Center for Bioethics / People / Asch
David A. Asch
Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management and Economics
Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-2705
Fax: 215-898-0229
Fax: 215-898-0229
Email:
ASCH@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU
ASCH@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU
Graduate Group Affiliations
Publications
Education:
A.B. (Philosophy)
Harvard University, 1980.
M.D. (Medicine)
Cornell University, 1984.
M.B.A. (Decision Sciences and Health Care Management)
The Wharton School, 1989.
A.B. (Philosophy)
Harvard University, 1980.
M.D. (Medicine)
Cornell University, 1984.
M.B.A. (Decision Sciences and Health Care Management)
The Wharton School, 1989.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine , 1987.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Internal Medicine , 1987.
Description of Bioethics Expertise
RESEARCH INTERESTS:Ethics of allocation and rationing of medical resources, ethics of managed care, informed consent, and health services research
ABOUT:
Dr. Asch is Robert D. Eilers Professor of Medicine and Health Care Management and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Wharton School, Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and Chief of the Health Services Research Service at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his A.B. in Philosophy from Harvard University, his M.D. from Cornell University, and his M.B.A. in both Health Care Administration and Decision Sciences from the Wharton School. He has been a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, a Measy Foundation Scholar, a John A. Hartford Foundation Faculty Fellow, and a Department of Veterans Affairs Senior Research Associate in Health Services Research and Development.
INTERESTS:
Dr. Asch is interested in the moral and cognitive determinants of the decisions made by clinicians and patients. This area of research combines elements of quantitative medical decision making with moral and psychological theory. He has special interests in decisions that involve diagnostic tests (including genetic screening), end of life concerns, and tradeoffs between the interests of individuals and groups.
Selected Publications
Reese PP, Halpern SD, Asch DA, Bloom RD, Nathan H, Hasz R, Roth J, Reitsma W, Krefski L, Goerlitz BS, DeLauro G, Blumberg E, Weng F, Caplan AL, Thomasson A, Shults J, Feldman HI: Longer-term outcomes after transplantation using kidneys from Centers for Disease Control increased risk donors. Transplantation 91(12): 1357-1363, 2011.Iwashyna TJ, Fuld A, Asch DA, Bellini LM: The impact of residents, interns and attendings on inpatient laboratory ordering patterns. Academic Medicine 86: 139-45, 2011.
Soneji S, Iyer S, Armstrong K, Asch DA: Racial disparities in stage-specific colorectal cancer mortality. Am J Pub Health 100: 1912-16, 2010.
Halpern SD, Raz A, Kohn R, Rey M, Asch DA, Reese P: Regulated payments for living kidney donation: an empirical assessment of the ethical concerns. Ann Intern Med. 152: 358-65, 2010.
Merchant RM, Abella BS, Abotsi EJ, Smith RN, Long JA, Trudeau ME, Leary M, Groeneveld P, Becker LB, Asch DA: Cell phone CPR: audio instructions when needed by lay rescuers - a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Emer Med 55(6): 538-43, 2010.
Fiks AG, Localio AR, Alessandrini EA, Asch DA, Guevara JP: Shared decision making in pediatrics: a national perspective. Pediatrics 126: 306-14, 2010.
Schnoll RA, Patterson F, Wileyto EP, Heitjan DF, Shields AE, Asch DA, Lerman C: Effectiveness of extended-duration transdermal nicotine therapy. A randomized control trial. Ann Intern Med 152: 144-51, 2010.
Asch DA, Werner RM: Paying for performance in population health: Lessons from health care settings. Prev Chronic Dis 7(5), 2010.
Reese PP, Tehrani T, Lim M, Asch DA, Blumberg EA, Simon MK, Bloom RD, Halper SD: Determinants of the decision to accept a kidney from a donor from increased risk of blood-borne viral infection. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 5: 917-23, 2010.
Srinivas SK, Epstein AJ, Nicholson S, Herrin J, Asch DA: Improvements in US maternal obstetrical outcomes from 1992 to 2006. Medical Care 48: 487-93, 2010.