Penn Medicine Provider
Sarah M. Lyon, MD, MSCE
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • 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.
Dr. Lyon is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

SM Lyon Expanded Health Insurance Access Through the ACA - An Important But Insufficient Step in Improving Health Care Access and Equity , CHEST, 159(6): 2021,2129-30


Auriemma CL, Harhay MO, Haines KJ, Barg FK, Halpern SD, Lyon SM. What Matters To Patients and Their Families During And After Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study , American Journal of Critical Care , 30(1): 2021,11-20


Admon AJ, Sjoding MW, Lyon SM, Ayanian JZ, Iwashyna TJ, Cooke CR Medicaid Expansion and Mechanical Ventilation in Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Heart Failure , Annals American Thoracic Society: 2019


Lyon, SM Healthcare Reform: An Update , Annals ATS, 15(4): 2018,417


Admon AJ, Sjoding MW, Lyon SM, Iwashyna TJ, Cooke CR The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Rates of Ambulatory Care-Sensitive ICU Admission , AJRCCM, 197: 2018,A5900


Sarah M Lyon and Milton Rossman Pulmonary Tuberculosis , Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections, Seventh Edition., 5(1): 2017


Lyon SM, Douglas IS, Cooke CR Health Policy: Toward Achieving Respiratory Health Equality , Achieving Respiratory Health Equality: 2017,173-188


Lyon SM, Moore N, Douglas IS, Cooke CR Update on the Affordable Care Act. King v. Burwell and Obergefell v. Hodge , Annals ATS, 13(4): 2016,324-328


Aureimma CL, Lyon SM, Strelec LE, Kent S, Cooney E, Barg FK, Halpern SD Defining the medical intensive care unit in the words of patients and family members: a freelisting analysis , American Journal of Critical Care, 24(4): 2015,e47-55


Reid Michael J A, Biller Nancy, Lyon Sarah M, Reilly John P, Merlin Jessica, Dacso Matthew, Friedman Harvey M Reducing risk and enhancing education: U.S. medical students on global health electives. , American journal of infection control, 42(12): 2014,1319-21