Julie Uspal, MD
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Quality and Safety
- Disaster Safety Officer
- Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
- Residency: 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)
- 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.
- 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
- Emergency Medicine, 2017
- American College of Emergency Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Patel P, Carcuffe CJ, Lewis G, Cooke K, Limbert D, Uspal J, Waddell K. Closing the Loop: Standardizing Communication During Emergency-to-Rehab Handoffs to Improve Patient Safety and Equity , Poster Presentation, Association of Academic Physiatrists’ Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona: 2025
Grudzen CR, Siman N, Cuthel AM, PRIM-ER Investigators Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA. Published online January 15, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23696: 2025
Julie Uspal, Keith Hemmert, Ben Steyer, Caroline Adams, Nick Sachs, Hyun Tae Kim, Ali Dhanaliwala, Hanna Zafar, Tony Mazzeo, and Lisa Jones, Charles Kahn, Jeffrey Moon with the HEROIC committee Change in Order Name, Order Location and Embedded Clinical Decision Support Decreases Utilization of GI Bleeding CT Studies , Oral Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium: 2024
Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center , Poster Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium, Philadelphia, PA: 2024
Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center , Poster Presentation, ACEP24 Research Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada: 2024
Fernández-Penny FE, Jolkovsky EL, Shofer FS, Hemmert KC, Valiuddin H, Uspal JE, Sands NA, Abella BS COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients in Two Urban Emergency Departments , Acad Emerg Med, 28: 2021,1100-1107
Abella BS, Jolkovsky EL, Biney BT, Uspal JE, Hyman MC, Frank I, Hensley SE, Gill S, Vogl DT, Maillard I, Babushok DV, Huang AC, Nasta SD, Walsh JC, Wiletyo EP, Gimotty PA, Milone MC, Amaravadi RK; Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 With Hydroxychloroquine (PATCH) Investigators. Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine vs Placebo for Pre-exposure SARS-CoV-2 Prophylaxis Among Health Care Workers: Randomized Clinical Trial. , JAMA Internal Medicine., 2(181): 2021,195-202
Jillian T Baron, Alexis Schwartz, Ebony Davis, Julie E Uspal, Brendan Kelly Long-Term Impact of an HIV Testing Program on High-Risk HIV Screening in the Emergency Department , Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6: 2019
Grudzen C, Brody A, Chung F, Cuthel A, Mann D, McQuilkin J, Rubin A, Swartz J, Tan A, Goldfeld K, PRIM-ER Investigators Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Medicine (PRIM-ER): Protocol for a Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomised, Stepped Wedge Design to Test the Effectiveness of Primary Palliative Care Education, Training and Technical Support for Emergency Medicine , BMJ Open: 2019
Uspal NG, Thomas AA, Burns R, Jones M, Gross IT, Kearney RD, Whitney RE, Uspal JE, Gove N, Reid J Evaluation of a Modified Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills Tool for the Assessment of Pediatric Laceration Repair Performance , Cureus, 2(11): 2019,e4056