Sushila Murthy, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Director, Penn Anesthesia Quality & Safety Implementation Group (QSIG), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 680 Dulles
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 680 Dulles
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.Sc. (Biomedical Computation, Honors in Feminist Studies)
Stanford University, 2005.
M.P.H. (Public Health)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2010.
Permanent linkB.Sc. (Biomedical Computation, Honors in Feminist Studies)
Stanford University, 2005.
M.P.H. (Public Health)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2010.
Selected Publications
Scott Seki MD, PhD, Gurmukh Sahota MD, PhD, Sushila Murthy MD, MPH, Molly Candon, PhD, Rachel Kelz MD, MSCE, Mark D. Neuman MD, MS: Evaluation of a behavioral intervention to reduce perioperative midazolam administration to older adults BJA Open 7, June 11 2023.Murthy S, Clapp JT, Burson RC, Fleisher LA, Neuman MD.: Physicians' perspectives of prognosis and goals of care discussions after hip fracture. J Am Geriatr Soc May 2022.
Tomas Griebling, MD; Joseph Hejkal, MD; Melissa Hornor, MD; Jason Johanning, MD; Sushila Murthy, MD, MPH; Tony Rosen, MD, MPH; Kate Schenning, MD, MPH: Case 2: Assessing Capacity, Goals of Care, and Decision Making in the Context of a Patient With an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Comorbidities. Virtual Patient Cases from the American Geriatrics Society. American Geriatrics Society and the American Board of Medical Specialties, 2020 Notes: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ags-education/interactive/18615255.
Spelde Audrey E., Sahota Gurmukh, Fleisher Lee A., Murthy Sushila: Beers Criteria in the Preoperative Period: Incidence of Preoperative Diphenhydramine, Midazolam, and Scopolamine Use in Elderly Surgical Patients. Annual Meeting of the International Anesthesia Research Society May 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Clapp Justin T, Arriaga Alexander F, Murthy Sushila, Raper Steven E, Schwartz J Sanford, Barg Frances K, Fleisher Lee A: Surgical Consultation as Social Process: Implications for Shared Decision Making. Annals of surgery 269(3): 446-452, Mar 2019.
Sweeney Rachel E, Arriaga Alexander F, Clapp Justin T, Franco Idalid, Murthy Sushila, Cotton Josh, Marks Joshua A, Burson Randall C, Chaby Tom, Fleisher Lee A.: How Does the Eye of the Beholder Affect Teamwork Within Young Healthcare Professionals? The Role of Gender. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Oct 2017 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Murthy Sushila, Clapp Justin T, Burson Randall C, Fleisher Lee A, Neuman Mark D.: Hip Fracture Care Pathways and Goals of Care Discussions: A Qualitative Study. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Oct 2017 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Sushila Murthy: Dipyridamole. Essence of Anesthesia Practice. Lee A. Fleisher, Michael Roizen, Jeffrey Roizen (eds.). Elsevier, May 2017.
Murthy Sushila, Hepner David L, Cooper Zara, Javedan Houman, Gleason Lauren J, Chi John H, Bader Angela M.: Leveraging the pre-operative clinic to engage older patients in shared decision making about complex surgery: An illustrative case. A&A Case Reports 7(2): 30-32, July 2016.
Cheung Y, Abookire S, Murthy S, Bader AM. : Standardizing peri-procedural antithrombotic therapy instructions in a community hospital. Preoperative Care and Operating Room Management. 2(1): 1-11, March 2016.