Penn Medicine Provider
Trauma Surgery
Jose L. Pascual, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS(C). FCCM
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
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About me

  • Clinical Associate, Penn School of Nursing
  • Section Chief, Penn Surgical Critical Care
  • Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
  • Professor of Surgery in Neurosurgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Ottawa
  • Residency: McGill University Hospitals
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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
Dr. Pascual is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Roeckner AR, Lin ER, Hinrichs R, Harnett NG, Lebois LAM, van Rooij SJH, Ely TD, Jovanovic T, Murty VP, Bruce SE, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Swor RA, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Joormann J, Sheridan JF, Harte SE, Koenen KC, Kessler RC, McLean SA, Ressler KJ, Stevens JS. Sequential decreases in basolateral amygdala response to threat predict failure to recover from PTSD , Neuropsychopharmacology: 2025


Santos JLC, Harnett NG, van Rooij SJH, Ely TD, Jovanovic T, Lebois LAM, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Harris E, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Pizzagalli DA, Harte SE, Ressler KJ, Koenen KC, McLean SA, Stevens JS. Social Buffering of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Longitudinal Effects and Neural Mediators , Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging: 2025


Vizer L, Pierce J, Ji Y, Bucher MA, Liu M, Ungar L, Giorgi S, Xing Z, House SL, Beaudoin FL, Stevens JS, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Linnstaedt SD, Zeng D, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Harris E, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Harte SE, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, McLean SA, An X. Smartphone language features may help identify adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae and their trajectories , NPP Digit Psychiatry Neurosci: 2025


Ellis RA, Webber TK, Noble NC, Linnstaedt SD, Hinrichs R, Wiltshire C, Reda MH, Davie W, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Germine LT, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Punches BE, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Joormann J, Kessler RC, Ressler KJ, Koenen KC, McLean SA, Stevens JS, Jovanovic T, Seligowski AV. Longitudinal Associations Between Peritraumatic Oestradiol and Fear Responding in Women and Men , Stress Health: 2025


Jones FJS, Pai EL, Magee R, Boylan K, Chioma V, Little J, Yoshor D, Pascual JL, Banihashemi A, Prasad S, Lee EB, Orthmann-Murphy J. Consecutive brain biopsies illustrate the histological evolution of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis , J Neuropathol Exp Neurol: 2025


Tianyi L, Huibregtse ME, Ely TD, van Rooij SJH, Lebois LAM, Webb EK, Jovanovic T, House SL, Bruce SE, Murty VP, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Sheridan JF, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, Stevens JS, Harnett NG. Childhood adversity is associated with longitudinal white matter changes after adulthood trauma , medRxiv: 2025


Itkin M, Horak J, Pascual JL, Chang CWJ, Lile D, Tomita B, Bass GA, Kovach SJ 3rd, Kaplan LJ. Disorders of Lymphatic Architecture and Flow in Critical Illness , Crit Care Med, 53: 2025,e665-e682


Garrison-Desany HM, Meyers JL, Linnstaedt SD, Koenen KC, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Harris E, Pearson C, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Bruce SE, McLean SA, Denckla CA. Multi-level socioeconomic modifiers of the comorbidity of post-traumatic stress and tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use: the importance of income , Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol: 2025


Liang SS, Roeckner AR, Ely TD, Lebois LAM, van Rooij SJH, Bruce SE, Jovanovic T, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Harris E, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Sheridan JF, Harte SE, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, McLean SA, Ressler KJ, Stevens JS, Webb EK, Harnett NG. Associations between residential segregation, ambient air pollution, and hippocampal features in recent trauma survivors , medRxiv: 2025


McKibben LA, Layne MN, Albertorio-Sáez LM, Zhao Y, Branham EM, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Stevens JS, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Swor RA, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Sheridan JF, Harte SE, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, Linnstaedt SD. Peritraumatic C-reactive protein levels predict pain outcomes following traumatic stress exposure in a sex-dependent manner , medRxiv: 2024