Katharine E. Secunda, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
Medical Director, Pavilion Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Education and Social Policy)
Northwestern University, 2007.
Post bac (Pre-health Program)
Loyola University, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
Northwestern Universityy Feinberg School of Medicine, 2014.
Permanent linkBS (Education and Social Policy)
Northwestern University, 2007.
Post bac (Pre-health Program)
Loyola University, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
Northwestern Universityy Feinberg School of Medicine, 2014.
Description of Clinical Expertise
CommunicationEnd-of-life Care
Mechanical Ventilation
Patient and Family Engagement in the ICU
Selected Publications
Kruser JM, Nadig NR, Viglianti EM, Clapp JT, Secunda KE, Halpern SD: Time-limited trials for patients with critical illness: a review of the literature. CHEST December 2023.Reif M, Secunda KE, Clapp JT, Viglianti EM, Mylvaganam R, Peliska M, Holl JL, Kruser JM: The Duality of “Goals of Care” Language: A Qualitative Focus Group Study with Frontline Clinicians. J Pain Symptom Manage August 2023.
Secunda KE, Kruser JM: Patient-Centered and Family-Centered Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Clin Chest Med 43(3): 539-550, September 2022.
Secunda, KE and Hart, JL: One Guideline May Not Fit All: Tailored Evidence May Improve Critical Care Delivery. Ann Am Thorac Soc 19(8): 1273-1274, August 2022.
Reif M, Secunda KE, Viglianti EM, Mylvaganam R, Peliska M, Krolikowski K, Kruser JM: The Duality of "Goals of Care" Language Among Frontline Clinicians in the ICU: A Qualitative Study. American Thoracic Society, San Fransisco, CA May 2022 Notes: Oral presentation.
Smith MM, Secunda KE, Cohen ER, Wayne DB, Vermylen JH, Wood GJ: Clinical Experience Is Not a Proxy for Competence: Comparing Fellow and Medical Student Performance in a Breaking Bad News Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum. The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care Page: doi:10.1177/10499091221106176, May 2022.
Pickens CO, Gao CA, Cuttica MJ, Smith SB, Pesce LL, Grant RA, Kang M, Morales-Nebreda L, Bavishi AA, Arnold JM, Pawlowski A, Qi C, Budinger GRS, Singer BD, Wunderink RG; NU COVID Investigators.: Bacterial Superinfection Pneumonia in Patients Mechanically Ventilated for COVID-19 Pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 204: 921-932, Oct 2021 Notes: Secunda among the NU COVID Investigators.
Secunda KE, Krolikowski KA, Savage MF, Kruser JM: Evaluation of automated specialty palliative care in the intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study. PLOS One 16(8): e0255989, August 2021.
Secunda, K., Smith, M., Vermylen, J., Wood, G.: Years of training does not equate to competence: comparing fellow and medical student performance in a simulation-based mastery learning breaking bad news course. Annual Assembly of Palliative and Hospice Medicine February 2021 Notes: poster presentation.
Grant RA, Morales-Nebreda L, Markov NS, Swaminathan S, Querrey M, Guzman ER, Abbott DA, Donnelly HK, Donayre A, Goldberg IA, Klug ZM, Borkowski N, Lu Z, Kihshen H, Politanska Y, Sichizya L, Kang M, Shilatifard A, Qi C, Lomasney JW, Argento AC, Kruser JM, Malsin ES, Pickens CO, Smith SB, Walter JM, Pawlowski AE, Schneider D, Nannapaneni P, Abdala-Valencia H, Bharat A, Gottardi CJ, Budinger GRS, Misharin AV, Singer BD, Wunderink RG; NU SCRIPT Study Investigators.: Circuits between infected macrophages and T cells in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Nature January 2021 Notes: Secunda among NU COVID Investigators.