Bernard Lo, MD

Professor Emeritus
Medicine
+1 415 353-7999

Bernard Lo, MD is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and Director of the Program in Medical Ethics Emeritus at UCSF. He studies the establishment of guidelines for human research using genetic testing and stem cells.

Publications: 

Clinicians' Use of Choice Framing in ICU Family Meetings.

Critical care medicine

Hart JL, Malik L, Li C, Summer A, Ogunduyile L, Steingrub J, Lo B, Zlatev J, White DB

Fundamentals of Medical Ethics - A New Perspective Series.

The New England journal of medicine

Lo B, Malina D, Pittman G, Morrissey S

Engineering Equity Into the Promise of Xenotransplantation.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation

Reese PP, Powe NR, Lo B

Prevalence and predictors of shared decision-making in goals-of-care clinician-family meetings for critically ill neurologic patients: a multi-center mixed-methods study.

Critical care (London, England)

Fleming V, Prasad A, Ge C, Crawford S, Meraj S, Hough CL, Lo B, Carson SS, Steingrub J, White DB, Muehlschlegel S

Prognostic Language in Critical Neurologic Illness: A Multicenter Mixed-Methods Study.

Neurology

Goss A, Ge C, Crawford S, Goostrey K, Buddadhumaruk P, Hough CL, Lo B, Carson S, Steingrub J, White DB, Muehlschlegel S

Association Between Shared Decision-Making During Family Meetings and Surrogates' Trust in Their ICU Physician.

Chest

Lincoln TE, Buddadhumaruk P, Arnold RM, Scheunemann LP, Ernecoff NC, Chang CH, Carson SS, Hough CL, Curtis JR, Anderson W, Steingrub J, Peterson MW, Lo B, Matthay MA, White DB

Rebuttal From Dr White et al.

Chest

White DB, Lo B, Peek ME

Variability of Prognostic Communication in Critically Ill Neurologic Patients: A Pilot Multicenter Mixed-Methods Study.

Critical care explorations

Ge C, Goss AL, Crawford S, Goostrey K, Buddadhumaruk P, Shields AM, Hough CL, Lo B, Carson SS, Steingrub J, White DB, Muehlschlegel S

Mitigating Racial Bias in Machine Learning.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Kostick-Quenet KM, Cohen IG, Gerke S, Lo B, Antaki J, Movahedi F, Njah H, Schoen L, Estep JE, Blumenthal-Barby JS

Financial Profit: Not the Mission of Medicine.

Annals of internal medicine

Lo B, Grady D

Reply to Hick and Hanfling: Social Factors and Critical Care Triage: Right Intentions, Wrong Tools.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

White DB, Lo B

Addressing Mistrust About COVID-19 Vaccines Among Patients of Color.

Annals of internal medicine

Opel DJ, Lo B, Peek ME

Mitigating Inequities and Saving Lives with ICU Triage during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

White DB, Lo B

Making Medical Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Patients in the ICU. An Official American Thoracic Society/American Geriatrics Society Policy Statement.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Pope TM, Bennett J, Carson SS, Cederquist L, Cohen AB, DeMartino ES, Godfrey DM, Goodman-Crews P, Kapp MB, Lo B, Magnus DC, Reinke LF, Shirley JL, Siegel MD, Stapleton RD, Sudore RL, Tarzian AJ, Thornton JD, Wicclair MR, Widera EW, White DB

CPR in the Covid-19 Era - An Ethical Framework.

The New England journal of medicine

Kramer DB, Lo B, Dickert NW

Time for NIH to lead on data sharing.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Sim I, Stebbins M, Bierer BE, Butte AJ, Drazen J, Dzau V, Hernandez AF, Krumholz HM, Lo B, Munos B, Perakslis E, Rockhold F, Ross JS, Terry SF, Yamamoto KR, Zarin DA, Li R

A Multicenter Study of the Causes and Consequences of Optimistic Expectations About Prognosis by Surrogate Decision-Makers in ICUs.

Critical care medicine

White DB, Carson S, Anderson W, Steingrub J, Bird G, Curtis JR, Matthay M, Peterson M, Buddadhumaruk P, Shields AM, Ernecoff N, Shotsberger K, Weissfeld L, Chang CH, Pike F, Lo B, Hough CL

Clinician-Family Communication About Patients' Values and Preferences in Intensive Care Units.

JAMA internal medicine

Scheunemann LP, Ernecoff NC, Buddadhumaruk P, Carson SS, Hough CL, Curtis JR, Anderson WG, Steingrub J, Lo B, Matthay M, Arnold RM, White DB

Building on the American College of Physicians Ethics Manual.

Annals of internal medicine

Blumenthal-Barby JS, Lo B

A Parallel Universe of Clinical Trials.

The New England journal of medicine

Lo B

Resolving Family-Clinician Disputes in the Context of Contested Definitions of Futility.

Perspectives in biology and medicine

Bosslet GT, Lo B, White DB

Reframing Consent for Clinical Research: A Function-Based Approach.

The American journal of bioethics : AJOB

Dickert NW, Eyal N, Goldkind SF, Grady C, Joffe S, Lo B, Miller FG, Pentz RD, Silbergleit R, Weinfurt KP, Wendler D, Kim SYH

Sharing Clinical Research Data-Finding the Right Balance.

JAMA internal medicine

Lo B, Goodman SN

Addressing Ethical Lapses in Research.

JAMA internal medicine

Lo B, Grady D

Incentives for Clinical Trialists to Share Data.

The New England journal of medicine

Lo B, DeMets DL

Federal Research Regulations for the 21st Century.

The New England journal of medicine

Lo B, Barnes M

Key stakeholders' perceptions of the acceptability and usefulness of a tablet-based tool to improve communication and shared decision making in ICUs.

Journal of critical care

Ernecoff NC, Witteman HO, Chon K, Chen YI, Buddadhumaruk P, Chiarchiaro J, Shotsberger KJ, Shields AM, Myers BA, Hough CL, Carson SS, Lo B, Matthay MA, Anderson WG, Peterson MW, Steingrub JS, Arnold RM, White DB

Dealing with Racist Patients.

The New England journal of medicine

Paul-Emile K, Smith AK, Lo B, Fernández A

An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Bosslet GT, Pope TM, Rubenfeld GD, Lo B, Truog RD, Rushton CH, Curtis JR, Ford DW, Osborne M, Misak C, Au DH, Azoulay E, Brody B, Fahy BG, Hall JB, Kesecioglu J, Kon AA, Lindell KO, White DB, American Thoracic Society ad hoc Committee on Futile and Potentially Inappropriate Treatment, American Thoracic Society, American Association for Critical Care Nurses, American College of Chest Physicians, European Society for Intensive Care Medicine, Society of Critical Care

A multicenter study of key stakeholders' perspectives on communicating with surrogates about prognosis in intensive care units.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Anderson WG, Cimino JW, Ernecoff NC, Ungar A, Shotsberger KJ, Pollice LA, Buddadhumaruk P, Carson SS, Curtis JR, Hough CL, Lo B, Matthay MA, Peterson MW, Steingrub JS, White DB

Updating research oversight for the 21st century.

Annals of internal medicine

Lo B

The legal and ethical concerns that arise from using complex predictive analytics in health care.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Cohen IG, Amarasingham R, Shah A, Xie B, Lo B

Elder self-neglect--how can a physician help?

The New England journal of medicine

Smith AK, Lo B, Aronson L

When previously expressed wishes conflict with best interests.

JAMA internal medicine

Smith AK, Lo B, Sudore R

Ethical considerations in HIV cure research: points to consider.

Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

Lo B, Grady C, Working Group on Ethics of the International AIDS Society

Informed consent for innovative surgery: a survey of patients and surgeons.

Surgery

Lee Char SJ, Hills NK, Lo B, Kirkwood KS

An educational intervention to improve resident comfort with communication at the end of life.

Journal of palliative medicine

Smith L, O'Sullivan P, Lo B, Chen H

The problem with actually tattooing DNR across your chest.

Journal of general internal medicine

Smith AK, Lo B

Ethical challenge: when clinicians act as surrogates for unrepresented patients.

American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

White DB, Jonsen A, Lo B

Medical journals and conflicts of interest.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Steinbrook R, Lo B

The future of conflicts of interest: a call for professional standards.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Lo B

Discussing overall prognosis with the very elderly.

The New England journal of medicine

Smith AK, Williams BA, Lo B

Retainer medicine: why not for all?

Annals of internal medicine

Lo B

Case 34-2010: A woman with an incorrect operation.

The New England journal of medicine

Fernandez A, Ettinger KM, Lo B

How researchers define vulnerable populations in HIV/AIDS clinical trials.

AIDS and behavior

Sengupta S, Lo B, Strauss RP, Eron J, Gifford AL

IRBs and ethically challenging protocols: views of IRB chairs about useful resources.

IRB

Sirotin N, Wolf LE, Pollack LM, Catania JA, Dolcini MM, Lo B

"It's not just what the doctor tells me:" factors that influence surrogate decision-makers' perceptions of prognosis.

Critical care medicine

Boyd EA, Lo B, Evans LR, Malvar G, Apatira L, Luce JM, White DB

Research ethics. NIH guidelines for stem cell research and gamete donors.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Lo B, Parham L, Cedars M, Fisher S, Gates E, Giudice L, Halme DG, Hershon W, Kriegstein A, Rao R, Roberts C, Wagner R

Cloning mice and men: prohibiting the use of iPS cells for human reproductive cloning.

Cell stem cell

Lo B, Parham L, Alvarez-Buylla A, Cedars M, Conklin B, Fisher S, Gates E, Giudice L, Halme DG, Hershon W, Kriegstein A, Kwok PY, Wagner R

Commentary: Conflict of interest policies: an opportunity for the medical profession to take the lead.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Lo B

Ethical Issues in Clinical Research: A Practical Guide

Ethical Issues in Clinical Research: A Practical Guide

Lo B

Resolving ethical issues in stem cell clinical trials: the example of Parkinson disease.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Lo B, Parham L

The impact of web 2.0 on the doctor-patient relationship.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Lo B, Parham L

Placebo prescriptions are missed opportunities for doctor-patient communication.

The American journal of bioethics : AJOB

Schenker Y, Fernandez A, Lo B

Last-resort options for palliative sedation.

Annals of internal medicine

Quill TE, Lo B, Brock DW, Meisel A

Are physicians' recommendations to limit life support beneficial or burdensome? Bringing empirical data to the debate.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

White DB, Evans LR, Bautista CA, Luce JM, Lo B

Ethical issues in stem cell research.

Endocrine reviews

Lo B, Parham L

Importing human pluripotent stem cell lines derived at another institution: tailoring review to ethical concerns.

Cell stem cell

Lo B, Parham L, Broom C, Cedars M, Gates E, Giudice L, Halme DG, Hershon W, Kriegstein A, Kwok PY, Oberman M, Roberts C, Wagner R

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians

Lo B

Hope, truth, and preparing for death: perspectives of surrogate decision makers.

Annals of internal medicine

Apatira L, Boyd EA, Malvar G, Evans LR, Luce JM, Lo B, White DB

Surrogate decision-makers' perspectives on discussing prognosis in the face of uncertainty.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Evans LR, Boyd EA, Malvar G, Apatira L, Luce JM, Lo B, White DB

The language of prognostication in intensive care units.

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making

White DB, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Lo B, Curtis JR

Navigating language barriers under difficult circumstances.

Annals of internal medicine

Schenker Y, Lo B, Ettinger KM, Fernandez A

Clinical trials in stem cell transplantation: guidelines for scientific and ethical review.

Clinical trials (London, England)

Lo B, Kriegstein A, Grady D

Human papillomavirus vaccination programmes.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

Lo B

Life support for patients without a surrogate decision maker: who decides?

Annals of internal medicine

White DB, Curtis JR, Wolf LE, Prendergast TJ, Taichman DB, Kuniyoshi G, Acerra F, Lo B, Luce JM

Lessons from an HIV transmission pair.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Hecht FM, Wolf LE, Lo B

Clinical decision-making: physicians' preferences and experiences.

BMC family practice

Murray E, Pollack L, White M, Lo B

Prognostication during physician-family discussions about limiting life support in intensive care units.

Critical care medicine

White DB, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Lo B, Curtis JR

Establishing procedures for institutional oversight of stem cell research.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Zettler P, Wolf LE, Lo B

Clinical decision-making: Patients' preferences and experiences.

Patient education and counseling

Murray E, Pollack L, White M, Lo B

HPV vaccine and adolescents' sexual activity.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

Lo B

A new era in the ethics of human embryonic stem cell research.

Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio)

Lo B, Zettler P, Cedars MI, Gates E, Kriegstein AR, Oberman M, Reijo Pera R, Wagner RM, Wuerth MT, Wolf LE, Yamamoto KR

Human subjects issues and IRB review in practice-based research.

Annals of family medicine

Wolf LE, Walden JF, Lo B

Advance care planning.

The American journal of geriatric cardiology

Lo B

Informed consent in human oocyte, embryo, and embryonic stem cell research.

Fertility and sterility

Lo B, Chou V, Cedars MI, Gates E, Taylor RN, Wagner RM, Wolf L, Yamamoto KR

Resuscitating advance directives.

Archives of internal medicine

Lo B, Steinbrook R

Informed consent in HIV research.

Focus (San Francisco, Calif.)

Wolf LE, Lo B

Legal barriers to implementing recommendations for universal, routine prenatal HIV testing.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Wolf LE, Lo B, Gostin LO

Research with vulnerable participants.

The Journal of clinical ethics

Lo B

Direct-to-consumer advertising: physicians' views of its effects on quality of care and the doctor-patient relationship.

The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Murray E, Lo B, Pollack L, Donelan K, Lee K

The impact of health information on the Internet on health care and the physician-patient relationship: national U.S. survey among 1.050 U.S. physicians.

Journal of medical Internet research

Murray E, Lo B, Pollack L, Donelan K, Catania J, Lee K, Zapert K, Turner R

Medicine. Consent from donors for embryo and stem cell research.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Lo B, Chou V, Cedars MI, Gates E, Taylor RN, Wagner RM, Wolf L, Yamamoto KR

The impact of health information on the internet on the physician-patient relationship: patient perceptions.

Archives of internal medicine

Murray E, Lo B, Pollack L, Donelan K, Catania J, White M, Zapert K, Turner R

Oversight of quality improvement: focusing on benefits and risks.

Archives of internal medicine

Lo B, Groman M

Responding to requests regarding prayer and religious ceremonies by patients near the end of life and their families.

Journal of palliative medicine

Lo B, Kates LW, Ruston D, Arnold RM, Cohen CB, Puchalski CM, Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Schreiber RS, Tulsky JA

The roles and experiences of nonaffiliated and non-scientist members of institutional review boards.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Sengupta S, Lo B

The Wendland case--withdrawing life support from incompetent patients who are not terminally ill.

The New England journal of medicine

Lo B, Dornbrand L, Wolf LE, Groman M

Strategies for culturally effective end-of-life care.

Annals of internal medicine

Crawley LM, Marshall PA, Lo B, Koenig BA, End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel

Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physicians.

JAMA

Lo B, Ruston D, Kates LW, Arnold RM, Cohen CB, Faber-Langendoen K, Pantilat SZ, Puchalski CM, Quill TR, Rabow MW, Schreiber S, Sulmasy DP, Tulsky JA, Working Group on Religious and Spiritual Issues at the End of Life

Avoiding family feuds: responding to surrogate demands for life-sustaining interventions.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Alpers A, Lo B

To tell the truth: ethical and practical issues in disclosing medical mistakes to patients.

Journal of general internal medicine

Wu AW, Cavanaugh TA, McPhee SJ, Lo B, Micco GP

Parental consent for pediatric cadaveric organ donation.

Transplantation proceedings

Weiss AH, Fortinsky RH, Laughlin J, Lo B, Adler NE, Mudge C, Dimand RJ

A middle ground on physician-assisted suicide.

Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees

Tulsky JA, Alpers A, Lo B

Physician-assisted suicide in context: constitutional, regulatory, and professional challenges.

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Lo B, Rothenberg KH, Vasko M

When is CPR futile?

JAMA

Alpers A, Lo B

How house officers cope with their mistakes.

The Western journal of medicine

Wu AW, Folkman S, McPhee SJ, Lo B

Futility: not just a medical issue.

Law, medicine & health care : a publication of the American Society of Law & Medicine

Alpers A, Lo B

Understanding the benefits and burdens of tube feedings.

Archives of internal medicine

Lo B, Dornbrand L

The physician's responsibility toward hopelessly ill patients. A second look.

The New England journal of medicine

Wanzer SH, Federman DD, Adelstein SJ, Cassel CK, Cassem EH, Cranford RE, Hook EW, Lo B, Moertel CG, Safar P

Life-sustaining treatment for patients with AIDS.

Chest

Wachter RM, Luce JM, Lo B, Raffin TA

Patient attitudes to discussing life-sustaining treatment.

Archives of internal medicine

Lo B, McLeod GA, Saika G

Preferences of homosexual men with AIDS for life-sustaining treatment.

The New England journal of medicine

Steinbrook R, Lo B, Moulton J, Saika G, Hollander H, Volberding PA

The case of Elizabeth Bouvia. Starvation, suicide, or problem patient?

Archives of internal medicine

Steinbrook R, Lo B

Ethical dilemmas in caring for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Annals of internal medicine

Steinbrook R, Lo B, Tirpack J, Dilley JW, Volberding PA

How do doctors discuss do-not-resuscitate orders?

The Western journal of medicine

Miller A, Lo B

'Do not resuscitate' decisions. A prospective study at three teaching hospitals.

Archives of internal medicine

Lo B, Saika G, Strull W, Thomas E, Showstack J

Guiding the hand that feeds. Caring for the demented elderly.

The New England journal of medicine

Lo B, Dornbrand L

Decision making for incompetent patients by designated proxy. California's new law.

The New England journal of medicine

Steinbrook R, Lo B

How good is communication between primary care physicians and subspecialty consultants?

Archives of internal medicine

McPhee SJ, Lo B, Saika GY, Meltzer R

Cost containment confronts physicians.

Annals of internal medicine

McPhee SJ, Myers LP, Lo B, Charles G

Deciding whether to resuscitate.

Archives of internal medicine

Lo B, Steinbrook RL

Frequency of ethical dilemmas in a medical inpatient service.

Archives of internal medicine

Lo B, Schroeder SA

Clinical decisions to limit treatment.

Annals of internal medicine

Lo B, Jonsen AR

Ethical dilemmas and the clinician.

Annals of internal medicine

Lo B, Jonsen AR

The ethics of medicine: an annotated bibliography of recent literature.

Annals of internal medicine

Jonsen AR, Cassel C, Lo B, Perkins HS