Emily G. Holmes, MD, MPH

Bio

Dr. Holmes is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Indiana University.  She joined IU in 2017 after completing residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at the University of North Carolina.  She serves as the Program Director for the IU Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship and the Program Director of the Fairbanks Fellowship in Clinical Ethics at IU Health.  

From 2018-2023 Dr. Holmes was the medical director of a multi-site collaborative care program serving the mental health needs of patients in primary care clinics.  In 2023 she was awarded an IU Health Values grant to study racial disparities in against medical advice discharges. Her clinical and research interests include the convergence of psychiatric symptoms and medical illness, clinical ethics, against medical advice discharge, and decision-making capacity.

Key Publications

Holmes EG, Harris RR, Leland BD, Kara A. Against Medical Advice Discharge: Implicit Bias and Structural Racism. Am J Med. 2024 Jul 22:S0002-9343(24)00451-0.

Holmes EG, Cooley BS, Fleisch SB, Rosenstein DL. Against Medical Advice Discharge: A Narrative Review and Recommendations for a Systematic Approach. Am J Med. 2021 Jun;134(6):721-726. 

Holmes E , Holmes J, and Park E. “Psychiatric Care of the Radiation Oncology Patient.”
Psychosomatics, 2017 Sept-Oct; 58(5): 457-465.

Holmes E , Jones S, and Laughon S. “A Retrospective Analysis of Neurocognitive Impairment in
Older Burn Patients.” Psychosomatics, 2017 July-Aug; 58(4): 386-394.

Holmes E , Connolly A, Putnam K, Penaskovic K, Denniston C, Clark L, Rubinow D, and
Meltzer-Brody, S. "Resident Physician Burnout: Contributors and Potential Interventions to Take
Care of Our Own." Acad Psychiatry, 2017 Apr; 41(2): 159-166.