Allyson Chapman, MD, FACS

ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR

Dr. Allyson Cook Chapman is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine at UCSF. She primarily cares for patients on the Inpatient Palliative Medicine Services and in the ICU. She is board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Dr. Chapman completed her general surgery training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and her Critical Care and Palliative Medicine training at Stanford University.

She joined the UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine in 2019 and her clinical focus is on inpatient palliative care and surgical critical care. Her research and education interests focus on the intersection of surgery, critical care, and palliative medicine as well as the integration of palliative care principles into the training and practice of surgeons and critical care clinicians.

Education
Fellowship, 07/2019 - Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Stanford University
Fellowship, 07/2018 - Surgical Critical Care, Stanford University
Residency, 07/2017 - General Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern/ Parkland Hospital
M.D., 06/2012 - Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
B.A., 12/2007 - Sociology, Chemistry, Great Texts, Baylor University
Honors and Awards
  • Sojourns Scholar Leadership Award, Cambia Health Foundation, 2023
Publications

  1. Cobert J, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Mills H, Ashana D, Raghunathan K, Heintz TA, Chapman AC, Smith AK, Lee S. Variation in Mentions of Race and Ethnicity in Notes in Intensive Care Units Across a Health Care System. American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2024. PMID: 39482093


  2. Kim S, Mills H, Brender T, McGowan S, Widera E, Chapman AC, Harrison KL, Lee S, Smith AK, Bamman D, Gologorskaya O, Cobert J. "My mom is a fighter": A qualitative analysis of the use of combat metaphors in intensive care unit clinician notes. Chest 2024. PMID: 39197512


  3. Cobert J, Young Jeon S, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Espejo E, Maley JH, Lee S, Smith AK. Resilience, Survival and Functional Independence in Older Adults Facing Critical Illness. Chest 2024. PMID: 38871280


  4. Cobert J, Frere Z, Wongsripuemtet P, Ohnuma T, Krishnamoorthy V, Fuller M, Chapman AC, Yaport M, Ghadimi K, Bartz R, Raghunathan K. Trends in the Utilization of Multiorgan Support Among Adults Undergoing High-risk Cardiac Surgery in the United States. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2024. PMID: 38926003


  5. Alison Haruta, Ian McCurry, Allyson Cook Chapman. Formal Training in Palliative Care for the Trauma Surgeon: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England) 2024. PMID:


  6. Cobert J, Mills H, Lee A, Gologorskaya O, Espejo E, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Heintz TA, Kennedy C, Ashana D, Chapman AC, Raghunathan K, Smith AK, Lee S. Measuring Implicit Bias in Intensive Care Unit Notes Using Word Embedding Neural Network Models. Chest 2024. PMID: 38199323


  7. Melissa Hornor, Uzer Khan, Michael W Cripps, Allyson Cook Chapman, Jennifer Knight-Davis, Thaddeus J Puzio7, Bellal Joseph. Futility in acute care surgery: first do no harm Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open 2023. PMID:


  8. Kennedy CJ, Chiu C, Chapman AC, Gologorskaya O, Farhan H, Han M, Hodgson M, Lazzareschi D, Ashana D, Lee S, Smith AK, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Pirracchio R, Cobert J. Negativity and Positivity in the ICU: Exploratory Development of Automated Sentiment Capture in the Electronic Health Record. Critical Care Explorations 2023. PMID: 37753238


  9. Lin J, Cook M, Siegel T, Marterre B, Chapman AC. Time is Short: Tools to Integrate Palliative Care and Communication Skills Education into Your Surgical Residency. Journal of surgical education 2023. PMID: 37385930


  10. Aslakson RA, Rickerson E, Fahy B, Waterman B, Siden R, Colborn K, Smith S, Verano M, Lira I, Hollahan C, Siddiqi A, Johnson K, Chandrashekaran S, Harris E, Nudotor R, Baker J, Heidari SN, Poultsides G, Conca-Cheng AM, Cook Chapman A, Lessios AS, Holdsworth LM, Gustin J, Ejaz A, Pawlik T, Miller J, Morris AM, Tulsky JA, Lorenz K, Temel JS, Smith TJ, Johnston F. Effect of Perioperative Palliative Care on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37256623


  11. Chapman AC, Lin JA, Cobert J, Marks A, Lin J, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ. Utilization and Delivery of Specialty Palliative Care in the ICU: Insights from the Palliative Care Quality Network. 2022. PMID: 35595374


  12. Julien Cobert, MD; Allyson Chapman, MD; Alexander Smith, MD, MS, MPH. Comment & Response: Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo and Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Comment & Response: Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo and Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA 2022. PMID:


  13. Cobert J, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Ferrante LE, Lee S, Smith AK. Trends in Geriatric Conditions Among Older Adults Admitted to US Intensive Care Units between 1998-2015. 2022. PMID: 35026299


  14. Halle B. Ellison, MD, FACS; Lee Ann Lau, MD, FACS; Allyson C. Cook, MD; Red Hoffman, MD, ND, FACS; Ana Berlin, MD, MPH, FACS. Surgical Palliative Care: Considerations for Career Development in Surgery and Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2021. PMID:


  15. Lin JA, Im CJ, O'Sullivan P, Kirkwood KS, Cook AC. The surgical resident experience in serious illness communication: A qualitative needs assessment with proposed solutions. 2021. PMID: 34565516


  16. Cobert J, Cook AC, Lin JA, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ. Trends in Palliative Care Consultations in Critically Ill Patient Populations, 2013-2019. Journal of pain and symptom management 2021. PMID: 34348177


  17. Haines LK, Cook AC, Hatchimonji JS, Ho VP, Kalbfell EL, O'Connell KM, Robenstine JC, Schlögl M, Toevs CC, Jones CA, Krouse RS, Martin ND. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Trauma and Emergency Surgery. Journal of palliative medicine 2021. PMID: 34128716


  18. Lin JA, Gardner JM, Kolli KP, Cook AC. Surgical, Interventional, and Medical Palliation of Portal Hypertension. The American surgeon 2020. PMID: 33153284


  19. Lin, JA, Cook, AC. A Surgeon’s Review for Difficult Conversations. Current Surgery Reports. 2020 Mar; 8(2).. A Surgeon’s Review for Difficult Conversations Current surgery reports 2020. PMID:


  20. Cook AC, Stein DM, Pantilat SZ. Surgery and Palliative Care: A Shared History and Integrated Future. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2020. PMID: 32682693


  21. Schoenherr LA, Cook A, Peck S, Humphreys J, Goto Y, Saks NT, Huddleston L, Elia G, Pantilat SZ. Proactive Identification of Palliative Care Needs Among Patients With COVID-19 in the ICU. Journal of pain and symptom management 2020. PMID: 32544647


  22. Loftus TJ, Filiberto AC, Li Y, Balch J, Cook AC, Tighe PJ, Efron PA, Upchurch GR, Rashidi P, Li X, Bihorac A. Decision analysis and reinforcement learning in surgical decision-making. Surgery 2020. PMID: 32540036


  23. Cook AC, Langston JA, Jaramillo JD, Edwards K, Wong HN, Aslakson RA. Opportunities for Palliative Care in Patients with Burn Injury - A Systematic Review. Journal of pain and symptom management 2019. PMID: 31775021


  24. Cook AC, Joseph B, Mohler MJ, Inaba K, Bruns BR, Nakonezny PA, Kerby JD, Brasel KJ, Wolf SE, Cuschieri J, Paulk ME, Rhodes RL, Brakenridge SC, Ekeh AP, Phelan HA. Validation of a Geriatric Trauma Prognosis Calculator: A P.A.L.Li.A.T.E. Consortium Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017. PMID: 28804877


  25. Ahl R, Phelan HA, Dogan S, Cao Y, Cook AC, Mohseni S. Predicting In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Geriatric Trauma Patients Using Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2016. PMID: 28017806


  26. Cook AC, Joseph B, Inaba K, Nakonezny PA, Bruns BR, Kerby JD, Brasel KJ, Wolf SE, Cuschieri J, Paulk ME, Rhodes RL, Brakenridge SC, Phelan HA. Multicenter external validation of the Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score: A study by the Prognostic Assessment of Life and Limitations After Trauma in the Elderly (PALLIATE) consortium. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2016. PMID: 26595708