Benjamin C. Sun, MD, MPP
Perelman School of Medicine Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Department of Emergency Medicine
Ground Ravdin, HUP
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ground Ravdin, HUP
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6698
Fax: 215-662-3953
Fax: 215-662-3953
Education:
BA, scl (Biochemistry )
Harvard College, 1995.
MPP (Health Care Policy)
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000.
MD, mcl (Division of Health Science and Technology)
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000.
Permanent linkBA, scl (Biochemistry )
Harvard College, 1995.
MPP (Health Care Policy)
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000.
MD, mcl (Division of Health Science and Technology)
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Emergency medicineDescription of Research Expertise
Health services research, cost-effectiveness analysis, randomized trial design; causal inference in observational data; qualitative research methods; emergency cardiac conditionsSelected Publications
Kawatkar AA, Baecker AS, Sharp AL, Redberg RF, Lee MS, Ferencik M, Goodacre S, Thokala P, Wu YL, Zheng C, Shen E, Sun BC: Association of Early Noninvasive Cardiac Stress Testing With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mortality. Ann Emerg Med Apr 2025 Notes: S0196-0644(25)00119-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.02.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID 40196978.Kea B, Warton EM, Kutz CE, Kinney E, Ballard DW, Reed ME, Lip GYH, Raitt M, Sun BC, Vinson DR; KP CREST Network: Stroke prophylaxis after US emergency department diagnosis and discharge of patients with atrial fibrillation and flutter from 21 hospitals. Int J Emerg Med 18(1), 2025.
Bhadra S, Nguyen T, Elman M, Kea B, Strusnska-Thayer M, Kinney E, Anwar M, Obando KA, Prychyna D, Schnittke N, Neth M, Sun B: Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool Increases Oral Anticoagulant Prescription in the Emergency Department: Initial Findings From a Multi-Phase, Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial American Heart Association Scientific Sessions November 2024.
Moore AB, Gershon C, Fiske C, Sun, BC, Nazer B, Kea B: Changes in Clinical Management Following 14-Day Ambulatory ECG Monitoring Following Emergency Department Evaluation for Unexplained Syncope. Annals of Emergency Medicine Jan 2024 Notes: in press.
Kawatkar A, Sun BC: Cost-Effectiveness of Early Non-Invasive Cardiac Testing for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome. 2024 American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum 2024.
Yore M, Sharp A, Wu Y, Kawatkar A, Lee M, Ferencik M, Redberg R, Shen E, Zheng C, Sun BC: Emergency Department Cardiac Risk Stratification With High-Sensitivity vs Conventional Troponin HEART Pathway. JAMA Network Open 6(12), Dec 2023 Notes: PMID 38113042; PMCID: PMC10731477.
Hopkins BJ, Nguyen T, Kinney E, Kim J, McCracken C, Bissell K, Gosman A, DeCarlo A, Anwar M, Neth MR, Schnittke N, Sun BC, Kea B: Optimizing Stroke Prophylaxis in the Emergency Department With an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool: A Preliminary Analysis of a Multi-Stage Multi-Center Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Tria. 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Session Nov 2023.
Zheng C, Sun BC, Wu YL, Ferencik M, Lee MS, Redberg RF, Kawatkar AA, Musigdilok VV, Sharp AL: Automated interpretation of stress echocardiography reports using natural language processing. European Heart Journal - Digital Health 3(4), Dec 2022 Notes: PMID: 36710893; PMCID: PMC9779789.
du Fay de Lavallaz J, Zimmermann T, Badertscher P, Sun BC, Mueller C: Performance of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society versus European Society of Cardiology Guideline Criteria for Hospital Admission of Patients with Syncope. Heart Rhythm 19(10): 1712-1722, Oct 2022 Notes: PMID: 35644354.
Zheng C, Sun BC, Wu YL, Ferencik M, Lee MS, Redberg RF, Kawatkar AA, Musigdilok VV, Sharp AL.: Automated Abstraction of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Reports Using Natural Language Processing. J Nucl Cardiol 29(3): 1178-1187, Jun 2022 Notes: PMID: 33155169; PMCID: PMC8096860.