Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH

Adjunct Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Expertise includes: The role of health literacy in health outcomes and health disparities, and health services interventions; The potential for behavioral informatics to help people with limited health literacy overcome literacy barriers.

Publications

  • Published 5/1/2025

    Volandes AE, Chang Y, Lakin JR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Lindvall C, Zupanc SN, Martins-Welch D, Carney MT, Burns EA, Itty J, Emmert-Tangredi K, Martin NJ, Sanghani S, Tilburt J, Pollak KI, Davis AD, Garde C, Barry MJ, El-Jawahri A, Quintiliani L, Sciacca K, Goldman J, Tulsky JA. An Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e259150. PMID: 40343696.

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  • Published 4/15/2025

    Collazo A, Amenta E, Olmeda K, Valentine-King M, Laytner L, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Paasche-Orlow MK, Street RL, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. A screening question to assess risk of using antibiotics without a prescription: a diagnostic study. BMC Prim Care. 2025 Apr 15; 26(1):111. PMID: 40234795.

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  • Published 4/9/2025

    Paasche-Orlow MK, Wolf MS. Addressing Health Literacy. JAMA. 2025 Apr 09. PMID: 40202765.

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  • Published 1/13/2025

    Paasche-Orlow MK, Barocas S. A Puzzling Thank You #3. Health Lit Res Pract. 2025 Jan; 9(1):e1-e2. PMID: 39805562.

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  • Published 11/3/2024

    Penumarthy A, Zupanc SN, Paasche-Orlow MK, Volandes A, Lakin JR. Facilitated Advance Care Planning Interventions: A Narrative Review. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Nov 03; 10499091241298677. PMID: 39489614.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

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Education

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Jewish Theological Seminary of America, MA
  • Columbia College, BS

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