Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall MD MSHP, FCCM

PubMed

• Identifying the determinants of health-related quality of life in children after heart transplant.
  Jonathan B Edelson, Jing Huang, Zi Wang, Vicky Tam, Debra Lefktowitz
  JHLT Open. 2025-05-01
• Gender and Pathways to Leadership in Academic Anesthesiology: A Qualitative Content Analysis of US Chairpersons' Curricula Vitae.
  Meghan B Lane-Fall, Maya J Hastie, Melanie Kleid, Varun Yarabarla, Andrea N Miltiades
  Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2025-05-01
• Protocol for a multisite, observational clinical study of the association between skin colour and pulse oximeter accuracy in children undergoing cardiac catheterisatio...
  Halley Ruppel, Liming Huang, Christopher J Petit, Athar M Qureshi, Christopher P Bonafide
  BMJ Open. 2025-04-05

Journal Articles

• “Nonroutine Events” as a Nonroutine Outcome for Perioperative Systems Research  
  Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, Anesthesiology
• Transitions of Care in the Perioperative Period  
  Becker A and Lane-Fall M, Current Anesthesiology Reports, 1/1/2017
• Advanced practitioner-driven critical care outreach to reduce intensive care unit readmission mortality  
  Martin ND, Pisa MA, Collins TA, Robertson MP, Sicoutris CP, Bushan N, Saucier J, Martin A, Reilly PM, Lane-Fall M, Kohl B, International Journal of Academic Medicine, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

• Anesthesiology 
  Chapter: Quality Improvement in Anesthesia: Taking a Generative, not a Reactive Approach to Quality Improvement. 
  Falk S, Lane-Fall M, Fleisher LEditors: Longnecker D, Newman M, Zapol W, Mackey S, Sandberg W.McGraw-HillEdition 3rd,2017
• EvidenceBased Practice of Critical Care 
  Chapter: What are the Indications for Intubating the Critically Ill Patient? 
  Collard ML and Lane-Fall MBEditors: Deutschman C and Neligan.Saunders/ElsevierEdition 2nd,2016
• Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care 
  Chapter: Safety in Remote Locations. 
  Grodofsky S, Lane-Fall MB, Weiss MSEditors: Ruskin K, Stiegler M, Rosenbaum S.Oxford University Press2016
• Essentials of Pharmacology for Anesthesia, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care 
  Chapter: Black Box FDA Warnings and Legal Implications. 
  Lane-Fall MBEditors: Kaye A.Springer2015
• Intensive Care Unit Manual 
  Chapter: Teamwork and Collaborative Practice in the Intensive Care Unit. 
  Lane-Fall MB, Maguire C, and Hoke, LEditors: Lanken P, Manaker S, Kohl B, Hanson CW.ElsevierEdition 2nd,2014
• Intensive Care Unit Manual 
  Chapter: Use of neuromuscular blocking agents. 
  Lane-Fall MB, Kohl BA, Hanson CWEditors: Lanken P, Manaker S, Kohl B, Hanson CW.ElsevierEdition 2nd,2014
• Anesthesia and Coexisting Diseases. 
  Chapter: Hyperphosphatemia 
  Lane-Fall MEditors: Playford HR, Moitra VK, Meltzer J, Sladen RN.PocketMedicine.com, Inc., New York, NY2014
• Anesthesia and Coexisting Diseases. 
  Chapter: Hypophosphatemia 
  Lane-Fall MEditors: Playford HR, Moitra VK, Meltzer J, Sladen RN.PocketMedicine.com, Inc., New York, NY2014
• Anesthesia and Coexisting Diseases. 
  Chapter: Porphyria 
  Lane-Fall MEditors: Playford HR, Moitra VK, Meltzer J, Sladen RN.PocketMedicine.com, Inc., New York, NY2014
• Non-Operating Room Anesthesia 
  Chapter: Engineering Excellence in Non-Operating Room Anesthesia. 
  Lane-Fall MB and Weiss MSEditors: Weiss MS and Fleisher LA.Saunders2014
• Pharmacology in Anesthesia Practice 
  Chapter: Antiviral Drugs 
  Lane-Fall M, and Miano TEditors: Gupta A and Singh ND.Oxford University Press2013
• The Surgical Review 
  Chapter: Anesthesia. 
  Lane-Fall M, and Hanson, CWEditors: Porrett PM, Roses RE, Frederick JR, Kaiser LR.Lippincott, Williams & WilkinsEdition 3rd,2009
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Abstracts/Posters

• The family view of trauma ICU recovery: early results from a longitudinal qualitative study.
  Koilor C, Peifer H, Lane-Fall M, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, San Antonio, TX, 1/25/2018
• What every graduating resident needs to know about quality and safety: A narrative analysis of 26 sets of ACGME milestones.
  Davis J, Lane-Fall M, Riesenberg L, American College of Medical Quality Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 1/29/2017
• Evaluating a standardized handoff process: Mixed-methods findings from the Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care (HATRICC) Study.
  Perfetti A, Di Taranti L, Buddai S, Lane-Fall M, BMJ International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, London, England, 1/26/2017
• Patient- and Caregiver-Reported Outcomes During Critical Illness Recovery: A Systematic Review.
  Burson R, Di Taranti L, Buddai S, Lane-Fall M, American Thoracic Society International Conference, Washington, DC, 1/24/2017
• Standardization of OR to CTSICU handoff in an academic hospital.
  Garcia H, Murphy S, Zhou E, Hoenisch K, Chin A, Han J, Weiss S, Lane-Fall M, Milas B, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/22/2017
• A Tale of Two Units: Standardization of OR to ICU handoffs in two different intensive care units.
  Peifer H, Collard M, Di Taranti L, Barg F, Lane-Fall M, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/21/2017
• Clinician Perspectives on a Standardized Handoff Process: Qualitative Findings from the Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care (HATRICC) Study.
  Perfetti A, Di Taranti L, Buddai S, Choudhary M, Massa S, Peifer H, Thonduparambil D, Wang C, Lane-Fall M, American Thoracic Society International Conference, Washington, DC, 1/19/2017
• Characterizing Intensive Care Unit Patient and Family Experiences of Recovery After Traumatic Injury.
  Buddai S, Di Taranti L, Adenwala A, Aepli S, Choudhary M, George D, Koilor C, Linehan M, Peifer H, Rub D, Kaplan L, Johnson N, Lane-Fall M, American Thoracic Society International Conference, Washington, DC, 1/19/2017
• Does socioeconomic status predict anesthesia type for Cesarean sections?
  Cobb B, Hsu N, Month R, Lane-Fall M, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Bellevue, WA, 1/10/2017
• What every graduating resident needs to know about quality and safety: A narrative analysis of 26 sets of ACGME milestones.
  Davis J, Lane-Fall M, Riesenberg L, American Board of Medical Societies Conference, Cleveland, OH, 1/26/2016
• Handoff curriculum in anesthesia residency programs: a national survey of program directors.
  Plash M, Brooks A, Lane-Fall M, Riesenberg L, International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/21/2016
• Monday morning: ICU physicians’ perspectives on how attending handoffs impact patient families.
  Mosquera D, Di Taranti L, Lane-Fall M, International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/21/2016
• Handoff standardization in two mixed surgical intensive care units improves teamwork and information exchange: preliminary findings from the Handoffs and Transitions i...
  Lane-Fall M, Pascual J, Gutsche J, Di Taranti L, Buddai S, Barg F, Fleisher L, International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/21/2016
• Risk Factors for the use of General Anesthesia for Cesarean sections: A systematic review.
  Cobb B and Lane-Fall M, Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Boston, MA, 1/18/2016
• Barriers and facilitators of adherence to a standardized handoff intervention according to different clinician types: findings from a hybrid effectiveness-implementati...
  Lane-Fall M, Beidas R, Di Taranti L, Choudhary M, Thonduparambil D, Fleisher L, Barg F, AcademyHealth/NIH 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, 1/14/2016
• Evidence supporting clinician acceptance of a standardized handoff process: findings from a hybrid effectivenessimplementation study of operating room to intensive car...
  Lane-Fall M, Beidas R, Di Taranti L, Buddai S, Torres Hernandez E, Watts J, Fleisher L, Barg F, AcademyHealth/NIH 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, 1/14/2016
• Towards a culture of change: policy adoption to address communication and professionalism in an anesthesiology department.
  Burson R, Arriaga A, Clapp J, Lane-Fall M, Gordon E, Harris D, Fleisher L, Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Annual Educational Conference, National Harbor, MD, 1/1/2016
• Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care (HATRICC): Mixed-methods evaluation and standardization of OR to ICU handoffs in a mixed surgical population.
  Lane-Fall M, Collard M, Gutsche J, Pascual J, Peifer H, Barry M, Beidas R, Halpern S, Barg F, Fleisher L, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/24/2015
• Handoffs in the intensive care unit: are off hours a vulnerable time?
  Hochman B, Barry M, Lane-Fall M, Allen S, Holena D, Smith B, Kaplan L, Pascual J, Journal of the American College of Surgeons; Southwestern Surgical Congress, Monterey, CA, 1/1/2015
• Diversity in the Emerging Intensivist Workforce: Trends in Critical Care Fellows from 2004-2014.
  Lane-Fall M, Miano T, Aysola J, Augoustides J, Critical Care Medicine; Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2015
• Nighttime intensivist staffing in Pennsylvania cardiac surgery ICUs.
  Ramaswamy T, Lane-Fall M, Brown S, Fleisher L, Neuman M, Critical Care Medicine; Research Snapshot Presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2015
• Developing a standard OR to ICU handoff process.
  Lane-Fall M, Pascual J, Collard M, Jablonski J, Beidas R, Gutsche J, Fleisher L, Barg F, Critical Care Medicine; Research Snapshot Presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2015
• ICU attending handoff practices explained: results from a national survey of academic intensivists.
  Lane-Fall M, Collard M, Turnbull A, Halpern S, Shea J, AcademyHealth Quality and Value Interest Group Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 1/1/2015
• There is more than one way to make a team: Physician and nurse staffing patterns in Pennsylvania cardiac surgery intensive care units.
  Lane-Fall M, He X, Wiltse Nicely K, Fleisher L, Neuman M, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
• Provider Perception of the Effectiveness of an Early Warning System for Sepsis in an Academic Medical Center
  Clark K, Guidi J, Upton M, Faust H, Betesh J, Feeley, D, Hanish A, Lane-Fall M, Mikkelsen M, Schweickert W, Smith K, Tait G, Vanzandbergen C, Umscheid C, Fuchs B, Annual Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Informatics Symposium, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1/26/2013
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Lectures

• Implementation science comes to surgery: assessing and standardizing postoperative handoffs in the Christiana Care Health System 
  Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE - 1/1/2018
• A critical evaluation of perioperative handoffs: what the literature says and practical next steps 
  Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2018
• Human Factors: A Clinician’s Perspective 
  1/1/2017
• Assessment of Inter-provider Communication 
  Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2017
• Perioperative handoffs: what the evidence says (and doesn't say) 
  Seattle, WA - 1/1/2017
• What is a handoff? 
  Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2017
• Delirium 
  1/1/2017
• Knowing what works is not the same as getting it done: Implementation science applied to perioperative handoffs 
  Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR - 1/1/2017
• Handoffs in perioperative care: Learning how to support clinician workflow 
  Newark, DE - 1/1/2017
• Adopting the human factors perspective in handoff research 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2017
• Mixed methods research comes to anesthesia: Improving OR to ICU handoffs 
  Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI - 1/1/2017
• Conscious sedation for cardiology fellows 
  1/1/2017
• What do we know about anesthesia handoffs? 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2017
• Communication across the perioperative continuum 
  Fort Lauderdale, FL - 1/1/2017
• Implementation science principles applied to the standardization of perioperative handoffs 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2017
• Finding Mentors for Work and Life 
  1/1/2017
• Quality Improvement in Action: How an Adverse Event Revealed Differences in Resident Knowledge about Sedation 
  Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI - 1/1/2017
• Evolution of Aims to Project: Implementation science applied to perioperative handoffs 
  1/1/2017
• Handoffs in anesthesia and critical care: scientific challenges and emerging evidence 
  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2016; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, - 1/1/2016
• Post-intensive care syndrome. 
  University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center - 1/1/2016
• Patient Handoffs: Feedback, Evaluation, and Monitoring Tools 
  University of Alabama at Birmingham, National Harbor, MD - 1/1/2016
• Building Dynamic Multidisciplinary Research 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2016
• The Science of Handoffs 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2016
• Neither clinical nor basic science research: how an academic anesthesiologist chose a third path in health services research 
  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN - 1/1/2016
• Transparency, Privacy, and Personal Disclosures in Guideline Development Panels 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2016
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Other

• First Stoelting Conference Reaches Consensus on Many Perioperative Handover Recommendations. 
  Cooper J, Lane-Fall M, Agarwala A, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter
  https://www.apsf.org/newsletters/html/2018/Feb/17_Conf_Handover.htm
  1/1/2018
• The evidence base for optimal conduct of handoffs. 
  Agarwala A and Lane-Fall M, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter
  https://www.apsf.org/newsletters/html/2017/Oct/05_EvidenceBase.htm
  1/1/2017
• Interview for OpenAnesthesia “Ask the expert” 
  Lane-Fall M
  http://www.openanesthesia.org/ask-the-expert/
  1/1/2017
• The complexities of race and racism in healthcare. 
  Lane-Fall M, Philadelphia Inquirer
  http://articles.philly.com/2014-01-27/news/46641282_1_patient-care-providers-health-care-providers
  1/27/2014
• Information is the Best Medicine. Guest Appearance (Host: Glenn Ellis) 
  Lane-Fall M, 900 AM WURD Philadelphia
  1/22/2014
• Patient Handoffs: A High-Stakes Game of Telephone. 
  Lane-Fall M, Blog post on Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Voices Blog
  http://ldi.upenn.edu/voices/2014/11/20/patienthandoffs-a-high-stakes-game-of-telephone
  1/20/2014
• Why patients deserve full disclosure about treatment. 
  Lane-Fall M, Philadelphia Inquirer
  http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-29/news/45677981_1_traditional-surgery-surgeon-patients
  1/29/2013
• White paper: "Measuring anesthesia patient satisfaction" American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement 
  Lane-Fall M, Duke P, Woodworth G
  http://www.aqihq.org/files/ASA_Membership_Patient_Satisfaction.pdf
  1/1/2013
• Their ties could be your neck. 
  Lane-Fall M, Philadelphia Inquirer
  http://articles.philly.com/2012-10-26/news/34730971_1_neckties-male-doctors-british-medicalassociation
  1/26/2012
• Mother knows best: Maternal experience and choice of infant sleep position. MD thesis 
  Lane-Fall M
  Yale School of Medicine - 1/1/2006
• Sexually Transmitted Disease Risk in African-American Women: Analysis and Policy Recommendations. Honors Thesis in Interdisciplinary Studies 
  Lane, M
  UC Berkeley - 1/1/2001
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