Clarence H Braddock III, MD, MPH

Clinical Focus

• Internal Medicine

Administrative Appointments

• Medical Director, Quality, Stanford Hospital & Clinics , (2007– present )
• Associate Dean for Medical Education, Stanford School of Medicine , (2007– present )
• Associate Chair for Organizational Improvement, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine , (2007– present )
• Associate Chief for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Division of GIM, Stanford University , (2003– present )
• Director, Clinical Ethics, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics , (2003– present )
• Course Director, Practice of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine , (2003– 2007 )

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Clinician-Educator, Society of General Internal Medicine, Calif Region (2008)
• Department of Medicine David Rytand Teaching Award, Stanford University (2006)
• Kaiser Foundation Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching, Stanford University (2005)
• Division of GIM Teaching Award, Stanford University (2004)
• Mervin J. Goldman Teaching Award, UCSF (1992)
• Navy Commendation Medal, US Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA (1988)
• Award for General Excellence, US Naval Hospital, Naples, Italy (1986)
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Chicago (1981)
• Phi Beta Kapa, Stanford University (1977)

Professional Education

• MPH, University of Washington Health Care Ethics (1995)
• Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (1985)
• US Naval Hospital (1985) CA
• US Naval Hospital (1982) CA
• University of Chicago Pritzker (1981) IL
• BS, Stanford University Biological Sciences (1977)
• MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine Medicine (1981)
• Certificate, Stanford University Medical Decision Making (1992)
• MPH, University of Washington Concentration in Medical Ethics (1995)
• Certificate, University of Washington Health Care Ethics (1995)
• Fellowship, Seattle VA Health Services Ambulatory Care (1995)

Community & International Work

• Cultural Competence Education More »

Web Site Links

• National Consortium for Multicultural Education

Research Interests

Prior to moving to Stanford, Dr. Braddock was an Associate Professor in the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he was also Director of the Bioethics Education Project, an initiative to expand and integrate more ethics education into the curriculum. In this capacity he developed a web-based ethics curriculum, interactive on-line case discussion tools, and several new clerkship-based ethics case discussion experiences. Several of these innovations have been published in journals such as Academic Medicine and presented at national meetings.

In addition to work in the area of medical ethics education, Dr. Braddock has research interests in physician-patient communication and informed decision making, with research funded by the Bayer Institute for Healthcare Communication, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and National Institute on Aging. He developed an assessment scale of the quality of informed decision making in clinical practice, using it to show that rarely involve patients in routine yet important clinical decisions. Results of this widely cited work have been published in JAMA, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Clinical Ethics, and the American Journal of Medicine, as well as a book chapters on Informed Consent. Dr. Braddock is recognized as a national expert on informed decision making and doctor-patient communication, having given numerous invited lectures on informed decision making, as well as workshops at national meetings, and is frequently interviewed for the print, radio, and television media.

Publications

• Assessing medical students' skills in working with interpreters during patient encounters: a validation study of the Interpreter Scale. Lie D,  Bereknyei S, Braddock CH, Encinas J, Ahearn S, Boker JR.  Acad Med.  2009; 84 (5): 643-50
• An approach to enhance communication about screening mammography in primary care. Nekhlyudov L,  Braddock CH.  J Womens Health (Larchmt).  2009; 18 (9): 1403-12
• Learning outcomes of a web module for teaching interpreter interaction skills to pre-clerkship students. Lie D,  Bereknyei S, Kalet A, Braddock C.  Fam Med.  2009; 41 (4): 234-5
• High quality care and ethical pay-for-performance: a Society of General Internal Medicine policy analysis. Wharam JF,  Paasche-Orlow MK, Farber NJ, Sinsky C, Rucker L, Rask KJ, Figaro MK, Braddock C, Barry MJ, Sulmasy DP.  J Gen Intern Med.  2009; 24 (7): 854-9
• Do patients' communication behaviors provide insight into their preferences for participation in decision making? Hudak PL,  Frankel RM, Braddock C, Nisenbaum R, Luca P, McKeever C, Levinson W.  Med Decis Making.  2008 May-Jun; 28 (3): 385-93
• Integrating collaborative population health projects into a medical student curriculum at Stanford. Chamberlain LJ,  Wang NE, Ho ET, Banchoff AW, Braddock CH, Gesundheit N.  Acad Med.  2008; 83 (4): 338-44
• Informed decision-making and colorectal cancer screening: is it occurring in primary care? Ling BS,  Trauth JM, Fine MJ, Mor MK, Resnick A, Braddock CH, Bereknyei S, Weissfeld JL, Schoen RE, Ricci EM, Whittle J.  Med Care.  2008; 46 (9 Suppl 1): S23-9
• Older patients' unexpressed concerns about orthopaedic surgery. Hudak PL,  Armstrong K, Braddock C, Frankel RM, Levinson W.  J Bone Joint Surg Am.  2008; 90 (7): 1427-35
• "It's not what you say ...": racial disparities in communication between orthopedic surgeons and patients. Levinson W,  Hudak PL, Feldman JJ, Frankel RM, Kuby A, Bereknyei S, Braddock C.  Med Care.  2008; 46 (4): 410-6
• "Surgery is certainly one good option": quality and time-efficiency of informed decision-making in surgery. Braddock C,  Hudak PL, Feldman JJ, Bereknyei S, Frankel RM, Levinson W.  J Bone Joint Surg Am.  2008; 90 (9): 1830-8
• Toward shared decision making at the end of life in intensive care units: opportunities for improvement. White DB,  Braddock CH, Bereknyei S, Curtis JR.  Arch Intern Med.  2007; 167 (5): 461-7
• Complementary and alternative medicine use among Veterans Affairs outpatients. Micek MA,  Bradley KA, Braddock CH, Maynard C, McDonell M, Fihn SD.  J Altern Complement Med.  2007; 13 (2): 190-3
• Bringing ethics education to the clinical years: ward ethics sessions at the University of Washington. Fryer-Edwards K,  Wilkins MD, Baernstein A, Braddock CH.  Acad Med.  2006; 81 (7): 626-31
• Promoting informed choice: transforming health care to dispense knowledge for decision making. Woolf SH,  Chan EC, Harris R, Sheridan SL, Braddock CH, Kaplan RM, Krist A, O'Connor AM, Tunis S.  Ann Intern Med.  2005; 143 (4): 293-300
• The doctor will see you shortly. The ethical significance of time for the patient-physician relationship. Braddock CH,  Snyder L.  J Gen Intern Med.  2005; 20 (11): 1057-62
• BRIEF REPORT: Patient-physician agreement as a predictor of outcomes in patients with back pain. Staiger TO,  Jarvik JG, Deyo RA, Martin B, Braddock CH.  J Gen Intern Med.  2005; 20 (10): 935-7
• The "new revolution" in medical education: fostering professionalism and patient-centered communication in the contemporary environment. Braddock CH,  Eckstrom E, Haidet P.  J Gen Intern Med.  2004; 19 (5 Pt 2): 610-1
• Physician deception of insurance companies: hyperbole or cause for concern? Braddock CH,  Am J Bioeth.  2004; 4 (4): W32-4
• Finding effective strategies for teaching ethics: a comparison trial of two interventions. Smith S,  Fryer-Edwards K, Diekema DS, Braddock CH.  Acad Med.  2004; 79 (3): 265-71
• Do-not-resuscitate orders and medical futility. Cantor MD,  Braddock CH, Derse AR, Edwards DM, Logue GL, Nelson W, Prudhomme AM, Pearlman RA, Reagan JE, Wlody GS, Fox E.  Arch Intern Med.  2003 Dec 8-22; 163 (22): 2689-94
• Educating for professionalism: trainees' emotional experiences on IM and pediatrics inpatient wards. Kasman DL,  Fryer-Edwards K, Braddock CH.  Acad Med.  2003; 78 (7): 730-41
• Using the American Board of Internal Medicine's "Elements of Professionalism" for undergraduate ethics education. Robins LS,  Braddock CH, Fryer-Edwards KA.  Acad Med.  2002; 77 (6): 523-31
• Alcohol-related discussions during general medicine appointments of male VA patients who screen positive for at-risk drinking. Bradley KA,  Epler AJ, Bush KR, Sporleder JL, Dunn CW, Cochran NE, Braddock CH, McDonell MB, Fihn SD.  J Gen Intern Med.  2002; 17 (5): 315-26
• Factors that predict better informed consent. Braddock CH,  Micek MA, Fryer-Edwards K, Levinson W.  J Clin Ethics.  2002; 13 (4): 344-52
• A follow-up study of the characteristics of dean's letters. Hunt DD,  MacLaren C, Scott C, Marshall SG, Braddock CH, Sarfaty S.  Acad Med.  2001; 76 (7): 727-33
• Too much ethics, not enough medicine: clarifying the role of clinical expertise for the clinical ethics consultant. Braddock CH,  Tonelli MR.  J Clin Ethics.  2001; 12 (1): 24-30
• Ethics and communication: does students' comfort addressing: ethical issues vary by specialty team? Clever SL,  Edwards KA, Feudtner C, Braddock CH.  J Gen Intern Med.  2001; 16 (8): 559-63
• Did I answer your question? Attending physicians' recognition of residents' perceived learning needs in ambulatory settings. Laidley TL,  Braddock CH, Fihn SD.  J Gen Intern Med.  2000; 15 (1): 46-50
• Informed decision making in outpatient practice: time to get back to basics. Braddock CH,  Edwards KA, Hasenberg NM, Laidley TL, Levinson W.  JAMA.  1999 Dec 22-29; 282 (24): 2313-20
• Advancing the cause of informed consent: moving from disclosure to understanding. Braddock CH,  Am J Med.  1998; 105 (4): 354-5
• How doctors and patients discuss routine clinical decisions. Informed decision making in the outpatient setting. Braddock CH,  Fihn SD, Levinson W, Jonsen AR, Pearlman RA.  J Gen Intern Med.  1997; 12 (6): 339-45
• The role of empirical research in medical ethics: asking questions or answering them? Braddock CH,  J Clin Ethics.  1994; 5 (2): 144-7