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Emily Anne Vail, MD MSc.

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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics 21 University of Pennsylvania
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Co-Director, Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation
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Co-Chair, Penn Medicine Organ Donor Council
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Director of Research, Gift of Life at Penn Medicine Deceased Organ Donor Care Unit
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Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
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Anesthesiology and Critical Care
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2b University of Iowa, 2005.
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2c Columbia University, 2010.
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2c Columbia University, 2017.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

90 Anesthesiology, transplant anesthesiology, surgical critical care, cardiothoracic surgical critical care, organ donor management
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Description of Research Expertise

63 Critical care health services, pharmacoepidemiology, observational research methods
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Selected Publications

122 Vail E, Gershengorn HB, Hua M, Walkey AJ, Rubenfeld G, Wunsch H: Association between US norepinephrine shortage and mortality among patients with septic shock. JAMA 317(14): 1433-1442, Apr 2017 Notes: Co-first Author.

13c Wunsch H, Hua M, Walkey AJ, Rubenfeld GD, Vail E, Gershengorn H: Evaluation of Practice Changes in the Care of Patients with Septic Shock during the U.S. Norepinephrine Shortage. [Research Letter] Annals Am Thorac Soc 15(4): 509-511, Apr 2018.

ef Vail EA, Gershengorn HB, Hua M, Walkey AJ, Wunsch H: Epidemiology of vasopressin use among adults with septic shock. Annals Am Thorac Soc 13(10): 1760-1770, Oct 2016.

141 Vail E, Wunsch H, Pinto R, Bosch N, Walkey AJ, Gershengorn HB: Use of hydrocortisone, ascorbic acid, and thiamine in adults with septic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 202(11): 1531-1539, Dec 2020 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202005-1829OC.

174 Vail EA, Schaubel DE, Martin ND, Abt PL, Reese PP, Neuman MD: Organ transplantation outcomes of deceased organ donors in organ procurement organization-based recovery facilities versus acute-care hospitals. Progress in Transplantation 33(2): 110-120, June 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1177/15269248231164176.

101 Vail EA, Schaubel DE, Potluri VS et al.: Deceased organ donor management and organ distribution from organ procurement organization-based recovery facilities versus acute-care hospitals. Prog Transplant 2e 33(4): 283-292, Dec 2023.

b5 Vail EA, Tam VW, Sonnenberg EM, Lavu NR, Reese PP, Abt PT, Martin ND, Hasz RD, Olthoff KM, Kerlin MP, Christie JD, Neuman MD, Potluri VS. b4 : Characterizing proximity and transfers of deceased organ donors to donor care units in the United States. Am J Transplant 24(6): 983-992, Jun 2024.

ce Vail EA, Feng R, Sieber F et al.: Long-term outcomes with spinal versus general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery: A randomized trial. Anesthesiology 2e 140: 375-386, March 2024.

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