Caoimhe Duffy, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Call 800-789-7366
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

Education and training

  • Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons
  • Residency: Royal College of Physicans of Ireland
  • Residency: College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Duffy is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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