Daniela LamasDr. 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: The Hopeful Future and the Patients Who Won’t See It
Dr. Daniela Lamas' latest perspective in the New York Times.
New York Times: Doctors Are Dreading the Winter
Dr. Daniela Lamas writes about the threat of a winter COVID-19 surge.
New York Times: In an Unlikely Covid Survivor’s Case, More Questions Than Answers
Dr. Daniela Lamas on the uncertainties facing COVID-19 survivors.
New York Times: More Than 70,000 Covid-19 Patients Have Received Plasma. Does It Help?
Dr. Daniela Lamas discusses the need for evidence-based treatments, and the risk of haste.
New York Times: Families Are Central to Critical Care. But the Waiting Room Is Empty.
Dr. Daniela Lamas writes on the key role that families play in critical care, and on the short- and long-term challenges posed by their absence during the pandemic.
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.
