Emily G. Holmes

Fellowship Director, Fairbanks Fellowship in Clinical Ethics and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, IU School of Medicine

Dr. Holmes is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University before obtaining her MD/MPH from the University of North Carolina. She stayed at UNC to complete residency in general adult psychiatry and fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry. In 2017 she joined the IU Department of Psychiatry, and she serves as the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director. In 2022-2023 she completed the Fairbanks Fellowship in Clinical Ethics before joining the faculty as Associate Fellowship Director and becoming the Fellowship Director in 2024. She is particularly interested in the convergence of psychiatric symptoms and medical illness, physician wellness, against medical advice discharge, and decision-making capacity.

Education

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  • 2007: North Carolina University, B.S. Zoology
  • 2012: University of North Carolina, MD/MPH
  • 2016: University of North Carolina, Residency in General Adult Psychiatry
  • 2017: University of North Carolina, Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
  • 2023: Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, Fellowship in Clinical Ethics

Representative Publications

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  • Holmes E, Cooley B, Fleisch S, and Rosenstein R. “Against Medical Advice Discharge: A Narrative Review and Recommendations for a Systematic Approach.” Amer J Med. 2021 Jun;134(6):721-726.
  • Smith AC, Herschkopf MD, Holmes EG. Survey of Ethics Training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowships. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2025 Dec 11:S2667-2960(25)00915-2.
  • Smith AC, Patterson DK, Holmes EG. Difficult Patient Behaviors in the Hospital Setting: A Narrative Review. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Dec 10.
  • Holmes EG, Hartsock JA, Martin AS. Caring for Patients With Severe Anorexia Nervosa-A Capacity Evaluation Cannot Save Us. JAMA Psychiatry.  2025 Jun 1;82(6):547-548.
  • Holmes E, Smith A, Kara A. Patients Discharged "Against Medical Advice" More than Once: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Analysis of a Vulnerable Population. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Dec 20.
  • Holmes E, Harris R, Leland B, and Kara A. Against Medical Advice Discharge: Implicit Bias and Structural Racism. Am J Med. 2024 Nov;137(11):1142-1146.  
  • Miller K, Fields M, Espinal K, Holmes E, Axel-Adams R, Martin AS. Review of Adult Ethics Consultations at a Statewide Health System in 2023. HEC Forum. 2025 Dec 7. doi: 10.1007/s10730-025-09573-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41353688.