Mucio Kit Delgado, MD, MS
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Co-Chair, Penn Medicine Opioid Task Force
- Associate Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
- Director, Behavioral Science & Analytics For Injury Reduction (BeSAFIR) Lab
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
My education and training
- Medical School: Columbia University
- Residency: Stanford University Medical Center
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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine
- Emergency Medicine, 2010
- Academy Health, National
- American College of Emergency Physicians, National
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, National
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, National
- Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research, National
- Society for Medical Decision Making, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Agarwal AK, Ebert JP, Xiong R; Ali ZS, Lee D; Shofer F, Gitelman Y; Do D, Spencer EA; Grenader E, Li F, Harhay MO, Delgado MK Peer and Patient Feedback to Increase Adherence to Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial , JAMA Surgery: 2025
Mehta, M, Fanaroff, AC, Rhodes, CM, Xiong, A, Snider, CK, Grenader, EM, Harhay, MO, Mehrabyan, N, Peifer, MK, Volpp, KGM, Delgado, MK Change in Default Prescription Length and Statin Prescribing Behavior , JAMA Internal Medicine: 2025
Ebert, JP, Yan, R, Friday, S, Small, D, McDonald, CC, Barolozzi, K, Delgado, MK Behavioral Interventions for Increasing Seat Belt Use and Decreasing Distracted Driving Using Telematics: A National Randomized Trial , American Journal of Public Health, 115(5): 2025,758-768
Ebert, J., Xiong, R., Khan, N, Abdel-Rahman, D, Leitner, A, Fisher, W., Gaba, K., Everett, W, McDonald, C, Winston, F, Rosin, R, Volpp, K, Barnett, I, Small, D, Wiebe, D, Halpern, SD, Delgado, MK A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Interventions Yielding Sustained Reductions in Distracted Driving , Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, 121(32): 2024,e2320603121
Kaufman EJ, Song J, Xiong R, Seamon M, Delgado MK Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm Injury Rates by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2019 to 2020 , Annals of Internal Medicine, 177(9): 2024,1157-1169
Delgado MK, Ebert JO, Xiong RA, Winston FK, McDonald, CM, Rosin RM, Volpp KG, Barnett, IJ, Small, DS, Wiebe DJ, Abdel-Rahman, D, Hemmons, JE, Finefold R, Kotrc, B, Radford E, Fisher WJ, Gaba KL, Everett WC, Halpern SD. Feedback and Financial Incentives for Reducing Cellphone Use While Driving: A Randomized Trial , JAMA Network Open, 7(7): 2024,e2420218
Thakrar AP, Lowenstein M, Greysen SR, Delgado MK Trends in Before Medically Advised Discharges for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder, 2016-2020 , JAMA, 330(23): 2023,2302–2304
Lowenstein M, Perrone J, McFadden R, Xiong RA, Meisel ZF, O’Donnell N, Abdel-Rahman D, Moon J, Mitra N, Delgado MK Impact of Universal Screening and Automated Clinical Decision Support for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Departments: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis , Annals of Emergency Medicine: 2023
Lee KC, Morgan AU, Chaiyachati KH, Asch DA, Xiong RA, Do D, Kilaru AS, Lam D, Parambath A, Friedman AB, Meisel ZF, Snider CK, Chisholm DL, Kelly S, Hemmons JE, Abdel-Rahman D, Ebert J, Ghosh M, Reilly J, O'Malley CJ, Hahn L, Mannion NM, Huffenberger AM, McGinley S, Balachandran M, Khan N, Shea JA, Mitra N, Delgado MK Pulse Oximetry for Monitoring Patients with Covid-19 at Home - A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial , New England Journal of Medicine, 386(19): 2022,1857-1859
Delgado MK, Morgan AU, Asch DA, Xiong R, Kilaru AS, Lee KC, Do D, Friedman AB, Meisel ZF, Snider CK, Lam D, Parambath A, Wood C, Wilson CM, Perez M, Chisholm DL, Kelly S, O'Malley CJ, Mannion N, Huffenberger AM, McGinley S, Balachandran M, Khan N, Mitra N, Chaiyachati KH Comparative Effectiveness of an Automated Text Messaging Service for Monitoring COVID-19 at Home , Annals of Internal Medicine, 175(2): 2022,179-190