Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
Katharine E. Secunda, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center - Inpatient Care
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Medical Director, Pavilion Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Insurance accepted

My 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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Secunda is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Ramaduria D, Flack K, Wu L, Kass-Gergi S, Heath JK, Kreider ME, Dine CJ, Secunda KE Multimodal Interdisciplinary Mechanical Ventilation Education for Critical Care Trainees: A Pilot Curriculum , American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA: 2024

Ramaduria D, Flack K, Wu L, Kass-Gergi S, Heath JK, Kreider ME, Dine CJ, Secunda KE Multimodal Interdisciplinary Mechanical Ventilation Education for Critical Care Trainees: A Pilot Curriculum , 2024 APCCMPD Annual Conference: 2024

Secunda, KE, Derrington, S Using Time-Limited Trials to Navigate Uncertainty and Hope in the ICU , Critical Connections: 2024

Kruser JM, Nadig NR, Viglianti EM, Clapp JT, Secunda KE, Halpern SD Time-limited trials for patients with critical illness: a review of the literature , CHEST: 2023

Reif M, Secunda KE, Clapp JT, Viglianti EM, Mylvaganam R, Peliska M, Holl JL, Kruser JM The Duality of “Goals of Care” Language: A Qualitative Focus Group Study with Frontline Clinicians , J Pain Symptom Manage: 2023

Secunda KE, Kruser JM Patient-Centered and Family-Centered Care in the Intensive Care Unit , Clin Chest Med, 43(3): 2022,539-550

Secunda, KE and Hart, JL One Guideline May Not Fit All: Tailored Evidence May Improve Critical Care Delivery , Ann Am Thorac Soc, 19(8): 2022,1273-1274

Smith MM, Secunda KE, Cohen ER, Wayne DB, Vermylen JH, Wood GJ Clinical Experience Is Not a Proxy for Competence: Comparing Fellow and Medical Student Performance in a Breaking Bad News Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum , The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 0(0): 2022,doi:10.1177/10499091221106176

Reif M, Secunda KE, Viglianti EM, Mylvaganam R, Peliska M, Krolikowski K, Kruser JM The Duality of "Goals of Care" Language Among Frontline Clinicians in the ICU: A Qualitative Study , American Thoracic Society, San Fransisco, CA: 2022

Pickens CO, Gao CA, Cuttica MJ, Smith SB, Pesce LL, Grant RA, Kang M, Morales-Nebreda L, Bavishi AA, Arnold JM, Pawlowski A, Qi C, Budinger GRS, Singer BD, Wunderink RG; NU COVID Investigators. Bacterial Superinfection Pneumonia in Patients Mechanically Ventilated for COVID-19 Pneumonia , Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 204: 2021,921-932