Michael Rubin, M.D.
Associate Professor
School Medical School
Department Neurology | Neurological Surgery
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Biography
Michael Rubin, MD, MA is a critical care neurologist and neuroethicist who joined UT Southwestern in 2013. He has a clinical interest and completed scholarly work in death determinaiton, coma, shared decision making, and the ethics of brain research. After completition of his critical care training at Washington University in St Louis, he completed a masters in bioethics and health policy from Loyola Chicago. He serves as the Director of Clinical Ethics at UT Southwestern and is the co-director of NOMAD - Navifating our multifacted acute distress - a hospital staff peer support system. He is a national leader in neuroethics, including lead auhtorship on ethics positon 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
Featured Publications
- The Neurocritical Care Brain Death Determination Course: Purpose, Design, and Early Findings.
- Rubin MA, Kirschen MP, Lewis A, Neurocrit Care 2021 Jun
- New perspectives on brain death.
- Kirschen MP, Lewis A, Rubin M, Kurtz P, Greer DM, J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2020 Nov
- AAN position statement: The COVID-19 pandemic and the ethical duties of the neurologist.
- Rubin MA, Bonnie RJ, Epstein L, Hemphill C, Kirschen M, Lewis A, Suarez JI, Neurology 2020 May
- Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria in the United States: The Case for Revising the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
- Lewis A, Bonnie RJ, Pope T, Epstein LG, Greer DM, Kirschen MP, Rubin M, Russell JA, J Law Med Ethics 2019 Dec 47 4_suppl 9-24
- Palliative Care in the Neuro-ICU: Perceptions, Practice Patterns, and Preferences of Neurointensivists.
- Bar B, Creutzfeldt CJ, Rubin MA, Neurocrit Care 2019 Aug
- Brain death, the determination of brain death, and member guidance for brain death accommodation requests: AAN position statement.
- Russell JA, Epstein LG, Greer DM, Kirschen M, Rubin MA, Lewis A Neurology 2019 Jan
- An interdisciplinary response to contemporary concerns about brain death determination.
- Lewis A, Bernat JL, Blosser S, Bonnie RJ, Epstein LG, Hutchins J, Kirschen MP, Rubin M, Russell JA, Sattin JA, Wijdicks EFM, Greer DM Neurology 2018 Feb 90 9 423-426
- Transfusion of Blood Products in the Neurocritical Care Unit: An Exploration of Rationing and Futility.
- Malaiyandi DP, Henderson GV, Rubin MA Neurocrit Care 2017 Dec
- What to Do When There Aren't Enough Beds in the PICU.
- Rubin MA, Truog RD AMA J Ethics 2017 Feb 19 2 157-163
- The Patient and Family Perioperative Experience During Transfer of Care: A Qualitative Inquiry.
- Stutzman SE, Olson DM, Greilich PE, Abdulkadir K, Rubin MA AORN J 2017 Feb 105 2 193-202
Honors & Awards
- Texas Monthly Top Doctor
(2021-2023) - Neurocritical Care Society Presidential Citation
(2015-2018)