Katherine R. Courtright - Faculty Biosketch

Katherine R. Courtright, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Core Faculty, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, Department of Medicine, PSOM

Faculty member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT)

Member, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics

Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Director of Palliative Care Research, Department of Medicine, PSOM

Affiliate faculty, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), Perelman School of Medicine

Full member, Abramson Cancer Center's Cancer Control Program

Department: Medicine

Contact information

3600 Civic Center Blvd
700E #303
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
katherine.courtright@uphs.upenn.edu

Publications

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Education:
BA (Molecular Biology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine, 2008.
MS (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2015.

Links
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The Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at Penn

Post-Graduate Training
Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2008-2009.
Resident, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2009-2011.
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2012.
Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Penn Medicine, 2012-2015.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2016.
Fellow, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Penn Medicine, 2016-2017.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2011.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 2014.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, 2016.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, eligible, 2025.

Permanent link

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Selected Publications

Song A, Mitchell OJL, Ursoleo JD, Sullivan DR, Rosa W, Courtright KR, Kohn R: Advancing Palliative Care in Cardiac Arrest and Cardiogenic Shock: Identifying Evidence Gaps and Future Research Priorities. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, section Intensive Care Cardiovascular Medicine Apr 2026.

Song A, Brown CK, Chen Z, Harhay MO, Aysola J, Courtright KR: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Inpatient Palliative Care Consults in the US: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), San Diego, CA Mar 2026.

Wang, Hao, Chen, Xinyuan, Courtright, Katherine R, Halpern, Scott, Harhay, Michael, Taljaard, Monica, Li, Fan: On anticipation effect in stepped wedge cluster randomized trials. Statistics in Medicine Page: in press, 2026.

Kahan BC, Bretz F, Copas A, Harhay MO, Collins GS, Bahti M, Bi D, Campbell MK, Courtright KR, Feeney T, Forbes AB, Garg AX, Halpern SD, Heagerty PJ, Hemming K, Hopewell S, Hughes JP, Murray DM, Ross JS, Stewart D, Taljaard M, Ukoumunne OC, Auriemma CL, Li F: CRT-Estimands Framework: consensus-based extension of the ICH E9(R1) addendum for cluster randomised trials. thebmj 2026.

Foxwell, A.M., Meghani, S.M., Courtright, K.R., Huang, L., Rhoads, J., Deatrick, J., Hirschman, K., & Ulrich, C.M. : A Cluster Analysis Of Clinician Distress Trajectories When Caring For Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients. J Palliative Med Page: in press, 2026.

Marshall, Mary Faith; Davis, F. Daniel; Fogelman, Patricia A.; Oczkowski, Simon; Reid, Julie C.; Arellano, Daniel; Aslakson, Rebecca A.; Campbell, Joshua; Courtright, Katherine; Egressy, Katarine; Epstein, Elizabeth; Green, Ebonye; Hua, May; John, Preeti R.; Kross, Erin K.; Martin, Niels D.; Melo, Bethany A.; Muehlschlegel, Susanne; Perez-Protto, Silvia; Roberts, Ben; Shalev, Daniel; Wescoe Singley, Jennifer MEd; Strickland, Shawna L.; Korzick, Karen A. : Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines on Adult End-of-Life Care in the ICU. Critical Care Medicine 53(12): e2734-e2746, Dec 2025.

Moin EE, Bayes B, Madden V, Halpern SD, Courtright KR: Disease and Race-Based Differences in Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation in Cancer and Noncancer Serious Illnesses. J Am Geriatr Soc 73(7): 2155-2165, Jul 2025.

Catherine L Auriemma, Anne Song, Lake Walsh, Jason Han, Sophia Yapalater, Alexander Bain, Lindsay Haines, Stefania Scott, Casey Whitman, Stephanie P Taylor, Gary E Weissman, Matthew J Gonzales, Roshanthi Weerasinghe, Staci J Wendt, Katherine R Courtright: Measuring goal-concordant care using electronic clinical notes. JAMA Netw Open 8(7): e2518967, Jul 2025.

Foxwell AM, Meghani S, Courtright KR, Deatrick J, Hirschman K, Ulrich C: A Mixed Method Integration of Clinician Distress Typologies in those Caring for Seriously Ill Patients within the Hospital Setting. American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, IL Jun 2025 Notes: poster session.

Foxwell AM, Meghani S, Courtright KR, Huang L, Rhodes J, Deatrick J, Hirschman K, Ulrich C: A Cluster Analysis of Clinician Distress Trajectories when Caring for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients. American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, IL Jun 2025 Notes: poster presentation.