Benjamin C. Sun, MD, MPP

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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
Office: 215-662-6698
Fax: 215-662-3953
Education:
BA, scl (Biochemistry )
Harvard College, 1995.
MD, mcl (Division of Health Science and Technology)
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000.
MPP (Health Care Policy)
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, 2000-2004.
Health Services Research Fellow , UCLA- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, 2004-2006.
Financial Management for Leaders in Academic Medical Centers, Harvard School of Public Health, 2021-2021.
Program for Chairs of Clinical Services, Harvard School of Public Health, 2023-2023.
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2005.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Emergency medicine

Description of Research Expertise

Health services research, cost-effectiveness analysis, randomized trial design; causal inference in observational data; qualitative research methods; emergency cardiac conditions

Selected Publications

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.

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.

Sharp AL, Kawatkar AA, Baecker AS, Redberg RF, Lee, MS, Ferencik M, Wu YL, Shen E, Zheng C, Park S, Goodacre S, Thokala P, Sun BC: Does Hospital Admission/Observation for Chest Pain Improve Patient Outcomes After Emergency Department Evaluation for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome? J Gen Intern Med 37(4): 745-752, Mar 2022 Notes: PMID: 33987795; PMCID: PMC8904710.

Zimmermann T, du Fay de Lavallaz J, Walter JE, Strebel I, Nestelberger T, Joray L, Badertscher P, Flores D, Widmer V, Geigy N, Miro O, Salgado E, Christ M, Cullen L, Than M, Martin-Sanchez FJ, Di Somma S, Peacock WF, Keller D, Costabel JP, Wussler DN, Kawecki D, Lohrmann J, Gualandro DM, Kuehne M, Reichlin T, Sun BC, Mueller C, for the BASEL IX and SRS investigators: Development of an electrocardiogram-based risk calculator for a cardiac cause of syncope. Heart 107(22): 1796-1804, Nov 2021 Notes: PMID: 33504514.

Furlan L, Trombetta L, Casazza G, Dipaola F, Furlan R, Marta C, Numeroso F, PĂ©rez-Rodon J, Quinn JV, Reed MJ, Sheldon RS, Shen WK, Sun BC, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Ungar A, Costantino G, Solbiati M: Syncope Time Frames for Adverse Events after Emergency Department Presentation: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Medicina 57(1235), Nov 2021 Notes: PMID: 34833453; PMCID: PMC8623370.

Moumneh T, Sun BC, Baecker A, Park S, Redberg R, Ferencik M, Lee M-S, Douillet D, Roy P-M, Sharp AL: Identifying patients with low-risk of acute coronary syndrome without troponin testing: Validation of the HEAR score. Am J Med 134(4): 499-506, Apr 2021 Notes: PMID: 33127371.

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