Jose L. Pascual, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS(C). FCCM

Trauma Surgery, General Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
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Penn Medicine Provider

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

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Ottawa
  • Graduate School: University of Toronto School of Medicine
  • Residency: McGill University
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English
Español
Spanish
Français
French

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

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

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Ghio M, Pavlichko H, Patel A, Acero-Webb JA, Howley B, Brown E, O'Neill K, Pascual JL, Martin ND. Implementation of a Remote Respiratory Therapy in a Donor Center ICU Using a Telecritical Care Platform , Crit Care Med: 2026


Short NA, An X, Ji Y, Li Q, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, House SL, Beaudoin FL, Stevens JS, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, 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, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA. Smartphone Keystroke Biomarkers as Predictors of Adverse Neuropsychiatric Sequelae After Trauma in Trauma Survivors: Prospective Observational Cohort Study , J Med Internet Res, 28: 2026,e73771


Kim HH, Kumar A, Nishimi K, Tiemeier H, Smoller JW, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Stevens JS, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Punches BE, Swor RA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Harte SE, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, Koenen KC, Choi KW. Multidimensional resiliency factors and psychopathology after acute trauma: Results from a prospective cohort study , Psychol Trauma: 2026


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, 46: 2026,106326


Santos Carlin P, Kaplan LJ, Katz E, Kauffman A, Coons M, Bele P, Culkin M, Georges A, Augustin D, Meaney D, Smith D, Bass GA, Pascual JL; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. TXA after severe TBI: Learning and memory benefits are prominent only in males , J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 100: 2026,739-746


Nishimi K, Linnstaedt SD, Neylan TC, McKibben LA, Albertorio-Sáez LM, Zhao Y, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Stevens JS, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Germine LT, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Punches BE, Swor RA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Harte SE, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, O'Donovan A. Inflammatory markers in the emergency department and PTSD symptoms in the AURORA Study: A longitudinal cohort study , Psychol Med, 56: 2026,e123


Santos JL, van Rooij SJ, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Linnstaedt SD, 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, Harris E, Pearson C, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Harte SE, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, Stevens JS. Social support and post-traumatic stress symptoms: Longitudinal bidirectional relationships in the AURORA study , J Mood Anxiety Disord, 14: 2026,100180


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: 2026


Webb EK, Zannas AS, Linnstaedt SD, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Stevens JS, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, 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, Harte SE, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, Harnett NG. Neighborhood disadvantage and accelerated epigenetic aging in the early aftermath of trauma: The moderating role of individual psychological resources , J Psychiatr Res: 2026


Santos Carlin P, Coons M, Bele P, Kaplan LJ, Culkin M, Georges A, Jacovides CL, Martinez-Quinones P, Meaney D, Kauffman A, Smith D, Bass GA, Pascual JL. Sex-related differences in cognition after severe murine traumatic brain injury: A Morris water maze study evaluating learning and memory , J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 99: 2025,768-776