Barry David Fuchs - Faculty Biosketch

Barry David Fuchs, MD

Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Clinical Associate in the Academic Support Staff, Department of Biobehavioral and Health Sciences Division, University of PA , School of Nursing

Medical Director, Emerging Technology Evaluation and Implementation, University of Pennsylvania Health System

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Department: Medicine

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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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35 3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

30 Office: (215) 662-7135
34 Fax: (215) 349-5059
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Email:
barry.fuchs@uphs.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
21 9 B.S. 2a (High Honors in Animal Science) c
2b Rutgers University, 1979.
21 9 M.S. 26 (Cardiovascular Physiology) c
32 Michigan State University, 1981.
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3c Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1985.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 6d Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, 1985-1986.
24 70 Resident in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1986-1988.
24 78 Fellowship, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1988-1991.
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17 Certifications
28 52 American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine, 1988.
28 53 American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Medicine, 1990.
28 68 American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary/Critical Care Recertification, 2000.
28 57 American Board of Internal Medicine – Critical Care Medicine, 2011.
28 77 American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certified to Date, 2020.
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Description of Research Expertise

4e Early detection systems to identify common clinical syndromes
24 Implementation methodologies
13 Sepsis care
3a Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation and Sedation
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Description of Clinical Expertise

27 Mechanical Ventilation
27 Mechanical ventilation for ARDS
29 Mechanical Ventilation for Asthma
e Sepsis
1e Thromboembolic disease
24 Intra-abdominal hypertension
26 Cardio-pulmonary interactions
26 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
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Selected Publications

126 Wilson FP, Testani J, Aqeel I, Borovskiy Y, Reese P, Urbani, Fuchs BD: Automated, electronic alerts for acute kidney injury: A single-blind parallel group, a randomized controlled trial. Lancet 385(9981): 1966, May 2015.

170 Kerlin MP, Small DS, Cooney E, Fuchs BD, Bellini LM, Mikkelsen ME, Schweickert WD, Bakhru RN, Babler NB, Harhay MO, Hansen-Flaschen J, Halpern SD: A randomized clinical trial of nighttime physician staffing in an intensive care unit. New England Journal of Medicine 368(23): 2201-2209, Jun 2013.

20a Girard TD, Kress JP, Fuchs BD, Thomason JWW, Schweickert WD, Pun BT, Taichman DB, Dunn JG, Pohlman AS, Kinniry PA, Jackson JC, Canonico AE, Light RW, Shintani AK, Thompson JL, Gordon SM, Hall JB, Dittus RS, Bernard GR, Ely EW: Efficacy and safety of a “Wake Up and Breathe” protocol for mechanically ventilated ICU patients: The awakening and breathing controlled (ABC) trial, a randomized controlled trial. Lancet 371(9607): 126-134, Jan 2008.

13c Umscheid C, Betesh J, VanZandbergen C, Hanish A, Tait G, Mikkelsen M, French B, Fuchs BD: Development, implementation and impact of an automated early warning and response system for sepsis. Journal of Hospital Medicine 10(1): 26-31, Jan 2015.

1ac Guidi J, Clark K, Upton M, Faust H, Umscheid C, Lane-Fall M, Mikkelsen M, Schweickert W, VanZandbergen C, Betesh J, Tait G, Hanish A, Smith K, Feeley D, Fuchs BD: Clinician perception of the effectiveness of an early warning and response system for sepsis in an academic medical center. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 12(10): 1514-1519, Oct 2015.

11b Wilson FP, Reese PP, Shashaty MGS, Gitelman Y, Bansal AD, Urbani R, Feldman HI, Ellenberg S, Fuchs BD: A trial of in-hospital electronic alerts for acute kidney injury. Clinical Trials 11(5): 521-529, Oct 2015.

12d Koenig HC, Finkel BB, Khalsa SS, Lanken PN, Prasad M, Urbani R, Fuchs BD: Performance of an automated electronic acute lung injury screening system in Intensive Care Unit patients. Critical Care Medicine 39(1): 98-104, Jan 2011.

12f Azzam HC, Khalsa SS, Urbani R, Shah CV, Christie, JD, Lanken PN, Fuchs BD: Validation study of an automated electronic acute lung injury screening tool. Journal of the American Informatics Association 16(4): 503-508, Jul-Aug 2009.

13b Whittaker SA, Mikkelsen ME, Gaieski DF, Koshy S, Kean C, Fuchs BD: Severe sepsis cohorts derived from claims-based strategies appear to be biased toward a more severely ill patient population. Critical Care Medicine 41(4): 945-953, Apr 2013.

144 Kalhan R, Mikkelsen M, Dedhiya P, Christie JD, Gaughan C, Lanken PN, Finkel B, Gallop R, Fuchs BD: Under use of lung protective ventilation: Analysis of potential factors to explain physician behavior. Critical Care Medicine 34(2): 300-306, Feb 2006.

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