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Laura Petrillo, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital
Phone: (617) 724-4000

Photo of Laura Petrillo, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital
Phone: (617) 724-4000

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Laura Petrillo, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Assistant in Medicine, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Research Abstract

Laura Petrillo, MD is a palliative care physician-investigator in the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatrics at MGH and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Petrillo's research focuses on developing innovative models of palliative care for adults living with advanced cancer in the precision medicine era.

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  • Boulanger MC, Lo SB, Centracchio JA, Jewett B, Freese M, Holtze M, Jacobs JM, Petrillo LA, Bauman J, El-Jawahri A, Temel JS, Greer JA. Pilot Feasibility Trial of a Supportive Care Digital Application for Patients with Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. J Palliat Med 2025. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, Hsu K, Pintro K, Rabideau DJ, Zhou AZ, Sarathy R, Tran A, Sullivan R, Reynolds KL, El-Jawahri A, Volandes A, Greer JA, Temel JS. Pilot Randomized Trial of an Educational Intervention About Immunotherapy for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2025; 23:12-20. PubMed
  • Durbin SM, Lundquist D, Pelletier A, Petrillo LA, Bame V, Turbini V, Heldreth H, Lynch K, Boulanger M, Lam A, McIntyre C, Ferrell BR, Jimenez R, Juric D, Nipp RD. Financial toxicity in early-phase cancer clinical trial participants. Cancer 2024. PubMed
  • Falade AS, Boulanger MC, Hsu K, Sarathy R, Fadden R, Reynolds KL, Traeger L, Temel JS, Greer JA, Petrillo LA. Learning about and living with toxicity: a qualitative study of patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma or lung cancer and their caregivers. Support Care Cancer 2024; 32:684. PubMed
  • Boulanger MC, Falade AS, Hsu K, Sommer RK, Zhou A, Sarathy R, Lawrence D, Sullivan RJ, Traeger L, Greer JA, Temel JS, Petrillo LA. Patient and Caregiver Experience With the Hope and Prognostic Uncertainty of Immunotherapy: A Qualitative Study. JCO Oncol Pract 2024. PubMed
  • Durbin SM, Lundquist DM, Pelletier A, Jimenez R, Petrillo L, Kim J, Lynch K, Healy M, Johnson A, Ollila N, Yalala V, Malowitz B, Kehlmann A, Chevalier N, Turbini V, Bame V, Heldreth H, Silva J, McIntyre C, Juric D, Nipp RD. Time Toxicity Experienced by Early-Phase Cancer Clinical Trial Participants. JCO Oncol Pract 2024. PubMed
  • Temel JS, Jackson VA, El-Jawahri A, Rinaldi SP, Petrillo LA, Kumar P, McGrath KA, LeBlanc TW, Kamal AH, Jones CA, Rabideau DJ, Horick N, Pintro K, Gallagher Medeiros ER, Post KE, Greer JA. Stepped Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2024. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, Jones KF, El-Jawahri A, Sanders J, Greer JA, Temel JS. Why and How to Integrate Early Palliative Care Into Cutting-Edge Personalized Cancer Care. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2024; 44:e100038. PubMed
  • Collons D, Florez N, Petrillo L, Dhawan N, Gray TF. Palliative Care for All? An Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Disparities Research With Solutions. J Pain Symptom Manage 2023; 66:e521-e523. PubMed
  • Boulanger MC, Petrillo LA, Temel JS. Listen to the patient: integrating patient-reported outcomes into clinical care. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2023. PubMed
  • Bowman JK, Aaronson EL, Petrillo LA, Jacobsen JC. Goals of Care Conversations Documented By an Embedded Emergency Department-Palliative Care Team During COVID. J Palliat Med 2023; 26:662-666. PubMed
  • Waldman LP, Centracchio JA, Jacobs JM, Petrillo LA, El-Jawahri AR, Temel JS, Greer JA. Study protocol for a randomized trial of a supportive care mobile application to improve symptoms, coping, and quality of life in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1184482. PubMed
  • Stoltenberg MJ, Kennedy M, Rico J, Russell M, Petrillo LA, Engel KG, Kamdar M, Ouchi K, Wang DH, Bernacki RH, Biese K, Aaronson E. Developing a novel integrated geriatric palliative care consultation program for the emergency department. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2022; 3:e12860. PubMed
  • Aaronson EL, Wright RJ, Ritchie CS, Grudzen CR, Ankuda CK, Bowman JK, Kuntz JG, Ouchi K, George N, Jubanyik K, Bright LE, Bickel K, Isaacs E, Petrillo LA, Carpenter C, Goett R, LaPointe L, Owens D, Manfredi R, Quest T. Mapping the future for research in emergency medicine palliative care: A research roadmap. Acad Emerg Med 2022; 29:963-973. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, Shimer SE, Zhou AZ, Sommer RK, Feldman JE, Hsu KE, Greer JA, Traeger LN, Temel JS. Prognostic communication about lung cancer in the precision oncology era: A multiple-perspective qualitative study. Cancer 2022. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, El-Jawahri A, Heuer LB, Post K, Gallagher ER, Trotter C, Elyze M, Vyas C, Plotke R, Turk YR, Han J, Temel JS, Greer JA. Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression Symptoms in a Cross Section of Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Palliat Med 2022. PubMed
  • Temel JS, Petrillo LA, Greer JA. Patient-Centered Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2022; 40:626-634. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, Zhou AZ, Sullivan R, Volandes A, Greer JA, Temel JS, El-Jawahri A. Knowledge About Risks, Benefits, and Curative Potential of Immunotherapy Among Patients with Advanced Cancer. Oncologist 2021; 26:e2090-e2093. PubMed
  • Lee HJ, Qian CL, Landay SL, O'Callaghan D, Kaslow-Zieve E, Azoba CC, Fuh CX, Temel B, Ufere N, Petrillo LA, Fong ZV, Greer JA, El-Jawahri A, Temel JS, Traeger L, Nipp RD. Communicating the Information Needed for Treatment Decision Making Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Receiving Preoperative Therapy. JCO Oncol Pract 2021. PubMed
  • Khaki AR, Glisch C, Petrillo LA. Immunotherapy in Patients With Poor Performance Status: The Jury Is Still Out on This Special Population. JCO Oncol Pract 2021; 17:583-586. PubMed
  • Gips A, Daubman BR, Petrillo LA, Bowman J, Ouchi K, Traeger L, Jackson V, Grudzen C, Ritchie CS, Aaronson EL. Palliative care in the emergency department: A qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators, desired clinician qualities, and future directions. 2021. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, Traeger LN, Sommer RK, Zhou AZ, Temel JS, Greer JA. Experience and supportive care needs of metastatic lung cancer survivors living with uncertainty: a brief qualitative report. J Cancer Surviv 2021; 15:386-391. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, El-Jawahri A, Gallagher ER, Jackson VA, Temel JS, Greer JA. Patient-Reported and End-of-Life Outcomes Among Adults with Lung Cancer Receiving Targeted Therapy in a Clinical Trial of Early Integrated Palliative Care: A Secondary Analysis. J Pain Symptom Manage 2021. PubMed
  • Durbin SM, Zubiri L, Niemierko A, Bardia A, Sullivan RJ, McEwen C, Mulvey TM, Allen IM, Lawrence DP, Cohen JV, Hochberg EP, Ryan DP, Petrillo LA, Reynolds KL. Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Metastatic Cancer Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Inpatient Setting. Oncologist 2021; 26:49-55. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, El-Jawahri A, Nipp RD, Lichtenstein MRL, Durbin SM, Reynolds KL, Greer JA, Temel JS, Gainor JF. Performance status and end-of-life care among adults with non-small cell lung cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. Cancer 2020. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, McMahan RD, Tang V, Dohan D, Sudore RL. Older Adult and Surrogate Perspectives on Serious, Difficult, and Important Medical Decisions. J Am Geriatr Soc 2018; 66:1515-1523. PubMed
  • Petrillo LA, Gan S, Jing B, Lang-Brown S, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ. Hypoglycemia in Hospice Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in a National Sample of Nursing Homes. JAMA Intern Med 2018; 178:713-715. PubMed
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