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

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: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
  • 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
Dr. Secunda is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Secunda KE, Kinniry J, Howarth C, Risch S, Birkline J, Lightheart E, Mitchell OJ, Anderson B, Schweickert WD, Matthews A A structured care coordination tool for solid oncology patients admitted to the Medical ICU , Society of Critical Care Medicine; Chicago, IL: 2026

Kruser JM, Wiegmann DA, Nadig NR, Secunda KE, Hanlon BM, Moy JX, Ahmad A, Campbell EG, Donnelly HK, Martinez FJ, Polley M, Orham C, Korth E, Statler L, Rowe TJ, Wu AL, Vigilianti EM, Eisinger EC, Nguyen OT, Halpern SD, Clapp JT Optimizing Time-Limited Trials in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Focused Ethnography Protocol , BMJ Open: 2025

Ramadurai D, Flack K, Wu L, Kass-Gergi S, Heath JK, Kreider ME, Dine CJ, Secunda KE Interprofessional Mechanical Ventilation Education for Critical Care Trainees: A Pilot Curriculum , ATS Scholar, 6(3): 2025,292-298

Secunda, KE, Derrington, S Using Time-Limited Trials to Navigate Uncertainty and Hope in the ICU , Critical Connections , 23(3): 2024,26-27

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, 165(4): 2023,881-891

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, 66(6): 2023,E658-E665

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

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

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, 40(4): 2022,423-430

Secunda KE, Krolikowski KA, Savage MF, Kruser JM Evaluation of automated specialty palliative care in the intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study , PLOS One, 16(8): 2021,e0255989