Kathleen Murphy, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
6 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
6 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6932
Education:
BSE (Biomedical Engineering)
Duke University, Durham, NC, 2009.
MD
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 2013.
Permanent linkBSE (Biomedical Engineering)
Duke University, Durham, NC, 2009.
MD
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 2013.
Selected Publications
George L Anesi, Kathleen Degnan, Lauren Dutcher, Stephen Saw, Christina Maguire, Amanda Binkley, Sonal Patel, Vasilios Athans, Todd D Barton, Shawn Binkley, Christina L Candeloro, David J Herman, Nishaminy Kasbekar, Leigh Kennedy, Jeffrey H Millstein, Nuala J Meyer, Naasha J Talati, Hinal Patel, David A Pegues, Patrick J Sayre, Pablo Tebas, Adrienne T Terico, Kathleen M Murphy, Judith A O’Donnell, Melissa White, Keith W Hamilton: The Penn Medicine COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee—Reflections on a Model for Rapid Evidence Review and Dynamic Practice Recommendations During a Public Health Emergency. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 10(8), August 2023.Bilal U, Jemmott J, Schnake-Mahl A, Murphy K, Momplaisir F: Racial/ethnic and neighbourhood social vulnerability disparities in COVID-19 testing positivity, hospitalization, and in-hospital mortality in a large hospital system in Pennsylvania: A prospective study of electronic health records. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 10, June 2022.
Robert S Zhang, Allison Padegimas, Kathleen M Murphy, Peter T Evans, Carli J Peters, Christopher M Domenico, Mahesh K Vidula, Paul J Mather, Marisa Cevasco, Roger B Cohen, Joseph R Carver, Rupal P O'Quinn: Treatment of corticosteroid refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis with Infliximab: a case series. Cardio-oncology 7(13), March 2021.
Kathleen Murphy: SARS CoV-2 Detection from Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens: Diagnostic and Infection Control Implications. CHEST. Peter J. Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP (eds.). Elsevier, 158(5): 1804-1805, November 2020.
Xu D, Murphy K, Balu R, Rosenberg J: Clinical Reasoning: A man with rapidly progressive weakness and respiratory failure. Neurology 91(7): e686-e691, Aug 2018.
Kolomeyer AM, Murphy KM, Traband A, Frank I, Kim BJ: Beta-D-Glucan Testing in Patients with Fungal Endophthalmitis. Retina 38(4): 650-659, Apr 2018.
Schuster MG, Cleveland AA, Dubberke ER, Kauffman CA, Avery RK, Husain S, Paterson DL, Silveira FP, Chiller TM, Benedict K, Murphy K, Pappas PG: Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: Results From the Organ Transplant Infection Project, a Multicenter, Prospective, Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis 4(2): ofx050, 2017.
Golbus JR, Manly DA, Wonneberger KA, Hanff TC, Murphy KM, Wang DS, McKee SG, Bellini L: Implementation of a Novel, Resident-Led, Nocturnal Curriculum. J Gad Med Educ 7(3): 417-21, Sep 2015.
Murphy KM, Rasmussen L, Hervey-Jumper SL, Justice D, Nelson VS, Yang LJ-S: An assessment of the compliance and utility of a home exercise DVD for caregivers of children and adolescents with brachial plexus palsy: a pilot study. PM&R 4(3): 190-7, Mar 2012.