INPCS Leadership: Claire Creutzfeldt

Claire Creutzfeldt, MD
Secretary, INPCS

Dr. Creutzfeldt received her medical degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany and completed her neurology residency, her stroke fellowship as well as a post-graduate training in Palliative Care at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. 

Dr. Creutzfeldt’s research focuses on integrating palliative care into the emergent and ongoing care of patients with severe acute brain injury and their families, including people affected by stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiac arrest. Dr. Creutzfeldt has co-edited a book on Neuropalliative care with Drs Kluger and Holloway and has authored several peer-reviewed manuscripts with a focus on neuropalliative care, communication and decision-making for people facing severe neurologic illness. She has been funded by the Cambia Health Foundation, National institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke, and the National Institute of Nursing Research.