Dr. Hansen-Flaschen is Chief of the Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division at the University of Pennsylvania. He oversees the teaching, research and patient care efforts of more than 50 full-time faculty members in pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine at Penn. First as director of the pulmonary fellowship training program and then as chief of the division, Dr. Hansen-Flaschen has overseen the training of more than 140 pulmonary and critical care fellows, 70% of whom have subsequently pursued careers in academic medicine or industry.
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen also heads the Penn Lung Center together with his surgical colleague, Dr. John Kucharczuk. Under their joint leadership, participating physicians and advanced practice nurses in pulmonary medicine, thoracic surgery, chest radiology and lung pathology collaborate to provide definitive diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases. Penn Lung Center clinical and basic scientists are recognized internationally for leadership in research on lung diseases and medical critical care. US News and World Report consistently ranks the Penn Lung Center among the top 10 respiratory disease programs in the United States.
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen completed his bachelor's degree in chemistry with honors at Brown University and received his MD degree from New York University after election to AOA in his junior year. He served as a resident and chief resident in medicine and then as a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty at Penn in 1982. Dr. Hansen-Flaschen was named Professor in Medicine in 1999. He served as Chair of the Medical Faculty Senate in 1997-1998 and as a founding leader of the Faculty 2000 initiative of the medical school faculty.
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen is a career medical educator. He the recipient of the Donna McCurdy, Robert Dunning Dripps, Donald B Martin and Robert L Mayock/Alfred P Fishman teaching awards of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1999, he received the Christian and Mary Lindback Award for Teaching Excellence, the highest teaching award at the Penn. He was the inaugural recipient of the Radhika Srinivasan Award for Humanism and Professionalism at Penn and the Clinical Educator Award of the American Thoracic Society. In 2008, Dr, Hansen-Flaschen received the Praxis Award in Professional Ethics from Villanova University.
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen’s scholarly interests focus on shared medical decision making near the end of life and on humanizing the experience of patients and family members in intensive care units. Dr. Hansen-Flaschen has published more than 90 articles and textbook chapters and has edited three books. He lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on management of advanced lung diseases near the end of life and related topics.
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen has served the American Thoracic Society as Chair of the Education Committee, Chair of the Clinical Problem Assembly's Long-range Planning Committee, and Chair of the International Health Committee. Dr. Hansen-Flaschen is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians and the Philadelphia College of Physicians. Dr. Hansen-Flaschen is a past President of the Laennec Society of Philadelphia and was the founding President of the Drinker Society for Critical Care Medicine in Philadelphia. He is a current member of the Subspecialty Board on Pulmonary Disease and the Appeals Board of the American Board of internal Medicine
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen is also an active pulmonary clinician who specializes in diagnostic evaluation and second opinions for patients with unusual or atypical respiratory disorders. He heads the Pulmonary Diagnosis and Second Opinion Program at Penn. Dr. Hansen-Flaschen is listed in "Philadelphia's Top Docs" by Philadelphia Magazine, “Delaware Valley Area Top Doctors” (Consumer’s Checkbook, "Best Doctors in America" (Best Doctors, Inc.) and America's Top Doctors (Castle Connolly)."
Outside of medicine, Dr. Hansen-Flaschen is an active member of the Board of the People’s Emergency Center [http://www.pec-cares.org], a renowned community organization devoted to serving homeless families and redeveloping neighborhoods in West Philadelphia. He is also an avid photographer [http://www.jflashphoto.com] and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center [http://www.philaphotoarts.org]
Mahler DA, Selecky PA, Harrod CG, Benditt JO, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Curtis JR. Manning HL, Mularski RA, Varkey B, Campbell M, Carter ER, Chiong JR, Ely EW, Hansen-Flaschen J, O’Donnell DE, Waller A. American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement on the Management of Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Lung or Heart Disease. Chest 137:651-657, 2010.
Hansen-Flaschen J. XXIV. Approach to the Patient with Respiratory Symptoms. In: ACP Medicine 3rd Ed. Edited by Nabel EG. Philadelphia, Pa. BC Decker, 2010
Mikkelsen, ME, Shull WH, Biester RC, Taichman DB, Lynch S. Demissie E, Hansen-Flaschen, J, Christie, J. Cognitive, mood, and quality of life impairment in a population of acute respiratory distress survivors. Respirology 14:76-82, 2009.
Lanken PN, Terry PB, Delisser H,. Fahy BF, Hansen-FlaschenJ, Heffner JE, Levy M, Mularski RA, Osborne ML, Prendergast TJ, Rocker G, Sib.bald WJ, Wilfond B, Yankaskas JR. ATS End-of-Life Care Task Force. An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:912-27, 2008.
Liang H, Daugherty EL, Taichman D, Hansen-Flaschen J, Fuchs BD. Recognition and importance of forced exhalation on the measurement of intra-abdominal pressure: A subgroup analysis from a prospective cohort study on the incidence of abdominal compartment syndrome in medical patients. J Intensive Care Med 23:268-74, 2008.
Kreider ME, Hansen-Flaschen J, Ahmad NN, Rossman MD, Kaiser LR, Kucharczuk JC, Shrager JB. Complications of video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy in patients with interstitial lung disease. Ann Thoracic Surg 83:1140-5, 2007.
Halpern, SD, Hansen-Flaschen J, Terminal withdrawal of life-sustaining supplemental oxygen. JAMA 296:1397-1400, 2006.
Kizer JR, Zisman DA, Blumenthal NP, Kotloff RM, Kimmel SE, Strieter RM, Arcasoy SM, Ferrari VA, Hansen-Flaschen J. The association between pulmonary fibrosis and coronary artery disease Arch Intern Med 164:551-6, 2004.
