Joanna Hart, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
Faculty Fellow, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Faculty Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Core Faculty, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
423 Guardian Drive
Blockley 305
Philadelphia, PA 19104
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
423 Guardian Drive
Blockley 305
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education
BA (Sociology)
Northwestern University, 2003.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Virginia, 2008.
M.S. (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
Permanent linkBA (Sociology)
Northwestern University, 2003.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Virginia, 2008.
M.S. (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
Description of Clinical Expertise
COPD; general pulmonary medicine; critical care medicineDescription of Other Expertise
teaching in bias, communication, ethics, and patient- and family-centered care; mentoring expertise in behavioral sciences, mixed methods, longitudinal cohort development and maintenance, community-based or participatory research, and groups underrepresented in medical researchDescription of Research Expertise
health care decision making, family-centered care, community-based participatory research practices, behavioral science, qualitative and mixed methodsSelected Publications
Bremner R and Hart JL: Text to Quit: Challenges and opportunities in automated tobacco treatment outreach. Chest June 2026.Bremner R, Hart JL: The burden of living through an unforeseen death in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc June 2026.
Hart JL, Vachani A, Neslund-Dudas C, Gould MK, Facktor MA, Blady S, Bayes B, Sheu D, Madden V, Britez Ferrante E, Patel N, Tian J, Whitman C, Creekmur B, Kohn R, Simoff MJ, Volpp KJ, Small D, Scott M, Holm A, Phenow K, Stephens Shields AJ, Halpern SD: Smoking cessation interventions among underserved patients referred for lung cancer screening. American Thoracic Society May 2026 Notes: Pending decision as late breaking abstract.
Hart JL, Li I, Tiver G, Carter D, Mitchell S, Blaum E, Underwood E, Whitman C, Elsakhawy J, Clapp J: Starving for attention: A mixed-methods study of food insecurity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. American Thoracic Society May 2026 Notes: poster discussion session.
Sanchez CE, Schweickert WD, Hart JL: Balancing autonomy and duty: Challenges of managing intraoperative consent revocation. Patient Safety 8(2), March 2026.
Hart JL, Carter D, Hinton C, Grilli J, Brown LA, Brier N, Lu Y, Whitman C, Harhay MO, Sims M, Alvarez C, Miller-Matero LR, O'Hayer CV: Supporting Evidence-based Responses to Emotional Needs in Emphysema (SERENE): protocol for a randomized, open-label mechanistic trial comparing Coping Skills Training and disease-specific education for depressive symptoms conducted in United States health systems. Springer Nature Trials 27(1): 262, Feb 2026.
Andersen SK, Yang Y, Kross EK, Haas B, Hart J, Bagshaw SM, Dzeng E, Fischhoff B, White DB: Physicians’ mental models regarding appropriate goals of care in chronic critical illness: a qualitative interview study. CHEST S0012-3692(26)06553-0, Sep 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Hart JL, Vachani A, Neslund-Dudas CM, Gould MK, Facktor MA, Blady S, Bayes BA, Sheu D, Madden VL, Britez Ferrante E, Patel N, Tian J, Whitman C, Creekmur B, Kohn R, Simoff MJ, Volpp KG, Small D, Scott ME, Holm AL, Stephens Shields AJ, Halpern SD: Smoking cessation among underserved patients referred for lung cancer screening. JAMA e2617345, Oct 2026 Notes: online ahead of print.
Hart JL, Karlic KJ, Lee J, Carter D, Jhonson D, Lukan T, Neaman S, Wang J, : Patient-centered definitions of recovery from acute exacerbation of copd do not align with existing definitions: A qualitative study using an abductive approach American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Oct 2025 Notes: poster presentation.
Ashana DC, Tiver G, Cox CE, Madamidola N, Neiman JH, Noval C, Syed B, Patel H, Jaynes S, Jaggers J, Briggs EC, Steinhauser K, Hart JL: A thematic analysis of family perspectives on traumatic stress and critical illness of a loved one. CHEST Crit Care 4(1): 100208, July 2025.