Adam D Marks
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Hospice Program
Adult Hospice and Palliative Medicine Education Co-Director
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Adam D Marks
Clinical Associate Professor
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  • About

    Dr. Marks is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. He obtained his MD and MPH at the University of Wisconsin before coming to the University of Michigan, where he completed a combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency followed by a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. In addition to working with both the adult and pediatric inpatient palliative care consult services at Michigan Medicine, he serves as Section Head of Adult Palliative Medicine. He also is a hospice physician for Elara Hospice, and since 2016 has served as a Faculty Ethicist within the Clinical Ethics Service. His clinical interests include symptom management at the end of life; clinical ethics; and effective communication around goals of care and advance care planning.

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    His research interests include symptom management at the end of life; clinical ethics; and effective communication around goals of care and advance care planning.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Presentation
      Making Predictions are Hard, Especially About the Future: Prognosis in Serious Illness
      Marks A. 2024 Oct 13;
    • Journal Article
      What Is Hospice?
      Wagner V, Marks A. JAMA, 2024 Sep 11; DOI:10.1001/jama.2024.13144
      PMID: 39259568
    • Presentation
      Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking: Ethical Analysis and Clinical Approach
      Marks A. 2024 Jun 6;
    • Presentation
      Unilateral Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation Orders In Older Adults: Experiences and Controversies
      Marks A. 2024 May 10;
    • Presentation
      Palliative Sedation: Consensus and Controversies
      Marks A. 2024 Jan 4;
    • Journal Article
      Ethical and Practical Considerations of Perimortem Gamete Procurement for Palliative Care Providers.
      Pollens-Voigt J, Taylor L, Marks A. J Pain Symptom Manage, 2024 Jan; 67 (1): e94 - e98. DOI:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.08.026
      PMID: 37666369
    • Presentation
      Palliative Care and Ethics: Cases in Palliative Sedation and Substance Use Disorder
      Marks A. 2023 Oct;
    • Presentation
      Pediatric Palliative Care 101
      Marks A. 2023 Sep 15;
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