Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall

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David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Affiliated Faculty, Palliative and Acute Illness Research Center, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Scholar, Penn Injury Science Center
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Executive Director, Penn Implementation Science Center
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Anesthesiology
423 Guardian Drive
309 Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4865
Office: 215-573-7399
Education:
AB (Molecular and Cell Biology / Interdisciplinary Studies [Human Sexuality])
University of California, Berkeley, 2001.
MD (Medicine)
Yale University School of Medicine, 2006.
MSHP (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2013.
Post-Graduate Training
Categorical Resident in Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2010.
Fellow in Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011.
Fellow in Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, 2011-2013.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, 2011-2013.
Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety Short Course, University of Wisconsin Madison, Center for Quality and Performance Improvement, 2015-2015.
Scholar, Research in Implementation Science for Equity, NIH NHLBI Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research, 2016-2017.
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), Università della Svizzera italiana Summer School in Social Science Methods, 2022-2022.
Introduction to Causal Data Analysis and Modeling with Coincidence Analysis (CNA), Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czechia (course taught by University of Bergen faculty), 2023-2023.
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Description of Itmat Expertise

communication
teamwork
handoffs
patient safety
implementation science
qualitative research
mixed methods research
medical informatics
critical care outcomes
workforce diversity

Description of Research Expertise

I am a physician-scientist with board certification in anesthesiology and critical care medicine who has been committed to the advancement of patient safety for more than fifteen years. My research agenda is centered on the use of implementation science to advance health equity, high-quality health care, and population health. I employ principles from implementation science and human factors engineering, including qualitative and mixed methods, to promote the uptake and effective use of evidence-based practices. As a research mentor, I work with undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students, fellows, and early stage faculty to build their capacity to conduct impactful, paradigm-shifting health services research.

Selected Publications

Ashcraft LE, Cabrera K, Lane-Fall MB, South EC: Leveraging Implementation Science to Advance Environmental Justice Research and Achieve Health Equity through Neighborhood and Policy Interventions. Annual Reviews of Public Health January 2024 Notes: Electronically published ahead of print.

Mergler BD, Toles AO, Alexander A, Mosquera DC, Lane-Fall MB, Ejiogu NI: Racial and Ethnic Patient Care Disparities in Anesthesiology: History, Current State, and a Way Forward. Anesthesia and Analgesia December 2023 Notes: Electronically published ahead of print.

Estrada Alamo CE, Diatta F, Monsell SE, Lane-Fall MB: Artificial Intelligence in Anesthetic Care: A Survey of Physician Anesthesiologists. Anesthesia and Analgesia December 2023 Notes: Electronically published ahead of print.

Chisolm DJ, Dugan JA, Figueroa JF, Lane-Fall MB, Roby DH, Rodriguez HP, Ortega AN: Improving health equity through health care systems research. Health Services Research 58(Suppl 3): 318-327, December 2023.

Saucier JA, Dietrich MS, Maxwell C, Lane-Fall MB, Minnick A: Trauma patient transitions from critical care: a survey of U.S. trauma centers. Journal of Trauma Nursing 30(6): 318-327, November-December 2023.

Kaufman EJ, Whitehorn G, Orji W, Chreiman K, Jackson S, Holena D, Lane-Fall M, Jacoby SF: Patient experiences of acute and postacute care after trauma. Journal of Surgical Research 291: 303-312, November 2023.

Van Pelt AE, Bonafide CP, Rendle KA, Wolk C, Shea JA, Bettencourt A, Beidas RS, Lane-Fall MB: Evaluation of a brief virtual implementation science training program: the Penn Implementation Science Institute. Implementation Science Communications 4(1): 131, November 2023.

Lane-Fall MB, Shapiro DS, Kaplan LJ (eds): After the ICU: Multi-professional Perspectives on Critical Illness Survivorship for Primary Care Providers, Patients, and Families. McGraw-Hill October 2023 Notes: ISBN-13: 978-1260469257.

Emala CW, Tawfik VL, Lane-Fall, Toledo P, Wong CA, Vavilala MS, Fleisher LA, Wood M: The Anesthesiology Physician-Scientist Pipeline: Current Status & Recommendations for Future Growth: An Initiative of the Anesthesia Research Council (ARC). Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(4): 728-742, October 2023.

Lane-Fall MB: What we can learn about care inequities from unilateral do-not-resuscitate orders. Critical Care Medicine 51(8): 1096-1098, August 2023.

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