Mary Paulk, MD

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

elizabeth.paulk@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Internal Medicine (1999)
InternshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Internal Medicine (1997)
Medical SchoolEmory University School of Medicine (1996)

Research Interests

Minority Access to Care
Palliative Care

Publications

Featured
Religious coping and use of intensive life-prolonging care near death in patients with advanced cancer

Phelps AC, Maciejewski PK, Nilsson M, Balboni TA, Wright A A, Paulk ME, Trice E, Schrag D, Peteet JR, Block SD, Prigerson HG. , JAMA , March 2009; (301(11)):1140-7

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Provision of Spiritual Care to Advanced Cancer Patients: Associations with Medical Care and Quality of Life Near Death

Balboni T, Paulk, E, Balboni M, Phelps A, Trice-Loggers E, Wright A, Block S, Lewis E, Peteet J, Prigerson HG , J Clin Onc , 2009;

Featured
Racial Differences in Predictors of Intensive End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer Patients.

Loggers ET, Maciejewski PK, Paulk E, DeSanto-Madeya S, Nilsson M, Viswanath K, Wright AA, Balboni TA, Temel J, Stieglitz H, Block S, and Prigerson HG , J Clin Oncol , 2009; (27(33)):5559-64

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Racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning among patients with cancer: impact of terminal illness acknowledgment, religiousness, and treatment preferences

Smith AK, McCarthy EP, Paulk E, Balboni TA, Maciejewski PK, Block SD, Prigerson HG. , J Clin Oncol , 2008; (26(25):):4131-7

Religious coping is associated with the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer.

Tarakeshwar N, Vanderwerker LC, Paulk E, Pearce MJ, Kasl SV, Prigerson HG , J Palliat Med. , June 2006; (9(3)):646-657

Religiousness and spiritual support among advanced cancer patients and associations with end-of-life treatment preferences and quality of life

Balboni TA, Vanderwerker LC, Block SD, Paulk ME, Lathan CS, Peteet JR, Prigerson HG , J Clin Oncol , February 2007; (25(5)):555-60

Differences in risk factors for suicidality between African American and White patients vulnerable to suicide

Vanderwerker LC, Chen JH, Charpentier P, Paulk ME, Michalski M, Prigerson HG , Suicide Life Threat Behav , April 2007; (37(1)):1-9

Associations between United States Acculturation and the End-of-Life Experience of Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer.

DeSanto-Madeya S, Nilsson M, Loggers ET, Paulk, E, Stieglitz H, Kupersztoch YM, Prigerson HG , J Palliat Med , 2009; (12(12)):1143-1149

Associations between United States Acculturation and the End-of-Life Experience of Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer.

DeSanto-Madeya S, Nilsson M, Loggers ET, Paulk E, Stieglitz H, Kupersztoch YM, Prigerson HG , J Palliat Med , 2009; (12(12)):1143-1149

Measuring therapeutic alliance between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer: the Human Connection Scale

Mack JW, Block SD, Nilsson M, Wright A, Trice E, Friedlander R, Paulk E, Prigerson HG , Cancer , 2009; (115(14)):3302-11

Honors/Awards

Champion of End-of-Life Care

Award honoring Texans making an outstanding contribution to improving the quality of end-of-life care (2005)

Soros Foundation Project on Death in America Faculty Scholar

2 year award to support research in end-of-life care (2000)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine