Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Julie Uspal, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
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Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Director, Quality and Safety
  • Disaster Safety Officer
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Education and training

  • Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  • Residency: 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.
Dr. Uspal is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Patel P, Carcuffe CJ, Lewis G, Cooke K, Limbert D, Uspal J, Waddell K. Closing the Loop: Standardizing Communication During Emergency-to-Rehab Handoffs to Improve Patient Safety and Equity , Poster Presentation, Association of Academic Physiatrists’ Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona: 2025

Grudzen CR, Siman N, Cuthel AM, PRIM-ER Investigators Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA. Published online January 15, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.23696: 2025

Julie Uspal, Keith Hemmert, Ben Steyer, Caroline Adams, Nick Sachs, Hyun Tae Kim, Ali Dhanaliwala, Hanna Zafar, Tony Mazzeo, and Lisa Jones, Charles Kahn, Jeffrey Moon with the HEROIC committee Change in Order Name, Order Location and Embedded Clinical Decision Support Decreases Utilization of GI Bleeding CT Studies , Oral Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium: 2024

Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center , Poster Presentation, 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium, Philadelphia, PA: 2024

Smileye J, Benson N, Doshi H, Hemmert K, Ihenatu C, Mazzeo A, Newman D, Uspal J Improving Emergency Department CT Turnaround Times in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center , Poster Presentation, ACEP24 Research Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada: 2024

Fernández-Penny FE, Jolkovsky EL, Shofer FS, Hemmert KC, Valiuddin H, Uspal JE, Sands NA, Abella BS COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients in Two Urban Emergency Departments , Acad Emerg Med, 28: 2021,1100-1107

Abella BS, Jolkovsky EL, Biney BT, Uspal JE, Hyman MC, Frank I, Hensley SE, Gill S, Vogl DT, Maillard I, Babushok DV, Huang AC, Nasta SD, Walsh JC, Wiletyo EP, Gimotty PA, Milone MC, Amaravadi RK; Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 With Hydroxychloroquine (PATCH) Investigators. Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine vs Placebo for Pre-exposure SARS-CoV-2 Prophylaxis Among Health Care Workers: Randomized Clinical Trial. , JAMA Internal Medicine., 2(181): 2021,195-202

Jillian T Baron, Alexis Schwartz, Ebony Davis, Julie E Uspal, Brendan Kelly Long-Term Impact of an HIV Testing Program on High-Risk HIV Screening in the Emergency Department , Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6: 2019

Grudzen C, Brody A, Chung F, Cuthel A, Mann D, McQuilkin J, Rubin A, Swartz J, Tan A, Goldfeld K, PRIM-ER Investigators Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Medicine (PRIM-ER): Protocol for a Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomised, Stepped Wedge Design to Test the Effectiveness of Primary Palliative Care Education, Training and Technical Support for Emergency Medicine , BMJ Open: 2019

Uspal NG, Thomas AA, Burns R, Jones M, Gross IT, Kearney RD, Whitney RE, Uspal JE, Gove N, Reid J Evaluation of a Modified Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills Tool for the Assessment of Pediatric Laceration Repair Performance , Cureus, 2(11): 2019,e4056