Haufeng Wei, MD, PhD

Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Call 800-789-7366
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About me

  • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Expert on difficult airway management. Inventor of WEI Jet Endotracheal Tube (WEI JET) and WEI Nasal Jet Tube (WEI Nasal JET, WNJ).

My education and training

  • Medical School: Tongji University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital
  • Residency: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
  • Fellowship: National Institutes of Health

Spoken languages

English
English
中文 / 普通话
Chinese - Mandarin

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: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Wei is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Ying Wang, Samue Anchipolovsky, Piplu Bhuiyan, Luna Sato, Ge Liang, De-Maw Chuang, Huafeng Wei Lithium chloride suppresses ferroptosis of induced pluripotent stem cells with ApoE4/E4 from a sporadic Alzheimer's disease patient , Neurotherapeutics: 2026

Jia Liu, Yan Lu, Piplu Bhuiyan, Jacob Gruttner, Lauren St Louis, Yutong Yi, Ge Liang, Huafeng Wei Intranasal dantrolene nanoparticles inhibit lipopolysaccharide-induced depression and anxiety behavior in mice , Translational Psychiatry: 2026

Benjamin Fisher, Huafeng Wei A Review of Existing Case Reports on Sugammadex-Associated Bradycardia and Cardiac Arrest , Anesthesia and Analgesia, 142: 2026,e33-e36

Piplu Bhuiyan, Yutong Yi, Betty Wei, Allen Yan, Lola Dong, Huafeng Wei Intranasal Dantrolene Nanoparticles for Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis as a Disease-Modifying Drug , BioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.21.655232: 2025

Piplu Bhuiyan, Wenjia Zhang, Rebecca Chae, Kyulee Kim, Lauren St. Louis, Ying Wang, Ge Liang, Huafeng Wei Intranasal dantrolene nanoparticles inhibit inflammatory pyroptosis in 5xFAD mice brains , British Journal of Anaesthesia, 134(5): 2025,1574-1577

Piplu Bhuiyan, Wenjia Zhang, Ge Liang, Bailin Jiang, Robert Vera, Rebecca Chae, Kyulee Kim, Lauren St. Louis, Ying Wang, Jia Liu, De-Maw Chuang, Huafeng Wei Intranasal Delivery of Lithium Salt Suppresses Inflammatory Pyroptosis in the brain and Ameliorates Memory Loss and Depression-like Behavior in 5xFAD mice , Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 20: 2025,26

Vera R, Hong N, Jiang B, Liang G, Eckenhoff MF, Kincaid HJ, Browne V, Chellaraj V, Gisewhite D, Greenberg M, Ranjan S, Zhu G, Wei H. Effects of Intranasal Dantrolene Nanoparticles on Brain Concentration and Behavior in PS19 Tau Transgenic Mice , J Alzheimers Dis: 2024

Xu R, Li Z, Jiang X, Zhang W, Xu Y, Zhang Y, Zhu L, Wei H, Shi H, Wang X. Effect of supraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation on hypoxemia in patients undergoing endoscopic surgery with sedation: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials , J Clin Anesth, 97: 2024,111559

Wei H. Advancement of supraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation technique , Indian J Anaesth: 2024

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