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April Zehm MD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medicine
Division: Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Program: Palliative Care


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.

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Research Experience

  • Communication
  • Education, Medical
  • Palliative Care

    • Clinical Expertise

  • Cancer Pain
  • Education, Medical
  • Hospice Care
  • Palliative Care
  • Terminal Care

    • Publications (23)

  • You've Got A Friendtor in Me: Innovations in Peer Mentoring for Mid-Career Palliative Care Clinicians. (Zehm A, Lawton AJ, Rosenberg LB, Natarajan S, Daubman BR) Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2025 Mar 14:10499091251327378 PMID: 40083198 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105000435433 03/14/2025    
  • Making Every Minute Matter: Practical Strategies to Enhance High-Quality, Time-Efficient Hospice and Palliative Care Visits. (Lawton AJ, Daubman BR, Natarajan S, Zehm A, Rosenberg LB) J Palliat Med 2024 Dec;27(12):1578-1582 PMID: 39235346 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85203623854 09/05/2024    
  • Counseling Adult Patients and Caregivers on Nutrition During the Dying Process #470. (Tyler K, Glisch C, Pagan-Ferrer J, Zehm A) J Palliat Med 2024 Jan;27(1):128-129 PMID: 38194650 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85182088205 01/09/2024       1 Citation
  • A Call to Action: Using Curriculum Mapping at Four Medical Schools in Massachusetts to Advance Serious Illness Communication Training in Undergraduate Medical Education. (Reidy JA, Chan SH, Boelitz KM, Chavez M, Clark MA, Epstein SK, Gosline A, Healy R, Livne E, Peirce H, Schaefer KG, Streid J, Vesel T, Young ME, Zehm A, Garg PS) J Palliat Med 2024 Jan;27(1):39-46 PMID: 37976143 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179460021 11/17/2023       5 Citations
  • Improving Trainees' Confidence and Participation in Serious Illness Communication: Testing the Serious Illness Care Program With Early Learners. (Zehm A, Scott E, Schaefer KG, Nguyen PL, Jacobsen J) Acad Med 2022 Nov 01;97(11S):S150 PMID: 37838882 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85173329500 10/15/2023       1 Citation
  • Improving Trainees' Confidence and Participation in Serious Illness Communication: Testing the Serious Illness Care Program With Early Learners. (Zehm A, Scott E, Schaefer KG, Nguyen PL, Jacobsen J) Acad Med 2022 Nov 01;97(11S):S150 PMID: 37460496 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140856199 07/18/2023       1 Citation
  • The Tween Years: Thriving as a Mid-Career Academic Hospice and Palliative Medicine Clinician. (Daubman BR, Lawton AJ, Zehm A, Rosenberg LB, Natarajan S) J Palliat Med 2023 Mar;26(3):321-326 PMID: 36656161 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149378574 01/20/2023       2 Citations
  • Development of Objectives to Inform a National Standardized Primary Palliative Care Curriculum for Health Professions Students. (Zehm A, Smith S, Schaefer KG, Jonas D, Bullock K, Edwards RL, Reville B, Jaramillo C, Webb AC, Rydberg J, Merel SE) J Palliat Med 2023 Mar;26(3):406-410 PMID: 36608317 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149402417 01/07/2023    
  • Improving Trainees' Confidence and Participation in Serious Illness Communication: Testing the Serious Illness Care Program With Early Learners. (Zehm A, Scott E, Schaefer KG, Nguyen PL, Jacobsen J) Acad Med 2022 Nov 01;97(11S):S150 PMID: 36287680 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140856199 10/27/2022       1 Citation
  • Paving the way for universal medical student training in serious illness communication: the Massachusetts Medical Schools' Collaborative. (Reidy JA, Clark MA, Berman HA, Chan SH, Gawande AA, Streid J, Vesel T, Young ME, Zehm A, Schaefer KG) BMC Med Educ 2022 Sep 01;22(1):654 PMID: 36050708 PMCID: PMC9438111 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85137097517 09/02/2022       9 Citations
  • Opioid and Non-opioid Therapies in Palliative Care (Wooldridge A, Tillman SD, Zehm A) Hospitalized Chronic Pain Patient A Multidisciplinary Treatment Guide 1 January 2022:229-233 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164857769 01/01/2022    
  • Case 7: A Cancer Pain Crisis (Zehm A, Kamdar MM) Hospitalized Chronic Pain Patient A Multidisciplinary Treatment Guide 1 January 2022:87-89 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164851392 01/01/2022    
  • Crisis Management and Refractory Pain (Kamdar MM, Zehm A, Daubman BR) Hospitalized Chronic Pain Patient A Multidisciplinary Treatment Guide 1 January 2022:235-239 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164850570 01/01/2022    
  • Palliative, End-of-Life, and Psychiatric Care of Patients with Advanced Renal Disease (Leung M, Zehm A) Psychonephrology A Guide to Principles and Practice 1 January 2022:269-287 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169393376 01/01/2022       1 Citation
  • Improving Serious Illness Communication: Testing the Serious Illness Care Program with Trainees. (Zehm A, Scott E, Schaefer KG, Nguyen PL, Jacobsen J) J Pain Symptom Manage 2022 Feb;63(2):e252-e259 PMID: 34743012 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120704459 11/08/2021       12 Citations
  • Preparing for a Destination Therapy Ventricular Assist Device: The Palliative Care Planning Conversation #410. (Jozwiak R, Stellmacher P, Zehm A) J Palliat Med 2021 Mar;24(3):455-456 PMID: 33650915 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102152279 03/03/2021    
  • Neurology clinicians' views on palliative care communication: "How do you frame this?". (Zehm A, Hazeltine AM, Greer JA, Traeger L, Nelson-Lowe M, Brizzi K, Jacobsen J) Neurol Clin Pract 2020 Dec;10(6):527-534 PMID: 33520415 PMCID: PMC7837442 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113317524 02/02/2021       14 Citations
  • Discussing Autopsy with Bereaved Families #400. (Zehm A, Rosenberg LB, Daubman BR) J Palliat Med 2020 Oct;23(10):1400-1402 PMID: 33001747 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092460014 10/02/2020       1 Citation
  • Palliative sedation therapy for terminal movement disorders. (Partain DK, Zehm A) BMJ Support Palliat Care 2023 Oct;13(e1):e96-e98 PMID: 32868285 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174752325 09/02/2020    
  • Integration of a palliative care specialist in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinic: Observations from one center. (Brizzi K, Paganoni S, Zehm A, De Marchi F, Berry JD) Muscle Nerve 2019 Aug;60(2):137-140 PMID: 31172537 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85067896426 06/07/2019       37 Citations
  • Prognosis, Communication, and Advance Care Planning in Heart Failure: A Module for Students, Residents, Fellows, and Practicing Clinicians. (Zehm A, Lindvall C, Parks K, Schaefer K, Chittenden E) MedEdPORTAL 2017 Jun 16;13:10596 PMID: 30800798 PMCID: PMC6338159 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85066872700 06/16/2017       4 Citations
  • Palliative Uses of Botulinum Neurotoxin #324. (Zehm A, Kamdar M) J Palliat Med 2017 Mar;20(3):300-302 PMID: 27997279 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85014124529 12/21/2016       2 Citations
  • Thirst in Palliative Care #313. (Zehm A, Mullin J, Zhang H) J Palliat Med 2016 Sep;19(9):1009-10 PMID: 27258019 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84984710580 06/04/2016       3 Citations
    • Last update: 06/18/2025