CURRICULUM VITAE
KENNETH PRAGER
1. CONTACT
Office Address: Columbia University Medical Center, Atchley-Irving Pavilion,
161 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10032
2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
College: Columbia, B.A., 1964
Medical School: Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1968
Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1968-69
Residency: CPMC, Internal Medicine, 1971-72
Chief Medical Resident: University of Chicago, Department of Medicine,
Billings Hospital, 1972-73
3. MEDICAL LICENSURE
New York State, 1969 # 104006
4. MEDICAL BOARD SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1973
5. MILITARY SERVICE
Senior Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Cheyenne
River Sioux Indian Reservation, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, 1969-70
Assistant Surgeon and Acting Medical Director, U.S. PHS Indian Hospital, Eagle
Butte, South Dakota, 1970-71
6. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Medical Association
American College of Physicians, Fellow
American College of Chest Physicians
Medical Society of the State of New York
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
7. HONORS
New York State Regents Medical School Scholarship, 1964
B.A. Cum Laude, Columbia College, 1964
Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia College, 1964
Rafael Award for Medicine, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel, 1984
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
One of New York City's Best Pulmonologists, "The Best Doctors in New York,"
New York Magazine, 1991; 1998; 1999; 2007; 2008
One of New York City's Best Internists/Pulmonologists, Castle Connoly Guide:
How to Find the Best Doctors for You and Your Family, New York Metro Area, 1994,
1997, 1999-2014.
Guide to America’s Top Physicians 2003-6, Consumers’ Research Council of
America
Best Doctors in America 2003-2011
Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2003-13
Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2009-12
National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals 2004-05
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Housestaff Award for Excellence in
Clinical Teaching, Senior Faculty, 1999-2000
Department of Nursing “Physician of the Year Award 2003,” New YorkPresbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Award of Appreciation, New York Organ Donor Network, April 2005
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by the Arnold P.
Gold Foundation, Columbia University P&S Graduation, May 2006
Alfred Markowitz Service Award, NY Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia
Presbyterian Center, Society of Practitioners, June, 2006
Ewig Clinical Education Award, Department of Medicine, Columbia University
Medical Center, 2007-2008
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Society of the Alumni of New York
Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, November 14, 2012
8. COMMUNITY HONORS
Rafael Award for Medicine, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel, 1984
Service Award, Moriah School of Englewood, January 11, 1986
Guardian of Israel Award, Boys Town Jerusalem, June 2, 2003
Ruth Swift Service Award; Cong. Ahavath Torah; Englewood, N.J.; June 2009
Tikun Olam Award, Yeshivat Chovevey Torah Rabbinical School
March, 2011
9. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Instructor in Medicine, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of
Medicine, 1972-73
Associate in Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1973-75
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia P&S, 1975-88
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia P&S, 1989-99
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia P&S, 1999-2007
Professor of Clinical Medicine, 2007-2013
Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center 20013Faculty Associate, Columbia University Center for Bioethics, 2003
Director of Clinical Ethics, Columbia University Center for Bioethics, 2007-
10. HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Attending Physician, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1973-88
Associate Attending Physician, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1989-99
Attending Physician, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 1999Director of Medical Ethics, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia
Presbyterian Center, June 1998Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee, New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Columbia Presbyterian Center, 1994Co-Director Center for Supportive Care and Clinical Ethics 2013-
11. HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Associate Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee, 1992-94
Member, Pastoral Care Advisory Board, 2004-2010
Member, Executive Committee Society of Practitioners, 1995Medical Resident Selection Committee, 1978-2003
Member, Institutional Review Board, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center,
April-May, 1997
Member, Psychiatric Institute Institutional Review Board, May 1998-Feb. 1999
Member, Admissions Committee, Ben Gurion University of the Negev M.D.
Program in International Health, 1997Executive Committee of the Administrative Council, Columbia University Center
for Bioethics, 2004Director of the Meltzer Medical Ethics Fellowship, Columbia College of
Physicians and Surgeons, 201212. TEACHING
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; New York Presbyterian Hospital:
Instructor, Introduction to the Patient
Pulmonary Attending In-Patient Pulmonary Consult Service 1980Pulmonary Attending CPMC AIDS/TB Unit
Pulmonary Attending Medical ICU CPMC
Pulmonary Pathophysiology Instructor Columbia P&S
Lecturer, Pulmonary Subjects, Medical Housestaff, Presbyterian Hospital
Medical Preceptor 4th Year Columbia P&S Students
Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Instructor Pulmonary Fellows
Chief of Service Rounds, Department of Medicine 1995-2010
Discussant at Morning Report for Medical Residents
Guest Lecturer, Ben Gurion University of the Negev M.D. Program in
International Health and Medicine; Beer Sheva, Israel; Pulmonary pathophysiology
course; October, 1999Regular lecturer on medical ethics to medical students, housestaff, nurses, social
workers and pastoral care workers
Annual Introduction to Medical Ethics, first year nursing stuidents
Annual Introduction to Medical Ethics, Social Work Students
Twice annual presentations on ethics at Critical Care Grand Rounds 2006Presentation annually CU Center for Bioethics, Gold Foundation Ethics for Lunch
Seminar Series, 2003Faculty, Columbia University Master’s of Science in Bioethics, 2010Fourth year medical student elective in bioethics course 2005Developed and taught month-long elective in clinical ethics for senior P&S
medical students 2005-2012
Lectures on Pulmonary Subjects
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Anaerobic Pulmonary Infections,
1980
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Malignant Mesothelioma, 1984
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Current Medical Practice in the
USSR, Personal Observations, 1986
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Ethics and Economics in the ICU,
1990
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: The Failure of Out Patient
Treatment of Asthma, 1994
Harlem Hospital Grand Rounds: Current Management of Asthma, 1995
Lecturer, Pulmonary Review for Internal Medicine Recertification Course, 1995
Chronic Pulmonary Disease—When is it GERD? CME Seminar NYC GERD
Network, “The Extraesophageal Manifestations of GERD,” October 1, 2003.
13. OTHER PROFESSIONAL and COMMUNIAL ACTIVITIES
Past reviewer for Chest, publication of the American College of Chest Physicians
Board of Health, Englewood, New Jersey, 1989-1992
Chairman, Medical Advisory Board, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel 1984Policy Advisor, American Council on Science and Health, 1994-2010
Board of Directors, American Council on Science and Health, 2001-2010
Member, Board of Directors, Halachic Organ Donor Society, 2011Member, Board of Directors, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, 201214. Annual Grand Rounds at Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University Center for Bioethics Gold Foundation Ethics for Lunch
Seminar Series: 1-2 presentations and discussions of difficult cases from the CUMC
Ethics Committee, October 2003Twice annual presentation of difficult medical ethics cases at Critical Care
Grand Rounds at CUMC 2005-
Selected Lectures on Medical Ethics
"The Doctor's Dilemma-Ethical Issues in Treating Aids Patients," Jewish Medical
Ethics Series, Jewish Community Center of the Palisades, May 11, 1987
"Ethical Issues Concerning Artificial Nutritional Support of the Elderly,”
Geriatrics Symposium, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, October, 1991
Panelist, "Jewish Perspectives on Medical Ethical Issues," 92nd Street Y, January,
1996
Panelist, "Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Choices," 92nd Street Y, Feb., 1997
"Torah Perspectives on Jewish Diseases," The Kraft Center for Jewish Student
Life at Columbia University, Lincoln Square Synagogue, November 8, 1998
"Medical Ethics of Managed Care," Educational Conference, New York
Association for Healthcare Quality, Inc., Mt. Sinai Medical Center, November 16, 1998
“Medical Ethics Case Presentations,” Ben Gurion Medical School; Beer Sheva,
Israel; October 27, 1999
Critical Care Grand Rounds; Columbia Presbyterian Med. Center, “Ethics in the
ICU, Past, Present, and Future;” February 10, 2000
“Medical Ethics Case Presentations,” Ben Gurion Medical School, Beer Sheva,
Israel; October 27, 1999; October 30, 2000
“Jewish Medical Ethics in End-of-Life Issues,” Medical Ethics Committee, New
York Hospital Division, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, May 17, 2000
Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Rounds: “Ethical Issues Relating to Surgery—
Pre-Op Consent; Post Operative Care Issues in the Surgical ICU,” August 3, 2000
“A Jewish Prayer in the Journal of the American Medical Association—Asher
Yatzar.” Symposium on Modern Medicine and Jewish Law, Fifth Avenue Synagogue,
December 31, 2000
“Societal trends in End of Life Issues: Jewish vs. Secular Outlook,” Congregation
Ohav Zedek, New York City, January 16, 2001
Critical Care Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Med. Center, “Ethical Issues
in Critical Care: Case Discussions,” February 8, 2001
“Controversies and Trends in End of Life Medical Ethics,” Columbia University
Seminar on Death, February 14, 2001
Department of Otololaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Grand Rounds, “Ethical
Issues in End of Life Decisions,” March 8, 2001
Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, “DNR in the OR,” April 5, 2001
Keynote Address, Columbia P&S and NY Presbyterian Hospital CME Course,
Cardiovascular Issues in Geriatrics, “The Age-Old Question: Ethical Issues in the Care of
the Elderly,” May 19, 2001
Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center,
“Ethical Issues in Pathology,” September 25, 2001
3rd Annual Conference, Advances in Pulmonary Medicine, Classic Problems, 21st
Century Solutions, Columbia College of P&S: “Legal and Ethical Issues for Patients with
Advanced Lung Disease,” December 9, 2001
Bioethics Grand Rounds, The New York Ethics Network at the New York
Academy of Medicine; Presentation and Discussion of a Case of Medical Futility;
February 19, 2002
Discussant at Ethics Grand Rounds, New Milford Hospital, New Milford,
Connecticut, May 1, 2002
Critical Care Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center, “Ventricular
Assist Device Removal: Ethical and Legal Issues,” May 23, 2002
Annual Meeting North Shore University Hospital Physicians Organization:
“Hepatitis C: The Ethical Obligations of Physicians and Patients,” June 13, 2002
Nursing Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, “The Issue of
Futility in Medical and Nursing Care,” Nov. 26, 2002
New York Gastroenterology Association: “Ethical Issues in Living Related Donor
Liver Transplantation,” February 13, 2003
Critical Care Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, “Requests
For Inappropriate Withdrawal of Care,” June 12, 2003.
Annenberg Lecture, Jewish Community Center, Tenafly, New Jersey, “Jewish
Medical Ethics,” June 26, 2003
Annual Convention, North American Transplant Coordinators Organization
(NATCO), “More and Better Transplants: More and Harder Ethical Dilemmas,” July 30,
2003, New Orleans, LA
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Nurses Multicultural Workshop, “Ethical and
Cultural Considerations in Health Care Decision Making,” October 24, 2003
Columbia University Center for Bioethics, The Gold Foundation Seminar Series;
“Difficult Cases from the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Ethics Committee,” October
2003; March 2004; October 2004; May 2005; November, 2005; May 2006; November
2006; May 2007; November 2007; May 2008; November 2008; May 2009; November
2009; November 2010
Transplant in Clinical Practice—Course for Transplant Professionals; New YorkPresbyterian Clinical transplant Council; “Ethical Issues in Transplant,” Nov. 9, 2003
Advances in Pulmonary Medicine, Columbia P&S and N.Y. Presbyterian
Hospital; “Ethical and Legal Issues Related to Isolation and Quarantine of Infectious
Patients,” December 14, 2003
Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, “The Futility of Trying to Deal With Medical
Futility” Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, April 29, 2004
CU Medical Center Nursing Department Task Force on the Care of the Dying
Patient, “Care of the Dying Patient: Ethical and Legal Perspectives,” May 5, 2004
Manhattan Jewish Experience, “Medical Ethics and Judaism: Traditional
Influences on a Jewish Doctor,” May 5, 2004
American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2004 Symposium,
“Do Hospitals Need medical Ethics Consultants? Reflections on 10 Years of Ethics at the
Bedside,” October 28, 2004.
Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia P&S and NYPresbyterian Hospital: “Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care.” Dec. 12, 2004
Women’s Board of the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in
Jerusalem, Women’s Wellness Symposium, Keynote Address, “Medical Ethics-Decisions
in Crisis,” March 14, 2005
"Ethics and Organ Transplantation 2005: Testing the Limits." Plenary Session.
UNOS Transplant Management Forum. Memphis, TN. April 12, 2005.
“Expanding the Definition of Acceptable Living Organ Donors—Ethical
Considerations” UNOS Region 9 OPO and Clinical Forum, April 21, 2005
“The Schiavo Case: Medical Ethics’ Perfect Storm. A Retrospective Analysis.”
Columbia University Center for Bioethics, The Gold Foundation Ethics for Lunch
Seminar, May 3, 2005
“The Dignity of Life at the End of Life,” Jewish Medical Ethics Conference,
Columbia University Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Columbia Kraft
Center, May 22, 2005.
Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia P&S and NY
Presbyterian Hospital: “The Year in Medical Ethics: Stem Cells, Directed Organ
Donation, Terry Schiavo.” Dec 12, 2005.
Medical Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, “Clinical Ethics
at Columbia: Past, Present and Future,” April 5, 2006
“Clinical Ethics and End of Life Issues at Columbia University Medical Center,”
Professional Advisor’s Circle, C.U. Medical Center, May 24, 2006
Social Work Grand Rounds, Lois Kingsley Boots Lecture: “Decision Making:
Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Social Workers in Contemporary Practice,” NY Presbyterian
Hospital, CU Medical Center, March 14th, 2007
The New York City Speech, Hearing and Language Association; Professional
Seminar: “Medical Ethics: Application to Communication and Swallowing Disorders,”
January 16, 2008
Riverdale Women’s Health and Halacha Day. “Musings of a Jewish Medical
Ethicist: Keeping Patient’s Whole in a Specialized World.” March 30, 2008
Harlem Children Society, “Medical Ethics,” August 13, 2008
The New York Academy of Medicine and The Metropolitan Ethics Network:
Ethics Grand Rounds. “Must We Always Obey the Health Care Agent? Can We Define
the Tipping Point of Unreasonableness?” Sept. 16, 2008
UJA Federation of New York, Lawyers Division, Health Care Division, “An
Evening on Legal and Medical Ethics” February 4, 2009
Columbia University Law School, Youth Justice Association: “Reproductive Law
in American Society: the Recent Case of Octuplets; Ethical Issues,” March 9, 2009
Surgery Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center, “Money, Morals,
and Medicine” April 23, 2009
Keynote Speaker, Temple University Medical School Grand Rounds Ethics
Symposium, “Ethical Dilemmas in Treating the Homeless Patient,” May 6, 2009
Society for Transplant Social Workers annual meeting, “Ethics and Organ
Transplantation 2009: Testing the Limits,” Cleveland, Ohio, October 15, 2009
The New York Academy of Medicine and The Metropolitan Ethics Network:
Ethics Grand Rounds. “Medical Futility at the Bedside: More Sophisticated Technology,
More Difficult Medical Decisions.” October 22, 2009
Medical Grand Rounds, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University,
Beersheva, Israel, Ethical Quandaries With Advancing Medical Technology, November
3, 2009
Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, “New York State
Law and the Ethics of Resuscitation,” November 12, 2009
The Columbia Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies, Grand Rounds,
Ethical Dilemmas in Treating the Homeless Patient, November 19, 2009
Grand Rounds, NY Downtown Hospital, “Ethical Issues in the ICU,” December
15, 2009
Temple University Psychiatry Grand Rounds, “Ethical Dilemmas in Treating the
Homeless Patient,” January 13, 2010
United Nations International School Bioethics Conference; “Ethical Challenges in
Increasing the Supply of Organs for Transplant”; delivered at United Nations Trusteeship
Council, March 4, 2010
Medical Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center, Organ Donation
and Manipulating the Definition of Death, March 10, 2010
AOA Distinguished Lecture, Uniformed Services University Medical School,
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Maryland, May 6, 2010
John Jones Surgical Society Symposium, Transplantation—A Glimpse at Past,
Present and Future; Columbia University Medical Center, “Pushing the Envelope: Ethical
Issues in Organ Transplantation,” May 21, 2010
Transplant & Translational Immunology Speaker Series, “Ethical Challenges in
Expanding the Organ Donor Pool,” Columbia University Medical Center, February 3,
2011
Medical Grand Rounds, Albert Einstein Medical Center, New York City, “Ethical
Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine—Case Studies,” March 11, 2011
Stony Brook University Medical Center, “The Question of Presumed Consent,”
Conference on Organ Donation, April 11, 2011
Conference on “Defeating Denial: How to Properly Plan for Your Future,”
Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, “Challenges to Halacha Posed by Medical technology,”
May 10, 2011
Inaugural Sandra Solomon Memorial Lecture, Berkshire Medical Center,
Pittsfield, MA, The Challenges of Technology to Humanism in Medicine: Can Dr.
Kildare Survive? May 19, 2011
Inaugural Khalid Butt Lecture Series, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla,
N.Y., Pushing Ethical Boundaries in the Pursuit of Organs, November 15, 2011
Beth Israel Hospital Medical Ethics Committee, New York City, “The Evolution
of Medical Ethics at Columbia University Medical Center,” February 27, 2012
Maclean Center for Medical Ethics, Program on Medicine and Religion,
University of Chicago, “Reflections on Being a Religious Jew and Teaching and
Practicing Secular Medical Ethics at Columbia University Medical Center,” September
10, 2012
Grand Rounds, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, New York City,
“Organ Donation and Manipulating the Definition of Death.” September 28, 2012.
Princeton University Hillel, Jewish Medical Ethics: “Ancient Sources, Modern
Dilemmas,” April 23, 2013
Tisch Hospital/NYU Langone Medical Center Medical Ethics Committee, “Organ
Donation and Manipulating the Definition of Death,” April 18, 2013
Medicine Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical center, “The woman who
forgot to die: autonomy and the deactivation of a cardiac pacemaker,” Drs. Craig
Blinderman and Kenneth Prager, September 25, 2013
Annual Sheinberg Memorial Lecture on Medical Ethics, “‘Doctor don't tell my
mother she has cancer’: Ethical issues involved in sharing medical information”
Congregation Agudath Sholom, Stamford, CT, October 20,2013
Keynote address, Rutgers University Bioethics Society Annual Symposium,
March 12, 2014, “Future end-of-life issues in medical ethics: prolonging dying and
hastening death.”
Panelist, “Palliative Care and Ethics Committees: Diverse Approaches to
Conflict,” New York City Bar Association, Committee on Bioethical Issues, March 20,
2014
Commencement Addresses:
Medical School graduation, Ben Gurion University MD Program in International
Health and Medicine; Beersheva, Israel, May 27, 2003
Invocation at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Graduation, May,
2006
Scholar in Residence
November, 2006, Congregation Shara Tzedeck, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
September, 2008, Congregation Beth Israel, Schenectady, N.Y.
December, 2009, Congregation Ohav Zedek, N.Y., N.Y.
January, 2010, Congregation Sherith Israel, Nashville, Tennessee
March, 2010, Congregation Beth Shalom, Rochester, N.Y.
May, 2010, Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Newton, Massachusetts
February, 2012, Congregation Sons of Israel, Briarcliff Manor, NY
November, 2013 Congregation Ohel Ari, Raanana, Israel
14. MISCELLANEOUS
Established first medical student exchange between a U.S. and Russian (formerly
Soviet) Medical School: Columbia P&S and First Moscow Medical Academy, 1990
Established Annual Joseph N. Muschel Medical House Staff Award and Lecture,
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1996“Prager’s List—A Physician’s Journey to Auschwitz,” Holocaust memorial
Program, Congregation Ahavath Torah, Englewood, NJ, April 25, 2006
15. PUBLICATIONS
Prager, K. Primary Extra-Genital Cutaneous Gonorrhea, Archives of Dermatology 1973;
107:112.
Prager, K. Alcoholism and the American Indian. Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin.
46:20-25, 1972. Reprinted in Mni Wakan & The Sioux: Respite, Release and Recreation,
Edited by Rodger Hornby and Richard Dana, Jr., Justin Publishing, 1984, p.3-13
Grewal, R, Prager, K, Austin, J, Rotterdam, H. Long-term survival in non-encapsulated
primary liposarcoma of the mediastinum, Thorax 1993; 48:1276-77.
Prager, K. "For Everything A Blessing," in "A Piece of My Mind" column in JAMA,
1997; 277:1589
Prager, K. Is Prescribing Placebos Ethical? Yes. Point and Counterpoint, Priorities,
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), December, 1998.
Prager, K. “The List,” in “A Piece of My Mind” column in JAMA, 2001; 285:2692
Prager K, Groeger J, Weiser M, Lederberg M, Rubin D, Siegler M. Ethics Committees
at Work. Can Doctors Say “Enough”? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
2003;12:215-223.
Prager, K. “Alice’s Husband,” in “A Piece of My Mind” column in JAMA; 2003,
289:2333
Prager, K. Medical Care for the Elderly: Should Limits Be Set? Virtual Mentor.
American Medical Association Journal of Ethics; 2008;8(6):404-410.
Maurer MS, Raina A, Hesdorffer C, Bijou R, Colombo P, Deng M, Drusin R, Haythe J,
Horn E, Lee SH, Marboe C, Naka Y, Schulman L, Scully B, Shapiro P, Prager K,
Radhakrishnan J, Restaino S, Mancini D. Cardiac transplantation using extended-donor
criteria organs for systemic amyloidosis complicated by heart failure. Transplantation.
2007: 15;83(5):539-45
Romano M, Wahlander S, Lang B, Li G, Prager K. Mandatory Ethics Consultation
Policy. Mayo Clin Proc. 2009;84(7):581-585.
Woo J. Prager K. Substituted Misjudgment
Clin Ethics 2009; 4(4): 208—210.
Lioke JD, Gillick M, Mayer S, Prager K, Simon J, Steinberg A, Tendler MD, Willig M,
Fischbach RL. The critical role of religion: Caring for the dying patient from an
Orthodox Jewish perpsective. J Palliat Med. 2010 Oct;13(10):1267-71.
Marvin MR, Prager KM, Wohlauer MV, Chandler JG. Sanctity and organ donation’s
societal value. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2012;97(1): 12-23.
Prager K. The Crisis of Medical Humanism: Challenges to Resuscitating the Weakened
Heart of American Medicine. MD Advisor. Spring 2012, 37-40.
Acres C, Prager K, Hardart G, Fins J. Credentialing the Clinical Ethics Consultant: An
Academic Medical Center Affirms Professionalism and Practice. The Journal of Clinical
Ethics. Summer 2012. 156-164.
Goswami S., Evans A, Das B, Prager K, Sladen RN, Wagener G. Determination of
Brain Death by Apnea test Adapted to Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. J
Cardiothoracic Vasc Anesth 2013: Apr;27(2) 312-4.
Goswami S, Prager K, Sladen RN, Wagener G. Reply to Drs. Rady and Verheijde, J
Cardiothoracic Vasc Anesth 2013: Apr;27(2) e9-10
Prager K. When Physicians and Surrogates Disagree about Futility. Virtual Mentor.
2013;15:1022-1026. http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2013/12/ecas2-1312.html.
Abrams DC, Prager K, Blinderman CD, Burkart KM, Brodie D. The Appropriate Use of
Increasingly Sophisticated Life-Sustaining Technology. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15:10501055. http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2013/12/stas2-1312.html.
Darryl C. Abrams; Kenneth Prager; Craig D. Blinderman; Kristin M. Burkart; Daniel
Brodie. Ethical Dilemmas Encountered With the Use of Extracorporeal Membrane
Oxygenation in Adults. Chest. 2014;145(4):876-882.
Editorials
Prager K. The Failure of Out Patient Treatment of Asthma Among the Indigent, RT The
Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners, 1995:8:14
Edwards N, Prager K. Nothing is Fair or Good Alone [ethical issues in setting age limits
for heart transplant candidates], The Journal of Thoracic and Cadiovascular Surgery,
2003:125;23-24
Prager K, Hardart G. Ethical Challenges Posed by Trisomy 18 Infants. The Israel
Medical Association Journal. 2012;14:498-500.
Textbook Chapters
Prager, K. Medical ethics issues in the elderly. In: Edwards, N., Maurer, M., eds.
Cardiac Surgery in the Older Patient: Comprehensive Management. New Jersey: The
Humana Press, Inc. 2002, 149-163.
Neuberg G, Prager K. Ethical challenges after cardiac surgery. In: Sladen RN, ed.
Postoperative Cardiac Care. A Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Monograph.
Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011:385-400.
Letters in Medical Journals
Prager K. Use of BCG Vaccine, The New England Journal of Medicine, 1969, 281: 965966.
Prager K. Obstacles To Transplant Technology, The New England Journal of
Medicine, 1988, 318:451
Prager K. High Hopes--And Many Morals [re: New York State's DNR Law], JAMA, p.
2297, May 2, 1990.
Prager K. Alcohol and the Future of Native Americans, JAMA, p. 471, January 27, 1993.
Prager K, Oz M. Proposed Policy for Ventricular Assist Device Removal, Ann Thorac
Surg 2002;73:1688-96
Neuberg GW, Prager KM. Don’t blame advance directives for poor
end-of-life care. Ann Intern Med. Annals online (www.annals.org). Aug.30, 2007.
Prager K. When is the request of a surrogate too unreasonable to follow? Ann Thorac
Surg. 2009 Nov;88(5):1723; author reply 1723-4.
Blinderman C, Prager K. The Right to Information—A First Step Toward Improving
End-of-Life Care, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, March 26, 2011
ABSTRACTS 1995-1996
Anesthetic Management in Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy for Severe Emphysema,
M. Argenziano, N. Moazami, A.M. DiMango, B. Thomashow, J. Edsall, C. Yip, K.M.
Prager, P.A. Jellin, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg and E.S. Delphin.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Depts. of Medicine, Surgery
and Anesthesiology, New York, NY.
Spirometry and Exercise Tolerance are Significantly Improved in Patients Who Undergo
Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy for Treatment of Advanced Emphysema. A.M.
DiMango, P.F. Simonelli, M. Argenziano, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E.
Ginsberg, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, B. Thomashow, J. Edsall. Columbia U. College of P&S,
Depts. of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY
Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy is not Contraindicated in Emphysema with Severe
Hypercapnea. M. Argenziano, N. Moazami, A.M. DiMango, J.J. DeRose, B.
Thomashow, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, J. Edsall, P.A. Jellin, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M.
Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg. Columbia U. College of P&S, Depts. of Medicine and
Surgery, New York, NY.
Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy Allows Resection of Thoracic Tumors in Patients
With Severe Emphysema. J.J. DeRose, Jr., M. Argenziano, N. El-Amir, N. Moazami, B.
Thomashow, J. Edsall, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, P.A. Jellen, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M.
Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg. Columbia U. College of P&S, Depts. of Medicine and
Surgery, New York, NY
Extended Indications for Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy in Advanced Emphysema.
M. Argenziano, N. Moazami, A.M. DiMango, J.J. DeRose, B. Thomashow, C. Yip, K.M.
Prager, J. Edsall, P. A. Jellin, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg.
Columbia U. College of P&S, Depts. of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY
Op-Ed Page Articles
Soviet Health Care's Critical Condition. The Wall Street Journal, p.26, January 29, 1987.
"What? Physicians Won't Treat AIDS?" Op-Ed Page, The New York Times, p.39,
October 23, 1987.
Medicare Meddling. Op-Ed Page, The New York Times, September 12, 1988.
How CPR Can Threaten The Desperately Ill. The Wall Street Journal, p. A16, March 9,
1989.
Israeli Health Care Is Saving Palestinian Lives. The Jewish Week, p. 25, December 22,
1989.
Clozaril: Tort's Dangerous Side Effects. The Wall Street Journal, p. A18, December 6,
1990.
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Senior Citizen Mothers?, The New York Times, April 27, 1997
Who's Needlessly Prolonging Life?, The New York Times, March 2, 1999
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