HM, Price DM, Strodtman L, Ghosh B. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2021 Dec 1; 38 (12): 1426 - 1432.Journal ArticleAn Instrument to Assess Self-Perceived Competencies in End-of-Life Care for Health Care Professionals: The End-of-Life Care Questionnaire
DOI:10.1177/10499091211005735 PMID: 33787330