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Julie Uspal, MD, MHQS
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Gold Humanism Honor Society Faculty Advisor , Perelmen School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Medical Director for Quality and Safety, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Medicine
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Advisory Dean, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Faculty Advisor, Health Improvement and Patient Safety Area of Concentration , Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Patient Safety Officer , Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Emergency Medicine
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Department of Emergency Medicine
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21 Administrative Office:
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Office: 215-662-6698 - Ext 3
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21 9 MHQS 2a (Healthcare Quality and Safety) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2024.
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Permanent link21 7 BS 14 (Biology) c
31 University of Pittsburgh, 2008.
21 7 MD 15 (Medicine) c
4a Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2012.
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33 University of Pennsylvania, 2024.
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Description of Clinical Expertise
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12e Grudzen CR, Siman N, Cuthel AM, PRIM-ER Investigators: Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. Published online January 15, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23696 January 2025.
1d2 Julie Uspal, Keith Hemmert, Ben Steyer, Caroline Adams, Nick Sachs, Hyun Tae Kim, Ali Dhanaliwala, Hanna Zafar, Tony Mazzeo, and Lisa Jones, Charles Kahn, Jeffrey Moon with the HEROIC committee : Change in Order Name, Order Location and Embedded Clinical Decision Support Decreases Utilization of GI Bleeding CT Studies. Oral Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium September 2024.
154 Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J: Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center. Poster Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium, Philadelphia, PA September 2024.
7b Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J ce : Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center. Poster Presentation, ACEP24 Research Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada September 2024.
128 Fernández-Penny FE, Jolkovsky EL, Shofer FS, Hemmert KC, Valiuddin H, Uspal JE, Sands NA, Abella BS : COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients in Two Urban Emergency Departments Acad Emerg Med 28: 1100-1107, August 2021.
22c Abella BS, Jolkovsky EL, Biney BT, Uspal JE, Hyman MC, Frank I, Hensley SE, Gill S, Vogl DT, Maillard I, Babushok DV, Huang AC, Nasta SD, Walsh JC, Wiletyo EP, Gimotty PA, Milone MC, Amaravadi RK; Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 With Hydroxychloroquine (PATCH) Investigators.: Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine vs Placebo for Pre-exposure SARS-CoV-2 Prophylaxis Among Health Care Workers: Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2(181): 195-202, Feb 2021.
128 Jillian T Baron, Alexis Schwartz, Ebony Davis, Julie E Uspal, Brendan Kelly: Long-Term Impact of an HIV Testing Program on High-Risk HIV Screening in the Emergency Department. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6, October 2019.
1c9 Grudzen C, Brody A, Chung F, Cuthel A, Mann D, McQuilkin J, Rubin A, Swartz J, Tan A, Goldfeld K, PRIM-ER Investigators: Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Medicine (PRIM-ER): Protocol for a Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomised, Stepped Wedge Design to Test the Effectiveness of Primary Palliative Care Education, Training and Technical Support for Emergency Medicine. BMJ Open July 2019.
162 Uspal NG, Thomas AA, Burns R, Jones M, Gross IT, Kearney RD, Whitney RE, Uspal JE, Gove N, Reid J : Evaluation of a Modified Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills Tool for the Assessment of Pediatric Laceration Repair Performance. Cureus 2(11): e4056, February 2019.
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Selected Publications
f1 Patel P, Carcuffe CJ, Lewis G, Cooke K, Limbert D, Uspal J, Waddell K.: Closing the Loop: Standardizing Communication During Emergency-to-Rehab Handoffs to Improve Patient Safety and Equity 85 Poster Presentation, Association of Academic Physiatrists’ Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona February 2025.12e Grudzen CR, Siman N, Cuthel AM, PRIM-ER Investigators: Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. Published online January 15, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23696 January 2025.
1d2 Julie Uspal, Keith Hemmert, Ben Steyer, Caroline Adams, Nick Sachs, Hyun Tae Kim, Ali Dhanaliwala, Hanna Zafar, Tony Mazzeo, and Lisa Jones, Charles Kahn, Jeffrey Moon with the HEROIC committee : Change in Order Name, Order Location and Embedded Clinical Decision Support Decreases Utilization of GI Bleeding CT Studies. Oral Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium September 2024.
154 Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J: Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center. Poster Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium, Philadelphia, PA September 2024.
7b Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J ce : Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center. Poster Presentation, ACEP24 Research Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada September 2024.
128 Fernández-Penny FE, Jolkovsky EL, Shofer FS, Hemmert KC, Valiuddin H, Uspal JE, Sands NA, Abella BS : COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients in Two Urban Emergency Departments Acad Emerg Med 28: 1100-1107, August 2021.
22c Abella BS, Jolkovsky EL, Biney BT, Uspal JE, Hyman MC, Frank I, Hensley SE, Gill S, Vogl DT, Maillard I, Babushok DV, Huang AC, Nasta SD, Walsh JC, Wiletyo EP, Gimotty PA, Milone MC, Amaravadi RK; Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 With Hydroxychloroquine (PATCH) Investigators.: Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine vs Placebo for Pre-exposure SARS-CoV-2 Prophylaxis Among Health Care Workers: Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2(181): 195-202, Feb 2021.
128 Jillian T Baron, Alexis Schwartz, Ebony Davis, Julie E Uspal, Brendan Kelly: Long-Term Impact of an HIV Testing Program on High-Risk HIV Screening in the Emergency Department. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6, October 2019.
1c9 Grudzen C, Brody A, Chung F, Cuthel A, Mann D, McQuilkin J, Rubin A, Swartz J, Tan A, Goldfeld K, PRIM-ER Investigators: Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Medicine (PRIM-ER): Protocol for a Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomised, Stepped Wedge Design to Test the Effectiveness of Primary Palliative Care Education, Training and Technical Support for Emergency Medicine. BMJ Open July 2019.
162 Uspal NG, Thomas AA, Burns R, Jones M, Gross IT, Kearney RD, Whitney RE, Uspal JE, Gove N, Reid J : Evaluation of a Modified Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills Tool for the Assessment of Pediatric Laceration Repair Performance. Cureus 2(11): e4056, February 2019.
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