Dr. Tobin is an assistant professor in psychiatry at Dartmouth
Medical School. He is a palliative care physician and director of The Life
Institute/VA Healthcare Network Upstate NY.
Dr. Tobin is the principal investigator of the Robert Wood
Johnson-funded National Advanced Illness Coordinated Care (NAICC) Program, a
national demonstration project that, in association with the National Chronic
Care Consortium and Milliman USA, is evaluating operational and insurance
reimbursement models for advanced illness/end-of-life care through multiple
health systems.
Dr. Tobin is a national consultant on end-of-life care for National
Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans, Supportive Care of the Dying and Catholic Health
Services, and nursing home palliative care initiatives. He has developed the
Pediatric Advanced Illness Coordinated Care (PAICC) program with members of the
Children's Oncology Group/End-of-Life Task Force and has written training
manuals and articles focusing on the integration of advanced
illness/end-of-life care within health plans and health systems.
Board Certifications
Diplomate, National Board of Medical
Examiners, 1983
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Care at the End of Life
Education
MD: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY,
1982
Internship: Genesee Hospital, Rochester, NY,
1983
Residency in Ophthalmology: Albany Medical Center Hospital,
Albany, NY, 1986
Independent Fellowship in Hospice/Palliative Care:
VA Hospital, Department of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Albany, NY, 1997-1998
Academic Appointments
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Psychiatry,
Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth, NH, 1995-present
Hospital Affiliations
Staff Physician, Hospice/Palliative Care, VA
Hospital, Albany, NY, 1995-present
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative
Medicine
Partnership for Caring
National VA Palliative
Care Steering Committee
American College of Physicians Task Force
on Consumer Education in End-of-Life Care
Selected Publications
Hilden J, Tobin DR (2002). How to Care for Your Seriously Ill Child. Reading, MA: Perseus
Books.
Larson DG, Tobin DR (2000). End-of-life conversation:
Evolving practice and theory, JAMA, 284(12):
1573-1578.
Tobin DR, Larson DG (2000). Advanced Illness Coordinated Care Communication Training Manual. Albany, NY: Life
Institute Press.
Tobin DR (1999). Peaceful Dying. Reading, MA: Perseus Books.
Tobin DR, Conlon JE
(1999). A managed care model for end-of-life care. In WB Bateman et al., eds.,
Patient and Family Education in Managed Care and Beyond: Seizing the Teachable Moment, pp. 193-199. New York: Springer.
