Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
Barry D. Fuchs, MD
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center - Inpatient Care
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Medical Director, Respiratory Care Department, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Medical Director, Medical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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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. Fuchs is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Wilson FP, Testani J, Aqeel I, Borovskiy Y, Reese P, Urbani, Fuchs BD Automated, electronic alerts for acute kidney injury: A single-blind parallel group, a randomized controlled trial , Lancet, 385(9981): 2015,1966

Kerlin MP, Small DS, Cooney E, Fuchs BD, Bellini LM, Mikkelsen ME, Schweickert WD, Bakhru RN, Babler NB, Harhay MO, Hansen-Flaschen J, Halpern SD A randomized clinical trial of nighttime physician staffing in an intensive care unit , New England Journal of Medicine, 368(23): 2013,2201-2209

Girard TD, Kress JP, Fuchs BD, Thomason JWW, Schweickert WD, Pun BT, Taichman DB, Dunn JG, Pohlman AS, Kinniry PA, Jackson JC, Canonico AE, Light RW, Shintani AK, Thompson JL, Gordon SM, Hall JB, Dittus RS, Bernard GR, Ely EW Efficacy and safety of a “Wake Up and Breathe” protocol for mechanically ventilated ICU patients: The awakening and breathing controlled (ABC) trial, a randomized controlled trial , Lancet, 371(9607): 2008,126-134

Umscheid C, Betesh J, VanZandbergen C, Hanish A, Tait G, Mikkelsen M, French B, Fuchs BD Development, implementation and impact of an automated early warning and response system for sepsis , Journal of Hospital Medicine, 10(1): 2015,26-31

Guidi J, Clark K, Upton M, Faust H, Umscheid C, Lane-Fall M, Mikkelsen M, Schweickert W, VanZandbergen C, Betesh J, Tait G, Hanish A, Smith K, Feeley D, Fuchs BD Clinician perception of the effectiveness of an early warning and response system for sepsis in an academic medical center , Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 12(10): 2015,1514-1519

Wilson FP, Reese PP, Shashaty MGS, Gitelman Y, Bansal AD, Urbani R, Feldman HI, Ellenberg S, Fuchs BD A trial of in-hospital electronic alerts for acute kidney injury , Clinical Trials, 11(5): 2015,521-529

Koenig HC, Finkel BB, Khalsa SS, Lanken PN, Prasad M, Urbani R, Fuchs BD Performance of an automated electronic acute lung injury screening system in Intensive Care Unit patients , Critical Care Medicine, 39(1): 2011,98-104

Azzam HC, Khalsa SS, Urbani R, Shah CV, Christie, JD, Lanken PN, Fuchs BD Validation study of an automated electronic acute lung injury screening tool , Journal of the American Informatics Association, 16(4): 2009,503-508

Whittaker SA, Mikkelsen ME, Gaieski DF, Koshy S, Kean C, Fuchs BD Severe sepsis cohorts derived from claims-based strategies appear to be biased toward a more severely ill patient population , Critical Care Medicine , 41(4): 2013,945-953

Kalhan R, Mikkelsen M, Dedhiya P, Christie JD, Gaughan C, Lanken PN, Finkel B, Gallop R, Fuchs BD Under use of lung protective ventilation: Analysis of potential factors to explain physician behavior , Critical Care Medicine, 34(2): 2006,300-306