Bryan Sisk, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology
Assistant Professor, General Medical Sciences

Washington University

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

I am particularly interested in the effect of communication on the decision-making and consent processes in pediatrics.

PUBLICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

  • Sisk BA, Zavadil JA, Blazin LJ, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois JM. Assume It Will Break: Parental Perspectives on Negative Communication Experiences in Pediatric Oncology. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021;OP2001038. PMID:33848191 
  • Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, Kaye EC, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois JM. Multilevel barriers to communication in pediatric oncology: Clinicians’ perspectives. Cancer. 2021. PMID:33598930 
  • Sisk BA, Schulz GL, Blazin LJ, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois JM. Parental views on communication between children and clinicians in pediatric oncology: a qualitative study. Support Care Cancer. 2021. PMID:33569673 
  • Sisk BA. Improving communication in pediatric oncology: An interdisciplinary path forward. Cancer. 2020. PMID:33320329 
  • Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, DuBois J, Mack JW. Characteristics of uncertainty in advanced pediatric cancer conversations. Patient Educ Couns. 2020. PMID:33109428 
  • Sisk BA, Antes AL, Burrous S, DuBois JM. Parental Attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence-Driven Precision Medicine Technologies in Pediatric Healthcare. Children (Basel). 2020;7(9). PMID:32962204 
  • Sisk BA, Friedrich A, Blazin LJ, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois J. Communication in Pediatric Oncology: A Qualitative Study. Pediatrics. 2020. PMID:32820068 
  • Sisk BA, Fasciano K, Block SD, Mack JW. Impact of cancer on school, work, and financial independence among adolescents and young adults. Cancer. 2020. PMID:32658324 
  • Sisk BA, DuBois J. Research Ethics during a Pandemic: A Call for Normative and Empirical Analysis. Am J Bioeth. 2020;20(7):82-84. PMID:32716775 
  • Nagy M, Sisk B. How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Patient-Clinician Relationships? AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E395-400. PMID:32449655 
  • Sisk BA, Mozersky JT, Antes AL, DuBois JM. The “ought-is” problem: An implementation science framework for translating ethical norms into practice. American Journal of Bioethics. 2020; 20(4):62-70. PMID: 32208070
  • Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, DuBois JM, Mack JW. Emotional communication in advanced pediatric cancer conversations. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019. PMID:31733356
  • Sisk BA, Fasciano K, Block SD, Mack JW. Longitudinal prognostic communication needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer. Cancer. 2019. PMID:31568584
  • Sisk BA, Hinds PS, Feudtner JC, Bluebond-Langner M, Sourkes B, Wolfe J. Response to suffering of the seriously ill child: A history of palliative care for children. Pediatrics. 2019; e20191741.
  • Sisk BA, Kang TI, Mack JW. Racial and ethnic differences in parental decision-making roles in pediatric oncology. J Palliat Med. 2019. PMID:31408409
  • Sisk BA, DuBois JM, Hobbs BP, Kodish E. Reprioritizing risk and benefit: The future of study design in early-phase cancer research. Ethics Hum Res. 2019; 41(6):2-11. PMID:31743629
  • Sisk BA, Mack JW, DuBois JM. Knowing versus doing: The value of behavioral change models for emotional communication in oncology. Patient Educ Couns. 2019. PMID:31362900
  • Sisk BA, Kang TI, Goldstein R, DuBois JM, Mack JW. Decisional burden among parents of children with cancer. Cancer. 2019. PMID:30602060
  • Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, Mozersky JT, Walsh HA, DuBois JM. Core functions of communication in pediatric medicine: An exploratory analysis of parent and patient narratives. J Cancer Educ. 2018. PMID:30565162
  • Sisk BA, Baker JN. Microethics of communication-hidden roles of bias and heuristics in the words we choose. JAMA Pediatr. 2018. PMID:30357382
  • Sisk BA, Kodish E. Therapeutic misperceptions in early-phase cancer trials: From categorical to continuous. IRB. 2018; 40(4):13-20. PMID:30387976
  • Sisk BA, Kang TI, Mack JW. How parents of children with cancer learn about their children’s prognosis. Pediatrics. 2018; 141(1). PMID:29208726
  • Sisk BA, DuBois JM, Kodish E, Wolfe J, Feudtner C. Navigating decisional discord: The pediatrician’s role when child and parents disagree. Pediatrics. 2017; 139(6). PMCID:PMC5470498 PMID:28562285
  • Sisk BA, Bluebond-Langner M, Wiener L, Mack J, Wolfe J. Prognostic disclosures to children: A historical perspective. Pediatrics. 2016; 138(3). PMCID:PMC5005028 PMID:27561728

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