Jeremy Hirst

Title(s)Clinical Professor, Medicine
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Biography

    Dr. Hirst is a board-certified psychiatrist. As part of Patient & Family Support Services at Moores Cancer Center, he treats people who may be experiencing depression, anxiety, insomnia or other psychiatric symptoms that are either a result of the cancer experience or are interfering with cancer treatment. He can provide psychiatric assessments, treatment and medication management.

    Dr. Hirst is also part of UC San Diego’s interdisciplinary palliative care team. He focuses on improving the quality of life of patients with cancer and other complex illnesses by providing patients and families with relief from psychiatric, psychological, social, spiritual or other types of distress.

    He was named a “Top Doc" in San Diego Magazine’s “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence" annual survey performed in collaboration with the San Diego County Medical Society for four years in a row and was part of the innovative palliative care psychiatry program at San Diego Hospice that received the 2009 Gold Achievement Award from the American Psychiatric Association’s Institute for Psychiatric Services.

    Dr. Hirst serves as a peer reviewer for multiple journals including the Journal of Palliative Care, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and the Journal of Palliative Medicine. He has also been published in various publications, including the Journal of Palliative Medicine, Psychiatric Times and the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and has co-authored several book chapters related to psychiatry and medical illness.

    Before joining UC San Diego Health System in 2013, Dr. Hirst was the assistant director of the clinical and educational psychiatry programs at San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine. He has also served as a psychiatric consultant for San Diego Unified School District.
    Dr. Hirst is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed his residency and fellowship training at UC San Diego, and received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is board certified in psychiatry with subspecialty eligibility in child and adolescent psychiatry.

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    1. Letter: Error in Estimating Prevalence of Iatrogenic Opioid Use Disorder. J Palliat Med. 2025 May; 28(5):567. Hirst J, von Gunten CF. PMID: 39967480.
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    2. Descriptive Analysis of Dexmedetomidine's Utility in a Palliative Care Unit at the End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2024 Oct; 27(10):1303-1309. Leslie EA, Byrne J, Mesarwi P, Edmonds KP, Hirst JM, Atayee RS. PMID: 38916782.
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    3. Chlorpromazine's Potential Role in Palliating Distressing Symptoms Associated With Hyperactive Delirium in Patients at End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2023 06; 26(6):826-830. Tiefenthaler CM, Hirst JM, Edmonds KP, Atayee RS. PMID: 36847737.
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    4. A Case Report of Phenobarbital for Proportionate Sedation to Control Refractory Symptoms at the End of Life in an Opioid Tolerant Patient. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2021 Sep; 35(3):167-174. Jones JF, Hirst JM, Edmonds KP, Atayee RS. PMID: 34264774.
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    5. Ketamine: When Delirium and Desperation Call for a Hero. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2019 Sep - Dec; 33(3-4):120-124. Moazam C, Hirst J, Mesarwi P, Atayee RS. PMID: 31689170.
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    6. Development, implementation, and initial results of the UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center Wellbeing Screening Tool. Palliat Support Care. 2019 08; 17(4):431-435. Cardenas V, Abbott Y, Hirst JM, Mausbach BT, Agarwal S, Collier G, Tran L, Tamayo G, Downey A, Herring M, Irwin SA. PMID: 30600792.
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    7. Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients Screening Positive for Delirium. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Feb; 37(2):142-148. Nguyen TH, Atayee RS, Derry KL, Hirst J, Biondo A, Edmonds KP. PMID: 31362517.
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    8. Reply to: Comment on: Olanzapine for chemotherapy-induced nausea: Lessons learned from child and adolescent psychiatry. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 01; 66(1):e27490. Samsel C, Kearney J, Meadows AL, Abrams A, Hirst JM, Muriel AC. PMID: 30270495.
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    9. Hydromorphone-induced chorea as an atypical presentation of opioid neurotoxicity: A case report and review of the literature. Palliat Med. 2018 10; 32(9):1529-1532. Martin EJ, Vaughan CL, Atayee R, Hirst JM, O'Donnell K, Edmonds KP. PMID: 30004301.
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    10. Olanzapine for chemotherapy-induced nausea: Lessons learned from child and adolescent psychiatry. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Oct; 65(10):e27289. Samsel C, Kearney J, Meadows AL, Abrams A, Hirst JM, Muriel AC. PMID: 29932280.
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    11. Complex Clinical Intersection: Palliative Care in Patients with Dementia. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 02; 26(2):224-234. Lee EE, Chang B, Huege S, Hirst J. PMID: 28822692; PMCID: PMC5747550.
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    12. Delirium: Use Antipsychotics When Appropriate and Appropriately. J Palliat Med. 2017 08; 20(8):799. Hirst JM, Vaughan CL, Irwin SA. PMID: 28410450.
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    13. Olanzapine in the treatment of refractory nausea and vomiting: a case report and review of the literature. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2015 Jun; 29(2):148-52. Langley-DeGroot M, Ma JD, Hirst J, Roeland EJ. PMID: 26095486.
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    14. Ketamine for the treatment of depression in patients receiving hospice care: a retrospective medical record review of thirty-one cases. Psychosomatics. 2015 Jul-Aug; 56(4):329-37. Iglewicz A, Morrison K, Nelesen RA, Zhan T, Iglewicz B, Fairman N, Hirst JM, Irwin SA. PMID: 25616995; PMCID: PMC4308579.
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    15. Clarifying delirium management: practical, evidenced-based, expert recommendations for clinical practice. J Palliat Med. 2013 Apr; 16(4):423-35. Irwin SA, Pirrello RD, Hirst JM, Buckholz GT, Ferris FD. PMID: 23480299; PMCID: PMC3612281.
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    16. Giving bad news: a 13-year old with acute psychotic symptoms and catatonia. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Apr; 31(3 Suppl):S103-6. Jellinek MS, Hirst J, Stein MT. PMID: 20414058.
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    17. Episodic hypersomnia and unusual behaviors in a 14-year old adolescent. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Apr; 31(3 Suppl):S18-20. Hirst J, Mignot E, Stein MT. PMID: 20414066.
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    18. Episodic hypersomnia and unusual behaviors in a 14-year old adolescent. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2007 Dec; 28(6):475-7. Hirst J, Mignot E, Stein MT. PMID: 18091094.
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    19. Giving bad news: a 13-year old with acute psychotic symptoms and catatonia. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2007 Jun; 28(3):241-4. Jellinek MS, Hirst J, Stein MT. PMID: 17565293.
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