Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Joseph W. Shega, MD
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Joseph Shega is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He researched medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is ranked 19 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Joseph W. Shega is a published doctor. He published 35 publications, including: 'Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult-Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment. Part VI: Lumbar Spinal Ste...'
Publications
- Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult-Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment. Part VI: Lumbar Spinal Ste...
- Medications That Older Adults in Hospice Care in the United States Take, 2007.
- Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult: Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment: Part IV: Depression.
- Pain Management in the Elderly.
- Pain measurement in the national social life, health, and aging project: presence, intensity, and location.
- The effects of public reporting on physical restraints and antipsychotic use in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment.
- Does Adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines Improve Pain-Related Outcomes? An Evaluation of Inpatient Cancer Pain Management at an Academic Medi...
- Relationship between persistent pain and 5-year mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study.
- A predictive model to identify hospitalized cancer patients at risk for 30-day mortality based on admission criteria via the electronic medical record.
- Pain in persons with dementia: complex, common, and challenging.
- Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among community-dwelling elders with dementia.
- Functional Decline Associated With Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia.
- Persistent Pain and Frailty: A Case for Homeostenosis.
- Psychotropic medication burden and factors associated with antipsychotic use: an analysis of a population-based sample of community-dwelling older persons with dementia.
- The multidimensional experience of noncancer pain: does cognitive status matter?
- Is the presence of mild to moderate cognitive impairment associated with self-report of non-cancer pain? A cross-sectional analysis of a large population-based study.
- The association between noncancer pain, cognitive impairment, and functional disability: an analysis of the Canadian study of health and aging.
- Informed decision-making surrounding the use of chronic enteral nutrition: let's talk the talk.
- Cholinesterase inhibitor and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor antagonist use in older adults with end-stage dementia: a survey of hospice medical directors.
- Feeding tube placement in patients with advanced dementia: the beliefs and practice patterns of speech-language pathologists.
- Validity of pain behaviors in persons with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.
- Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor antagonist use among hospice enrollees with a primary diagnosis of dementia.
- Advances in understanding the mechanisms and management of persistent pain in older adults.
- Integrating palliative medicine into the care of persons with advanced dementia: identifying appropriate medication use.
- Patients dying with dementia: experience at the end of life and impact of hospice care.
- Management of intractable nausea and vomiting in patients at the end of life: "I was feeling nauseous all of the time . . . nothing was working".
- Management of noncancer pain in community-dwelling persons with dementia.
- Factors associated with self- and caregiver report of pain among community-dwelling persons with dementia.
- Rivastigmine for dementia associated with Parkinson''s disease.
- Pain in community-dwelling persons with dementia: frequency, intensity, and congruence between patient and caregiver report.
- Barriers to excellent end-of-life care for patients with dementia.
- Advanced dementia and feeding tubes: do physician factors contribute to state variation?
- Barriers to limiting the practice of feeding tube placement in advanced dementia.
- Palliative Excellence in Alzheimer Care Efforts (PEACE): a program description.
Schools
NWU FIENBERG SCH OF MED
University Health Center Of Pittsburgh
University Of Chicago Hosps
Doctors Specialties
- Geriatric Medicine
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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University of Chicago -
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Chicago Medical Center
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