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Amelia Cullinan, MD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Medicine

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Section Chief (interim), Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, DHMC Serious Illness Care Program
Distinguished Faculty, VitalTalk

Department(s)
Medicine

Education
Harvard Palliative Medicine Fellowship, 2007-8
Internal Medicine - Primary Care Residency, St. Vincent's Hospital - Manhattan 2003-7
MD, Jefferson Medical College 2003

Contact Information

One Medical Center Drive
Section of Palliative Medicine
Lebanon NH 03756

Phone: 603-650-5402
Email: amelia.m.cullinan@hitchcock.org

Professional Interests

Primary Palliative Care Education
Advance Care Planning implementation
Faculty development
Outpatient Palliative Care education


Courses Taught

ICE Course: Responding to Emotion
Advanced Medical Sciences: Goals of Care Discussions

Selected Publications
 

Feasibility and Usability of a Web-Based Peer Support Network for Care Partners of People With Serious Illness (ConnectShareCare): Observational Study.
Van Citters AD, Holthoff MM, Young C, Eck SM, Cullinan AM, Carney S, O'Donnell EA, King JR, Govindan M, Gustafson D, Tomlin SC, Holmes AB, Bradley AD, Oliver BJ, Wilson MM, Nelson EC, Barnato AE, Kirkland KB
JMIR Form Res. 2025 Jun 11;9:e70206. doi: 10.2196/70206. Epub 2025 Jun 11.
PMID: 40498660

Improving Critical Care Communication with the Serious Illness Conversation Guide at an Academic Medical Center.
Director L, Brown R, Cullinan A, Wilson M, Munson J, Koff M, Wasp GT, Manning H, Vergo M
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Jul;70(1):e65-e72. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.03.033. Epub 2025 Apr 3.
PMID: 40187381

An electronic pre-visit agenda-setting questionnaire in ambulatory palliative care is feasible and acceptable to patients, care partners, and clinicians: A mixed methods evaluation.
Wilson MM, Broglio K, Vergo MT, Barnato AE, Cullinan AM, Doherty JR, King JR, Devito AM, Holmes AB, Hinson JJ, Holt KR, Holthoff MM, Kobin EG, Legere AR, Nelson EC, O'Donnell EA, Saunders CH, Tomlin SC, Kirkland KB, Van Citters AD
Palliat Med. 2025 Apr;39(4):507-516. doi: 10.1177/02692163251321327. Epub 2025 Feb 25.
PMID: 39995268

Electronic Health Record Serious Illness Conversation Dashboards: An Implementation Case Series.
Hachem Y, Lakin J, Teuteberg W, Cullinan A, Gonzales MJ, Lindvall C, Kumar P, Dingfield L, Kilpatrick L, Greenwald J, Miller A, Keeney T, Fromme EK, Paladino J
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Feb;69(2):e139-e146. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.10.032. Epub 2024 Nov 5.
PMID: 39510421

Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial.
Greer JA, Temel JS, El-Jawahri A, Rinaldi S, Kamdar M, Park ER, Horick NK, Pintro K, Rabideau DJ, Schwamm L, Feliciano J, Chua I, Leventakos K, Fischer SM, Campbell TC, Rabow MW, Zachariah F, Hanson LC, Martin SF, Silveira M, Shoemaker L, Bakitas M, Bauman J, Spoozak L, Grey C, Blackhall L, Curseen K, O'Mahony S, Smith MM, Rhodes R, Cullinan A, Jackson V, REACH PC Investigators
JAMA. 2024 Sep 11;332(14):1153-64. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.13964. Epub 2024 Sep 11.
PMID: 39259563

Outpatient Training During Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship: A National Survey.
Han HJ, Ouellette MC, Yeh JC, Dodge LE, Finlay E, Cullinan AM, Buss MK
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Oct;68(4):340-351. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.06.017. Epub 2024 Jun 29.
PMID: 38945458

Impact of Implementing Serious Illness Conversations Across a Comprehensive Cancer Center Using an Interdisciplinary Approach.
Guo K, Wasp G, Vergo M, Wilson M, Holthoff MM, Buus-Frank ME, Perry JJ, Cullinan AM
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Mar;42(3):253-260. doi: 10.1177/10499091241252058. Epub 2024 May 10.
PMID: 38725412

A Web-Based Peer Support Network to Help Care Partners of People With Serious Illness: Co-Design Study.
O'Donnell EA, Van Citters AD, Khayal IS, Wilson MM, Gustafson D, Barnato AE, Buccellato AC, Young C, Holthoff MM, Korsunskiy E, Tomlin SC, Cullinan AM, Steinbaugh AC, Hinson JJ, Johnson KR, Williams A, Thomson RM, Haines JM, Holmes AB, Bradley AD, Nelson EC, Kirkland KB
JMIR Hum Factors. 2024 May 8;11:e53194. doi: 10.2196/53194. Epub 2024 May 8.
PMID: 38717809

Adapting the Serious Illness Conversation Guide for Dementia Care.
Berry CE, Montgomery SH, Santulli R, Cullinan A
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Aug;41(8):942-951. doi: 10.1177/10499091231200214. Epub 2023 Sep 1.
PMID: 37655362

Harnessing the Collective Expertise of Patients, Care Partners, Clinical Teams, and Researchers Through a Coproduction Learning Health System: A Case Study of the Dartmouth Health Promise Partnership.
Tosteson ANA, Kirkland KB, Holthoff MM, Van Citters AD, Brooks GA, Cullinan AM, Dowling-Schmitt MC, Holmes AB, Meehan KR, Oliver BJ, Wasp GT, Wilson MM, Nelson EC
J Ambul Care Manage. 2023 Apr-Jun 01;46(2):127-138. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000460.
PMID: 36820633

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