Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Summa Cum Laude, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2007
• MD, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, 2013
• MSCI, Washington University School of Medicine, 2020

Training

• Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, 2013 - 2016
• Editorial Fellowship, Pediatrics, AAP, 2016 - 2017
• Chief Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, 2016 - 2017
• Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 2017 - 2020
• Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation, Washington University School of Medicine, 2018 - 2020

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2016 - PresMO, Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
• 2017 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics

Honors and Awards

• Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity, 2004
• College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Internship, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004
• Discovery Biology Summer Research Internship, Pfizer, Inc., 2005
• Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, 2006
• Phi Beta Kappa Society, University of Missouri-Columbia Chapter, 2007
• Certificate of Exemplary Community Service, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, 2009
• Scholarship in Teaching Award, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2011
• Scholarship in Teaching Award, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2013
• Andrew J. Fishleder Leadership in Medicine Award, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, 2013
• Award for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, 2013
• Quality Improvement Showcase Award, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2015
• Academic Pediatric Association Ethics Special Interest Group Essay Competition - Second Place, 2016
• Scholarship in Teaching Award - Case Western Reserve University, 2019
• Young Investigator Award - St. Jude Pediatric Palliative Oncology Symposium, 2019
• Young Investigator Award - American Society for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2021

Recent Publications view all (57)

Publication Co-Authors

Jay R. Malone, M.D., Ph.D.

Amanda Emke, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Bryan A. Sisk

1. Sisk BA, Schulz G. Moving Toward a Basic Science of Prognostic Communication. Pediatrics. 2021. PMID:33952690 
2. Sisk BA, Keenan MA, Blazin LJ, Kaye E, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois JM. "Don't be afraid to speak up": Communication advice from parents and clinicians of children with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021;e29052. PMID:33861026 
3. Sisk BA, Zavadil JA, Blazin LJ, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois JM. Assume It Will Break: Parental Perspectives on Negative Communication Experiences in Pediatric Oncology. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021;OP2001038. PMID:33848191 
4. Kerr AM, Sisk BA. Unanswered questions and unmet needs: A call for communication research in vascular anomalies. Patient Educ Couns. 2021. PMID:33858723 
5. Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, Kaye EC, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois JM. Multilevel barriers to communication in pediatric oncology: Clinicians' perspectives. Cancer. 2021. PMID:33598930 
6. Sisk BA, Schulz GL, Blazin LJ, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois JM. Parental views on communication between children and clinicians in pediatric oncology: a qualitative study. Support Care Cancer. 2021. PMID:33569673 
7. Sisk BA. Improving communication in pediatric oncology: An interdisciplinary path forward. Cancer. 2020. PMID:33320329 
8. Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, DuBois J, Mack JW. Characteristics of uncertainty in advanced pediatric cancer conversations. Patient Educ Couns. 2020. PMID:33109428 
9. Sisk BA, Antes AL, Burrous S, DuBois JM. Parental Attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence-Driven Precision Medicine Technologies in Pediatric Healthcare. Children (Basel). 2020;7(9). PMID:32962204 
10. Sisk BA, Friedrich A, Blazin LJ, Baker JN, Mack JW, DuBois J. Communication in Pediatric Oncology: A Qualitative Study. Pediatrics. 2020. PMID:32820068 
11. Sisk BA, Fasciano K, Block SD, Mack JW. Impact of cancer on school, work, and financial independence among adolescents and young adults. Cancer. 2020. PMID:32658324 
12. Sisk BA, DuBois J. Research Ethics during a Pandemic: A Call for Normative and Empirical Analysis. Am J Bioeth. 2020;20(7):82-84. PMID:32716775 
13. Nagy M, Sisk B. How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Patient-Clinician Relationships? AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E395-400. PMID:32449655 
14. Sisk BA, Mozersky J, Antes AL, DuBois JM. The "Ought-Is" Problem: An Implementation Science Framework for Translating Ethical Norms Into Practice. Am J Bioeth. 2020;20(4):62-70. PMID:32208070 
15. Sisk BA. Supporting "good parent" beliefs with communication: Where do we go next? Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020;e28282. PMID:32196940 
16. Sisk BA, Fasciano K, Block SD, Mack JW. Oncologists' Communication and Decision-Making Behaviors Affect Perceptions of Sensitive Information Exchange for Adolescent and Young Adult Patients. J Palliat Med. 2020;23(3):310-311. PMID:32105550 
17. Sisk BA, Dobrozsi S, Mack JW. Teamwork in prognostic communication: Addressing bottlenecks and barriers. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020;e28192. PMID:31965719 
18. Sisk BA, Feudtner C, Bluebond-Langner M, Sourkes B, Hinds PS, Wolfe J. Response to Suffering of the Seriously Ill Child: A History of Palliative Care for Children. Pediatrics. 2019. PMID:31806669 
19. Sisk BA, Baker JN. The Underappreciated Influence of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross on the Development of Palliative Care for Children. Am J Bioeth. 2019;19(12):70-72. PMID:31746709 
20. Sisk B, Baker JN. A Model of Interpersonal Trust, Credibility, and Relationship Maintenance. Pediatrics. 2019. PMID:31722962 
21. Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, DuBois J, Mack JW. Emotional Communication in Advanced Pediatric Cancer Conversations. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019. PMID:31733356 
22. Sisk BA, Dubois J, Hobbs BP, Kodish E. Reprioritizing Risk and Benefit: The Future of Study Design in Early-Phase Cancer Research. Ethics Hum Res. 2019;41(6):2-11. PMID:31743629 
23. Sisk BA, Fasciano K, Block SD, Mack JW. Longitudinal prognostic communication needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer. Cancer. 2019. PMID:31568584 
24. Sisk BA, Schulz GL, Mack JW, Yaeger L, DuBois J. Communication interventions in adult and pediatric oncology: A scoping review and analysis of behavioral targets. PLoS One. 2019;14(8):e0221536. PMID:31437262 
25. Sisk BA, Kang TI, Mack JW. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parental Decision-Making Roles in Pediatric Oncology. J Palliat Med. 2019. PMID:31408409 
26. Sisk BA, Mack JW, DuBois J. Knowing versus doing: The value of behavioral change models for emotional communication in oncology. Patient Educ Couns. 2019. PMID:31362900 
27. Sisk BA, Kang TI, Mack JW. The evolution of regret: decision-making for parents of children with cancer. Support Care Cancer. 2019. PMID:31297592 
28. Sisk BA, Weng S, Mack JW. Persistently low peace of mind in parents of cancer patients: A five-year follow-up study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;e27609. PMID:30663226 
29. Sisk BA, Canavera K, Sharma A, Baker JN, Johnson LM. Ethical issues in the care of adolescent and young adult oncology patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;e27608. PMID:30623573 
30. Sisk BA, Kang TI, Goldstein R, DuBois JM, Mack JW. Decisional burden among parents of children with cancer. Cancer. 2019. PMID:30602060 
31. Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, Mozersky J, Walsh H, DuBois J. Core Functions of Communication in Pediatric Medicine: an Exploratory Analysis of Parent and Patient Narratives. J Cancer Educ. 2018. PMID:30565162 
32. Sisk BA, Baker JN. Microethics of Communication-Hidden Roles of Bias and Heuristics in the Words We Choose. JAMA Pediatr. 2018. PMID:30357382 
33. Sisk BA, Kodish E. Reasons Don't Matter. Am J Bioeth. 2018;18(8):59-60. PMID:30133399 
34. Sisk BA, Mack JW. How Should We Enhance the Process and Purpose of Prognostic Communication in Oncology? AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(8):E757-765. PMID:30118426 
35. Sisk BA, Kodish E. Therapeutic Misperceptions in Early-Phase Cancer Trials: From Categorical to Continuous. IRB. 2018;40(4):13-20. PMID:30387976 
36. Sisk BA, Kang TI, Mack JW. Sources of parental hope in pediatric oncology. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018;65(6):e26981. PMID:29369485 
37. Sisk BA, Collins GS, Dillenbeck C, Malatack JJ. Appropriateness of Pediatrics Case Reports Citations. Pediatrics. 2018;141(Suppl 5):S526-S529. PMID:29610185 
38. Sisk BA, Malone JR. Hope, Optimism, and Compassionate Communication. JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172(4):311-312. PMID:29404571 
39. Sisk BA, Kang TI, Mack JW. How Parents of Children With Cancer Learn About Their Children's Prognosis. Pediatrics. 2018;141(1). PMID:29208726 
40. Goodman JV, Shah A, Vadlamudi G, Sisk BA, Emke AR. Improving infant CPR training at an academic medical center using a medical student-led program. Resuscitation. 2018;122:e13-e14. PMID:29146492 
41. Sisk BA, Kang TI, Mack JW. Prognostic disclosures over time: Parental preferences and physician practices. Cancer. 2017;123(20):4031-4038. PMID:28369836 
42. Sisk BA, Greenzang KA, Kang TI, Mack JW. Longitudinal parental preferences for late effects communication during cancer treatment. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017. PMID:28792684 
43. Sisk BA, Mack JW, Ashworth R, DuBois J. Communication in pediatric oncology: State of the field and research agenda. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017. PMID:28748597 
44. Sisk BA, DuBois J, Kodish E, Wolfe J, Feudtner C. Navigating Decisional Discord: The Pediatrician's Role When Child and Parents Disagree. Pediatrics. 2017;139(6). PMCID:PMC5470498  PMID:28562285 
45. Sisk BA. Devastation and Hope-Stories of Fertility in Oncology. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2017;7(2):141-145. PMID:29056644 
46. Sisk BA, Bluebond-Langner M, Wiener L, Mack J, Wolfe J. Prognostic Disclosures to Children: A Historical Perspective. Pediatrics. 2016;138(3). PMCID:PMC5005028  PMID:27561728 
47. Walling EB, Benzoni N, Dornfeld J, Bhandari R, Sisk BA, Garbutt J, Colditz G. Interventions to Improve HPV Vaccine Uptake: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics. 2016;138(1). PMID:27296865 
48. Sisk B, Frankel R, Kodish E, Harry Isaacson J. The Truth about Truth-Telling in American Medicine: A Brief History. Perm J. 2016;20(3):74-7. PMCID:PMC4991917  PMID:27352417 
49. Sisk BA. Where Were You? Acad Pediatr. 2016;16(3):217-9. PMID:26884097 
50. Sisk B. A piece of my mind. Time will tell. JAMA. 2015;313(11):1107-8. PMID:25781437 
51. Schwarz K, Sisk B, Schreiber J, Malik F. A common thread: pediatric advocacy training. Pediatrics. 2015;135(1):7-9. PMID:25535264 
52. Sisk BA. The cost of "what if...". Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2014;53(8):807-8. PMID:24647694 
53. Sisk B. Being difficult for the patient. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27(12):1726-7. PMCID:PMC3509302  PMID:22692635 
54. Sisk B, Bierer SB, Lahl M, Balagamwala EH. Medical students teach basic life support in hospital. Med Educ. 2012;46(5):512-3. PMID:22515769 
55. Sisk BA. The most intimate and intrusive question. Tex Heart Inst J. 2012;39(3):313-4. PMCID:PMC3368464  PMID:22719137 
56. Altahawi F, Sisk B, Poloskey S, Hicks C, Dannefer EF. Student perspectives on assessment: experience in a competency-based portfolio system. Med Teach. 2012;34(3):221-5. PMID:22364454 
57. Wang Q, Simonyi A, Li W, Sisk BA, Miller RL, Macdonald RS, Lubahn DE, Sun GY, Sun AY. Dietary grape supplement ameliorates cerebral ischemia-induced neuronal death in gerbils. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2005;49(5):443-51. PMID:15830335