Charlene Bierl, MD, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
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)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Pathology, Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
- Pathology - Clinical
- American Society of Clinical Pathology, National
- TRUU-Lab, a national organization devoted to optimization and clarity of test names., National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Charlene Bierl Simplifying the Test Menu to Beat Choice Overload , AACC/Clinical Laboratory News: 2022
Barry C, Edmonston TB, Gandhi S, Ganti K, Kim N, Bierl C Implementation of Laboratory Review of Test Builds Within the Electronic Health Record Reduces Errors , Arch Pathol Lab Med, 144(6): 2019,742-747
Behling, KC and Bierl, C Cost per case mix index-adjusted hospital day as a measure of effective laboratory utilization efforts in a growing academic medical center. , Am J Clin Pathol , 151(4): 2019,371-376
Barry C, Kaufman S, Feinstein D, Kim N, Gandhi S, Nikolic D, Edmonston TB, Bierl C Optimization of the Order Menu in the Electronic Health Record Facilitates Test Patterns Consistent with Recommendations in the Choosing Wisely Initiative , Am J Clin Pathol, 153(1): 2019,94-98
Laboratory Economics Spotlight Interview with Cooper University Hospital’s Director of Laboratories , Laboratory Economics: 2018
Minerowicz C, Abel N, Hunter K, Behling KC, Cerceo E, Bierl C Impact of weekly feedback on test ordering patterns. , Am J Manag Care, 21(11): 2015,763-8
Behling KC, Marrone D, Hunter K, Bierl C Decreased clinical laboratory turnaround time after implementation of a collection manager system. , Arch Pathol Lab Med, 139(9): 2015,1084-6
Narayan SB, Master SR, Sireci AN, Bierl C, Stanley PE, Li C, Stanley CA, Bennett MJ Short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme a dehydrogenase associates with a protein super-complex integrating multiple metabolic pathways. , PLoS One , 7(14): 2012,e35048
Everett LJ, Bierl C, Master SR Unbiased statistical analysis for multi-stage proteomic search strategies. , J Proteome Res , 9(2): 2010,700-7
Furlow PW, Percy MJ, Sutherland S, Bierl C, McMullin MF, Master SR, Lappin TR, Lee FS Erythrocytosis-associated HIF-2alpha mutations demonstrate a critical role for residues C-terminal to the hydroxylacceptor proline. , J Biol Chem , 284(14): 2009,9050-08