Darren B. Taichman - Faculty Biosketch

Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Medicine

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Deputy Editor
New England Journal of Medicine
Executive Strategy Editor
NEJM Group
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115-6094

Office: 617-487-6316

Email:
darren.taichman@uphs.upenn.edu

Publications

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Education:
B.A. (Biology Major; Anthropology and Chemistry Minors)
University of Pennsylvania, 1986.
Ph.D. (Pathology)
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 1993.

Post-Graduate Training
Research Fellow, Vascular Research Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1989-1992.
Intern in Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1993-1994.
Resident in Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1994-1996.
Chief Medical Resident, West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1996-1996.
Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1996-2000.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cardiology Research Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1998-2000.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine (Recertified 2006, 2016), 1996.
Subspecialty Certification in Pulmonary Disease (Recertified 2008, 2018), 1998.
Subspecialty Certification in Critical Care Medicine (Recertified 2009), 1999.

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Description of Research Expertise

Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Development, Endothelial Cell Biology

Description of Clinical Expertise

Pulmonary Diseases, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Pulmonary Embolism, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine

Selected Publications

Karamanian Vanesa A, Harhay Michael, Grant Gregory R, Palevsky Harold I, Grizzle William E, Zamanian Roham T, Ihida-Stansbury Kaori, Taichman Darren B, Kawut Steven M, Jones Peter L: Erythropoietin upregulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation 4(2): 269-79, Jun 2014.

Gabler Nicole B, French Benjamin, Strom Brian L, Palevsky Harold I, Taichman Darren B, Kawut Steven M, Halpern Scott D: Validation of 6-minute walk distance as a surrogate end point in pulmonary arterial hypertension trials. Circulation 126(3): 349-56, Jul 2012.

Carroll Ricki, Antigua Jules, Taichman Darren, Palevsky Harold, Forfia Paul, Kawut Steven, Halpern Scott D: Motivations of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension to participate in randomized clinical trials. Clinical trials 9(3): 348-57, June 2012.

Krowka Michael J, Miller Dave P, Barst Robyn J, Taichman Darren, Dweik Raed A, Badesch David B, McGoon Michael D: Portopulmonary Hypertension: A Report From the US-Based REVEAL Registry. Chest 141(4): 906-15, Apr 2012.

Gabler Nicole B, French Benjamin, Strom Brian L, Liu Ziyue, Palevsky Harold I, Taichman Darren B, Kawut Steven M, Halpern Scott D: Race and sex differences in response to endothelin receptor antagonists for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Chest 141(1): 20-6, Sep 2011.

Brown Lynette M, Chen Hubert, Halpern Scott, Taichman Darren, McGoon Michael D, Farber Harrison W, Frost Adaani E, Liou Theodore G, Turner Michelle, Feldkircher Kathy, Miller Dave P, Elliott C Gregory: Delay in recognition of pulmonary arterial hypertension: factors identified from the REVEAL Registry. Chest 140(1): 19-26, Jul 2011.

Roberts, K.E., Fallon, M.B., Krowka, M.J., Brown, R.S., Trotter, J.F., Peter, I., Tighiouart, H., Knowles, J.A., Rabinowitz, D., Benza, R.L, Badesch, D.B., Taichman, D.B., Horn, E.M., Zacks, S., Kaplowitz, N., Kawut, S.M.: Genetic risk factors for portopulmonary hypertension in patients with advanced liver disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 179(9): 835-842, 2009.

Roberts, K.E., Fallon, M.B., Krowka, M.J., Benza, R.L., Knowles, J.A., Badesch, D.B., Brown, R.S., Taichman, D.B., Trotter, J., Zacks, S., Horn, E.M., Kawut, S.M.: Serotonin transporter polymorphisms in patients with portopulmonary hypertension. Chest 135(6): 1470-1475, 2009.

Mikkelsen, M.E., Shull, W.H., Biester, R.C., Taichman, D.B., Lynch, S., Demissie, E., Hansen-Flaschen, J., Christie, J.D.: Cognitive, mood and quality of life impairments in a select population of ARDS survivors. Respirology 14(1): 76-82, 2009.

Peng, T., Zamanian, R., Krowka, M., Benza, R., Roberts, K., Taichman, D., Ryback, D., Trotter, J., Brown, R., Fallon, M., Kawut, S.: Plasma levels of S100A4 in portopulmonary hypertension. Biomarkers 14(3): 156-60, 2009.