Robert K. Horowitz, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 273-1154

Administrative: (585) 273-1154

Office: (585) 273-1154

Office: (585) 654-5432

Fax: (585) 275-7403

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Not Accepting New Patients

Locations

Palliative Care Program
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Ave
Box 687
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Medicine , Palliative Care (SMD)
Georgia & Thomas Gosnell Distinguished Professor in Palliative Care - Department of Medicine , Palliative Care (SMD)
Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD) - Joint

Patient Care Settings

Palliative Care, Pediatrics

Biography

Professional Background

Dr. Rob Horowitz is the Georgia and Thomas Gosnell Distinguished Professor in Palliative Care. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine, Dr. Horowitz is a physician and educator. He was Chief of the Palliative Care Division at Strong Memorial Hospital from 2015 to 2023. Dr. Horowitz also founded and served as Medical Director of Rochester's Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program from 1999 until 2015, and he worked for 14 years as a rural emergency physician.

In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Horowitz teaches palliative care and communication skills to medical and other health career students, residents, and fellows at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, where he serves as a Core Clinical Assessor. Along with Dr. Tom Carroll, he is co-developer of the Advanced Communication Training program at URMC, which teaches serious illness conversation skills to interdisciplinary clinicians at all levels of training and experience. In 2023 he introduced ketamine-assisted psychotherapy research and treatment to URMC.

Research

Dr. Horowitz's primary scholarly interests are palliative care education, the facilitation of serious illness conversations, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for people with serious illness.

Credentials

Specialties

Education

1993
MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/1994 - 09/30/1998
Residency in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center

07/01/1993 - 06/30/1994
Internship in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center

Awards

2022
U of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Faculty Commencement Speaker

2017
UR School of Medicine Faculty Commencement Speaker

2016
UR School of Medicine Faculty Commencement Speaker

2016
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Sponsor: Arnold P Gold Foundation

2015
Herbert W. Mapstone Prize for Excellence in Second Year Teaching
Sponsor: URSMD Class of 2017

2014 - 2016
Gilbert Forbes Dean's Teaching Fellowship

2014
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award URSMD nominee

2013
Patient- and Family-Centered Care Top Performers Award
Sponsor: University of Rochester Medical Center Leadership

2009
Mary Jane Taylor Award
Sponsor: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Rochester, NY
Location: for work

1993 - Present
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

1993
Class of 1976 Prize
Sponsor: URMC Students
Location: for "promise to become an outstanding clinical teacher"

1993
Bryce Collier Prize
Sponsor: URMC Faculty
Location: for "compassionate and understanding care of the sick"

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Publications

Journal Articles

2023
Saeed F: Dahl S; Horowitz RK; Duberstein PR; Epstein RM; Fiscella KA; Allen RJ. "Development and Acceptability of a Kidney Therapy Decision Aid for Patients Aged 75 Years and older: A Design-Based Research Involving Patients, Caregivers, and a Multidisciplinary Team". Kidney medicine. 2023; 5(7).

2022
McHugh DC; George BP; Bender MT; Horowitz RK; Kaufman DC; Holloway RG; Roberts DE. "Reversal of Advance Directives in Neurologic Emergencies" . The Neurohospitalist. 2022; 0(0): 8-11.

9/5/2020
Carroll T, Mooney C, Horowitz R. "Re-ACT: Remote Advanced Communication Training in a Time of Crisis." Journal of pain and symptom management.. 2020 Sep 5; Epub 2020 Sep 05.

Books & Chapters

2021
Chapter Title: Mrs. H: How best to time VSED
Book Title: Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: A Compassionate, Widely Available Option for Hastening Death
Author List: Horowitz, RK
Edited By: Quill TE, Menzel PT, Pope TM, Schwarz JK
Published By: Oxford Press 2021

2021
Chapter Title: Mrs. H: Speculation about the challenge of waiting
Book Title: Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: A Compassionate, Widely Available Option for Hastening Death
Author List: Horowitz, RK
Edited By: Quill TE, Menzel PT, Pope TM, Schwarz JK
Published By: Oxford Press 2021

2014
Chapter Title: Chapter: Supportive and palliative care in dentistry and oral medicine.
Book Title: The Art and Science of Palliative Medicine
Author List: Elad, S; Horowitz, R; Zadik, Y
Published By: AME Publishing 2014

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