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Michael Rubin, M.D.

Michael Rubin, M.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Neurology | Neurological Surgery

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  • Biography

    Joined UT Southwestern: 2013

    Michael Rubin, MD, MA is a critical care neurologist and neuroethicist. He has a scholarly interest in death determination, coma, shared decision-making, and the ethics of invasive brain research. After completing his critical care training at Washington University in St Louis, he completed a master's in bioethics and health policy from Loyola Chicago. He serves as the Director of Clinical Ethics at UT Southwestern and is the co-director and creator of NOMAD - Navigating Our Multifacted Acute Aistress - a hospital staff peer support system. Furthermore, he is a UTSW Certified Professional Coach. He is a national leader in neuroethics, including an authorship on ethics position statements for the American Academy of Neurology.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (2004)
    Internship
    John Peter Smith Hospital (2005), Transitional Year
    Residency
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2008), Neurology
    Fellowship
    Washington University School of Medicine (2010), Neurocritical Care
    Graduate School
    Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (2012), Bioethics
  • Research Interest
    • Clinical Neuroethics; brain death, coma, prognosis and decision-making
    • Medically Ineffective and Potentially Inappropriate Treatments
    • Quality and Safety and the Professional Experience
  • Publications
    Equity in Clinical Care and Research Involving Persons with Disorders of Consciousness
    Author Collaboration tC, Rubin MA, Lewis A, Creutzfeldt CJ, Shrestha GS, Boyle Q, Illes J, Jox RJ, Trevick S, Young MJ Neurocritical Care 2024 Oct 41 345-356
    Beyond the Final Heartbeat: Neurological Perspectives on Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Organ Donation after Circulatory Death
    Kirschen MP, Lewis A, Rubin MA, Varelas PN, Greer DM Annals of Neurology 2024 Jun 95 1035-1039
    Author Response: What Is the Ideal Brain Criterion of Death? Nonclinical Considerations: The UDDA Revision Series
    Rubin MA Neurology 2024 May 102 e209285
    The Challenge of Framing the Discourse of Normothermic Regional Perfusion
    Rubin MA American Journal of Bioethics 2024 24 60-62
    Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Consensus Guideline: Report of the AAN Guidelines Subcommittee, AAP, CNS, and SCCM
    Greer DM, Kirschen MP, Lewis A, Gronseth GS, Rae-Grant A, Ashwal S, Babu MA, Bauer DF, Billinghurst L, Corey A, Partap S, Rubin MA, Shutter L, Takahashi C, Tasker RC, Varelas PN, Wijdicks E, Bennett A, Wessels SR, Halperin JJ Neurology 2023 Dec 101 1112-1132
    Medicolegal and Ethical Issues in Neurology
    Kass JS, Rubin MA Neurologic Clinics 2023 Aug 41 ix-x
    Futility and Shared Decision-Making
    Rubin MA, Riecke J, Heitman E Neurologic Clinics 2023 Aug 41 455-467
    What Is the Ideal Brain Criterion of Death? Nonclinical Considerations: The UDDA Revision Series
    Rubin MA Neurology 2023 Jul 101 86-87
    Perspective: Industry–patient relationships for the promotion of pharmaceutical agents
    Bryarly MA, Rubin MA, Stuve O Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 2023 Jan 16
    Correction to: Proceedings of the Second Curing Coma Campaign NIH Symposium: Challenging the Future of Research for Coma and Disorders of Consciousness (Neurocritical Care, (2022), 37, 1, (326-350), 10.1007/s12028-022-01505-3)
    Author Collaboration tC, Mainali S, Aiyagari V, Alexander S, Bodien Y, Boerwinkle V, Boly M, Brown E, Brown J, Claassen J, Edlow BL, Fink EL, Fins JJ, Foreman B, Frontera J, Geocadin RG, Giacino J, Gilmore EJ, Gosseries O, Hammond F, Helbok R, Claude Hemphill J, Hirsch K, Kim K, Laureys S, Lewis A, Ling G, Livesay SL, McCredie V, McNett M, Menon D, Molteni E, Olson DW, O’Phelan K, Park S, Polizzotto L, Javier Provencio J, Puybasset L, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Robertson C, Rohaut B, Rubin M, Sharshar T, Shutter L, Sampaio Silva G, Smith W, Stevens RD, Thibaut A, Vespa P, Wagner AK, Ziai WC Neurocritical Care 2022 Oct 37 608-609
  • Honors & Awards
    • Texas Monthly Top Doctor
      (2021-2023)
    • Neurocritical Care Society Presidential Citation
      (2015-2018)