Jeremy M. Kahn, MD, MSc
| Office Location | 723, Blockley Hall |
| Office Phone | 215-573-7791 |
| jmkahn@mail.med.upenn.edu | |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Senior Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care |
| DBE Appointment | Assistant Professor |
Additional Positions
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Research Statement
Dr. Kahn’s research program focuses on the organization, management, and financing of critical care services in the United States. Specific areas of interest include ICU workforce and staffing, quality measurement, benchmarking, and regionalization of critical care. He holds a career development award from the National Institutes of Health, investigating the effect of ICU organization on the outcomes of care for patients with acute lung injury and other types of acute respiratory failure.
Selected Publications
Kahn JM, Matthews FA, Angus DC, Barnato AE, Rubenfeld GD. Barriers to implementing the Leapfrog Group recommendations for intensivist physician staffing: a survey of ICU directors. J Crit Care (in press).
Kahn JM, Kramer AA, Rubenfeld GD. Transferring critically ill patients out of hospital improves the standardized mortality ratio: a simulation study. Chest 2007;131:68-75.
Kahn, JM, Goss CH, Heagerty PJ, Kramer AA, O'Brien CR, Rubenfeld GD. Hospital volume and the outcomes of mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med 2006;335:41-50.
Kahn JM, Doctor JN, Rubenfeld GD. Stress ulcer prophylaxis in mechanically ventilated patients: integrating evidence and judgment using a decision analysis. Intensive Care Med 2006;32(8):1151-8.
Kahn JM, Andersson L, Karir V, Polissar NL, Neff MJ, Rubenfeld, G. Low tidal volume does not increase sedation use in patients with acute lung injury. Crit Care Med 2005;33:766-771.
