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Meredith A MacMartin, MD, MS

Title(s)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Medical Director, Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care

Department(s)
Medicine
The Dartmouth Institute

Education
2017-2019 MS in Healthcare Research
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

2011-2012 Fellow, Palliative Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

2010-2011 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

2007-2010 Internal Medicine Internship/Residency
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

2007 M.D.
Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

2002 B.S. Biology
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Programs
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Websites
http://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/palliative_care.html

Contact Information

1 Medical Center Drive
Section of Palliative Care
Lebanon NH 03756

Office: 6033082400
Email: Meredith.MacMartin@Dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Quality Improvement
Primary and Specialty Palliative Care Communication Training
Qualitative Research
Decision Making+

Grant Information

Kornfeld Scholar, National Palliative Care Research Center (July 2022-June 2024)

Completed:
1. National Institute on Aging (P01AG01978): Causes and Consequences of Healthcare Efficiency: Physician Cognition, Inpatient Advance Care Planning, and Outcomes for Seriously Ill Older Adults
2.National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) via Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1TR001086), Clinical Research Fellow: Identifying Components of Palliative Care in Clinical Documentation
3. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: Palliative Care Learning Health System Incubator

Biography

Meredith is a NH native, who left New England for college and medical school at William and Mary, and Wake Forest University. She returned to NH for residency in Internal Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she additionally served as a chief resident. She completed fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at DHMC and then joined the faculty. In 2019 she completed a Master's degree in healthcare research methods. She serves as the medical director for the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care. Her research interests include understanding the "mechanism of action" of palliative care - how is it that palliative care is able to improve outcomes for patients and families?


Selected Publications

 

Partnering to Identify the Support Needs of Seriously Ill Surgical Candidates.
MacMartin MA, Saunders CH, Goldstein NE
J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Feb 1;242(2):488-489. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001689. Epub 2026 Jan 15.
PMID: 41452051

Using consideRATE to Evaluate Patient Experience in a Cancer Center: Psychometric and Healthcare Assessments.
Nano JP, Stevens G, Elwyn G, Petrov L, Gowrishankar S, Robitaille S, Van Citters AD, Nelson EC, Wasp GT, Kirkland KB, MacMartin MA, Saunders CH
Psychooncology. 2025 Oct;34(10):e70292. doi: 10.1002/pon.70292.
PMID: 41108197

Utility of advance care planning billing codes: a cross-sectional analysis of U.S. hospitalists' documentation.
Fanouraki E, MacMartin MA, Barnato AE, Murphy M, Mohan D
BMC Res Notes. 2025 Jul 1;18(1):258. doi: 10.1186/s13104-025-07277-1. Epub 2025 Jul 1.
PMID: 40597376

Use of the consideRATE and integRATE Measures to Assess Care Quality in Inpatient Palliative Care.
MacMartin MA, Nano JP, Richard E, Garland M, Johnson K, Kirkland K, Mathewson B, Thibideau M, Saunders CH
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Jul;70(1):e73-e80. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.04.001. Epub 2025 Apr 9.
PMID: 40209958

The role of specialty palliative care interdisciplinary team members in acute care decision support: a qualitative study protocol.
MacMartin M, Zhang J, Barnato A
BMC Palliat Care. 2024 Jan 3;23(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12904-023-01328-9. Epub 2024 Jan 3.
PMID: 38166884

'The burden of wanting to make it right': thematic analysis of semistructured interviews to explore experiences of planning for crisis standards of care and ventilator allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.
MacMartin M, Zeng A, Chelen J, Barnato A, Chuang E
BMJ Open. 2023 Nov 9;13(11):e076674. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076674. Epub 2023 Nov 9.
PMID: 37945301

Using a Video Game Intervention to Increase Hospitalists' Advance Care Planning Conversations with Older Adults: a Stepped Wedge Randomized Clinical Trial.
Mohan D, O'Malley AJ, Chelen J, MacMartin M, Murphy M, Rudolph M, Engel JA, Barnato AE
J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov;38(14):3224-3234. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08297-y. Epub 2023 Jul 10.
PMID: 37429972

"It helps us say what's important..." Developing Serious Illness Topics: A clinical visit agenda-setting tool.
Saunders CH, Durand MA, Scalia P, Kirkland KB, MacMartin MA, Barnato AE, Milne DW, Collison J, Bennett A, Wasp G, Nelson E, Elwyn G
Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Aug;113:107764. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107764. Epub 2023 Apr 18.
PMID: 37150152

Association Between Opening a Palliative Care Unit and Hospital Care for Patients With Serious Illness.
MacMartin MA, Sacks OA, Austin AM, Chakraborti G, Stedina EA, Skinner JS, Barnato AE
J Palliat Med. 2023 Sep;26(9):1240-1246. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0447. Epub 2023 Apr 11.
PMID: 37040303

Palliative Care Fellowship Training: Are We Training Fellows for Where the Field Is Going? (with Apologies to Wayne Gretzy).
MacMartin MA, Cullinan A, Vergo M, Zarrabi AJ, Arnold RM
J Palliat Med. 2022 Nov;25(11):1619-1621. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0388.
PMID: 36318062

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