- Blood clot in lung
- Pulmonary embolism
- Respiratory failure
Joanna L. Hart, MD
About me
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine in Medical Ethics and Health Policy
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Virginia
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- 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.
- 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
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Critical Care Medicine, 2015
- Pulmonary Disease, 2013
- American Thoracic Society, International
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, National
- National Institutes of Health, National
- National Institutes of Health, National
- Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, National
- Society for Medical Decision Making, International
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, International
- The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on Palliative Care Integration in Serious Respiratory Illness, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Bremner R and Hart JL Text to Quit: Challenges and opportunities in automated tobacco treatment outreach , Chest: 2026
Bremner R, Hart JL The burden of living through an unforeseen death in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , Ann Am Thorac Soc: 2026
Hart JL, Vachani A, Neslund-Dudas C, Gould MK, Facktor MA, Blady S, Bayes B, Sheu D, Madden V, Britez Ferrante E, Patel N, Tian J, Whitman C, Creekmur B, Kohn R, Simoff MJ, Volpp KJ, Small D, Scott M, Holm A, Phenow K, Stephens Shields AJ, Halpern SD Smoking cessation interventions among underserved patients referred for lung cancer screening , American Thoracic Society: 2026
Hart JL, Li I, Tiver G, Carter D, Mitchell S, Blaum E, Underwood E, Whitman C, Elsakhawy J, Clapp J Starving for attention: A mixed-methods study of food insecurity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , American Thoracic Society : 2026
Sanchez CE, Schweickert WD, Hart JL Balancing autonomy and duty: Challenges of managing intraoperative consent revocation , Patient Safety, 8(2): 2026
Hart JL, Carter D, Hinton C, Grilli J, Brown LA, Brier N, Lu Y, Whitman C, Harhay MO, Sims M, Alvarez C, Miller-Matero LR, O'Hayer CV Supporting Evidence-based Responses to Emotional Needs in Emphysema (SERENE): protocol for a randomized, open-label mechanistic trial comparing Coping Skills Training and disease-specific education for depressive symptoms conducted in United States health systems , Springer Nature Trials: 2026
Hart JL, Carter D, Hinton C, Grilli J, Brown LA, Brier N, Lu Y, Whitman C, Harhay MO, Sims M, Alvarez C, Miller-Matero LR, O'Hayer CV Supporting evidence-based responses to emotional needs in emphysema (SERENE): Protocol for a randomized, open-label mechanistic trial comparing coping skills training and disease-specific education for depressive symptoms conducted in united states health systems , Trials: 2025
Hart JL, Karlic KJ, Lee J, Carter D, Jhonson D, Lukan T, Neaman S, Wang J Patient-centered definitions of recovery from acute exacerbation of copd do not align with existing definitions: A qualitative study using an abductive approach , American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST): 2025
Ashana DC, Tiver G, Cox CE, Madamidola N, Neiman JH, Noval C, Syed B, Patel H, Jaynes S, Jaggers J, Briggs EC, Steinhauser K, Hart JL A thematic analysis of family perspectives on traumatic stress and critical illness of a loved one , CHEST Crit Care, 4(1): 2025,100208
Ashana DC, Hart J, Johnson KS, Briggs EC, Parish A, Olsen MK, Jaggers J, Tiver G, Summer A, Ramadurai D, Madamidola N, Syed B, Trunzo CP, Ramos K, Bah MS, Cox CE Prevalence and impact of traumatic life events among Black and White family members of ICU patients , Ann Am Thorac Soc, 22(11): 2025,1720-1728