David S. Lambert, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Medical Command Physician, PennStar Flight Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Trauma Division
Chief, Division of Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
MD Admissions Screening Committee, Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-9095
Fax: 215-573-7037
Fax: 215-573-7037
Email:
david.lambert@uphs.upenn.edu
david.lambert@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Biology & Spanish (Cum Laude))
Albright College, 1992.
MD
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1997.
Permanent linkBS (Biology & Spanish (Cum Laude))
Albright College, 1992.
MD
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1997.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Heat Related Injuries and IllnessCarbon Monoxide Poisoning
Decompression Illness and Diving Injuries
Marine Envenomation
Emergent Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen
Hyperbaric Oxygen and Soft-Tissue Radiation Injury
Hyberbaric Oxygen and Crush/Compartment Syndrome
Selected Publications
David Lambert, MD Mark Binkley, MD Zachary Gaskill, DO: Underwater and Scuba Diving Accidents. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. Amal Matu (eds.). Elsevier, 42(3): 551-563, August 2024.Yoon-Seop Kim, Myung-Sik Nam, Eung Joo Park, Yoonsuk Lee, Hyun Kim, Soo Han Kim, Yong Sung Cha: "The Effect of Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Central Retinal Artery Occlusion" Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine Journal. Dave Hostler (eds.). Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 47(1): 57-64, First Quarter 2020.
Jennifer C Yui, Scott Peslak, David Lambert, Eric Russell, Frazana Sayani: Implementation of an evidence-based care pathway for emergency department management of sickle cell vasoocclusive crisis leads to improved clinical outcomes. American Society of Hematology, Annual Conference 2019 December 2019.
Yoon Seop Kim, Yoonsuk Lee, Sun Ju Kim, Sung Oh Hwang, Yong Sung Cha, Hyun Kim: "Operation of a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center in Korea: Report of Our Experience From a Setting in Its Nascent Stages" Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine Journal. Dave Hostler (eds.). Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 46(2): 135-143, Mar-Apr-May 2019.
Sangsoo Han, Younghwan Lee, Hoon Lim, Young Soon Cho, Hyun Noh, Hee Jun Shin, Gi Woon Kim: "Compartment Syndrome in the Forearm Related to Carbon Monoxide Intoxication: Case Report" Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine Journal. Dave Hoslter (eds.). Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society, 45(6): 689-693, Nov-Dec 2018.
David H. Jang, Matthew Kelly, Kevin Hardy, David S. Lambert, Frances S. Shofer, David M. Eckmann: "A preliminary study in the alterations of mitochondrial respiration in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning measured in blood cells" Clinical Toxicology 55(6): 579-584, Feb 2017.
Lambert D, Chiu J, Hardy K, Kelly M: "Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Rates and Median Household Income in Philadelphia" Abstract Presentation at Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV June 2016.
Lambert D, Jang D, Hardy K, Kelly M: "Impairment of Mitochondrial Respiration in Patients with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning" Abstract Presentation at Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA May 2016.
Thom SR, Bennett M, Banham ND, Chin W, Blake DF, Rosen A, Pollock NW, Madden D, Barak O, Marroni A, Balestra C, Germonpre 1, Pieri M, Cialoni D, Le PN, Logue C, Lambert D, Hardy KR, Sward D, Yang M, Bhopale VB, Dujic Z.: "Association of Microparticles and Neutrophil Activation with Decompression Sickness" Journal of Applied Physiology 119(5): 427-434, September 2015.
Lambert D, Michetti Y, Hardy K: "Carbon Monoxide Poisoning after Hookah Pipe Usage" Abstract Presentation at Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Assembly, Montreal, CA June 2015.