Benjamin S Abella, MD, MPhil
Benjamin S Abella, MD, MPhil
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Emergency Department, Ground Ravdin
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Emergency Department, Ground Ravdin
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-279-3452
Publications
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Center for Resuscitation Science
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Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest
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Center for Resuscitation Science
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Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest
Education:
BA (Biochemistry)
Washington University , 1992.
MPhil (Genetics)
Cambridge University, 1993.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1998.
Permanent linkBA (Biochemistry)
Washington University , 1992.
MPhil (Genetics)
Cambridge University, 1993.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1998.
Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Abella studies sudden cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death that claims over 200,000 lives each year in the United States. Specifically, projects within his clinical research team include: (1) evaluation of CPR and resuscitation performance, (2) testing new methods to teach CPR in the community, (3) prognostication of neurologic outcomes after cardiac arrest, and (4) methods to improve the application of therapeutic hypothermia. Dr. Abella is also the developer and Medical Director of a novel training course for therapeutic hypothermia use in the hospital setting.Dr. Abella has published scholarly work in numerous professional journals including JAMA and Circulation, and has authored review monographs and textbook chapters on cardiac arrest and resuscitation. He serves on the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care task force and has participated in developing international CPR guidelines. He has won a number of honors for his research, clinical care in the Emergency Department and his teaching of residents and medical students, and has lectured widely on the topics of cardiac arrest and post-arrest hypothermia treatment. The investigative work of Dr. Abella’s team is supported by funding from the NIH and Medtronic Foundation, as well as industry sources.
Selected Publications
Carlson DW, Pearson RD, Haggerty PF, Strilka RJ, Abella BS, Gourley PE: Commotio Cordis, Therapeutic Hypothermia, and Evacuation from a United States Military Base in Iraq. The Journal of Emergency Medicine Oct 2012.Johnson NJ, Salhi RA, Abella BS, Neumar RW, Gaieski DF, Carr BG: Emergency department factors associated with survival after sudden cardiac arrest. Resuscitation Oct 2012.
Hirsch LM, Wallace SK, Leary M, Tucker KD, Becker LB, Abella BS: Automated external defibrillator availability and CPR training among state police agencies in the United States. Annals of Emergency Medicine 60(1): 57-62, Jul 2012.
Gaieski DF, Neumar RW, Fuchs B, Abella BS, Kolansky D, Delfin G, Leary M, Goyal M: Haemodynamic management strategies are not explicitly defined in the majority of therapeutic hypothermia implementation studies. Resuscitation 83(7): 835-9, Jul 2012.
Perman SM, Kirkpatrick JN, Reitsma AM, Gaieski DF, Lau B, Smith TM, Leary M, Fuchs BD, Levine JM, Abella BS, Becker LB, Merchant RM: Timing of neuroprognostication in postcardiac arrest therapeutic hypothermia*. Critical Care Medicine 40(3): 719-24, Mar 2012.
Niles DE, Nishisaki A, Sutton RM, Nysæther J, Eilevstjønn J, Leffelman J, Maltese MR, Arbogast KB, Abella BS, Helfaer MA, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM: Comparison of relative and actual chest compression depths during cardiac arrest in children, adolescents, and young adults. Resuscitation 83(3): 320-6, Mar 2012.
Blewer AL, Leary M, Esposito EC, Gonzalez M, Riegel B, Bobrow BJ, Abella BS: Continuous chest compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation training promotes rescuer self-confidence and increased secondary training: a hospital-based randomized controlled trial*. Critical Care Medicine 40(3): 787-92, Mar 2012.
Merchant RM, Yang L, Becker LB, Berg RA, Nadkarni V, Nichol G, Carr BG, Mitra N, Bradley SM, Abella BS, Groeneveld PW: Variability in case-mix adjusted in-hospital cardiac arrest rates. Medical Care 50(2): 124-30, Feb 2012.
Nowak C N, Neurauter A, Wieser L, Wenzel V, Abella BS, Myklebust H, Steen P A, Strohmenger HU: Prediction of countershock success in patients using the autoregressive spectral estimation. Methods of Information in Medicine 51(1): 13-20, Jan 2012.
Niles DE, Sutton RM, Nadkarni VM, Glatz A, Zuercher M, Maltese MR, Eilevstjønn J, Abella BS, Becker LB, Berg RA: Prevalence and hemodynamic effects of leaning during CPR. Resuscitation 82 Suppl 2: S23-6, Dec 2011.