ScottDavidHalpernMD

Pulmonology • Philadelphia, PA

Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
3400 Spruce St
1 Maloney Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-614-0072
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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

Time-Limited Trials for Patients With Critical Illness: A Review of the Literature.
Nadig, N. R., Jacqueline M Kruser, Nandita R Nadig, Elizabeth M Viglianti, Justin T Clapp, Katharine E Secunda, Scott D Halpern> ;Chest. 2024 Apr 1
10 citations
Global, Race-Neutral Reference Equations and Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation.
Alexander T Moffett, Cole Bowerman, Sanja Stanojevic, Nwamaka D Eneanya, Scott D Halpern, Gary E Weissman> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 Jun 1
5 citations
Racial Disparities in Length of Stay Among Severely Ill Patients Presenting With Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure.
Christopher F Chesley, Marzana Chowdhury, Dylan S Small, Douglas Schaubel, Vincent X Liu, Meghan B Lane-Fall, Scott D Halpern, George L Anesi> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 May 1
1 citations
Hospital Strain and Variation in Sepsis ICU Admission Practices and Associated Outcomes.
George L Anesi, Erich Dress, Marzana Chowdhury, Wei Wang, Dylan S Small, M Kit Delgado, Brian Bayes, Fernando X Barreda, Scott D Halpern, Vincent X Liu> ;Critical Care Explorations. 2023 Feb 1
1 citations
Chess Lessons: Harnessing Collective Human Intelligence and Imitation Learning to Support Clinical Decisions.
Gary E Weissman, Lyle H Ungar, Scott D Halpern> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2023 Feb 1
2 citations
Characterizing Equity of Intensive Care Unit Admissions for Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure.
Christopher F Chesley, George L Anesi, Marzana Chowdhury, Doug Schaubel, Vincent X Liu, Meghan B Lane-Fall, Scott D Halpern> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2022 Dec 1
2 citations
Among-Hospital Variation in Intensive Care Unit Admission Practices and Associated Outcomes for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure.
George L Anesi, Erich Dress, Marzana Chowdhury, Wei Wang, Dylan S Small, M Kit Delgado, Brian Bayes, Julia E Szymczak, Lindsay W Glassman, Fernando X Barreda, Jonathan...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2023 Mar 1
To J.R.C. with L.O.V.E.
Gordon D Rubenfeld, Scott D Halpern> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2022 Jun 1
1 citations
Association of Unit Census with Delays in Antimicrobial Initiation among Ward Patients with Hospital-acquired Sepsis.
Jennifer C Ginestra, Rachel Kohn, Rebecca A Hubbard, Andrew Crane-Droesch, Scott D Halpern, Meeta Prasad Kerlin, Gary E Weissman> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Association of Intensive Care Unit Admission and Outcomes in Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure.
George L. Anesi, Vincent X. Liu, Marzana Chowdhury, Dylan S. Small, Wei Wang, M. Kit Delgado, Brian Bayes, Erich M. Dress, Gabriel J. Escobar, Scott D. Halpern> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Nov 24
Development and validation of a prediction model for actionable aspects of frailty in the text of clinicians' encounter notes.
Jacob A. Martin, Andrew Crane-Droesch, Folasade C. Lapite, Joseph C. Puhl, Tyler E Kmiec, Jasmine A Silvestri, Lyle H. Ungar, Bruce Kinosian, Blanca E. Himes, Rebecca ...> ;Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2021 Nov 13
4 citations
Deficits in Identification of Goals and Goal-Concordant Care After Sepsis Hospitalization.
Stephanie Parks Taylor, Marc A. Kowalkowski, Katherine R. Courtright, Henry L. Burke, Sangnya Patel, Samantha Hicks, Cristina Hurley, Stephen Mitchell, Scott D. Halpern> ;Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
3 citations
Evaluation and disposition of older adults presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain.
Ari B. Friedman, Angela T. Chen, Rachel Wu, Norma B. Coe, Scott D. Halpern, Ula Hwang, Rachel R. Kelz, Anne R. Cappola> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021 Oct 10
18 citations
Effectiveness and Ethics of Incentives for Research Participation: 2 Randomized Clinical Trials.
Scott D. Halpern, Marzana Chowdhury, Brian Bayes, Elizabeth Cooney, Brian Hitsman, Robert A. Schnoll, Su Fen Lubitz, Celine Reyes, Mitesh S. Patel, S Ryan Greysen, Ash...> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
1 citations
Opportunities to Improve Palliative Care Delivery in Trauma Critical Illness.
Lindsay Haines, Wei Wang, Michael O. Harhay, Niels D. Martin, Scott D. Halpern, Katherine R. Courtright> ;The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2021 Sep 1
1 citations
Comparing Smoking Cessation Interventions among Underserved Patients Referred for Lung Cancer Screening: A Pragmatic Trial Protocol.
Rachel Kohn, Anil Vachani, Dylan S. Small, Alisa J. Stephens-Shields, Dorothy Sheu, Vanessa Madden, Brian Bayes, Marzana Chowdhury, Sadie Friday, Jannie Kim, Michael K...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 Aug 12
5 citations
Implementing nudges to promote utilization of low tidal volume ventilation (INPUT): a stepped-wedge, hybrid type III trial of strategies to improve evidence-based mech...
Meeta Prasad Kerlin, Dylan S. Small, Barry D. Fuchs, Mark E. Mikkelsen, Wei Wang, Teresa Tran, Stefania Scott, Aerielle Belk, Jasmine A Silvestri, Tamar Klaiman, Scott...> ;Implementation Science. 2021 Aug 10
36 citations
Hospital-Free Days: A Pragmatic and Patient-centered Outcome for Trials among Critically and Seriously Ill Patients.
Catherine L. Auriemma, Stephanie P. Taylor, Michael O. Harhay, Katherine R. Courtright, Scott D. Halpern> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Oct 15
2 citations
Framing Benefits in Decision Aids: Effects of Varying Contextualizing Statements on Decisions About Sacubitril-Valsartan for Heart Failure
Mary Catherine Thomson, Larry A. Allen, Scott D. Halpern, Yi-An Ko, Daniel D. Matlock, Andrea R. Mitchell, Miranda A Moore, Alanna A. Morris, Birju Rao, Laura D. Scher...> ;MDM Policy & Practice. 2021 Oct 18
4 citations
Does it Matter Who Decides? Outcomes of Surrogate Decision-Making for Community-Dwelling, Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Near the End of Life.
Micah Y. Baum, Joseph J. Gallo, Marie T. Nolan, Kenneth M. Langa, Scott D. Halpern, Mario Macis, Lauren Hersch Nicholas> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2021 Jun 18
2 citations
Protocol for a two-arm pragmatic stepped-wedge hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating Engagement and Collaborative Management to Proactively Advance Seps...
Marc A. Kowalkowski, Tara Eaton, Andrew McWilliams, Hazel Tapp, Aleta Rios, Stephanie Murphy, Ryan Burns, Bella Gutnik, Katherine O’Hare, Lewis McCurdy, Michael Dulin,...> ;BMC Health Services Research. 2021 Jun 2
2 citations
Cost-Effectiveness of Four Financial Incentive Programs for Smoking Cessation.
Louise B. Russell, Kevin G. Volpp, Pui L Kwong, Benjamin S Cosgriff, Michael O. Harhay, Jingsan Zhu, Scott D. Halpern> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 May 12
4 citations
Dealing With Death as an Outcome in Supportive Care Clinical Trials.
Scott D. Halpern, Jennifer S. Temel, Katherine R. Courtright> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021 Jul 1
35 citations
"Don't talk to them about goals of care": Understanding disparities in advance care planning.
Deepshikha Charan Ashana, Noah D'Arcangelo, Priscilla K. Gazarian, Avni Gupta, Stephen Perez, Amanda J. Reich, Jennifer Tjia, Scott D. Halpern, Joel S. Weissman, Keren...> ;The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2021 Mar 29
58 citations
Equitably Allocating Resources during Crises: Racial Differences in Mortality Prediction Models.
Deepshikha Charan Ashana, George L. Anesi, Vincent X. Liu, Gabriel J. Escobar, Christopher F. Chesley, Nwamaka D. Eneanya, Gary E. Weissman, William D. Miller, Michael...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Jul 20
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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

Is It Time to Rethink End-of-Life Decisions and Care?January 6th, 2022
Is Nudging Patients Ethical? Podcast with Jenny Blumenthal-Barby and Scott HalpernSeptember 30th, 2021
Should We Pay People to Enroll in Clinical Trials?September 22nd, 2021
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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