Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
Brian J. Anderson, MD, MSCE
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center - Inpatient Care
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Associate Medical Director, Founders Medical ICUs, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Physician Lead, Critical Care Clinical Effectiveness Team, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Physician Leader for Inpatient Pulmonary Capacity Management, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Brian Anderson, MD, MSCE, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He practices as a pulmonary and critical care physician and serves as the Associate Medical Director of the Founders Medical ICUs at HUP, the Physician Leader of the HUP Critical Care Clinical Effectiveness Team, and the Physician Leader for Inpatient Pulmonary Capacity Management at HUP. His research and quality improvement work focuses on improving delirium recognition and management, improving sepsis care, reducing hospital acquired infections, building care pathways and guidelines, and improving patient access and throughput. 

Education and training

  • Medical School: George Washington University
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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. Anderson is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Knauert, MP, Ayas NT, Bosma KJ, Drouot X, Heavner MS, Owens RL, Watson PL, Wilcox ME, Anderson BJ, Cordoza ML, Devlin JW, Elliot R, Gehlbach BK, Girard TD, Kamdar BB, Korwin AS, Lusczek ER, Parthasarathy S, Spies C, Sunderram J, Telias I, Weinhouse GL, Zee PC Causes, Consequences, and Treatments of Sleep and Circadian Disruption in the Intensive Care Unit: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement , American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 207(7): 2023,e49-e68

Anderson BJ, Schweickert WD Measuring Bundle Implementation Work Requires a Calibrated Scale , Critical Care Medicine, 51(12): 2023,1824-1826

Miano TA, Hennessy S, Yang W, Dunn TG, Weisman AR, Oniyide O, Agyekum RS, Turner AP, Ittner CAGm Anderson BJ, Wilson FP, Townsend R, Reily JP, Giannini HM, Cosgrif CV, Jones TK, Meyer NJ, Shashaty MGS Association of Vancomycin Plus Piperacillin-Tazobactam with Early Changes in Creatinine versus Cystatin C in Critically Ill Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study , Intensive Care Medicine, 48(9): 2022,1144-1155

Haines KJ, Hibbert E, McPeake J, Anderson BJ, Bienvenu OJ, Andrews A, Brummel NE, Ferrante LE, Hopkins RO, Hough CL, Jackson J, Mikkelsen M, Leggett N, MOntgomery-Yates A, Needham D, Sevin CM, Skidmore B, Still M, van Smeden M, Collins GS, Harhay MO Prediction Models for Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Impairments after Critical Illness: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal , Critical Care Medicine, 48(12): 2020,1871-1880

Anesi GL, Jablonski J, Harhay MO, Atkins JH, Bajaj J, Baston C, Brennan PJ, Candeloro CL, Catalano LM, Cereda MF, Chandler JM, Christie JD, Collins T, Courtright KR, Fuchs BD, Gordon E, Greenwood JC, Gudowski S, Hanish A, Hanson Iii CW, Heuer M, Kinniry P, Kornfield ZN, Kruse GB, Lane-Fall M, Martin ND, Mikkelsen ME, Negoianu D, Pascual JL, Patel MB, Pugliese SC, Qasim ZA, Reilly JP, Salmon J, Schweickert WD, Scott MJ, Shashaty MGS, Sicoutris CP, Wang JK, Wang W, Wani AA, Anderson BJ*, Gutsche JT*. Characteristics, Outcomes, and Trends of Patients With COVID-19-Related Critical Illness at a Learning Health System in the United States , Annals of Internal Medicine, 20: 2021,5327 published on-line

Ginestra J, Atkins J, Mikkelsen ME, Mitchell OJL, Gutsche J, Jablonski J, Panchanadam V, Junker P, Schweickert W, Anesi G, Anderson B, Pierce M, Fuchs BD, Wani AA The I-READI Quality and Safety Framework: A Health System’s Response to Airway Complications in Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients , NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, 2(1): 2021,1-19

Mikkelsen ME, Still M, Anderson BJ, Bienvenu OJ, Brodsky MB, Brummel N, Butcher B, Clay AS, Felt H, Ferrante LE, Haines KJ, Harhay MO, Hope AA, Hopkins RO, Hosey M, Hough CL, Jackson JC, Johnson A, Khan B, Lone NI, MacTavish P, McPeake J, Montgomery-Yates A, Needham DM, Netzer G, Schorr C, Skidmore B, Stollings JL, Umberger R, Andrews A, Iwashyna TJ, Sevin CS Society of Critical Care Medicine’s International Consensus Conference on Prediction and Identification of Long-Term Impairments after Critical Illness , Critical Care Medicine, 48(11): 2020,1670-1679

Anderson BJ, Do D, Chivers C, Choi K, Gitelman Y, Mehta SJ, Panchanadam V, Gudowski S, Pierce M, Cereda M, Christie JD, Schweickert WD, Gabrielli A, Huffenberger H, Draugelis M, Fuchs BD Clinical Impact of an Electronic Dashboard and Alert System for Sedation Minimization and Ventilator Liberation: A Before-After Study , Critical Care Explorations, 1(10): 2019,e0057

Hippensteel JA, Anderson BJ, Orfila J, McMurtry S, Dietz RM, Su G, Ford J, Oshima K, Yang Y, Zhang F, Han X, Yu Y, Liu J, Linhardt R, Meyer NJ, Herson PS, Schmidt EP Circulating heparan sulfate fragments mediate septic cognitive dysfunction , Journal of Clinical Investigation, 129(4): 2019,1779-1784

Anderson BJ, Chesley CF, Theodore M, Christie C, Tino R, Wysoczanski A, Ramphal K, Oyster M, Kalman L, Porteous MK, Bermudez CA, Cantu E, Kolson DL, Christie JD, Diamond JD Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Implications of Post-operative Delirium in Lung Transplant Recipients , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 37(6): 2018,755-762

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