Scott David Halpern MD

Pulmonology•Philadelphia, PA

Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

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3400 Civic Center BlvdFl 1Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-3202
Fax+1 215-349-8432

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - 2009
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2003 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine

Clinical Trials

Pilot Randomized Control Trial of Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
The Influence of Default Options in Advance Directives Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Completed
Not Applicable
24 Hour Intensivist Coverage in the Medical Intensive Care Unit Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Randomized Trial of Healthy Eating Interventions Start of enrollment: 2011 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Way to Quit - Comparative Efficacy, Acceptance and Effectiveness of Health Incentive Structures Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Effects of Frequent Decision Making Among Patients With Serious Illnesses Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Effects of Repeated Decision Making Among Surrogates of Seriously Ill Patients Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Default Options in Advance Directives Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Choice Sets for Advance Directives Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Randomized Trial of Recruitment Strategies for Research Participation
COMPLETED
NA
Prognosticating Outcomes and Nudging Decisions With Electronic Records in the ICU Trial Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Study of Therapeutic Exercise in Acute Respiratory Failure to Improve Neuromuscular Disability Trial Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 04
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The effect of a post-bronchodilator FEV/FVC < 0.7 on COPD diagnosis and treatment: a regression discontinuity design.
Alexander T Moffett, Scott D Halpern, Gary E Weissman
Respiratory Research. 2025-04-01
An Explanatory Mixed-Methods Study of Intensive Care Unit Net Benefit: Triage and Trajectory for Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure.
George L Anesi, Lindsay W Glassman, Erich Dress, M Kit Delgado, Fernando X Barreda
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2025-04-01
A series of randomized trials of behavioral economic interventions to increase racial and ethnic diversity of research participants:Rationale and design of ITERATE.
Nirali Patel, Casey Whitman, Adina Lieberman, Shira Blady, Colleen Morse
American Heart Journal. 2025-03-29

Journal Articles

Cognitive Bias and Public Health Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Scott D Halpern, Robert D Truog, JAMA
Numeracy and Understanding of Quantitative Aspects of Predictive Models: A Pilot Study
Scott D Halpern, Gary E Weissman, Joanna L Hart, Marilyn M Schapira, Applied Clinical Informatics

Authored Content

Cognitive Bias and Public Health Policy During the COVID-19 PandemicJune 2020
Score for Predicting Ventilator Weaning Duration in Patients with TracheostomiesNovember 2018

Press Mentions

Largest-Ever Study of Palliative Care Demonstrates Scalable Strategy to Increase Support for Seriously Ill Patients in the HospitalJanuary 16th, 2024
Penn Medicine Researchers Awarded $27.5 Million for Large Palliative Care StudyJuly 18th, 2023
Is It Time to Rethink End-of-Life Decisions and Care?January 6th, 2022
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Grant Support

Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning (Penn PORTAL)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2024–2028
Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning (Penn PORTAL)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2024–2028
Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning (Penn PORTAL)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2024–2028
Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning (Penn PORTAL)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2024–2028
Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning (Penn PORTAL)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2024–2028
Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning (Penn PORTAL)UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2024–2028
Improving the equity of RCTs among patients with acute and chronic respiratory failureUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2018–2028
Improving the equity of RCTs among patients with acute and chronic respiratory failureUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2018–2028
Improving the equity of RCTs among patients with acute and chronic respiratory failureUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2018–2028
Identifying patient subgroups and processes of care that cause outcome differences following ICU vs. ward triage among patients with acute respiratory failure and sepsisUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2023–2027
Identifying patient subgroups and processes of care that cause outcome differences following ICU vs. ward triage among patients with acute respiratory failure and sepsisUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2023–2027
Identifying patient subgroups and processes of care that cause outcome differences following ICU vs. ward triage among patients with acute respiratory failure and sepsisUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2023–2027
Transforming residential palliative care for persons with dementia through behavioral economics and data scienceUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2019–2025
Training in Critical Care Health Policy ResearchUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2010–2025
Comparative Efficacy, Acceptance And Effectiveness Of Health Incentive StructuresNational Cancer Institute2010–2011
Measuring And Mitigating Patient Safety Threats Due To Strains On ICU CapacityAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality2009–2011