Janae Kathleen Heath - Faculty Biosketch

Janae Kathleen Heath, MD MSCE

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

Fee Service Hospitalist, Good Shepard LTACH, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Chair of the Clinical Competency Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Associate Program Director, University of Pennsylvania Department of Internal Medicine

Co-Director, Pulmonary Diagnostic Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Assistant Program Director, University of Pennsylvania Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program

Vice Chair of PSOM Program Evaluation Committee, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division
3400 Spruce Street
838 West Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Education:
BS
Pennsylvania State University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2011.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2011-2012.
Resident in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2012-2014.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2015-2018.
Measey Medical Education Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2017-2018.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2014.
American Board of Pulmonary Medicine, 2017.
American Board of Critical Care Medicine, 2019.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Advanced Consultative Pulmonology

Description of Research Expertise

Assessment in Medical Education
Bias within Assessment

Selected Publications

Heath, JK, Devlin, S, Leiter, RE, MD, Lindenberger, E, Shameklis, J, Dingfield, L.: Innovating in Graduate Medical Specialty Training Targeting Mid-Career Physicians: A Novel Time Variable Competency-Based Fellowship Program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Academic Medicine Feb 2025 Notes: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005998.

Kaitland M. Byrd PhD, Michelle Spiegel MD, Edward F. Kilb MD, Kelly Vranas MD, MS, Liana Schweiger MD, Kathleen T. Lee MPH, Julia Schroeder BA, Alexandra Vita BS, Gareema Agarwal BS, Irada Choudhuri MD, Ishita S. Arora PhD, Nandini Sarma MD, Snigdha Jain MD, MHS, Kathleen M. Akgün MD, MS, Janae K. Heath MD, MSCE, Elizabeth M. Viglianti MD, MPH, MSc.: The Impact of Applicant Sex on Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Letters of Recommendation: A Multi-Site Study. ATS Scholar. Jan 2025.

Ramadurai, D., Flack, K., Wu, L., Kass-Gergi, S., Heath, J.K., Kreider, M.E., Dine, C.J., Secunda, K.: Multimodal interprofessional mechanical ventilation education for critical care trainees: A pilot curriculum. ATS Scholar. 2025 Notes: Accepted for publication 3/2025.

Ghiathi, C, & Heath, JK.: A Reply to “Enhancing Airway Management Training in PCCM Fellowship: Insights and Imperatives” ATS Scholar 2025 Notes: Accepted for publication in Jan 2025.

Ghiathi, C, Lanfranco, AR, Heath, JK.: Pulmonary and critical care fellows’ experience and perceptions of airway management training. ATS Scholar. Sept 2024 Notes: Accepted for publication July 2024.

C. Jessica Dine MD MSHP, Judy A Shea PhD, Caitlin B Clancy MD MSCE, Janae K Heath MD MSCE, William Pluta PhD, Jennifer R Kogan MD: Finding the Needle in the Haystack: Can Natural Language Processing of Students’ Evaluations of Teachers Identify Teaching Concerns? Journal of General Internal Medicine. August 2024 Notes: Accepted for publication in July 2024.

Witt, L, Heath, JK.: Ambulatory Blocks in PCCM Fellowship Re-Prioritize Ambulatory Education. ATS Scholar 5(2), June 2024.

Clancy, CB,* Heath, JK,* Winston, A, Lee, JT, Kohn R.: System-Level Identification and Mitigation Strategies Targeting Racial Inequities In Inpatient Pulmonary Specialty Care Access: A Mixed Quantitative and Quality Improvement Analysis. NEJM Catalyst. 5(6), June 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1056/CAT.24.0025.

C. Jessica Dine MD, Judy A Shea PhD, Caitlin B Clancy MD MSCE, Janae K Heath MD MSCE, William Pluta PhD, Jennifer R Kogan MD.: Finding the Needle in the Haystack: Can Natural Language Processing of Students’ Evaluations of Teachers Identify Teaching Concerns? NEGEA Annual Conference. April 2024 Notes: Oral presentation.

Heath, JK, Kassutto, S.: Preventing the Crash: Simulation-Based Training for High Acuity Low Occurrence Events for Critical Care. CHEST 165(3): 482-483. March 2024.