Allyson Chapman, MD, FACS

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address521 Parnassus Avenue, #001
San Francisco CA 94117
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-9711-5514 Additional info
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    Baylor University, Waco, TexasB.A.12/2007Sociology, Chemistry, Great Texts
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TexasM.D.06/2012Medicine
    University of Texas Southwestern/ Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TexasResidency07/2017General Surgery
    Stanford University, Stanford, CaliforniaFellowship07/2018Surgical Critical Care
    Stanford University, Stanford, CaliforniaFellowship07/2019Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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    Cambia Health Foundation2023Sojourns Scholar Leadership Award

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    Dr. Allyson Cook Chapman is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine at UCSF. She primarily cares for patients on the Inpatient Palliative Medicine Services and in the ICU. She is board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

    Dr. Chapman completed her general surgery training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and her Critical Care and Palliative Medicine training at Stanford University.

    She joined the UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine in 2019 and her clinical focus is on inpatient palliative care and surgical critical care. Her research and education interests focus on the intersection of surgery, critical care, and palliative medicine as well as the integration of palliative care principles into the training and practice of surgeons and critical care clinicians.

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    1. An Educational Video Game in Trauma Triage at Nontrauma Centers: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 02; 8(6):e2513375. Mohan D, Fischhoff B, Talisa V, Elmer J, White DB, Angus DC, Peitzman A, Bendesky B, Chapman AC, Forsythe RM, Guyette FX, Hynes AM, Oskvarek JJ, Weingart SD, Weinstock M, Chang CH. PMID: 40465299; PMCID: PMC12138726.
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    2. Variation in Mentions of Race and Ethnicity in Notes in Intensive Care Units Across a Health Care System. Am J Crit Care. 2024 Nov 01; 33(6):462-466. Cobert J, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Mills H, Ashana D, Raghunathan K, Heintz TA, Chapman AC, Smith AK, Lee S. PMID: 39482093.
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    3. "My Mom Is a Fighter": A Qualitative Analysis of the Use of Combat Metaphors in ICU Clinician Notes. Chest. 2024 Nov; 166(5):1162-1172. Kim S, Mills H, Brender T, McGowan S, Widera E, Chapman AC, Harrison KL, Lee S, Smith AK, Bamman D, Gologorskaya O, Cobert J. PMID: 39197512; PMCID: PMC11638541.
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    4. Resilience, Survival, and Functional Independence in Older Adults Facing Critical Illness. Chest. 2024 Dec; 166(6):1431-1441. Cobert J, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Espejo E, Maley JH, Lee S, Smith AK. PMID: 38871280.
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    5. Trends in the Utilization of Multiorgan Support Among Adults Undergoing High-risk Cardiac Surgery in the United States. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Sep; 38(9):1987-1995. Cobert J, Frere Z, Wongsripuemtet P, Ohnuma T, Krishnamoorthy V, Fuller M, Chapman AC, Yaport M, Ghadimi K, Bartz R, Raghunathan K. PMID: 38926003.
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    6. Formal Training in Palliative Care for the Trauma Surgeon: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. Current Trauma Reports. 2024. Alison Haruta, Ian McCurry, Allyson Cook Chapman. . View Publication.
    7. Measuring Implicit Bias in ICU Notes Using Word-Embedding Neural Network Models. Chest. 2024 Jun; 165(6):1481-1490. Cobert J, Mills H, Lee A, Gologorskaya O, Espejo E, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Heintz TA, Kennedy CJ, Ashana DC, Chapman AC, Raghunathan K, Smith AK, Lee SJ. PMID: 38199323; PMCID: PMC11317817.
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    8. Futility in acute care surgery: first do no harm. Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. 2023; 8(1). Melissa Hornor, Uzer Khan, Michael W Cripps, Allyson Cook Chapman, Jennifer Knight-Davis, Thaddeus J Puzio7, Bellal Joseph.
    9. Negativity and Positivity in the ICU: Exploratory Development of Automated Sentiment Capture in the Electronic Health Record. Crit Care Explor. 2023 Oct; 5(10):e0960. Kennedy CJ, Chiu C, Chapman AC, Gologorskaya O, Farhan H, Han M, Hodgson M, Lazzareschi D, Ashana D, Lee S, Smith AK, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Pirracchio R, Cobert J. PMID: 37753238; PMCID: PMC10519480.
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    10. Time is Short: Tools to Integrate Palliative Care and Communication Skills Education into Your Surgical Residency. J Surg Educ. 2023 11; 80(11):1669-1674. Lin J, Cook M, Siegel T, Marterre B, Chapman AC. PMID: 37385930.
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    11. Effect of Perioperative Palliative Care on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 05 01; 6(5):e2314660. Aslakson RA, Rickerson E, Fahy B, Waterman B, Siden R, Colborn K, Smith S, Verano M, Lira I, Hollahan C, Siddiqi A, Johnson K, Chandrashekaran S, Harris E, Nudotor R, Baker J, Heidari SN, Poultsides G, Conca-Cheng AM, Cook Chapman A, Lessios AS, Holdsworth LM, Gustin J, Ejaz A, Pawlik T, Miller J, Morris AM, Tulsky JA, Lorenz K, Temel JS, Smith TJ, Johnston F. PMID: 37256623; PMCID: PMC10233417.
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    12. Utilization and Delivery of Specialty Palliative Care in the ICU: Insights from the Palliative Care Quality Network. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 06; 63(6):e611-e619. Chapman AC, Lin JA, Cobert J, Marks A, Lin J, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 35595374; PMCID: PMC9303815.
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    13. Comment & Response: Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo and Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA. 2022; 5(327):486. Julien Cobert, MD; Allyson Chapman, MD; Alexander Smith, MD, MS, MPH. View Publication.
    14. Trends in Geriatric Conditions Among Older Adults Admitted to US ICUs Between 1998 and 2015. Chest. 2022 06; 161(6):1555-1565. Cobert J, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Ferrante LE, Lee S, Smith AK. PMID: 35026299; PMCID: PMC9248079.
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    15. Surgical Palliative Care: Considerations for Career Development in Surgery and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. RISE: Resources in Surgical Education, American College of Surgeons Division of Education. 2021. Halle B. Ellison, MD, FACS; Lee Ann Lau, MD, FACS; Allyson C. Cook, MD; Red Hoffman, MD, ND, FACS; Ana Berlin, MD, MPH, FACS. View Publication.
    16. The surgical resident experience in serious illness communication: A qualitative needs assessment with proposed solutions. Am J Surg. 2021 Dec; 222(6):1126-1130. Lin JA, Im CJ, O'Sullivan P, Kirkwood KS, Cook AC. PMID: 34565516; PMCID: PMC9365675.
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    17. Trends in Palliative Care Consultations in Critically Ill Patient Populations, 2013-2019. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 02; 63(2):e176-e181. Cobert J, Cook AC, Lin JA, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 34348177.
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    18. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Trauma and Emergency Surgery. J Palliat Med. 2021 07; 24(7):1072-1077. Haines LK, Cook AC, Hatchimonji JS, Ho VP, Kalbfell EL, O'Connell KM, Robenstine JC, Schlögl M, Toevs CC, Jones CA, Krouse RS, Martin ND. PMID: 34128716; PMCID: PMC8420946.
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    19. Surgical, Interventional, and Medical Palliation of Portal Hypertension. Am Surg. 2020 Nov; 86(11):1467-1472. Lin JA, Gardner JM, Kolli KP, Cook AC. PMID: 33153284.
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    20. A Surgeon’s Review for Difficult Conversations. Current Surgery Reports. 2020; 2(8). Lin, JA; Cook, AC .
    21. Surgery and Palliative Care: A Shared History and Integrated Future. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 09; 46(9):491-492. Cook AC, Stein DM, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 32682693.
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    22. Proactive Identification of Palliative Care Needs Among Patients With COVID-19 in the ICU. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 09; 60(3):e17-e21. Schoenherr LA, Cook A, Peck S, Humphreys J, Goto Y, Saks NT, Huddleston L, Elia G, Pantilat SZ. PMID: 32544647; PMCID: PMC7293759.
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    23. Decision analysis and reinforcement learning in surgical decision-making. Surgery. 2020 08; 168(2):253-266. Loftus TJ, Filiberto AC, Li Y, Balch J, Cook AC, Tighe PJ, Efron PA, Upchurch GR, Rashidi P, Li X, Bihorac A. PMID: 32540036; PMCID: PMC7390703.
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    24. Opportunities for Palliative Care in Patients With Burn Injury-A Systematic Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 04; 59(4):916-931.e1. Cook AC, Langston JA, Jaramillo JD, Edwards KE, Wong HN, Aslakson RA, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Research Committee Writing Group. PMID: 31775021.
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    25. Validation of a Geriatric Trauma Prognosis Calculator: A P.A.L.Li.A.T.E. Consortium Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct; 65(10):2302-2307. Cook AC, Joseph B, Mohler MJ, Inaba K, Bruns BR, Nakonezny PA, Kerby JD, Brasel KJ, Wolf SE, Cuschieri J, Paulk ME, Rhodes RL, Brakenridge SC, Ekeh AP, Phelan HA. PMID: 28804877.
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    26. Predicting In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Geriatric Trauma Patients Using Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score. J Am Coll Surg. 2017 Mar; 224(3):264-269. Ahl R, Phelan HA, Dogan S, Cao Y, Cook AC, Mohseni S. PMID: 28017806.
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    27. Multicenter external validation of the Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score: A study by the Prognostic Assessment of Life and Limitations After Trauma in the Elderly (PALLIATE) consortium. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Feb; 80(2):204-9. Cook AC, Joseph B, Inaba K, Nakonezny PA, Bruns BR, Kerby JD, Brasel KJ, Wolf SE, Cuschieri J, Paulk ME, Rhodes RL, Brakenridge SC, Phelan HA. PMID: 26595708.
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