Maria J. Silveira, MD, MA, MPH

Maria J. Silveira MD MA MPH is an internist, health services researcher, and ethicist examining issues surrounding the end of life. She joined the faculty of the Division of General Medicine and the Bioethics Program at the University of Michigan in 2001. Published research examines public and physician knowledge about laws governing end of life (e.g. the Oregon Death with Dignity Act), the geography of death, decision making at the end of life, and access to end of life care. She was awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Scholar Award in 2003 and a VA Career Development Award in 2004.  She sits on numerous national committees for groups that advocate for expansion of end of life care and recently was picked by MI Governor Granholm to be an advisor on pain and symptom management.