ScottDavidHalpernMD

Pulmonology • Philadelphia, PA

Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Fl 1
Philadelphia, 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 - 2024
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 Start of enrollment: 2016 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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

155 citations
ICU Occupancy and mechanical ventilator use in the United States
Hannah Wunsch, Jason Wagner, Maximilian Herlim, David H. Chong, Andrew A. Kramer
Critical Care Medicine. 2013-12-01
21 citations
Understanding irresponsible use of intensive care unit resources in the USA.
George L. Anesi, Andrew J Admon, Scott D. Halpern, Meeta Prasad Kerlin
The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2019-07-01
76 citations
Sex and haemodynamics in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Corey E. Ventetuolo, Amy Praestgaard, Harold I. Palevsky, James R. Klinger, Scott D. Halpern
The European Respiratory Journal. 2014-02-01

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

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