Maxwell T Vergo, MD
Title(s)
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director & Associate Dean for Interprofessional Educational Practice
Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Interprofessional Fellowship
Medical Director, Simulation-Based Education, Research, and Interprofessional Continuing Education (SBERI) at DH
Associate Dean at Geisel, InterProfessional Educational Practice (IPEP)
Director of Education, Section of Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, DH Serious Illness Communication Program
Distinguished Faculty, VitalTalk Inc
Fellow, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, Geisel Academy of Educators and Scholars
Department(s)
Medicine
Education
Tufts University, BS, 1996-2000
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD, 2000-2004
Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency, 2004-2007
Harvard Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, 2007-2008
Northwestern University Medical Oncology Fellowship, 2008-2010
Curriculum Vitae
Vergo_M_CV_2025-01-05.doc
Websites
Featured in New York Times:
"Doctors saved her life. She didn't want them to."
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Featured in New York Times:
"What to Know about Getting a DNR Order"
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WBUR Opinion Piece:
The Hill - Op Ed (co-author)
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospice and Palliative Medicine Interdisciplinary Fellowship:
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Dartmouth Health, Section of Palliative Medicine:
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Contact Information
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Section of Palliative Care
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon NH 03756
Office: 603-650-5402
Email: maxwell.t.vergo@hitchcock.org
Assistant: Melinda Potter
Asst. Phone: 603-653-6634
Asst. Email: melinda.a.potter@hitchcock.org
Professional Interests
Education Theory and Research
Primary Palliative Care Communication Training & System Implementation
Simulated Communication Training
Teaching Teachers How to Teach Better
System Implementation & Quality Improvement of Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments
Courses Taught
EARLY Goals of Care Training (Ariadne Labs, Serious Illness Conversation Guide)
LATE Goals of Care Training (VitalTalk, REMAP)
Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Communication Series - Drills & Role Plays
National VitalTalk Faculty Development Retreats
National Ariadne Train-the-Trainer Faculty Development
Biography
Max completed medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston MA, internal medicine training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston MA, hospice and palliative medicine fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston MA, and finally medical oncology training at Northwestern University in Chicago IL. His focus is on communication training at all levels of medical and interprofessional education to improve the conversations and goal-aligned care provided to patients living with serious illnesses.
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Vergo M, Silvius K, Stephens L, LaVoie J, Jolin J, Wood H. Interprofessional Post-Graduate Training Model for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Trainees. Journal of Pain Symptom Manage (view details in PubMed) Vergo MT, Cullinan A, Wilson M, Wasp G, Foster-Johnson L, Arnold RM Low-Cost, Low-Resource Training Model to Enhance and Sustain Serious Illness Conversation Skills for Internal Medicine Residents. Journal of Palliative Medicine (view details in PubMed) Charoonratana VT, Stewart T, Zhang R, Li Z, DesBiens MT, Slogic S, Vergo MT What's in a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order? Understanding the Impact on Pre-arrest Life Support and Factors Influencing Misconceptions. Journal of General Internal Medicine (view details in PubMed) Vergo MT, Arnold RM Learning to Discuss Resuscitation Preferences: As Important as Learning to Resuscitate? Journal of Palliative Medicine (view details in PubMed) Guo K, Wasp G, Vergo M, Wilson M, Holthoff MM, Buus-Frank ME, Perry JJ, Cullinan AM. Impact of Implementing Serious Illness Conversations Across a Comprehensive Cancer Center Using an Interdisciplinary Approach. Am J Hosp Palliat Care (view details in PubMed) Vergo MT, Sachs S, MacMartin MA, Kirkland KB, Cullinan AM, Stephens LA. Acceptability and Impact of a Required Palliative Care Rotation with Prerotation and Postrotation Observed Simulated Clinical Experience during Internal Medicine Residency Training on Primary Palliative Communication Skills. Journal of Palliative Medicine (view details in PubMed) Wasp GT, Cullinan AM, Chamberlin MD, Hayes C, Barnato AE, Vergo MT. Implementation and Impact of a Serious Illness Communication Training for Hematology-Oncology Fellows. Journal of Cancer Education. (view details in PubMed) Wasp GT, Kaur-Gill S, Anderson EC, Vergo MT, Chelen J, Tosteson T, Barr PJ, Barnato AE Evaluating Physician Emotion Regulation in Serious Illness Conversations Using Multimodal Assessment. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (view details in PubMed) Greer JA, Temel JS, El-Jawahri A, REACH PC Investigators. Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA (view details in PubMed) MacMartin MA, Cullinan A, Vergo M, Zarrabi AJ, Arnold RM. Palliative Care Fellowship Training: Are We Training Fellows for Where the Field Is Going? (with Apologies to Wayne Gretzy). J Palliat Med (view details in PubMed) |
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