David A. Asch, MD, MBA

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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Senior Vice-Dean for Strategic Initiatives
  • John Morgan Professor
  • Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
  • Professor of Medicine in Medical Ethics and Health Policy

My education and training

  • Medical School: NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • 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.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Asch is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Southwick L, Schroeder D, Sharma M, Bellini LM, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton RE, Beck S, Merchant RM Understanding health care workers’ mental health needs: Insights from a qualitative study on digital interventions , BMC Health Serv Res., 25: 2025,654

Agarwal AK, Schroeder D, Gonzales R, Southwick L, Bellini LM, Asch DA, Merchant RM Evaluating factors associated with suicidal ideation among healthcare workers: A secondary analysis , J Gen Intern Med: 2025

Kern-Goldberger AR, Sheils NE, Vinculado R, Paderanga AJA, Asch DA, Srinivas SK Evaluating risk-adjusted associations between prenatal care utilization and obstetric outcomes in a commercially insured patient population , Am J Perinatol: 2025

Bressman E, Fanaroff A, Mahraj K, Norton L, Coratti S, Farraday D, Garzon Mrad C, Avery M, Arshad A, John A, Asch DA, Volpp KG Leveraging principles of behavioural economics to encourage patient engagement with population health screening programmes , BMJ Open Qual, 14: 2025,3003146

Gupta R, Sharma M, Mitra N, Cannuscio C, Merchant RM, Asch DA, Grande D Consumer confidence in the responsible use of their digital health data after the COVID-19 pandemic , JAMA Netw Open, 8: 2025,e2461907

Wu Q, Pajor NM, Lu Y, Wolock CJ, Tong J, Lorman V, Johnson KB, Moore JH, Forrest CB, Asch DA, Chen Y A latent transfer learning method for estimating hospital-specific post-acute healthcare demands following SARS-CoV-2 infection , Patterns, 6: 2025,101179

Southwick L, Sharma M, Rai S, Beidas RS, Mandell DS, Asch DA, Curtis B, Guntuku SC, Merchant RM Integrating patient-generated digital data into mental health therapy: A mixed methods analysis of user experience , JMIR Ment Health, 11: 2024,E59785

Volpp KG, Mahraj K, Norton LA, Asch DA, Glanz K, Mehta SJ, Balasta M, Kellum W, Wood J, Russell LB, Fanaroff AC, Bakshi S, Jacoby D, Cohen JB, Press MJ, Clark K, Zhu J, Rareside C, Ashcraft LE, Snider CK, Putt ME Design and rationale of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart, a randomized trial of effectiveness of a centrally organized approach to blood pressure and cholesterol improvement among patients at elevated risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. , Am Heart J, 278: 2024,208-22

Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, McCalpin HJ, Gonzales RE, Asch DA, Livesey C, Bellini LM, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM Cross-sectional analysis of healthcare worker mental health and utilisation of a digital mental health platform from 2020 to 2023 , BMJ Open Qual, 13: 2024

Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, McCalpin HJ, Gonzales RE, Asch DA, Livesey C, Bellini L, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM. Cross-sectional analysis of healthcare worker mental health and utilisation of a digital mental health platform from 2020 to 2023 , BMJ Open Qual, 13: 2024,e002896

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