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Mark Taubert   FRCP FLSW FRCGP FFMLM

Professor Mark Taubert

FRCP FLSW FRCGP FFMLM

Consultant Palliative Medicine and Chair of Advance & Future Care Planning Strategy Group, NHS Wales

School of Medicine

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Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Work

  • NHS Consultant Physician & Clinical Director Velindre University NHS Trust, Wales
  • Professor Cardiff University School of Medicine (hon) since 2020
  • National Chair Advance & Future Care Planning, NHS Wales Executive
  • Vice-President European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) & executive board of directors, Brussels, Belgium
  • Harvard Medical School Global Clinical Scholars and Medical Writers programme faculty, Boston, USA
  • Compassionate Communities Cymru steering group
  • NHS Wales Bevan Commission Associate (steering group)
  • BMJ Group Editor - Supportive & Palliative Care
  • Medicine (Elsevier journal) Editorial Board member
  • ESMO designated centre for integrated oncology and palliative care lead

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Articles

Book sections

  • Lewis-Williams, G. and Taubert, M. 2024. Treatment escalation plans. In: Dewhurst, F. et al. eds. Challenging Cases in Palliative Care - Cases with Expert Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 307-310.
  • Taubert, M. 2021. Five things this healthcare professional would like you to know about modern resuscitation. In: Lyons, A. and Winter, L. eds. We All Know How This Ends: Lessons about life and living from working with death and dying. Green Tree
  • Taubert, M. 2020. Danke. In: Usher, S. ed. Musik - Letters of Note: Bemerkenswerte Briefe., Vol. 2020. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Muenchen, pp. 41-50.
  • Taubert, M. 2020. Letters of Note: Music [Chapter 5]. In: Usher, S. ed. Letters of Note: Music., Vol. 1. Canongate, pp. 18-25.
  • Taubert, M. 2017. Morphine. In: Twycross, R., Wilcock, A. and Howard, P. eds. Palliative Care Formulary., Vol. 6th Ed. palliativedrugs.com, pp. 375-387.

Conferences

Monographs

Websites

Research

Over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts and conference talks on medical topics. Elected to be a Fellow of the Learned Sociey of Wales in 2024. Key areas of focus:

  • Ceilings of treatment & escalation decisions
  • Acute oncology & acute palliative care
  • Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Opioids
  • Out-of-hours palliative care
  • Technology & new media in palliative care
  • Advance & Future Care Planning
  • Patient & carer involvement
  • Peer-support

A list of publications can be found here.

Teaching

Academic programme - Resource Page Palliative Care

'Palliative Care is a multi-professional therapeutic approach for all populations with life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses. The goal is to prevent and actively address any suffering, symptoms and serious illness burden, often from the time of diagnosis onward.'

The following tutorials, guidelines and articles are for students and clinicians attached to one of Mark Taubert's teams, and cover numerous curriculum requirements within palliative care, oncology, general internal medicine, gerontology and general practice. Topics include an introduction to palliative care, symptom management, malignant spinal cord compression, nausea & vomiting, and management of hypercalcaemia of malignancy.

The following resources may be of interest to those considering palliative care as a future career:

 

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Biography

Bio: Prof. Mark Taubert is a hospital consultant & clinical director at Velindre University NHS Trust. Academic activities at Cardiff University include advance care planning and new media in medical settings. He is the founder of TalkCPR.com and chairs the national Future Care Planning strategy group for the NHS Wales Executive. He has delivered a Ted Talk on palliative care and writes for international news outlets like the Washington Post, Newsweek and the Guardian. In 2023 he was voted onto the executive board of directors of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) and is EAPC Vice-President until 2027.

Honours and awards

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) London
  • Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP)
  • Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW)
  • Fellow of the Faculty for Medical Leadership & Management (FFMLM)
  • Faculty of Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr Strategic International Community (FüAkBw)

Supervisions

Teaching, Supervision & Projects

Education engagement activity

Education podcasts, modules & seminars

 

Current supervision       

 Heledd Lewis

  Research Student


Engagement

Author:  Newsweek  Al Jazeera The Spectator  Chicago Tribune  The Telegraph   The Guardian   Washington Post   Huff Post UK   Metro   BMJ   The Times  Hay Literary Fest International Writers  Quillette  Wales Online  Bevan Commission  BBC News - Authored Articles Guardian Travel  New Scientist

Featured in:  NBC  CNN  Guardian  BBC World ITV  The Observer  El Mundo  Billboard   Le Courrier Canada  Radio 4 'A Life in Music'  Himalayan Times  NME   Rolling Stone  Western Mail  CinePremiere Mexico  BBC Radio 4  Edinburgh Fringe  BBC Fortunately  Guardian Universities  Hay Festival Podcast  Wales Online  Yahoo Canada  CNN Business  Guardian Society  Unherd

Lazarus: David Bowie   BBC News feature   BBC Radio 3   Benedict Cumberbatch  Remedy School of Medicine Edition 24   Cardiff Uni Alumni News  Jarvis Cocker

Examples of speaker engagements: