Daniela Lamas Dr. Daniela Lamas shares her story with Stories Behind the Mask
As associate faculty on the Serious Illness Care Program, Dr. Lamas has developed a national reputation as a clinician who writes about critical health care issues. She is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and associate faculty at Ariadne Labs. Her clinical and research areas of focus are in long-term critical care survivorship, palliative care in the ICU and decision-making surrounding chronic critical illness.
She has written for the Atlantic and the New York Times on decision-making in health care. Her book, You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between, was published in 2018. She is also a staff writer for the Twentieth Century Fox medical TV drama “The Resident.”
Areas of Expertise:
Health care systems
Seniors and vulnerable populations
Critical care
Dr. Lamas in the News
Boston Globe: ICU doctor shares heartbreaking impact of hospital visitor bans as coronavirus spreads
Dr. Daniela J. Lamas is interviewed about her heartbreaking experiences in the ICU of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Dr. Lamas' Perspectives
New York Times: Will Covid-19 Patients in Rural Areas Get the Care They Need?
Dr. Daniela Lamas' latest opinion piece on the risks to patients in rural areas of the country.
Washington Post: I’m a pulmonary care doctor. There’s absolutely nothing unsafe about masks.
Dr. Daniela Lamas in the Washington Post debunking some recent myths about masks.
New York Times: I’m a Critical Care Doctor. I’m Tired, I’m Mourning, I’m Bracing for More.
Dr. Daniela Lamas reflects on where we are in the global pandemic.
BMJ Opinion: What comes after covid-19? Preparing for post-intensive care syndrome
Dr. Daniela Lamas and colleagues on the psychological impact that COVID-19-related ICU admissions may have on survivors.
Stories Behind the Mask: Dr. Daniela Lamas grapples with a miracle.
Dr. Daniela Lamas shares her story with Stories Behind the Mask
New York Times: The Country Is Reopening. My Patients Are Still Suffering.
Dr. Daniela Lamas writes an op-ed about COVID-19’s impact on the most vulnerable among us.
New York Times: To My Patients’ Family Members, My Apologies
Dr. Daniela Lamas' op-ed in the New York Times on the challenges and suffering from restricted visitor policies.
Boston Globe: ICU doctor shares heartbreaking impact of hospital visitor bans as coronavirus spreads
Dr. Daniela J. Lamas is interviewed about her heartbreaking experiences in the ICU of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
The New York Times: What if I Need to Go on a Ventilator?
In this column for the New York Times, Dr. Daniela Lamas draws on her experience as an emergency room physician to discuss the medical ramifications of being on a ventilator.
The New York Times: I’m on the Front Lines. I Have No Plan for This.
Dr. Lamas' personal story of having to treat COVID-19 patients in the hospital who can't have their loved ones near them -- even on their deathbed.
