Caoimhe Duffy, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director of Perioperative Care Unit, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Residency: College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Association of Anesthesiology, National
- Association of Anesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, National
- Difficult Airway Society, International
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, National
- International Association for Communication in Healthcare, International
- Multi-Handoff Collaboration (MHC), National
- Philadelphia County Medical Society, Local
- Simulation Assessment Research Group (SARG), National
- Society for Airway Management, National
- Society for Education in Anesthesia, National
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare, National
- Society of Head and Neck Anesthesia, International
- Society of Obstetrics Anesthesia and Perinatology, National
- Women in Anesthesiology, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Lorenzi C., Duffy C.C. Incorporating Human Factors in Perioperative Nursing to Reduce Errors , AORN Journal, 4(114): 2021,380-386
Duffy C. C., Atkins J. H. Characteristics of intraoperative emergencies and perspectives on operating room emergency responses in a large Academic Medical Center: A case series , Journal of Clinical Anesthesia , 72: 2021,110264
COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study , Anaesthesia , 76(6): 2021,748-758
Mosquera D., Duffy C. C., Valentine E., Lorenzi C., Ziemba J.B. Engaging Residents in a Sustainable Patient Safety Curriculum: A Proof-of-Concept Pilot , Society of Education in Anesthesia, Spring Meeting, virtual: 2021
Bass G. A., Gillis A. E., Cao Y., Mohseni S., European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) Cohort Studies Group Patients over 65 years with Acute Complicated Calculous Biliary Disease are Treated Differently-Results and Insights from the ESTES Snapshot Audit , World Journal of Surgery, 45(7): 2021,2046-2055
COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study , British Journal of Surgery, 108(9): 2021,1056-1063
Scott E., Lindow S. W., Duffy C. C. Assessment of operating room team members’ ability to identify other team members in the operating room, a quality improvement exercise , Irish Journal of Medical Science, 191: 2021,491-493
Duffy C. C., Bass G. A., Fitzpatrick G., Doherty E. M. What Can We Learn From the Past? Pandemic Health Care Workers' Fears, Concerns, and Needs: A Review , Journal of Patient Safety, 18(1): 2020,52-57
Scott E., Lindow W. S., Duffy C. C. Guess who? Identifying Operating Room Staff , A Quality Improvement Exercise National Patient Safety in Anesthesia Conference, Dublin, Ireland (virtual): 2020
Duffy C. C., Bass G. A., Duncan J., Lyons B., O'Dea A. Medication Errors in Anesthesiology - Is It Time to Train by Example? Vignettes Can Assess Error Awareness, Assessment of Harm, Disclosure, and Reporting Practices , Journal of Patient Safety, 18(1): 2022,16-25