Michael T Vest DO

Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine, Christiana Care Healthcare System Associate Professor of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College Medical Director, Respiratory Care Training Program Christiana Care Healthcare System/Delaware Technical Community College, CoARC # 200299 Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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4745 Ogletown Stanton RdSte 220Newark, DE 19713
Phone+1 302-368-5515
Fax+1 302-366-1240

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Summary

Dr. Michael Vest is a pulmonologist based in Newark, DE with a subspecialty in Critical Care Medicine. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and his Medical degree at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has a particular experience in respiratory failure and critical care medicine. Dr. Vest has contributed to several published studies with focus areas including SARS-CoV-2 and malnutrition in medical intensive care unit patients. Additionally, he's conducted clinical trials related to medication adherence in COPD patients. His proficiency has been recognized consistently, having received the top award for Critical Care from Delaware Today from 2020 to 2025, and the Seema S. Sonnad PhD Memorial Award for Distinguished Value Institute Scholar from Christiana Care Value Institute in 2018 and the Virginia U. Collier MD Distinguished Educator Award in 2025.

Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011
William Beaumont Army Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
University of New England College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2001

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Certifications & Licensure

DE State License 2012 - 2027
MD State License 2012 - 2027
CT State License 2007 - 2012
ME State License Active through 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Delaware Today - Top Doctors in Critical Care Delaware Today, 2025
Virginia U. Collier MD Distinguished Educator Award Department of Medicine, Christiana Care, 2025
Delaware Today - Top Doctors in Critical Care 2024 Delaware Today Magazine, 2024

Clinical Trials

Medication Adherence Research in COPD Patients Start of enrollment: 2017 May 01
COMPLETED

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Association between Difficulty Affording Medications and Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Sonal G Mallya, Alka Upadhyay, Kevin J Psoter, Meredith A Case, Michael T Vest
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2025-07-01
2 citations
Associations between COVID-19 therapies and outcomes in rural and urban America: A multisite, temporal analysis from the Alpha to Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants.
A Jerrod Anzalone, William H Beasley, Kimberly Murray, William B Hillegass, Makayla Schissel
The Journal of Rural Health. 2025-01-01
1 citations
Pulmonary Sequestration Masquerading as Pulmonary Abscess.
Baltej Singh, Ezekiel Kurcab, Kris Conde, Patricia E Simmer, Michael T Vest
Cureus. 2024-10-01

Journal Articles

Higher mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection in rural versus urban dwellers persists for two years post-infection
AJ Anzalone, MT Vest, ME Schissel, B Price, WB Hillegass, R Horswell, S Chu, CJ Rosen, L Miele, SL Santangelo, GS Smith, and SL Hodder, nature communications, 10/8/2025
Malnutrition and pectoralis muscle index in medical intensive care unit patients: A matched cohort study
Luke O Smith, Michael T Vest, Alisha J Rovner, Richard J Caplan, Jillian C Trabulsi, Juhie B Patel, Sarah W Meng, Mary Shapero, Carrie P Earthman, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2/23/2024
Retrospective Review of Transpulmonary Pressure Guided Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Titration for Mechanical Ventilation in Class II and III Obesity
Liou, Jesse MD; Doherty, Daniel MD; Gillin, Tom RRT; Emberger, John RRT; Yi, Yeonjoo PhD; Cardenas, Luis DO; Benninghoff, Michael DO; Vest, Michael DO; Deitchman, Andr..., Critical Care Explorations, 5/2022

Abstracts/Posters

An Ordinal Scale Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patient Outcomes Using Electronic Health Records.
Khodaverdi M, Price BS, Santangelo SL, Anzalone A, Kimble W, Porterfield JZ, Vest MT, Hodder SL, Hendricks B, Rosen CJ, Bunnell HT, Moradi H, InOpen Forum Infectious Diseases 2021 Nov (Vol. 8, No. Supplement_1, pp. S324-S325). US: Oxford University Press./IDSA 2021, IDSA 2021, 2021
Provider Vs Family Initiated Delayed Decision Making During Intensive Care Unit Family Meetings: A Qualitative Analysis
J Shuman, L O’Donnell, M Vest, ATS 2020, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 201: A3576, 5/2020
Characteristics Of Intensive Care Unit Patients Requiring More Than 10 Days Of Enteral Nutrition
M Langston, M Brooks, M Shapero, R Woods, M Papas, M Vest, ATS 2020, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 201: A3551, 5/2020

Other

Humility: a virtue critical to both successful COVID-19 research and patient care
Vest, MT, Delaware Journal of Public Health
https://djph.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/6_Vest_Editorial.pdf
8/2020

Committees

Member, Adult MCCKAP Society of Critical Care Medicine 2024 - Present
New Castle County At-Large Representative, Medical Society of Delaware Executive Board 2020 - Present
Immediate Past Chair, Society of Critical Care Medicine Item Writing Committee 2022 - 2023
Chair, Society of Critical Care Medicine Item Writing Committee 2021 - 2022
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine Assessment and Knowledge Committee 2020 - 2023