Center for Bioethics / People / Halpern
Scott David Halpern
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Fellow, Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Deputy Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
723 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-898-1462
Fax: 215-573-5325
Fax: 215-573-5325
Email:
scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu
scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu
Graduate Group Affiliations
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Penn Center for Bioethics Faculty Description
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CCEB Faculty
Penn Center for Bioethics Faculty Description
Education:
B.S. (Psychology and Economics)
Duke University, 1995.
M.S.C.E. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2001.
M.Be (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2003.
B.S. (Psychology and Economics)
Duke University, 1995.
M.S.C.E. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2001.
M.Be (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2003.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2006.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Diseases, 2008.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Critical Care, 2009.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Internal Medicine, 2006.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Diseases, 2008.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Critical Care, 2009.
Description of Bioethics Expertise
RESEARCH INTERESTS:Rationing of scarce medical resources, end-of-life decision-making, behavioral economics, ICU ethics, ethics in HIV/AIDS, research ethics in pulmonary hypertension
ABOUT:
Dr. Halpern received his B.S. in Psychology and Economics from Duke University, and his M.D., Ph.D. in Epidemiology, and Masters of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as a consultant regarding ethical issues for the CDC, NIH, FDA, and UNOS. In 2008, he was selected as a Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics. His clinical interests include critical care medicine and the management of patients with pulmonary hypertension.
INTERESTS:
Dr. Halpern is interested in the moral and cognitive determinants of the decisions made by clinicians and patients. His research combines empirical approaches from the fields of epidemiology, health services research, and the decision-making sciences with conceptual work grounded in moral philosophy. He is particularly interested in solid-organ transplantation, end-of-life care, HIV/AIDS, the ethics of randomized clinical trials, and allocation decisions requiring tradeoffs between the interests of individuals and groups.
Selected Publications
Munson JC, Christie JD, Halpern SD: The Societal Impact of Single Versus Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Epub ahead of print, Aug 2011.Borradaile KE, Halpern SD, Wyatt HR, Klein S, Hill JO, Bailer B, Brill C, Stein RI, Mohammed BS, Foster GD: Relationship between treatment preference and weight loss in the context of a randomized controlled trial. Obesity (Silver Spring) Jul 2011 Notes: doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.216. [Epub ahead of print]
Kohn R, Rubenfeld GD, Levy MM, Ubel PA, Halpern SD: Rule of rescue or the good of the many? An analysis of physicians' and nurses' preferences for allocating ICU beds. Intensive Care Medicine 37(7): 1210-7, Jul 2011.
Reese PP, Halpern SD, Asch DA, Bloom R, Nathan H, Hasz R, Roth J, Reitsma W, Krefski L, Goerlitz F, DeLauro G, Blumberg E, Weng FL, Caplan A, Thomasson A, Shults J, Feldman HI: Longer-term outcomes after kidney transplantation from seronegative deceased donors at increased risk for blood-borne viral infection. Transplantation 91(11): 1211-7, Jun 15 2011.
Goldberg DS, French B, Thomasson A, Reddy KR, Halpern SD: Current trends in living donor liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis. Transplantation 91(10): 1148-52, May 27 2011.
Halpern SD, Kohn R, Dornbrand-Lo A, Metkus T, Asch DA, Volpp KG: Lottery-Based versus Fixed Incentives to Increase Clinicians' Response to Surveys. Health Services Research Apr 2011.
Swindell JS, McGuire AL, Halpern SD: Shaping patients' decisions. Chest 139(2): 424-9, Feb 2011.
Rey MM, Ware LB, Matthay MA, Bernard GR, McGuire AL, Caplan AL, Halpern SD: Informed consent in research to improve the number and quality of deceased donor organs. Critical Care Medicine 39(2): 280-3, Feb 2011.
Madison KM, Volpp KG, Halpern SD: The law, policy, and ethics of employers' use of financial incentives to improve health. Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics 2011.
Brown LM, Chen H, Halpern SD, Taichman D, McGoon M, Faber HW, Frost AE, Liou TG, Turner M, Feldkircher K, Miller DP, Elliott CG: Delay in Recognition of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Factors Identified From the REVEAL Registry. Chest Page: 19-26, 2011.