- Blood clot in lung
- Pulmonary embolism
- Respiratory failure
Rachel Kohn, MD, MSCE
Pulmonary Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center - Inpatient Care
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Core Faculty, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- University of PennsylvaniaMedical School
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Kohn is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Critical Care Medicine, 2018
- Internal Medicine, 2014
- Pulmonary Disease, 2016
- American Heart Association, National
- American Thoracic Society (ATS), International
- Council of Medical Specialty Societies, MDCalc, Mayo Clinic, New England Journal of Medicine, and the Association for Clinical and Translational Science, funded by the Doris Duke Foundation, National
- Council of Medical Specialty Societies, National
- MDCalc, International
- National Institutes of Health, National
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, International
- Pulmonary vascular disease care
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Kohn R, Klaiman T, Kwiatkowski C, Prasad TV, Dress E, Scott S, Belk A, Kerlin MP, Harhay MO, Hadler RA, Federico L Patient characteristics associated with poor dignity trajectories after acute respiratory failure: An exploratory qualitative comparative analysis , Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Penang, Malaysia: 2026
Kohn R,* Courtright KR,* Grau-Sepulveda M, Olsen MK, Madden VL, Sewell B, Sheu D, Ahmad YS, Auriemma CL, Nimetz A, Dennos A, Hart KW, Creekmur B, Lee J, Nau CL, Nguyen HQ, Wang S, Boyer G, Lundstrom T, Postema L, Roth DJ, Vandewarker J, Halpern SD, Lokhnygina Y Accuracy and equity of the Epic End-of-Life Care Index in predicting 1-year mortality , JAMA Network Open, 9(9): 2026,e2633038
Patel BP, Bayes B, Madden V, Lu Y, Dircksen J, Suleiman Z, Berger R, Lazo L, Arcot K, Roth DJ, Aysola J, Halpern SD, Kohn R Epidemiology of health-related social needs screening and positivity in a multistate health system , JAMA Network Open, 9(8): 2026,e2626901
Chesley CF, Lu Y, Kohn R, Gershengorn HB, Vranas KC, Hough CL, Yakusheva O, Costa DK, Marriott DJ, Asch DA, Belk A, Scott S, Wang W, Kerlin Quantifying nurse and physician clinical performance for mechanically ventilated patients , Health Services Research, 61(4): 2026,e70153
Klaiman T, Silvestri JA, Britez Ferrante E, Sheu D, Lieberman A, Dress E, Ogunniyi MO, Dickert NW, Lane-Fall MB, Frasso R, Kohn R Perceptions of research participation among underrepresented groups: Insights using freelisting methodology , PLoS One, 21(7): 2026,e0351215
Song A, Mitchell, OJL, D’Andria Ursoleo J, Sullivan DR, Rosa W, Courtright KR, Kohn R Advancing palliative care in cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shock: Identifying evidence gaps and future research priorities , Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 13(1): 2026,1845595
Fanaroff AC, Patel N, Whitman C, Lieberman A, Blady S, Morse C, Naseer N, Weave J, Ogunniyi M, Kohn R, Morris AA, Stephens-Shields A, Volpp KG, Halpern SD Messaging informed by behavioral economics and representativeness in clinical research enrollment: Four randomized clinical trials , JAMA Network Open, 9(7): 2026,e2622773
Federico L, Kwiatkowski C, Dine CJ, Lu Y, Prasad TV, Dress E, Scott S, Harhay MO, Hadler RA, Kohn R Psychometric properties of the Patient Dignity Inventory in a longitudinal cohort of acute respiratory failure survivors , Critical Care Medicine: 2026,epub ahead of print
Sheu D, Kaholokula JK, Jacobson M, Warren KR, Wang PJ, Kohn R Beyond words: A call to action for language inclusivity in prospective research , Journal of General Internal Medicine, Epub ahead of print: 2026
Chesley C, Yakusheva O, Lu Y, Kohn R, Belk A, Scott S, Halpern S, Kerlin M Clinician contributions to disparities in severity of illness trajectories among mechanically ventilated patients , medRxiv: 2026