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Doug Opel, MD,MPH

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Doug Opel, MD,MPH

Pediatrics-Primary Care, Bioethics

On staff since September 2005

Children's Title: Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics

Academic Title: Assistant Professor, Divisions of Bioethics and General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine

Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research

"I am passionate about treating the whole patient. I try not to stop at understanding a child's illness; I also try to understand their (and their family's) emotions, aspirations, values and goals. It is gratifying to see how much this often helps the healing process."

Recommendations

MistyPullman, WA07.18.11
My son was quiet ill and the doctors were not sure exactly what was wrong for a while. It was a very scary time for us. Dr. Opel was wonderful! And exactly like his quote says, he does care for the patient and family as a whole. We saw more doctors than I ever wanted to during our stay at Children's, but Dr. Opel was our favorite. We ran into him a year later in the cafeteria while there for follow up care and he remember us, our son, and even what we did for a living. Fabulous man! Excellent doctor!
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Overview

Board Certification(s)
Pediatrics
Medical/Professional School
University of Chicago, Chicago
University of Washington, Seattle
Residency
Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Fellowship
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Research Description

My research interests include provider communication strategies that improve parental acceptance of childhood vaccines and devising methods to identify and address organizational issues underlying ethical conflict.

Research Focus Area

Translational Research

Publications

Social marketing as a strategy to increase immunization rates.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine , 2009 May: 432-7
Characterisation of Organisational Issues in Pediatric Clinical Ethics Consultation: A Qualitative Study
Journal of Medical Ethics , Jan. 1, 2009: 35: 477-482
Integrating ethics and patient safety: the role of clinical ethics consultants in quality improvement.
The Journal of clinical ethics , 2009 Fall: 220-6
A critique of criteria for evaluating vaccines for inclusion in mandatory school immunization programs.
Pediatrics , 2008 Aug: e504-10
Professionalism and the match: a pediatric residency program's postinterview no-call policy and its impact on applicants
Pediatrics , Oct. 1, 2007: e826-31
The case of A.R.: the ethics of sibling donor bone marrow transplantation revisited.
The Journal of clinical ethics , 2006 Fall: 207-19
Glass foreign body in the spinal canal of a child: case report and review of the literature.
Pediatric emergency care , 2004 Jul: 468-72

Presentations

Presentations TitleEventLocationDate
Organizational Roots of Clinical Cases - Panel Session Improving Ethics Quality in Health CareAmerican Society for Bioethics and Humanities, 11th Annual MeetingWashington, D.C.Jan. 1, 2009

Research Funding

Grant TitleGrantorAmountAward Date
Development of a Questionnaire to Identify Vaccine-Hesitant ParentsunknownSept. 1, 2009

Primary Office

Seattle Children's Research Institute
C9S - 6 - Clinical and Translational Research
1900 - 9th Ave Bldg 1
Seattle, WA 98101
206-987-6894

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