Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Mucio Kit Delgado, MD, MS
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian

About me

  • Co-Chair, Penn Medicine Opioid Task Force
  • Associate Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
  • Director, Behavioral Science & Analytics For Injury Reduction (BeSAFIR) Lab
  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: Stanford University Medical Center

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. Delgado is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Mehta, M, Fanaroff, AC, Rhodes, CM, Xiong, A, Snider, CK, Grenader, EM, Harhay, MO, Mehrabyan, N, Peifer, MK, Volpp, KGM, Delgado, MK Change in Default Prescription Length and Statin Prescribing Behavior , JAMA Internal Medicine: 2025


Ebert, JP, Yan, R, Friday, S, Small, D, McDonald, CC, Barolozzi, K, Delgado, MK Behavioral Interventions for Increasing Seat Belt Use and Decreasing Distracted Driving Using Telematics: A National Randomized Trial , American Journal of Public Health, 115(5): 2025,758-768


Ebert, J., Xiong, R., Khan, N, Abdel-Rahman, D, Leitner, A, Fisher, W., Gaba, K., Everett, W, McDonald, C, Winston, F, Rosin, R, Volpp, K, Barnett, I, Small, D, Wiebe, D, Halpern, SD, Delgado, MK A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Interventions Yielding Sustained Reductions in Distracted Driving , Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, 121(32): 2024,e2320603121


Kaufman EJ, Song J, Xiong R, Seamon M, Delgado MK Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm Injury Rates by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2019 to 2020 , Annals of Internal Medicine, 177(9): 2024,1157-1169


Delgado MK, Ebert JO, Xiong RA, Winston FK, McDonald, CM, Rosin RM, Volpp KG, Barnett, IJ, Small, DS, Wiebe DJ, Abdel-Rahman, D, Hemmons, JE, Finefold R, Kotrc, B, Radford E, Fisher WJ, Gaba KL, Everett WC, Halpern SD. Feedback and Financial Incentives for Reducing Cellphone Use While Driving: A Randomized Trial , JAMA Network Open, 7(7): 2024,e2420218


Thakrar AP, Lowenstein M, Greysen SR, Delgado MK Trends in Before Medically Advised Discharges for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder, 2016-2020 , JAMA, 330(23): 2023,2302–2304


Lowenstein M, Perrone J, McFadden R, Xiong RA, Meisel ZF, O’Donnell N, Abdel-Rahman D, Moon J, Mitra N, Delgado MK Impact of Universal Screening and Automated Clinical Decision Support for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Departments: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis , Annals of Emergency Medicine: 2023


Lee KC, Morgan AU, Chaiyachati KH, Asch DA, Xiong RA, Do D, Kilaru AS, Lam D, Parambath A, Friedman AB, Meisel ZF, Snider CK, Chisholm DL, Kelly S, Hemmons JE, Abdel-Rahman D, Ebert J, Ghosh M, Reilly J, O'Malley CJ, Hahn L, Mannion NM, Huffenberger AM, McGinley S, Balachandran M, Khan N, Shea JA, Mitra N, Delgado MK Pulse Oximetry for Monitoring Patients with Covid-19 at Home - A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial , New England Journal of Medicine, 386(19): 2022,1857-1859


Delgado MK, Morgan AU, Asch DA, Xiong R, Kilaru AS, Lee KC, Do D, Friedman AB, Meisel ZF, Snider CK, Lam D, Parambath A, Wood C, Wilson CM, Perez M, Chisholm DL, Kelly S, O'Malley CJ, Mannion N, Huffenberger AM, McGinley S, Balachandran M, Khan N, Mitra N, Chaiyachati KH Comparative Effectiveness of an Automated Text Messaging Service for Monitoring COVID-19 at Home , Annals of Internal Medicine, 175(2): 2022,179-190


Delgado MK, Shofer FS, Patel MS, Halpern SD, Edwards C, Meisel ZF, Perrone J Association Between Electronic Medical Record Implementation of Default Opioid Prescription Quantities on Prescribing Behavior in Two Emergency Departments , Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(4): 2018,409-411