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Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
DUMC 3688; Blue Zone Rm 0527, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC Box 2706, Durham, NC 27710

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Medicine

Recent Scholarly Works

Inpatient and Outpatient Palliative Care Utilization Rates of Patients With Spine Metastases.

Journal article Spine (Phila Pa 1976) · May 1, 2026 STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE: Specialty palliative care (PC) can be instrumental in improving patient quality of life for patients with spine metastasis. It is important to identify disparities in access to PC to ensure that equitable care ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Caring Through Complexity: Developing a Palliative Care Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Workflow.

Journal article J Pain Symptom Manage · April 2026 CONTEXT: Caring for individuals with serious illness and opioid or stimulant use disorder (OUD/STuD) is complex. Palliative care (PC) providers often lack addiction medicine training and report discomfort managing this population. OBJECTIVES: This quality ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants

Patient Perspectives on Palliative Care in Rheumatology

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Rheumatology Research Foundation · 2024 - 2025

Informing Decisions in Chronic Critical Illness: An RCT

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Mount Sinai School of Medicine · 2010 - 2016

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Education

East Carolina University · 2017 M.B.A.
Thomas Jefferson University · 2006 M.D.