- Blood clot in lung
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension (PH)
Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD
Pulmonary Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center University City
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
- Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
53 reviews
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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
- 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
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
- Pulmonary Disease, 1998
- Internal Medicine, 1996
- American College of Chest Physicians (Fellow), National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Thoracic Society, National
- Council of Science Editors, International
- Massachusetts Medical Society, National
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association, National
- Society of Critical Care Medicine (Fellow), National
- Stanley Sarnoff Society for Cardiovascular Research (Fellow), National
- World Association of Medical Editors, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Taichman DB, Leopold JA, Elliott G Continued Progress in Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , New England Journal of Medicine, 388(16): 2023,1524-1526
Taichman DB Optimism for Interstitial Lung Disease-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension? , New England Journal of Medicine, 384(4): 2021,376-377
The Editors Dying in a Leadership Vacuum , New England Journal of Medicine, 383: 2020,1479-1480
Laine Christine, Taichman Darren B Alternative Facts Have No Place in Science. , Annals of Internal Medicine, 166(12): 2017,905-906
Taichman Darren B, Sahni Peush, Pinborg Anja, Peiperl Larry, Laine Christine, James Astrid, Hong Sung-Tae, Haileamlak Abraham, Gollogly Laragh, Godlee Fiona, Frizelle Frank A, Florenzano Fernando, Drazen Jeffrey M, Bauchner Howard, Baethge Christopher, Backus Joyce Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials - A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. , The New England Journal of Medicine, 376(23): 2017,2277-2279
Taichman Darren B, Bauchner Howard, Drazen Jeffrey M, Laine Christine, Peiperl Larry Firearm-Related Injury and Death: A US Health Care Crisis in Need of Health Care Professionals. , JAMA, 318(19): 2017,1875
Taichman, D.B., Ornelas, J, Chung, L, Klinger, J.R., Lewis, S., Mandel, J., Palevsky, H.I, Rich, S., Sood, N., Trow, T.K., Yung, R., Elliott, C.G., Badesch, D.B. Pharmacologic therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: CHEST Guideline , Chest, 146(2): 2014,449-475
Laine Christine, Taichman Darren B, Mulrow Cynthia, Berkwits Michael, Cotton Deborah, Williams Sankey V A resolution for physicians: time to focus on the public health threat of gun violence. , Annals of Internal Medicine, 158(6): 2013,493-4
Girard, T.D., Kress, J.P., Fuchs, B.D., Thomason, J.W.W., Schweickert, W.D., Pun, B.T., Taichman, D.B., Dunn, J.G., Pohlman, A.S., Kinniry, P.A., Jackson, J.C., Canonico, A.E., Light, R.W., Shintani, A.K., Thompson, J.L., Gordon, S.M., Hall, J.B., Dittus, R.S., Bernard, G.R., Ely, E.W. Efficacy and safety of a “Wake Up and Breathe” Protocol for Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients: The Awakening and Breathing Controlled (ABC) Trial, a randomised controlled trial. , Lancet , 371: 2007,124-126