Lance B. Becker, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Center for Resuscitation Science
Translational Research Laboratories
125 South 31st Street
Suite 1206
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403
Translational Research Laboratories
125 South 31st Street
Suite 1206
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403
Office: 215-746-3625
Fax: 215-746-1224
Fax: 215-746-1224
Email:
lance.becker@uphs.upenn.edu
lance.becker@uphs.upenn.edu
Publications
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Center for Resuscitation Science
Therapeutic Hypothermia
Department of Emergency Medicine
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Center for Resuscitation Science
Therapeutic Hypothermia
Department of Emergency Medicine
Education:
BGS (General Studies)
University of Michigan, 1975.
MA (Biochemistry)
University of Illinois, 1977.
MD (Medicine)
University of Illinois School of Medicine, 1981.
Permanent linkBGS (General Studies)
University of Michigan, 1975.
MA (Biochemistry)
University of Illinois, 1977.
MD (Medicine)
University of Illinois School of Medicine, 1981.
Description of CVI Expertise
Director, Penn Center for Resuscitation ScienceCVI Program Unit(s):
Myocyte Biology / Heart Failure
Biotechnology / Nanomedicine / Imaging
CVI Research Description:
Cardiac arrest and resuscitation, reperfusion injury, mitochondrial
dysfunction, cardiomyocyte models of ischemia reperfusion, translational
research.
Selected Publications
Gaieski DF, Boller M, Becker LB: Emergency cardiopulmonary bypass: a promising rescue strategy for refractory cardiac arrest. Crit Care Clin 28(2): 211-29, April 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 Crit Care Med. 40(3): 719-24, March 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 American Heart Association Fet With the Guideline-Resuscitation Investigators. Med Care. 50(2): 124-30, February 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. Ann Emerg Med January 2012.
Boller M, Jung SK, Odegaard S, Muehlmatt A, Katz JM, Becker LB: A combination of metabolic strategies plus cardiopulmonary bypass improves short-term resuscitation from prolonged lethal cardiac arrest Resuscitation 82(Suppl 2): S27-34, December 2011.
Niles DE, Sutton RM, Nadkarni VM, Glatz A, Zuercher M, Maltese MR, Eilevstjonn J, Abella BS, Becker LB, Berg RA: “Prevalence and hemodynamic effects of leaning during CPR,” Resuscitation 82(Suppl 2): S23-6, December 2011.
Becker LB, Aufderheide TP, Geocadin RG, Callaway CW, Lazar RM, Donnino MW, Nadkarni VM, Abella BS, Adrie C, Berg RA, Merchant RM, O'Connor RE, Meltzer DO, Holm MB, Longstreth WT, Halperin HR : Primary Outcomes for Resuscitation Science Studies: A Consensus Statement From the American Heart Association Circulation. October 2011.
Fried DA, Leary M, Smith DA, Sutton RM, Niles D, Herzberg DL, Becker LB, Abella BS: The prevalence of chest compression leaning during in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation Resuscitation 82(8): 1019-24, August 2011 Notes: Epub 2011 Apr 8.
Merchant RM, Yang L, Becker LB, Berg RA, Nadkarni V, Nichol G, Carr BG, Mitra N, Bradley SM, Abella BS, Groeneveld PW: Incidence of treated cardiac arrest in hospitalized patients in the United States. Resuscitation (GWTG-R) Investigators; Crit Care Med June 2011.
Merchant RM, Becker LB, Yang F, Groeneveld PW: Hospital racial composition: a neglected factor in cardiac arrest survival disparities Am Heart J 161(1): 705-11, April 2011.