Margaret Pisani, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor

Educational Background

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Chief Residency: Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Masters of Public Health: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Clinical Interests

General pulmonary, adult critical care, acute respiratory distress syndrome, COPD, delirium

Research Interests

Dr. Pisani's research focuses on outcomes in older intensive care unit patients. Specifically, she has looked at the prevalence of pre-existing cognitive impairment of patients admitted to the MICU and physician recognition of the impairment. Currently she is looking at risk factors for poor outcomes from ICU care in older patients. Her work is focusing on baseline risk factors as well as modifiable ones such as medication use. She is interested in delirium, its pathogenesis, treatment and impact on outcomes. Her studies have been funded by the Yale Pepper Center on Aging, American Lung Association, The Chest Foundation, The Hartford Foundation and Merck/American Federation on Aging Research. She is the recipient of a T. Franklin Williams Aging Scholars Award through the American College of Chest Physicians and the Association of Subspecialty Physicians. She is the recipient of a NIH funded Career Development Award (K23).

Manuscripts

Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Van Ness PH, Araujo KLB, Inouye SK. Admission characteristics associated with delirium in older patients in a medical intensive care unit. Arch Intern Med 2007; 167 (15):1629-1634.

Pisani MA, Araujo KLB, Van Ness PH, Zhang Y, Ely EW, Inouye SK. A research algorithm to improve detection of delirium in the intensive care unit. Crit Care. 2006 Aug 18;10(4):R121.

Pisani MA, Redlich CA, McNicoll L, Ely EW, Friedkin R, Inouye SK. Short-term outcomes in older intensive care unit patients with dementia. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:1371-76.

McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Ely EW, Gifford D, Inouye SK. Detection of delirium in the ICU: Comparison of CAM-ICU with CAM ratings. J Amer Geriatr Soc 2005;53:495-500.

Pisani MA, Inouye SK, McNicoll L, Redlich CA. Screening for preexisting cognitive impairment in older intensive care unit patients: Use of proxy assessment. J Amer Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:689-93.

McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Zhang Y, Ely EW, Siegel M, Inouye SK. Delirium in the intensive care unit: Occurrence and clinical course in older patients. J Amer Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:591-8.

Pisani MA, Redlich CA, McNicoll L, Ely W, Inouye SK. Underrecognition of Preexisting Cognitive Impairment by Physicians in Older ICU Patients. Chest 2003;124:2267-74.

Pisani, M, McNicoll L, Inouye SK. Cognitive impairment in the intensive care unit. Clinics in Chest Medicine 2003; 24(4): 727-738.

Pisani, MA. Recognition of preexisting cognitive impairment in older intensive care unit patients. Research and Practice in Alzheimer's Disease 2004; 9: 33-38.

Levy CR, Pisani MA, Ely EW. Pulmonary and Critical Care Among Elderly Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. In: Chest Medicine, eds. George RB, Light RW, Matthay MA, Matthay RA. May 2005 Publisher: Williams & Wilkins.

Pisani MA, Ely EW. Monitoring and Treatment of Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU. In: Clinical Critical Care Medicine, eds. Albert RK, Slutsky A, Ranieri M, Takala J, Torres A. 2006 Publisher: Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA.

Contact

Campus Address
Department of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
333 Cedar Street, TAC- 441
P.O. Box 208057
New Haven, CT 06520-8057

E-mail
margaret.pisani@yale.edu

Phone
203-785-3627

Fax
203-785-3826