Dr. Piscitello is interested in research at the intersection of clinical medical ethics and palliative medicine, including clinician-patient communication, code status, moral distress, ECMO, and scarce resource allocation.
Education & Training
- BA, Northwestern University, 2011
- MD, University of Minnesota, 2015
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of Chicago, 2018
- Clinical Medical Ethics Fellowship, MacLean Center, University of Chicago, 2018
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2019
- MS, Rush University, 2022
Representative Publications
Piscitello GM, Tyker A, Schenker Y, Arnold RM, Siegler M, Parker WF. Disparities in unilateral Do Not Resuscitate Order use during teh COVID-19 pandemic. Crit Care Med. 2023.
Piscitello GM, Lamadrid VJ, Post Z, Kaur R, Gullczynski B, Baldeo R, Hudoba C, O'Mahony S, Chen E, Greenberg J. The effect of triggered palliative medicine consults on nurse moral distress in the medical intensive care unit. Am J Hosp Paliat Care. 2022; 39(9):1039-1045.
Piscitello GM, Siegler M, Parker WF. Ethics of extracorporeal membrane oxygentation under conventional and crisis standards of care. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2022; 33(1):13-22.
Piscitello GM, Kapania E, Kanelidis A, Siegler M, Parker W. The use of slow codes and medically futile codes in practice. J Pain Symptom Mange. 2021; 62(2):326-335.e5.
Piscitello GM, Kapania EM, Miller WD, Rojas JC, Siegler M, Parker WF. Variation in ventilator allocation guidelines by US state during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A systematic review. JAMA Network Open. 2020; 3(6):e2012606.
Research Interests
- Clinical medical ethics
- Clinician-patient communication
- End-of-life care
- Moral distress