Julie Uspal, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Gold Humanism Honor Society Faculty Advisor , Perelmen School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director for Quality and Safety, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Medicine
Advisory Dean, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Advisor, Health Improvement and Patient Safety Area of Concentration , Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce Street
Ground Floor Ravdin Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce Street
Ground Floor Ravdin Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
University of Pittsburgh, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2012.
BS (Biology)
University of Pittsburgh, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Emergency Medicine , University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, PA , 2012-2015.
Healthcare Leadership in Quality Track, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2016.
Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2015-2016.
Resident in Emergency Medicine , University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, PA , 2012-2015.
Healthcare Leadership in Quality Track, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2016.
Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2015-2016.
Certifications
Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2012.
Basic Life Support, 2013.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2013.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2013.
Permanent linkAdvanced Trauma Life Support, 2012.
Basic Life Support, 2013.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2013.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2013.
Description of Clinical Expertise
quality improvement and patient safety, enhancing the patient experience, medical student educationSelected Publications
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. Poster Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium September 2024.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.