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 40 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 trained more
than 90 pulmonary and critical care fellows, 70% of whom
have subsequently pursued careers in academic medicine or
industry.
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen heads the Penn Lung Center together
with his surgical colleague, Dr. Joel Cooper. 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 leading 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
will receive the Praxis Award in Professional Ethics from
Villanova University.
Dr. Hansen-Flaschen’s scholarly
interests focus 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 Postgraduate Education Committee and Chair
of the Clinical Problem Assembly's Long-range Planning Committee.
He is currently chair of the International Lung 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 member of
the Editorial Boards of Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Pulmonary
Medicine and the Journal of Critical Care.
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 currently listed in "Philadelphia's
Top Docs" by Philadelphia Magazine, “Delaware
Valley Area Top Doctors” (Consumer’s Checkbook,
"Best Doctors in America" (Best Doctors, Inc.),
America's Top Doctors (Castle Connolly) and "Who's
Who in the World."
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.
Margolis ML, Christie JD, Silvestri GA, Kaiser L, Silverio
S, Hansen-Flaschen J. Racial disparities pertaining to a
single belief regarding lung cancer surgery: results of
a multi-center survey. Annals Intern Med 139:558-563, 2003.
Hansen-Flaschen J. Update in pulmonary medicine. Ann Intern
Med 138:319-335, 2003.
National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. A randomized
trial comparing lung volume reduction surgery with medical
therapy for severe emphysema. N Engl J Med 348:2059-73,
2003.
Abrahm J, Hansen-Flaschen J. Hospice care for patients with
advanced lung disease. Chest 121:220-9, 2002.
Kotloff R, Hansen-Flaschen J, Lipson DA, Tino G, Arcasoy
SM, Kaiser LR, Alavi A. Apical Perfusion Fraction as a Predictor
of Short Term Functional Outcome Following Bilateral Lung
Volume Reduction Surgery. Chest 120:1609-1615, 2001
Hansen-Flaschen J. Palliative care for advance lung disease.
Respir Care 45:1478-86, 2000.
