Office:	UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Suite 933W
	200 Lothrop Street
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone:	412-692-4810
Fax:	412-692-4315
E-mail:	rabob@pitt.edu

Education
	BA in Biology and Philosophy, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1983
	MD, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1983

Training
	Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1986
	Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, Philadelphia, 1988

Dr. Arnold focuses on how clinicians operationalize ethical precepts in the care of seriously ill patients. He works at the interface of communication skills training, medical ethics, and palliative care, all in an effort to improve clinicians' skills. Current research focuses on teaching palliative care communication skills to clinicians using both face-to-face courses and new technologies and on understanding the impact of these educational interventions. He also works with junior investigators to better understand the impact of primary palliative care interventions in oncology and cardiology. Finally, Dr. Arnold is interested in studying health system-wide interventions to improve seriously ill patients' and families' experiences.

Dr. Arnold's clinical activities focus on providing palliative care consults in a tertiary care hospital and working in a supportive oncology ambulatory practice. He was the president of the America Society of Bioethics and Humanities and the American Association of Palliative and Hospice Medicine.

Dr. Arnold's educational activities focus on teaching ethics to residents and developing educational programs in specialties ranging from oncology to critical care medicine. Dr. Arnold is currently developing a structured curriculum on doctor-patient communication for fellows in critical care and trying to better understand the barriers to communication.

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