Press
Frail Older Patients Struggle After Even Minor Operations
The New York Times, December 13, 2019
Surgery Near End of Life is Common, Costly
Scientific American, March 1, 2018
Gretchen Schwarze on Uncertainty, Scenario Planning, and American Pie
Geripal, October 10, 2017
Managing Uncertainty – Harnessing the Power of Scenario Planning (perspective and audio interview)
The New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2017
A Surgery Standard Under Fire
The New York Times, March 2, 2015
Wanting to Survive More Than Just 30 Days
Geripal, November 30, 2014
Rethinking the fix-it model in medicine
kevidmd.com, July 28, 2014
The Surgeon’s Pact With the Patient
The New York Times, September 9, 2010
Publications
The ICU Care Plan: Human-Centered Design of a Tool to Support Time-Limited Trials for Older Adults With Critical Illness.
Mortenson SM, McCartney JM, Moy JX, Palmer GM, Goldberg JH, Solomon DB, Polley M, Grover N, Schwarze ML, Campbell TC, Holl JL, Esmond SL, Kruser JM
J Am Geriatr Soc 2025 Oct 13;
[PubMed ID: 41081376]Best Case/Worst Case Communication Tool for Trauma Intensive Care Units.
Fritz ML, Hernandez AH, Zelenski AB, Nitkowski J, Sobol C, Kwekkeboom K, Bradley T, Tsang J, Bushaw K, Dudek A, Stalter L, Schwarze ML
JAMA Surg 2025 Nov 01; 160(11): 1250-1259
[PubMed ID: 40991261]How I Do It: Avoiding the Cognitive Trap Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum.
Kopecky KE, Kapadia MR, Sobol C, Schwarze ML
J Surg Educ 2025 Nov; 82(11): 103689
[PubMed ID: 40987233]Clinical Momentum: An Observational Study Identifying Latent Forces Driving Surgical Interventions for Older Adults Near the End of Life.
Fritz ML, Jaeb MA, Zaza SI, Dudek A, Kwekkeboom KL, Buffington A, Gober LM, Schwarze ML
Ann Surg 2025 Sep 10;
[PubMed ID: 40928090]Ethical considerations and the role of shared decision making in the vascular care of older adults.
Sobol CG, Praska C, Schwarze ML
Semin Vasc Surg 2025 Sep; 38(3): 332-338
[PubMed ID: 40921560]