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Jonah Rubin, MD

Jonah Rubin, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interests

Dr. Rubin is interested in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support (MCS), critical care ultrasound, and bioethics and clinically serves as a member of the Pulmonary & Critical Care Division, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center ICU, Optimum Care (Ethics) Committee, and the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. His current primary academic interests are the intersection of bioethics and ECMO, particularly regarding ethico-clinical ECMO candidacy decision-making, employment, and withdrawal.

Awards and Recognition

Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians (2024).

More information can be found on Dr. Rubins’s Harvard Catalyst Profile.

+Current Projects

  • International Multi-Center Analysis of ECMO Candidacy Decision-Making.
  • Global Variability in ECMO Candidacy Decision-Making: An ELSO Survey.
  • Venous ECMO Outcomes for Patients with Cirrhosis: An ELSO Registry Study.
  • Assessment of E-CPR Candidacy Decision-Making.
  • ECMO Candidacy Decision-Making: A Qualitative Exploratory Study.
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons Focus Group on ECMO Ethical Issues.
  • Psychomotor Skills Assessment for ECMO Cannulation: An ELSO Modified Delphi Process.
  • Framing a Halachic (Judeo-Legal) Approach to Code Status Designations.