Penn Medicine Provider
Anesthesiology
Deborah Jean Culley, MD

About me

  • Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
  • Robert Dunning Dripps Professor in Anesthesia

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Washington
  • Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Culley is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Susano MJ, Grasfield RH, Friese M, Rosner B, Crosby G, Bader AM, Kang JD, Smith TR, Lu Y, Groff MW, Chi JH, Grodstein F, Culley DJ. Brief preoperative screening for frailty and cognitive impairment predicts delirium after spine surgery , Anesthesiology, 133: 2020,1184-1191


Warner DO, Lien CA, Wang T, Zhou Y, Isaak RS, Peterson-Layne C, Harman AE, Macario A, Gaiser RR, Suresh S, Culley DJ, Rathmell JP, Keegan MT, Cole DJ, Fahy BG, Dainer RJ, Sun H. First-year results of the American Board of Anesthesiology's objective structured clinical examination for initial certification , Anesth Analg, 131: 2020,1412-1418


Sillner AY, McConeghy RO, Madrigal C, Culley DJ, Arora RC, Rudolph JL. The association of a frailty index and incident delirium in older hospitalized patients: An observational cohort study , Clin Interv Aging, 15: 2020,2053-2061


Fahy BG, Culley DJ, Almualim M, González BF, Santos RAM, White P, Vasilopoulos T. Academic achievement and gender among adult critical care program directors , J Crit Care, S0883-9441(20): 2020,30701-2


Kazarian ER, Lopez WY, Eizember S, Blucher JA, Culley DJ, Javedan H, Kang JD, Schoenfeld AJ. Incidental durotomy is associated with increased risk of delirium in patients aged 65 and older , Spine, 45: 2020,1215-1220


Liufu N, Liu L, Shen S, Jiang Z, Dong Y, Wang Y, Culley D, Crosby G, Cao M, Shen Y, Marcantonio E, Xie Z, Zhang Y. Anesthesia and surgery induce age-dependent changes in behaviors and microbiota , Aging, 12(2): 2020,1965-1986


Susano MJ, Dias M, Seixas FS, Vide S, Grasfield R, Abelha FJ, Crosby G, Culley DJ, Amorim P. Association among preoperative cognitive performance, regional cerebral oxygen saturation, and postoperative delirium in older Portuguese patients , Anesth Analg, Anesth Analg: 2020


Susano MJ, Scheetz SD, Grasfield RH, Cheung D, Xu X, Kang JD, Smith TR, Lu Y, Groff MW, Chi JH, Crosby G, Culley DJ. Retrospective analysis of perioperative variables associated with postoperative delirium and other adverse outcomes in older patients after spine surgery , J Neurosurg Anesthesiol, 31: 2019,385-391


Sun H, Warner DO, Macario A, Zhou Y, Culley DJ, Keegan MT. Repeated cross-sectional surveys of burnout, distress, and depression among anesthesiology residents and first-year graduates , Anesthesiology, 131: 2019,668-677


Friese MB, Nathan M, Culley DJ, Crosby G. Isoflurane anesthesia impairs the expression of immune neuromodulators in the hippocampus of aged mice , PLoS One, 13: 2018,e0209283